Priscilla Hon was amongst 4 Australian winners on day one of many US Open 2024 qualifying competitors.
New York, USA , 20 August 2024 | Leigh Rogers
All 4 Australian gamers in motion on day one of many US Open 2024 qualifying competitors have recorded spectacular wins.
Priscilla Hon triumphed 6-3 3-6 6-3 towards 17-year-old American wildcard Akasha Urhobo within the opening spherical of the ladies’s qualifying singles competitors.
This snaps a seven-match shedding streak for the 26-year-old from Brisbane, who’s contesting qualifying in New York for a fifth time.
Destanee Aiava wanted solely 52 minutes to energy previous Bulgarian Gergana Topalova, recording a complete 6-3 6-0 victory.
That is 24-year-old Aiava’s first win at Flushing Meadows since 2017.
Talia Gibson made a memorable US Open debut, upsetting twenty fifth seed Anastasia Zakharova within the first spherical.
The 20-year-old from Perth triumphed 7-6(4) 1-6 6-3 towards the in-form world No.129, who arrived in New York with seven wins from her previous eight matches.
That is Gibson’s fifth top-150 victory of the season.
Li Tu made a dream US Open debut too, scoring a 6-4 6-4 victory towards world No.143 Alejandro Moro Canas within the opening spherical of the boys’s qualifying singles competitors.
The 28-year-old from Adelaide fired six aces and gained 89 per cent of first serve factors within the one-hour and 37-minute encounter.
It continues a career-best season for Tu at Grand Slam degree. The world No.189 additionally posted breakthrough wins to succeed in the second spherical in qualifying at Roland Garros and Wimbledon this 12 months.
Gamers have to win three rounds to earn a coveted main-draw spot on the closing Grand Slam event of the season. In the event that they achieve this, they may be a part of 14 Australians (11 males and three girls) already on this 12 months’s singles principal attracts.
Aussies in motion – US Open
RESULTS
Girls’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Talia Gibson (AUS) d [25] Anastasia Zakharova 7-6(4) 1-6 6-3
Destanee Aiava (AUS) d Gergana Topalova (BUL) 6-3 6-0
Priscilla Hon (AUS) d [WC] Akasha Urhobo (USA) 6-3 3-6 6-3
Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Li Tu (AUS) d Alejandro Moro Canas (ESP) 6-4 6-4
COMING UP
Girls’s qualifying singles, first spherical
[16] Arina Rodionova (AUS) v Elsa Jacquemot (FRA)
[32] Maya Joint (AUS) v Maja Chwalinska (POL)
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [6] Robin Montgomery (USA)
Astra Sharma (AUS) v Margaux Rouvroy (FRA)
Olivia Gadecki (AUS) v Viktoria Hruncakova (SVK)
Maddison Inglis (AUS) v Alexandra Eala (PHI)
Girls’s qualifying singles, second spherical
Destanee Aiava (AUS) v [4] Mai Hontama (JPN)
Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [23] Daria Snigur (UKR)
Talia Gibson (AUS) v Hanna Chang (USA)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 girls’s qualifying singles draw
Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Alex Bolt (AUS) v [4] Damir Dzumhur (BIH)
Marc Polmans (AUS) v Matteo Martineau (FRA)
Males’s qualifying singles, second spherical
Li Tu (AUS) v Marco Trungelliti (ARG)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 males’s qualifying singles draw
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