Aussie Rinky Hijikata and Brit Cameron Norrie get rid of the fifth seeds to advance to an ATP Masters 1000 doubles semifinal in China.
Shanghai, China, 11 October 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Shanghai, China
Rinky Hijikata and British associate Cameron Norrie have continued their giant-killing run on the Shanghai Masters.
The primary-time pairing posted a 6-4 3-6 [10-8] victory towards fifth-seeded Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni within the quarterfinals.
World No.9 Molteni and world No.11 Gonzalez have been one of many world’s most constant groups this season, profitable 5 titles collectively.
It extends a powerful run for Hijikata and Norrie, who saved two match factors to get rid of the No.3 seeds within the second spherical.
Remarkably, world No.37 Hijikata had not scored a doubles win at ATP Masters 1000 stage earlier than this event.
The 22-year-old Aussie and Norrie now face seventh seeds Marcel Granollers from Spain and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos for a spot within the closing.
Aussies in motion – Shanghai
RESULTS
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Cameron Norrie (GBR) d [5] Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/Andres Molteni (ARG) 6-4 3-6 [10-8]
COMING UP
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v [8] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
Males’s doubles, semifinals
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Cameron Norrie (GBR) v [7] Marcel Granollers (ESP)/Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
> VIEW: Shanghai Masters males’s doubles draw
Seoul, Korea
Kimberly Birrell and American associate Emina Bektas have superior to the doubles quarterfinals at a WTA 250 event in Seoul.
Birrell and Bektas scored a 4-6 6-4 [10-7] victory towards Korean pair Na Lae Han and Su Jeong Jang within the opening spherical.
That is 25-year-old Birrell’s fourth WTA-level doubles win of the season.
Birrell continues to be alive within the singles draw too, the place she is to play Korean wildcard Dayeon Again within the second spherical.
> READ: Birrell displays on top-100 breakthrough
Aussies in motion – Seoul
RESULTS
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
Kimberly Birrell (AUS)/Emina Bektas (USA) d Na Lae Han (KOR)/Su Jeong Jang (KOR) 4-6 6-4 [10-7]
COMING UP
Girls’s singles, second spherical
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [WC] Dayeon Again (KOR)
Girls’s doubles, quarterfinals
Kimberly Birrell (AUS)/Emina Bektas (USA) v [2] Marie Bouzkova (CZE)/Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
Hong Kong
The profitable run of qualifier Daria Saville has come to an finish at a WTA 250 event in Hong Kong.
Saville gained two matches to earn her place in the principle draw, however was unable to keep up that momentum towards third-seeded Belgian Elise Mertens.
World No.41 Mertens scored a 6-1 6-4 opening-round victory towards the 29-year-old Aussie.
Aussies in motion – Hong Kong
RESULTS
Girls’s singles, first spherical
[3] Elise Mertens (BEL) d [Q] Daria Saville (AUS) 6-1 6-4
COMING UP
Girls’s singles, second spherical
Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [5] Anna Blinkova
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
Priscilla Hon (AUS)/Yang Ya Yi (TPE) v Hsieh Yu-Chieh (TPE)/Ekaterina Yashina
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