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Wildcard Storm Hunter’s French Open 2023 win ignites golden start for Australians

Inspired wildcards Thanasi Kokkinakis and Storm Hunter and jubilant Jason Kubler have given Australia a flying start to the French Open with rousing first-round victories in Paris.

Hunter continued her magical run from qualifying with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 defeat of higher-ranked Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz to ignite Australia’s 2023 campaign.

Kokkinakis then showcased his huge game with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over British 20th seed Dan Evans before the resurgent Kubler completed Australia’s banner first day with a tenacious five-set triumph.

The former world No 1 junior battled away for almost three and a half hours to see off Argentine qualifying lucky loser Facundo Diaz Acosta 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to give Australia an unlikely three-from-three start at the year’s second grand slam.

Hunter made a mockery of her lowly ranking to record her maiden grand-slam main-draw victory. The 28-year-old rallied from a service break down in the deciding set to join Sophie Ferguson (2010) as only the second Australian woman to progress to the second round at Roland Garros as a qualifier.

Hunter had fallen in the first round of all seven of her previous grand-slam main-draw appearances – five times at the Australian Open and at the 2021 French and US Opens. But the unsung hero of Australia’s charge to the final of last year’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals teams’ event once again rose to the occasion.

“It was honestly a great match and I’m just so happy to win my first match in a slam,” Hunter said. “It’s really amazing.”

Ranked 110 places below Parrizas Diaz at world No 204, Hunter refused to throw in the towel after surrendering a 4-2 lead to drop the first set after losing four straight games. She had fought desperately to claim the first

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