{"id":21769,"date":"2026-06-25T10:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=21769"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:32:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:32:33","slug":"schoolkate-advances-to-final-round-of-wimbledon-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2026\/06\/25\/schoolkate-advances-to-final-round-of-wimbledon-qualifying","title":{"rendered":"Schoolkate Advances to Final Round of Wimbledon Qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Perth’s Tristan Schoolkate has thrived on a chaotic day in unprecedented heat at Wimbledon qualifying to bring the curtain down on a British star’s career.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The win gives Schoolkate the chance to join seven countrymen in the men’s singles main draw when he plays on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Schoolkate\u2019s win over Dan Evans means the 36-year-old was not able to land his dream of one final singles outing at the All England Club next week.<\/p>\n

Schoolkate wouldn’t be denied, either by the partisan home crowd, soaring temperatures in the mid-thirties or an hour-long suspension caused by a power problem to \u200cthe automated line-calling system as he overpowered Evans 7-5 6-0, leaving the Briton to concede “he was just too good”.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old West Australian, now just a win away from a Wimbledon main-draw debut, recognised whose day it was as he applauded Evans off court and then offered the British talent, who’ll still be at Wimbledon in the men’s doubles, a glowing tribute.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Dan’s a phenomenal player. I wish him all the best after his career. I looked up to guys like him for a long time,” said Schoolkate, who reeled off the last eight games in a row.<\/p>\n

“So much of tennis nowadays is ‘same old, same old’, but watching him, the way he jinks it around, his slice is amazing, and a great competitor. So many young kids can learn a lot from Dan.<\/p>\n

“I know the crowd were supporting him, but it’s nice to hear some claps my way too and I played a phenomenal second set after that heat delay, so happy with that.”<\/p>\n

Schoolkate had just left the court for a bathroom break after taking the first set and by the time he returned, the line-calling system had gone down, with no-one quite clear if the searing heat might have been responsible on a day when all the ball kids were kept at home because of the weather conditions.<\/p>\n

“It’s not usually this hot in London, so it was unexpected,” admitted Schoolkate, the world No.147. “It was a bit of a strange break. I knew that my body might pull up a little better than his, but just glad I came out of the gates pretty hot when we resumed.”<\/p>\n

Schoolkate will next face Colombian Nicolas Mejia, ranked 21 places below him, in a best-of-five-set match for one of the coveted 16 extra men’s places in the main draw. The match is scheduled for 6 pm WST tonight.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately there will be no Storm Hunter<\/strong> joining Schoolkate in the final round of qualifying after Hunter put up a fierce battle from 5-2 down in the final set before losing 5-7 6-1 7-5 to another Russian, Aliaksandra Sasnovich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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