Alex de Minaur gained an all-Aussie battle to return to the quarterfinals in Atlanta, the place he joins Aleksandar Vukic. Daria Saville and Alexei Popyrin are into clay-court quarterfinals in Europe.
Atlanta, United States, 27 July 2023 | Matt Trollope
Atlanta, USA
Defending champion Alex de Minaur out-steadied Thanasi Kokkinakis to return to the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 match in Atlanta.
Within the first skilled assembly between the 2 Australians, De Minaur rebounded from 3-0 down within the second set to finish a 6-3 6-4 triumph.
De Minaur, who gained the Atlanta titles in 2019 and 2022, improves to 10-1 lifetime on the occasion. He subsequent faces Ugo Humbert.
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“I really like taking part in right here. I don’t know what it’s; we all the time get some nice crowds. It’s in all probability one of many courts the place I play my greatest tennis and I’ve had my most success,” stated De Minaur, who’s on a nine-match profitable streak on the match.
“I’m an excellent pal of Thanasi and we all know one another very properly. Yesterday we have been hanging out all day. So it’s all the time robust to play your mates, but it surely was a difficult match and completely satisfied to get my Atlanta marketing campaign began.”
Earlier on Wednesday, Aleksandar Vukic continued his breakthrough season by advancing to his first tour-level quarterfinal of 2023.
Vukic upset No.4 seed Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6 7-5 7-6(3) for his fortieth match win of the season, helped by 26 aces.
World No.31 Nishioka is the highest-ranked participant Vukic has defeated this 12 months, a end result that ought to see the big-hitting Aussie crack the highest 80.
“I’m taking part in nice, I’m serving properly, and yeah, can’t wait (for what’s subsequent),” Vukic stated.
Vukic will play the winner of Wednesday night time’s match between Christopher Eubanks and Brandon Nakashima.
Aussies in motion – Atlanta
RESULTS
Males’s singles, second spherical
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) d [4] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 4-6 7-5 7-6(3)
[2] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-3 6-4
Males’s doubles, first spherical
William Blumberg (USA)/Rajeev Ram (USA) d John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Dan Evans (GBR) 6-2 1-6 [10-4]
COMING UP
Males’s singles, quarterfinals
[2] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [7] Ugo Humbert (FRA)
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v TBC
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [WC] Trent Bryde (USA)/Ethan Quinn (USA)
John Friends (AUS)/Marcelo Melo (BRA) v William Blumberg (USA)/Rajeev Ram (USA)
Hamburg, Germany
Daria Saville has continued her encouraging comeback to the tour with a fourth straight win on clay in Hamburg.
The Australian, who certified for the primary draw, is now by way of to the quarterfinals after saving a set level to beat German Tamara Korpatsch 7-6(6) 6-2.
It’s the fifth win in Saville’s comeback from knee surgical procedure, and units up a quarterfinal conflict with one other native star in Jule Niemeier, who reached the 2022 Wimbledon quarterfinals.
Fellow Aussie Storm Hunter got here extraordinarily near becoming a member of Saville within the quarterfinals of the WTA 250 match.
However regardless of holding a 6-0, 5-3 lead, plus match factors within the following recreation, Hunter fell to a 0-6 7-6(2) 6-4 loss to native wildcard Noma Noha Akugue.
Aussies in motion – Hamburg
RESULTS
Ladies’s singles, second spherical
[Q] Daria Saville (AUS) d Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 7-6(6) 6-2
[WC] Noma Noha Akugue (GER) d Storm Hunter (AUS) 0-6 7-6(2) 6-4
COMING UP
Ladies’s singles, quarterfinals
[Q] Daria Saville (AUS) v Jule Niemeier (GER)
Umag, Croatia
Alexei Popyrin notched one other win on clay in Croatia to progress to his first ATP-level quarterfinal since Adelaide in January.
The highly effective Aussie outplayed No.3 seed Sebastian Ofner 6-4 6-1 to arrange a quarterfinal showdown with native wildcard Dino Prizmic, this 12 months’s Roland Garros junior singles champion.
Victory over the younger Croatian would enhance Ninetieth-ranked Popyrin again to the brink of the highest 80, and ship him into his first semifinal of the season.
Popyrin has now gained 12 of the 18 clay-court matches he has performed in 2023.
Aussies in motion – Umag
RESULTS
Males’s singles, second spherical
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) d [3] Sebastian Ofner (AUT) 6-4 6-1
COMING UP
Males’s singles, quarterfinals
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Dino Prizmic (CRO)
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