Australian James Duckworth bravely saved two match factors in his second-round singles match at Brisbane Worldwide 2024.
Brisbane, Australia , 3 January 2024 | Leigh Rogers
James Duckworth has endured many challenges all through his skilled profession.
There’s been 9 surgical procedure setbacks, with elbow, foot, shoulder and hip points forcing the 31-year-old Australian onto the sidelines and into numerous hours of rehabilitation.
A lot of these painful and lonely hours of rehab have been spent on the Queensland Tennis Centre, the place Duckworth has educated for the previous 10 years.
This summer season, nonetheless, the world No.116 is simply creating joyful reminiscences on the venue.
After successful two qualifying rounds to earn his spot on this yr’s Brisbane Worldwide males’s singles draw, Duckworth has posted back-to-back top-60 wins to progress to the quarterfinals on the event for the primary time in 9 years.
Duckworth’s resilience was on present in a second-round encounter with world No.51 Yannick Hanfmann in the present day, the place he saved two match factors in an exciting 4-6 6-1 7-6(2) victory.
He described the environment at Present Courtroom 1 as “superior” and credited the hometown help for “serving to get him by means of”.
Additionally boosted by 22 aces all through the two-hour and 25-minute battle, this effort propels Duckworth into this primary ATP-level quarterfinal since September 2022.
He subsequent performs both world No.8 Holger Rune of Denmark, the event’s prime seed, or world No.48 Alexander Shevchenko for a spot within the semifinals.
Alexei Popyrin’s marketing campaign resulted in heartbreak after squandering 5 match factors in his loss to world No.39 Roman Safiullin.
After trailing 2-5 within the deciding set, Safiullin fought again to triumph 6-7(9) 6-4 7-6(3) in a see-sawing encounter that lasted virtually three hours.
Within the males’s doubles competitors, the all-Australian mixture of Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson have superior to the quarterfinals.
Purcell and Thompson scored a 6-3 6-3 win towards the fifth seeds, world No.43 Nikola Mektic of Croatia and world No.15 Hugo Nys of Monaco, to set-up a final-eight conflict with Australian John-Patrick Smith and German Andreas Mies.
Smith and Mies eradicated the reigning Australian Open champions, Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler, within the second spherical.
After bowing out of the ladies’s singles competitors in a three-set battle towards eleventh seed Anastasia Potapova, Daria Saville bounced again shortly to progress to the doubles quarterfinals alongside Daria Kasatkina.
Potapova awaits, once more, within the subsequent spherical together with her associate Yana Sizikova.
Aussies in motion – Brisbane Worldwide
TODAY’S RESULTS
Males’s singles, second spherical
[Q] James Duckworth (AUS) d Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 4-6 6-1 7-6(2)
Roman Safiullin d Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-7(9) 6-4 7-6(3)
Ladies’s singles, second spherical
[2] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) d [Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 6-4 6-1
[11] Anastasia Potapova d [WC] Daria Saville (AUS) 6-4 3-6 6-4
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[WC] James Duckworth (AUS)/Chris O’Connell (AUS) d Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)/Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) walkover
Males’s doubles, second spherical
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) d [5] Nikola Mektic (CRO)/Hugo Nys (MON) 6-3 6-3
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER) d [4] Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Jason Kubler (AUS) 6-4 6-3
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)/Sebastian Korda (USA) d [6] John Friends (AUS)/Harri Heliovaara (FIN) 4-6 6-3 [10-3]
Ladies’s doubles, second spherical
[WC] Daria Saville (AUS)/Daria Kasatkina d [2] Chan Hao-Ching (TPE)/Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 7-6(5) 6-7(4) [11-9]
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [4] Ugo Humbert (FRA)
[WC] Jason Kubler (AUS) v [WC] Rafael Nadal (ESP)
[WC] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [Q] Tomas Machac (CZE)
Males’s singles, quarterfinals
[Q] James Duckworth (AUS) v TBC
> VIEW: Brisbane Worldwide 2024 males’s singles draw
Ladies’s singles, third spherical
[WC] Arina Rodionova (AUS) v Mirra Andreeva
> VIEW: Brisbane Worldwide 2024 ladies’s singles draw
Males’s doubles, second spherical
[WC] James Duckworth (AUS)/Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [1] Kevin Krawietz (GER)/Tim Puetz (GER)
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER)
Ladies’s doubles, quarterfinals
[WC] Daria Saville (AUS)/Daria Kasatkina v Anastasia Potapova/Yana Sizikova
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