Aleksandar Vukic will tackle prime seed Novak Djokovic after rebounding from a number of deficits to attain a well timed win over Japan’s Shintaro Mochizuki.
Indian Wells, United States, 8 March 2024 | Matt Trollope
Aleksandar Vukic overcame a gritty opponent in Shintaro Mochizuki to progress to the second spherical at Indian Wells.
In a match stuffed with momentum swings, Vukic finally subdued the Japanese qualifier 7-6(4) 7-6(6) to arrange a gathering with world No.1 Novak Djokovic.
It is going to be Vukic’s first assembly with the 24-time Grand Slam champion, who after a first-round bye will play his first match at Indian Wells since 2019.
Sadly, fellow Australians Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell bowed out after dropping their opening matches in straight units in a while Friday (Melbourne time).
Already by means of to the final 64 had been Thanasi Kokkinakis and Christopher O’Connell, who received their first-round matches the day past.
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Vukic stormed to a 5-2 lead within the first set, just for Mochizuki to shut the hole and construct a 3-0 lead within the subsequent tiebreak.
Vukic responded by profitable six factors in a row to wrest again management.
However he was pressured to claw again one other deficit within the second set, after Mochizuki established leads of 4-1 and 5-2.
Vukic, searching for simply his second singles win of 2024, pressured one other tiebreak, and there recovered from 3-5 all the way down to seal an vital victory.
The 27-year-old Aussie, who peaked at world No.48 final yr, returns to the second spherical within the Californian desert after reaching the identical stage in 2021.
In girls’s doubles, new world No.8 Ellen Perez continued her spectacular momentum alongside American associate Nicole Melichar-Martinez.
The No.4 seeds, champions in San Diego final week, received their fifth match in a row by beating Czechs Linda Noskova and Marketa Vondrousova in a match tiebreak.
They’ve received eight of their previous 9 matches after additionally showing within the WTA 1000 closing in Dubai.
Their opponents within the final 16 are but to be decided.
Aussies in motion – Indian Wells
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) d [Q] Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) 7-6(4) 7-6(6)
Gael Monfils (FRA) d Max Purcell (AUS) 6-1 6-2
[Q] Shang Juncheng (CHN) d Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-2 6-3
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[4] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) d Linda Noskova (CZE)/Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 6-0 4-6 [10-5]
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Taro Daniel (JPN)
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [3] Jannik Sinner (ITA)
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) v [6] Alexander Zverev (GER)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Sander Gille (BEL)/Joran Vliegen (BEL)
Alex de Minaur (AUS)/Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [3] Rajeev Ram (USA)/Joe Salisbury (GBR)
Max Purcell (AUS)/Nicolas Jarry (CHI) v Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/Mate Pavic (CRO)
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[3] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) v [WC] Ashlyn Krueger (USA)/Sloane Stephens (USA)
Ladies’s doubles, second spherical
[4] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v TBD
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