Hello. Two Aussies are down, one remains. Leyton Hewitt was outlasted by Kevin Anderson in his final appearance at Queen’s on Monday and Nick Kyrgios was erratic and outclassed by Stan Wawrinka yesterday, so it’s left to Thanasi Kokkinakis to carry the flame. Plenty of good judges rate the youngster highly and after encouraging performances at the French Open and Australian Open, he has every reason to be confident about his prospects on the London grass over the next few weeks.
This is a new experience for him, though, and standing in his way is the experienced Gilles Simon, a Frenchman who has not really lived up to his early promise.