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Down two sets to love and two match points, Andrew Whittington has produced his biggest comeback of the week at Roehampton to qualify for Wimbledon.

London, UK, 30 June 2017 | Matt Trollope

In the first round of Wimbledon qualifying, Andrew Whittington stared down a 1-4 third-set deficit against Stephane Robert before coming back to win.

In the second round, he dropped the first set to Tim Smyczek before coming through in a tense three-setter.

Yet in the final round of the qualifying event on Thursday, his run looked sure to come to an end when he trailed by two sets to love and faced two match points against Denis Kudla.

John-Patrick Smith, who qualified for Wimbledon in 2015, is one win away from repeating the feat after subduing Mackenzie McDonald in three sets on Wednesday.

London, UK, 29 June 2017 | Matt Trollope

John-Patrick Smith stands one match away from the main draw at Wimbledon after a hard-fought win over American Mackenzie McDonald.

So does Andrew Whittington. who for the second match in a row came from behind to score victory – this time over Tim Smyczek.

Smith held firm in a tense final game to beat the 22-year-old McDonald 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3, sealing the one-hour, 54-minute match with an ace.

Destanee Aiava, Arina Rodionova and Lizette Cabrera were all winners on Wednesday at Roehampton to take one step closer to the Wimbledon main draw.

London, UK, 29 June 2017 | Matt Trollope

Destanee Aiava cruised past Freya Christie and into the second round of Wimbledon qualifying.

There she was joined by Arina Rodionova, who wrested control of the second set against Nina Stojanovic to advance in straight sets.

Later on Wednesday, Lizette Cabrera made it a perfect three-from-three for Australia with an impressive win over Czech Tereza Smitkova.

Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova head the Aussie charge at Wimbledon in 2017, with the youngsters both seeded 20th for this year's Championships.

London, UK, 28 June 2017 | AAP

Nick Kyrgios will have to do it the hard way if he’s to progress to the second week of Wimbledon after missing an all-important top 16 seeding for the grasscourt Grand Slam starting on Monday.

Australia’s top title hope has been seeded 20th in line with his world ranking, meaning he’ll be slightly more vulnerable at Friday’s draw in London.

A quarterfinalist on debut in 2014, Kyrgios has fallen in the fourth round the past two years.

Last week two 35-year olds won the ATP 500 titles in Halle and Queens and showed once again that the age for men to play their best tennis is getting older and older. Federer easily disposed of A. Zverev 6-3, 6-1 to win his 9th Halle title while Lopez defeated Cilic 4-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(8) to win his 6th career title.

Lopez also made the final of Stuttgart the previous week so he is on a strong run and has one of the best grass court games around. With his big serve and very solid volleys, he will be someone to watch out for at Wimbledon. Federer lost his first match in Stuttgart and then same as he did after losing to Donskoy in Dubai he won the next tournament he played.

This was Federer’s 92nd overall title and 4th title of the year. The way he disposed of Zverev in the final was particularly impressive. I think he wanted to send a little message after losing to Zverev in the Halle semis last year. Zverev had no chance at all and Federer was superb.

Roger Federer has now won 92 career titles ª¾

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