Four Australians on the winners list in hot conditions at Wimbledon with Daria Kasatkina overcoming a pre-match vomit

After an opening day disaster for the huge number of Australians at Wimbledon there was day two success in stifling conditions which impacted one of them in a messy way.

Day two was better than day one for the large cohort of Australians at Wimbledon, with four winners, but another five of the 17 who started the year’s third grand slam are out as hot conditions continue to make an impact in London.

Eastbourne champ Maya Joint couldn’t replicate her form in her Wimbledon debut, suffering a first-round exit as new Australian Daria Kasatkina, who overcame a nervous pre-match vomit, remains the only female to progress to the second round as temperatures hit the 30s.

World No.1 Jannik Sinner is the next challenge for Aleksandar Vukic, who joined Alex de Minaur on the day two winners’ list, surviving after prevailing against Chinese Taipei’s Tseng Chun-Hsin in a gruelling, three-hour battle.

“It’s my third first-round win in a row, so hopefully I can go a little further. My next opponents going to be a little tricky with that,” Vukic said.

Aleksandar Vukic is through to round two. Picture: Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images for LTA

“If there’s a surface to play him on, it’s probably this one to be honest. It’s a bit more random in a way, more upsets can happen, so hopefully I can be one of those.”

De Minaur took down Roberto Carballes Baena in straight sets, declaring he had to “lift my level” in more hot conditions.

“It felt like a very solid match against a tough competitor, and there was a little bit of everything,” de Minaur said.

“At the end I had to lift my level when I needed it and played some clutch tennis to finish it off, so overall, quite happy with the performance.”

Even Australia's Alex de Minaur felt the heat. Picture: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP

He will face Frenchman Arthur Cazaux in the next round after he defeated Australian Adam Walton in a tough five-set battle, one of four losers including debutant James McCabe.

Rinky Hijikata charged past David Goffin 6-3 6-1 6-1 in the last match of the day on Court 5 to score the first win of his career against the former world No.7.

Kasatkina, who now plays under the Australian flag after defecting from Russia, put a horror grasscourt lead-in behind her, and the messy pre-match incident to beat Emiliana Arango 7-5 6-3.

“A lot of people saw it five metres from the court. I vomit, so just before entering the court, yes, the little accident happened, like, completely out of nerves,” Kasatkina explained.

Daria Kasatkina got on the winners’ list. Picture: AP Photo/Alastair Grant

Having lost opening-round matches at Queen’s, Berlin and Eastbourne, it was a sigh of relief from the 16th seed after the win.

“Honestly, the start of the day was very, very tough for me (and) I was a bit more nervous than usual,” Kasatkina admitted.

“We had a very physical match, so (I’m) super happy that I was able to push to the end of the first set and to get the lead in the second one because that was very important.”

Joint made a less impressive entry to Wimbledon, losing in straight sets to Liudmila Samsonova, while fellow Aussie Priscilla Hon was also unable to get to round two.

AUSSIE RESULTS AT WIMBLEDON

Gentlemen’s singles, first round

(11) Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 6-2 6-2 7-6(2)

Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) d Tseng Chun-Hsin (TPE) 6-3 6-4 4-6 7-6(5)

Fabian Marozsan (HUN) d (Q) James McCabe (AUS) 6-1 6-4 6-3

Arthur Cazaux (FRA) d Adam Walton (AUS) 6-3 7-6(6) 4-6 6-7(5) 6-1

Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d David Goffin (BEL) 6-3 6-1 6-1

Ben Shelton (USA) d (Q) Alex Bolt (AUS) d [10] 6-4 7-6(1) 7-6(4)

Ladies’ singles, first round

(16) Daria Kasatkina (AUS) d Emiliana Arango (COL) 7-5 6-3

(18) Ekaterina Alexandrova d Priscilla Hon (AUS) 6-2 7-5

(19) Liudmila Samsonova d Maya Joint (AUS) 6-3 6-2

Originally published as Four Australians on the winners list in hot conditions at Wimbledon with Daria Kasatkina overcoming a pre-match vomit