Storm Hunter continues her wonderful kind in singles, shifting to inside one win of the principle draw of the WTA 1000 event at Indian Wells.
Indian Wells, United States, 5 March 2024 | Matt Trollope
Australia’s Storm Hunter has joined countrywoman Arina Rodionova within the remaining spherical of qualifying at Indian Wells.
Hunter improved her 2024 singles document to a formidable 11-3 after beating Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian – the No.1 seed in qualifying – in straight units on Monday.
Trailing 3-5 within the second set and saving three set factors within the tenth recreation, Hunter accomplished a 6-3 7-5 victory to ebook a conflict with American wildcard Robin Montgomery.
The winner will earn a spot in the principle draw.
Prior to now 12 months, Hunter has efficiently come by way of the qualifying rounds at a number of massive occasions, together with the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, plus WTA 1000 tournaments in Miami and Dubai.
In that very same span she has slashed her rating from two hundredth to world No.124.
Hunter and Rodionova – who subsequent faces former world No.5 Sara Errani – are aiming to affix fellow Australian Daria Saville in the principle draw of a event unofficially often known as the game’s “fifth Grand Slam”.
In different Indian Wells outcomes, 21-year-old Queenslander Olivia Gadecki bowed out within the first spherical of qualifying to Roland Garros 2020 semifinalist Nadia Podoroska.
So too did Aussies Rinky Hijikata, Adam Walton and Marc Polmans, who fell within the first spherical of males’s qualifying singles.
Aussies in motion – Indian Wells
RESULTS
Ladies’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Storm Hunter (AUS) d [1] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 6-3 7-5
[5] Nadia Podoroska (ARG) d Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 6-2 6-4
Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
[1] Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) d Adam Walton (AUS) 6-1 6-3
[20] Liam Broady (GBR) d Marc Polmans (AUS) 6-3 6-2
Lucas Pouille (FRA) d [2] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 5-7 6-1 6-3
COMING UP
Ladies’s qualifying singles, remaining spherical
[17] Arina Rodionova (AUS) v [9] Sara Errani (ITA)
Storm Hunter (AUS) v [WC] Robin Montgomery (USA)
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
Daria Saville (AUS) v Qualifier
> VIEW: Indian Wells 2024 ladies’s singles draw
Males’s singles, first spherical
[10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Bye
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v Qualifier
Max Purcell (AUS) v Gael Monfils (FRA)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v Marcos Giron (USA)
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) v Jack Draper (GBR)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Qualifier
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Fabian Marozsan (HUN)
> VIEW: Indian Wells 2024 males’s singles draw
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