Adam Walton and Kimberly Birrell have made it a red-letter day for Australian tennis as they delivered the performances of their lives to conjure up stunning first-round giant-kills at the French Open.
Queensland wildcard Walton stayed cool at the height of the Paris heatwave on Tuesday to shock a frazzled Daniil Medvedev, "hanging tough" in the final set to come from behind and win 6-2 1-6 6-1 1-6 6-4.
Then when the evening came and temperatures mercifully dropped, the unsung Birrell somehow hit an even hotter comeback trail to outplay American world No.5 Jessica Pegula 1-6 6-3 6-3 and ensure she was an even more surprising conqueror.
If six Aussies through to the second round wasn't good enough news, main man Alex de Minaur was also given a walkover to the third round following the withdrawal of his second-round opponent Alexander Blockx with a right ankle sprain.
