Bernard Tomic has joined the Australian exodus from the Wimbledon singles draws, falling in straights to Germany’s 27th seed Mischa Zverev.

Tomic hurt his back midway through the opening set and was clearly hindered in the 6-4 6-3 6-4 first-round defeat on Tuesday.

With Nick Kyrgios retiring with a hip injury just two sets into his opener against Pierre-Hugues Herbert and John Millman and Andrew Whittington also losing, only Thanasi Kokkinakis or Jordan Thompson can save Australia from a humiliating first-ever Wimbledon first-round men’s wipeout.