Thanasi Kokkinakis and Alex de Minaur have the prospect to turn into the primary Australian males to achieve the fourth spherical in singles at Roland Garros since 2007.
Paris, France, 1 June 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Thanasi Kokkinakis and Alex de Minaur are proudly main the Australian cost within the males’s singles competitors at Roland Garros this yr – however have achieved so in contrasting fashions.
World No.11 De Minaur has conceded simply 13 video games throughout his two matches up to now, marking his best development to this stage in a Grand Slam draw.
Kokkinakis, alternatively, has contested two five-set battles and toiled for greater than eight hours on court docket.
“Discovering a win ugly is best than not profitable in any respect,” world No.100 Kokkinakis stated. “(However) it’s powerful, I really want to attempt to do it simpler.”
A spot within the fourth spherical is the prize on provide after they resume their respective campaigns on day seven. They’ve the prospect to turn into the primary Australian males in 18 years to achieve this stage in Paris, with Lleyton Hewitt the final to take action in 2007.
Ought to they each advance, it will mark the primary time in 23 years that two Australian males had made the fourth spherical at Roland Garros (matching the hassle of Hewitt and Wayne Arthurs in 2001).
De Minaur takes on German’s Jan-Lennard Struff, seeking to lengthen his career-best run at Roland Garros.
“He’s a really highly effective participant,” the 25-year-old Australian famous forward of his conflict with the world No.41. “It’s going to be a battle from the very first level. He’s bought an awesome serve and going to look to dictate as a lot as attainable.”
Though De Minaur has gained three of his 5 earlier conferences in opposition to the 34-year-old Struff, he did lose their solely clay-court assembly at Monte Carlo final season.
The 28-year-old Kokkinakis, who has superior to the third spherical at Roland Garros for the third time, faces a showdown with world No.12 Taylor Fritz. They’ve performed twice earlier than, splitting outcomes.
Like Kokkinakis, the 26-year-old American is but to achieve the fourth spherical in Paris. It means there’s a main alternative up for grabs after they go head-to-head for the primary time since 2018.
“(Fritz is a) superb participant and he’s achieved it slightly bit simpler than me to get to the third spherical,” Kokkinakis stated, detailing his focus is on recovering effectively from his taxing opening rounds. “I do know when my physique is there, I’ve an opportunity in opposition to anybody.”
An additional six Australians characteristic in doubles matches on day seven, together with world No.3 Matt Ebden who begins his marketing campaign within the males’s doubles competitors alongside Indian Rohan Bopanna.
Roland Garros is broadcast reside in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport, with protection starting at 6.30pm AEST.
Aussies in motion on day seven:
Males’s singles, third spherical
[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Jan-Lennard Struff (GER), Courtroom 14, first match (from 7pm AEST)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [12] Taylor Fritz (USA), Courtroom Simonne-Mathieu, fifth match
Males’s doubles, first spherical
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Denys Molchanov (UKR) v Petros Tsitsipas (GRE)/Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE), Courtroom 7, second match
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v [Alt] Orlando Luz (BRA)/Marcelo Zormann (BRA), Courtroom 9, third match
Males’s doubles, second spherical
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [7] Wesley Koolhof (NED)/Nikola Mektic (CRO), Courtroom 6, first match (from 7pm AEST)
John Friends (AUS)/Roman Safiullin v [10] Sander Gille (BEL)/Joran Vliegen (BEL), Courtroom 8, third match
Girls’s doubles, second spherical
[2] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Wang Xiyu (CHN)/Yuan Yue (CHN), Courtroom 11, third match
> VIEW: Roland Garros 2024 day seven schedule
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