Australian Alex de Minaur snaps an 11-match shedding streak in opposition to Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas within the quarterfinals at an ATP 500 match in Mexico.
Acapulco, Mexico, 1 March 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Acapulco, Mexico
Alex de Minaur has survived a significant check to maintain his title defence alive at an ATP 500 match in Acapulco.
The 25-year-old Australian posted a come-from-behind 1-6 6-3 6-3 victory in opposition to world No.12 Stefanos Tsitsipas within the quarterfinals.
“I knew coming in, it doesn’t matter what occurred I used to be going to depart all of it on the market whether or not I performed my greatest tennis, my worst or something in between,” De Minaur mentioned.
“The primary set was most likely up there with a few of my worst tennis, however I knew the circumstances weren’t simple for each of us, so I knew I simply needed to get my means into the match by some means after which use the adrenaline and aggressive spirit that I’m at all times going to carry.
“I’m extraordinarily blissful I managed to show this one round.”
De Minaur’s two-hour victory snaps an 11-match shedding streak in opposition to the 25-year-old Greek, stretching again to June 2017.
It’s De Minaur’s second profession win in opposition to Tsitsipas – and first at tour-level.
“I’m glad I obtained one on the board,” world No.9 De Minaur mentioned of their lopsided head-to-head report.
“Stefanos has had my quantity for a really very long time, so I’m glad I used to be capable of get one again.”
This De Minaur’s sixth top-20 win this 12 months, which is essentially the most recorded by an Australian within the first two months of the season since John Alexander in 1975.
De Minaur will now face Brit Jack Draper for a spot within the closing.
Australian John Friends can be having fun with a deep run on the match, progressing to the doubles semifinals alongside Finnish accomplice Harri Heliovaara.
Friends and Heliovaara saved a match level within the second set earlier than closing out a 4-6 7-6(7) [10-5] victory in opposition to Brit Julian Money and American Robert Galloway within the quarterfinals.
This propels 35-year-old Friends into this primary tour-level semifinal since September 2023.
Aussies in motion – Acapulco
RESULTS
Males’s singles, quarterfinals
[3] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d [5] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 1-6 6-3 6-3
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
John Friends (AUS)/Harri Heliovaara (FIN) d Julian Money (GBR)/Robert Galloway (USA) 4-6 7-6(7) [10-5]
COMING UP
Males’s singles, semifinals
[3] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Jack Draper (GBR)
Males’s doubles, semifinals
John Friends (AUS)/Harri Heliovaara (FIN) v [2] Hugo Nys (MON)/Jan Zielinski (POL)
Austin, USA
Olivia Gadecki is having fun with a career-best run in doubles at a WTA 250 match in Austin.
The 21-year-old Australian has superior to her first WTA semifinal alongside Brit Olivia Nicholls, after gorgeous the second seeds within the quarterfinals.
Gadecki and Nicholls scored a powerful 6-3 6-3 victory in opposition to world No.44 Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan and world No.68 Zhang Shuai of China.
Presently ranked at a career-high world No.90, Gadecki is now eyeing a primary finals look at tour-level.
Slovak Tereza Mihalikova and Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, the match’s fourth seeds, await within the semifinals.
One other Australian, 17-year-old Maya Joint, is scheduled to play her doubles quarterfinal tomorrow.
Aussies in motion – Austin
RESULTS
Ladies’s doubles, quarterfinals
Olivia Gadecki (AUS)/Olivia Nicholls (GBR) d [2] Anna Danilina (KAZ)/Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-3 6-3
COMING UP
Ladies’s doubles, quarterfinals
[WC] Maya Joint (AUS)/Sabina Zeynalova (UKR) v [1] Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)
Ladies’s doubles, semifinals
Olivia Gadecki (AUS)/Olivia Nicholls (GBR) v [4] Tereza Mihalikova (SVK)/Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
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