Wimbledon 2018: Juan Martin Del Potro and Bernard Tomic make winning starts to The Championships
Both men enjoyed straight-set wins in their respective first-round matches
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Your support makes all the difference.Juan Martin Del Potro enjoyed a straight-set win over Germany’s Peter Gojowczyk to reach the second round of Wimbledon.
Firing down 22 aces throughout the match, Del Potro prevailed 6-3 6-4 6-3.
The 29-year-old, who won the US Open in 2009, briefly lost momentum in the second set but Gojowczyk failed to take advantage.
Del Potro will now face Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez in the next round as he bids to recreate the form of 2013 that saw him reach the semi-finals.
It was all smiles for Bernard Tomic, too, who got his 2018 campaign off to a positive start to banish all memories of last year’s controversial first-round exit.
The mercurial Australian saw off Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets, 6-4 6-2 7-6 (7/2), making the most of his lucky loser status to move into the second round.
Tomic admitted he was “bored” during his 2017 first-round defeat by Mischa Zverev after which he was fined £11,600 for feigning injury for a medical timeout purely to disrupt his opponent.
One year on, however, Tomic kept the child’s play off the court to join Del Potro and others in the second round.
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