Aussie men suffer Wimbledon wipeout

Tennis - Wimbledon - London, Britain - July 4, 2017 Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis in action during his first round match against Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro REUTERS/Tony O'Brien

LONDON (Reuters) - Australian tennis suffered a humiliating wipeout on Tuesday with all six of their men's singles hopefuls eliminated in the first round for just the second time since World War Two.

Bernard Tomic's lacklustre straight sets loss to Mischa Zverev, in which he later claimed he was "bored" was followed by a stronger effort from Thanasi Kokkinakis who pushed Juan Martin del Potro hard before losing in four sets.