British wildcards Jan Choinski and Liam Broady win on brilliant opening day for home hopes
Jan Choinski followed compatriots Liam Broady and Jodie Burrage into the second round with a fine victory over Dusan Lajovic on his main draw debut at Wimbledon.
German-born Choinski, who is the son of a British ballet dancer, changed allegiances in 2019 and received a wild card into round one at the All England Club for the first time this year.
Choinski rewarded the faith placed in him with an impressive 5-7 7-6 (4) 6-2 6-2 win against the world number 56.
Warm applause greeted Choinski’s arrival on Court 17, but he was made to wait five minutes before Lajovic arrived.
When the Serbian did turn up, he was able to break world 164 Choinski immediately, only to see it wiped out in similarly quick time.
Lajovic did manage to edge the opener but it failed to deter Choinski.
An even second set went to a tie-breaker and Choinski managed to hold his nerve.
It boosted the confidence of the British number six and, backed on by a growing crowd, he moved two sets up when he claimed the third.
There was no looking back now, with Choinski able to break Lajovic twice more in the fourth set to secure himself a spot in round two after two hours and 35 minutes.
Earlier, Liam Broady made French magician Constant Lestienne disappear to reach round two at Wimbledon.
Lestienne is a part-time conjurer who performs at weddings and parties, but was unable to pull a rabbit out of the hat against British wild card Broady.
The 29-year-old from Stockport produced a spellbinding display to win 6-1 6-3 7-5.
Broady broke the world number 74 twice, either side of a brief rain delay, to race away with the first set in 27 minutes.
A pair of winners gave Broady another break and the advantage in the second.
Lestienne’s hopes vanished when Broady edged a nip-and-tuck third set to book his place in the second round in just over two hours.
Wimbledon results
Wimbledon results on Monday, the first day of the 2023 tournament at the All England Club (x denotes seeding; players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries):
Men
1st rd
Oscar Otte (GER) bt Dominik Koepfer (GER) 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (11/9)
Mikael Ymer (SWE) bt Alex Molcan (SVK) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Corentin Moutet (FRA) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA) 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
Liam Broady (GBR) bt Constant Lestienne (FRA) 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
Casper Ruud (NOR x4) bt Laurent Lokoli (FRA) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Andrey Rublev (x7) bt Max Purcell (AUS) 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
Aslan Karatsev bt Luca Van Assche (FRA) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
Marcelo Barrios (CHI) bt Sebastian Baez (ARG) 7-6 (9/7), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/2)
David Goffin (BEL) bt Fabian Marozsan (HUN) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
J.J. Wolf (USA) bt Enzo Couacaud (FRA) 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)
Maximilian Marterer (GER) bt Borna Gojo (CRO) 7-5, 6-7 (8/10), 6-3, 6-4
Michael Mmoh (USA) bt Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN x11) 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-4
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA x14) bt Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
Jaume Munar (ESP) bt John Isner (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Jan Choinski (GBR) bt Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 5-7, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2, 6-2
Hubert Hurkacz (POL x17) bt Albert Ramos Vinolas (ESP) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Jordan Thompson (AUS) bt Brandon Nakashima (USA) 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3
Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Pedro Cachín (ARG) 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)
Women
1st rd
Iga Swiatek (POL x1) bt Zhu Lin (CHN) 6-1, 6-3
Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) bt Martina Trevisan (ITA) 6-3, 6-1
Diane Parry (FRA) bt Harriet Dart (GBR) 6-7 (4/7), 6-0, 6-4
Petra Martic (CRO x30) bt Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 4-1 – retired
Magda Linette (POL x23) bt Jil Teichmann (SUI) 6-3, 6-2
Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Maryna Zanevska (BEL) 6-1, 7-5
Belinda Bencic (SUI x14) bt Katie Swan (GBR) 7-5, 6-2
Daria Kasatkina (x11) bt Caroline Dolehide (USA) 6-1, 6-4
Jodie Burrage (GBR) bt Caty McNally (USA) 6-1, 6-3
Nadia Podoroska (ARG) bt Tereza Martincova (CZE) 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4
Victoria Azarenka (x19) bt Yuan Yue (CHN) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Elise Mertens (BEL x28) bt Viktória Kužmová (SVK) 7-6 (7/2), 6-2
Elina Svitolina (UKR) bt Venus Williams (USA) 6-4, 6-3
Wang Xinyu (CHN) bt Storm Sanders (AUS) 6-3, 6-1
Jessica Pegula (USA x4) bt Lauren Davis (USA) 6-2, 6-7 (8/10), 6-3
Cristina Bucsa (ESP) bt Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (11/9)
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) bt Claire Liu (USA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Alycia Parks (USA) bt Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 6-4, 6-3
Ana Bogdan (ROM) bt Liudmila Samsonova (x15) 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/4)
Veronika Kudermetova (x12) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) bt Peyton Stearns (USA) 6-2, 7-5
Leylah Fernandez (CAN) bt Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Caroline Garcia (FRA x5) bt Katie Volynets (USA) 6-4, 6-3
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