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Taylah Preston, a 17-year-old from Perth, is through to the second round in the Wimbledon 2023 girls’ singles competition.
London, Great Britain, 8 July 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Taylah Preston has advanced to the second round in the Wimbledon girls’ singles competition for the second year in a row.
The 17-year-old from Perth made a promising start to her 2023 campaign, recording a 6-1 7-6(2) victory over American Theadora Rabman.
Preston, who broke into the world’s top 10 in the junior rankings last year, is contesting only her second junior tournament of the season.
After missing the Australian summer with a back injury, Preston has been focusing on competing on the professional tour.
She impressively claimed her first pro title at an ITF 25 tournament in Tunisia in May and has won 25 of her 34 matches at that level since April.
Preston, who has twice been named the Female Junior Athlete of the Year at the Australian Tennis Awards, returned to the junior tour last week at an ITF J300 tournament in Roehampton and won five matches to reach the quarterfinals as a qualifier.
Making her sixth career junior Grand Slam appearance, Preston is determined to better third-round runs she recorded at Roland Garros and the US Open last year.
Two more Australian juniors – Emerson Jones and Lily Taylor – are scheduled to play their first-round matches at the All England Club later today.
> READ: Emerson Jones – A rising star of Australian tennis
Aussies in action – Wimbledon
RESULTS
Girls’ singles, first round
[WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) d Theadora Rabman (USA) 6-1 7-6(2)
COMING UP
Boys’ singles, first round
Hayden Jones (AUS) v [Q] Manas Dhamne (IND)
Charlie Camus (AUS) v [WC] Viktor Frydrych (GBR)
[Q] Pavle Marinkov (AUS) v Thijs Boogaard (NED)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2023 boys’ singles draw
Girls’ singles, first round
[13] Emerson Jones (AUS) v [WC] Given Roach (GBR)
Lily Taylor (AUS) v [6] Kaitlin Quevedo (USA)
[Q] Roisin Gilheany (AUS) v [WC] Isabelle Lacy (GBR)
Girls’ singles, second round
[WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) v TBC
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2023 girls’ singles draw
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