Alex de Minaur will play for the primary time because the US Open as the highest seed in Antwerp, whereas Ajla Tomljanovic, Olivia Gadecki and Kimberly Birrell will contest WTA occasions in Asia after qualifying.
Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 14 October 2024 | Matt Trollope
Alex de Minaur will make his return to the match courtroom when he contests the ATP match in Antwerp this week.
De Minaur is the highest seed on the European Open, the place he’ll play for the primary time in a month after taking additional trip to recuperate from a hip damage following his US Open quarterfinal.
He’s one in all seven Australians in motion at tour-level occasions this week throughout the globe, together with Ajla Tomljanovic, Olivia Gadecki, Kimberly Birrell, James Duckworth, Aleksandar Vukic and Chris O’Connell.
Tomljanovic and Gadecki have continued their spectacular type by qualifying for the primary draw on the WTA 500 match in Ningbo, China.
Tomljanovic, a current winner on the WTA 125K occasion in Hong Kong, dropped simply 5 video games in two qualifying victories in Ningbo.
Again within the high 100, she has received seven of her previous eight matches and contours up in the primary draw towards China’s Yuan Yue.
Gadecki, who sits only one spot above Tomljanovic within the rankings at world No.84, got here via Ningbo qualifying in similarly-commanding fashion, profitable each her matches in straight units.
The No.1 Aussie girl’s subsequent project is a tricky opening-round match towards resurgent Czech Karolina Muchova, a US Open semifinalist and China Open finalist.
The winner of that match will face No.2 seed Zheng Qinwen.
Gadecki, Australia’s No.1 girl since reaching the WTA ultimate in Guadalajara, mentioned her newly-reworked Asian swing schedule in her current look on The Sit-Down podcast.
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In Osaka, Birrell received two matches in qualifying to arrange a first-round assembly with Zheng Saisai in the primary draw.
Up to now six weeks, Birrell has received via the qualifying rounds to succeed in essential attracts on the US Open and WTA occasions in Guadalajara, Beijing and Osaka.
Additional west in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Duckworth and Vukic will conflict in an all-Aussie affair within the first spherical of that ATP 250 occasion.
Duckworth arrives in Almaty contemporary of his ATP Challenger title in Hangzhou, China, whereas Vukic superior to the third spherical of the Shanghai Masters earlier this month, upsetting No.8 seed Casper Ruud alongside the way in which for his first top-10 win.
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Becoming a member of them in the primary draw is O’Connell, who opens towards Canada’s Gabriel Diallo.
And in Europe, De Minaur will play simply his second match since Wimbledon as he continues to make his means again from a hip cartilage tear.
The world No.9, who reached consecutive main quarterfinals at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open this yr, receives a first-round bye in Antwerp.
He’ll face the winner of the match between Dominik Koepfer and Roberto Carballes Baena.
De Minaur, who peaked at world No.6 in July, has constructed a powerful 40-13 win-loss file in 2024.
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