Alex de Minaur has hailed the rise of Australian tennis after marching into the third round of Wimbledon alongside Alexei Popyrin, who has scrapped his way to another landmark date with Novak Djokovic.
But the day the sun came out at SW19 was tinged with disappointment for the gold-and-green challenge as Thanasi Kokkinakis limped out of the tournament after a fall following agonising losses for Adam Walton and Daria Saville.
Kokkinakis could have met de Minaur in all-Australian blockbuster third-round on Saturday.