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Daily Mail
17 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Britain's next big things for Wimbledon: Meet the two 16-year-old junior Grand Slam stars and a 17-year-old handed £66,000 main draw wildcards into the Championships
Teenagers Hannah Klugman, Mimi Xu and Mika Stojsavljevic will make their senior Wimbledon debuts at this summer's Championships after being awarded main-draw wild cards worth £66,000. Klugman and Stojsavljevic, both 16, and 17-year-old Xu are at the forefront of an exciting generation of British youngsters. Stojsavljevic won the US Open junior title last year and Klugman, who made the final round of Wimbledon qualifying 12 months ago, reached the French Open girls' final earlier this month. Xu, meanwhile, has beaten two top-100 players on grass this month and is close to breaking into the top 300 in the women's game. The trio will be joined in the main draw by more experienced campaigners in Heather Watson, Harriet Dart, Jodie Burrage and Fran Jones. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has also been given a wild card after returning to the sport following the birth of her son. Seven British men have been given wild cards into the main draw, including veteran Dan Evans, whose ranking has slipped to 199. Jack Pinnington Jones and Johannus Monday - the latest British players to come through the US college system - will both make their debuts, while 19-year-old former junior champion Henry Searle has been given a wild card for a second year. Jay Clarke, Oliver Crawford and George Loffhagen complete the septet. The main draw wildcards are lucrative with players banking £66,000 for appearing in the first round of the Grand Slam. A first round win alone will net players £99,000 at this year's Championships after Wimbledon confirmed prize money last week. A notable absentee among the wildcards was France's Lois Boisson, who produced a stunning run to the French Open semi-finals. Boisson's shock performance saw her ranking rise from the No361 to 65, but her ascent came too late to earn a main draw berth at Wimbledon. The French star will instead have to go through qualifying to reach the main draw.
The Independent
19 hours ago
- Sport
- The Independent
British teenage trio handed Wimbledon wild cards for main draw
Teenagers Hannah Klugman, Mimi Xu and Mika Stojsavljevic will make their senior Wimbledon debuts at this summer's Championships after being awarded main-draw wild cards. Klugman and Stojsavljevic, both 16, and 17-year-old Xu are at the forefront of an exciting generation of British youngsters. Stojsavljevic won the US Open junior title last year and Klugman, who made the final round of Wimbledon qualifying 12 months ago, reached the French Open girls' final earlier this month. Xu, meanwhile, has beaten two top-100 players on grass this month and is close to breaking into the top 300 in the women's game. The trio will be joined in the main draw by more experienced campaigners in Heather Watson, Harriet Dart, Jodie Burrage and Fran Jones. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has also been given a wild card after returning to the sport following the birth of her son. Seven British men have been given wild cards into the main draw, including veteran Dan Evans, whose ranking has slipped to 199. Jack Pinnington Jones and Johannus Monday – the latest British players to come through the US college system – will both make their debuts, while 19-year-old former junior champion Henry Searle has been given a wild card for a second year. Jay Clarke, Oliver Crawford and George Loffhagen complete the septet.
