Chris O’Connell defeats world No.22 Frances Tiafoe to maneuver into the third spherical of the Miami Open for the primary time.
Miami, USA, 24 March 2024 | Rhys de Deugd
Chris O’Connell has scored one of many largest wins of his profession on the Miami Open, eliminating host-nation hopeful Frances Tiafoe within the second spherical.
The Australian was not phased by rain delays and American followers supporting the world No.22, as he fought by means of a decent two-set contest to assert a 7-5 7-6(5) victory.
That is O’Connell’s sixth profession win towards a top-30 opponent.
Very like his opening-round win, the world No.66 impressed together with his serving, as he fired off 17 aces with no single double fault for the match.
Eleven of these aces got here within the second set, the place he solely dropped 9 factors on his serve and closed out the match in a tiebreak.
That is the primary time within the 29-year-old’s profession that he has gained back-to-back main-draw matches at an ATP Masters 1000 occasion and continues his career-best run in Miami.
O’Connell will face one other American within the third spherical when he takes on 20-year-old wildcard Martin Damm Jr.
> VIEW: Miami Open males’s singles draw
Within the night session, Jordan Thompson bowed out within the second spherical with a three-set loss to veteran Gael Monfils.
There’s nonetheless a golden alternative to have three Australians characteristic within the third spherical on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion, with fellow Aussies Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin to play their second-round matches tomorrow.
Aussies in motion – Miami
RESULTS
Males’s singles, second spherical
Chris O’Connell (AUS) d [21] Frances Tiafoe (USA) 7-5 7-6(5)
Gael Monfils (FRA) d [33] Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-7(3) 6-1 6-2
Girls’s singles, second spherical
[20] Emma Navarro (USA) d [Q] Storm Hunter (AUS) 6-4 6-3
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Kwon Quickly-woo (KOR)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [26] Jiri Lehecka (CZE)
Males’s singles, third spherical
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v Martin Damm Jr. (USA)
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
[4] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Veronika Kudermetova/Anastasia Potapova
[Alt] Daria Saville (AUS)/Magdalena Frech (POL) v Wang Xinyu (CHN)/Zheng Saisai (CHN)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andrea Vavassori (ITA)
John Friends (AUS)/Harri Heliovaara (FIN) v Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/Mate Pavic (CRO)
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Ariel Behar (URU)/Adam Pavlasek (CZE)
Males’s doubles, second spherical
[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) v [3] Joe Salisbury (GBR)/Rajeev Ram (USA)
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