#NextGen stars, Saville Advance At Wimbledon Qualifying

All remaining first-round matches were completed on Tuesday, Day 2 of Wimbledon qualifying. #NextGen stars Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov of Russia moved into the second round along with former junior Wimbledon champion Luke Saville of Australia.

Top seed Khachanov recorded his first Wimbledon victory by defeating Yan Bai of China, 6-3, 6-4. The 20 year old broke into the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings this year after strong results, including a win against Top 20 player Roberto Bautista Agut en route to reaching the third round of the ATP World Tour 500 event in Barcelona. Next up for Khachanov is Enrique Lopez-Perez of Spain.

Rublev also moved into the second round with a convincing win over American Alexander Sarkissian, 6-1, 6-4. The 18-year-old Rublev won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in February in Quimper, France. His campaign for a debut main draw appearance at Wimbledon continues with a match against British wild card Marcus Willis.

The 25-year-old Willis recorded the upset of the day by defeating No. 4 seed Yuichi Sugita of Japan, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1. The World No. 778 in the Emirates ATP Rankings was playing his first tournament since January and only his second of 2016 after being sidelined by injury. Willis also recorded his first career win over a Top 100 player in the Emirates ATP Rankings and first win at Wimbledon since 2009.

Another player who advanced on Monday was Saville, 2011 junior Wimbledon champion, who survived a stern test against Oriol Roca Batalla of Spain, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. The 22 year old is looking to advance through qualifying at Wimbledon for the third consecutive year. He’ll next play Aldin Setkic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who defeated No. 26 seed Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina.

Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador also broke ground by becoming the first player from El Salvador to ever win a qualifying round at a Grand Slam. The 25-year-old defeated Constant Lestienne of France, 6-4, 7-6(3). He’ll look to keep his run going when he plays Matthew Barton of Australia, who prevailed 8-6 in the final set over No. 32 seed Marco Trungelliti of Argentina.

Other players to advance on Tuesday include 38-year-old Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain and Mohamed Safwat of Egypt, who became the first player from his country to win a match at Wimbledon since Ismael El Shafei in 1976.

All second-round qualifying matches will be held on Wednesday, with the feature match of the day pitting #NextGen star and No. 29 seed Quentin Halys of France against Zhe Li of China.

Click here to see all results from Day 2 of Wimbledon qualifying.