Wimbledon: Hannah Klugman, 16, and veteran Dan Evans among wild cards awarded to British players | Tennis News
Teenagers Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic, with the veteran Dan Evans, received jokers in the main draw of Wimbledon, which begins on June 30.
Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal all obtain a direct entry, Kartal returning a year after having become the first British woman to reach the third round as a qualifier since 1997.
After his race for the final of the girls of the girls of the French Open, Klugman will make his main debut of Grand Slam.
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Brit Mika Stojsavljevic won the simple girls at the US Open
Mingge XU and 2024 Comrades US Open Girls’ Kingles Champion Mika Stojsavljevic will join Klugman, with Francesca Jones, Harriet Dart, Jodie Burrage and Heather Watson.
Klugman and Stojsavljevic, both 16 years old, and Xu, 17, are at the forefront of an exciting generation of young British.
Stojsavljevic won the US Open Junior title last year and Klugman also did the last Wimbledon tour 12 months ago.
Xu, meanwhile, beat two best grass players this month and is about to enter the top 300 of the women’s match.
The double Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova, also received a joker after his return to sport after the birth of his son.
Dan Evans will participate in the main wimbledon draw for the 10th time
Alongside Jack Draper, Jacob Fearnley, Cameron Norrie and Billy Harris winning directly in male singles, Evans, 35, whose classification has slipped to 199, will compete in the main draw of Wimbledon for the 10th time after beating Frances Tiafoe to guarantee his best victory by the Davis Cup in Manchester at Manchester Club this week.
Other men who join Evans to receive jokers are the champion in simple boys 2023 Henry Searle, Jay Clarke, George Loffhagen and Oliver Crawford.
Jack Pinnington Jones and Johannus on Monday – the last British players to go through the American university system – will both make their debut.
For qualifications, five British receive jokers in each of the men and women prints. Arthur Fery, Oliver Tarvet, Ryan Peniston, Paul Jubb and Oliver Bonding take the male spots, while Amarni Banks, Lily Miyazaki, Ella McDonald, Amelia Rajecki and Ranah Stoiber take women.
After finishing the big home in a single career in 2024, Alfie Hewett will return to defend the crown of singles in wheelchair, Gordon Reid joining him with a direct entrance.
Ben Bartram and Dahnon Ward received jokers for singles for male wheelchair, British no 1 and no 2 Lucy Shuker and Cornelia Oosthizen receive Jokers wells to female singles in wheelchair, and Greg Slade receives one to take his place alongside his colleagues 2024 Paralympic medalist in Paralympic Silver Andy Lapthorne In the quadchair shoots.
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