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Australian John Friends and Croatian companion Mate Pavic progress to an ATP 250 doubles closing in Astana.
Astana, Kazakhstan, 2 October 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Astana, Kazakhstan
John Friends has charged into the doubles closing at an ATP 250 event in Astana alongside Croatian companion Mate Pavic.
The fourth-seeded pair, who’re teaming up for the primary time this week, are but to drop a set. They continued their spectacular march with a 6-2 6-1 victory in opposition to Dutch duo Robin Haase and Botic van de Zandschulp within the semifinals.
Friends and Pavic misplaced solely 9 factors on serve within the swift 46-minute encounter, propelling them right into a closing showdown in opposition to second-seeded People Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow.
The 35-year-old Friends is now one win away from claiming a twenty eighth profession ATP doubles title and his second of the season.
AUSSIES IN ACTION – Astana
RESULTS
Males’s doubles, semifinals
[4] John Friends (AUS)/Mate Pavic (CRO) d Robin Haase (NED)/Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) 6-2 6-1
COMING UP
Males’s doubles, closing
[4] John Friends (AUS)/Mate Pavic (CRO) v [2] Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/Jackson Withrow (USA)
Beijing, China
Ellen Perez and American companion Nicole Melichar-Martinez blitzed by their opening-round doubles match on the China Open.
They wanted solely 52 minutes to beat Georgia’s Oksana Kalashnikova and Czech Miriam Kolodziejova on the WTA 1000 event.
Perez and Melichar-Martinez’s dominant 6-2 6-2 victory units up a second-round showdown with the No.3 seeds, Czech duo Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.
Daria Saville’s singles marketing campaign ended within the second spherical, with Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina scoring a 6-2 7-6(5) victory.
AUSSIES IN ACTION – Beijing
RESULTS
Girls’s singles, second spherical
Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) d Daria Saville (AUS) 6-2 7-6(5)
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) d Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/Miriam Kolodziejova (CZE) 6-1 6-2
COMING UP
Girls’s doubles, second spherical
[1] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Elise Mertens (BEL) v Chan Hao-Ching (TPE)/Giuliana Olmos (MEX)
Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v [3] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
Shanghai, China
Eight Australians have superior to the ultimate qualifying spherical at an ATP Masters 1000 event in Shanghai.
It was a milestone victory for a number of Aussie contenders, with Li Tu, Dane Sweeny, James McCabe and Philip Sekulic all scoring their career-first wins at this stage.
In-form Marc Polmans scored his first win at an ATP Masters 1000 event in three years, whereas the resurgent Luke Saville recorded his first singles victory at this stage in eight years.
Qualifying contenders must win two matches to earn a main-draw berth on the Shanghai Masters.
AUSSIES IN ACTION – Shanghai
RESULTS
Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
[1] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d Marek Gengel (CZE) 6-3 6-2
[3] James Duckworth (AUS) d Mikalai Haliak 6-4 6-3
[4] Marc Polmans (AUS) d Alibek Kachmazov 3-6 6-3 7-6(3)
[13] Li Tu (AUS) d Colin Sinclair (MNP) 4-6 6-4 6-3
[19] Dane Sweeny (AUS) d [WC] Li Hanwen (CHN) 7-6(2) 6-2
[21] James McCabe (AUS) d [WC] Xiao Linang (CHN) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3
Luke Saville (AUS) d [8] Sumit Nagal (IND) 6-3 6-2
Philip Sekulic (AUS) d [17] Kaichi Uchida (JPN) 6-3 7-6(5)
[18] Stefano Napolitano (ITA) d Omar Jasika (AUS) 6-1 7-5
Solar Fajing (CHN) d [24] Alex Bolt (AUS) 7-6(3) 6-3
COMING UP
Males’s qualifying singles, closing spherical
[1] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v Benjamin Lock (ZIM)
[3] James Duckworth (AUS) v [21] James McCabe (AUS)
[4] Marc Polmans (AUS) v [18] Stefano Napolitano (ITA)
[13] Li Tu (AUS) v [2] Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA)
[19] Dane Sweeny (AUS) v [12] Seongchan Hong (KOR)
Luke Saville (AUS) v [16] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
Philip Sekulic (AUS) v Arthur Weber (FRA)
Males’s singles, first spherical
[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Bye
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Qualifier
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v Botic van de Zandschulp (NED)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [WC] Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Max Purcell (AUS) v Qualifier
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