Alex de Minaur, Jordan Thompson and Daria Kasatkina are the only Australians into the Wimbledon third round

As 30 seeded players exited Wimbledon through the opening two rounds Australia’s two top ranked players have survived with draws opening right up.

Alex de Minaur declared the carnage that has claimed eight of the top 10 men at Wimbledon was proof it’s “not easy out there” as both of Australia’s top ranked players pushed into the third round.

After de Minaur recorded a positive four set win over Frenchman Arthur Cazaux, Daria Kasatkina, the 16th seed, took down Romanian rival Irina-Camelia Begu in three sets, this time without a pre-match vomit.

It leaves three Australians in the draw after Aleksandar Vukic was crushed by the world No.1 Jannik Sinner, the world’s best player also avoiding the rampant exits of seeded players.

Fifteen of the 32 men’s seeds fell in the first two rounds, and 15 of the women’s.

“It just shows you, this sport, it’s not easy out there. Anything can happen on any given day,” de Minaur after his 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-0 victory.

Alex de Minaur on his way to victory (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Having labelled Wimbledon his “second home slam” given he’s engaged to British star Katie Boulter, de Minaur said he was energised to go deep after storming through the final set, dropping just 15 points.

The draw has opened up big time for de Minaur who will next play Denmark’s August Holmgren, a qualifier ranked 181 places below him who knocked out Czech 21st seed Tomas Machac in a marathon lasting four hours and 38 minutes.

“All my energy goes towards hopefully playing a lot of matches in the next couple of weeks here,” de Minaur, a quarterfinalist last year, said.

“It’s a second home Slam for me. Over the last three, four years I’ve definitely felt the love here – it’s a special place to play tennis.”

Rinky Hijikata was also on the verge of a straight-sets defeat to 10th-seeded Ben Shelton who was about to serve for the match while leading 6-2, 7-5, 5-4 when play was halted on court two because of darkness.

Ben Shelton of United States speaks with officials after play was suspended. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

The court doesn’t have a roof or artificial lights, and Shelton wasn’t happy he’d have to come back the next day to complete what loms as a big win.

Kasatkina had to overcome some nervous moments, in the match not before it, and showed signs of frustration before taking her win 6-2 4-6 6-1 to continue to fly her new country’s flag.

“I prefer this fire and getting this anger than when I don’t feel the energy at all. So sometimes I was screaming to the box and stuff, but that’s important, it gives you energy,” Kasatkina said.

She’ll next face 18th seed Liudmila Samsonova, who’s already knocked out teenage Australian star Maya Joint in the opening round.

Daria Kasatkina on her way to victory.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

AUSSIES IN ACTION

DAY 4 RESULTS

Gentlemen’s singles, second round

[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-0

[1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) d Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 6-1 6-1 6-3

Ladies’ singles, second round

[16] Daria Kasatkina (AUS) d Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 6-2 4-6 6-1

Originally published as Alex de Minaur, Jordan Thompson and Daria Kasatkina are the only Australians into the Wimbledon third round