Australian Alexei Popyrin is the primary participant by means of to the third spherical within the males’s singles draw at this 12 months’s ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, USA, 16 August 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Alexei Popyrin has taken benefit of a lucky-loser spot at an ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati.
The 24-year-old Australian misplaced a three-set battle in opposition to compatriot Max Purcell within the closing qualifying spherical, however was elevated into the primary draw when world No.11 Karen Khachanov withdrew with damage.
Popyrin returned to the winner’s circle at this time with a 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 opening-round victory in opposition to world No.52 Daniel Altmaier, a 24-year-old German who additionally entered the draw as a fortunate loser.
It’s world No.58 Popyrin’s first main-draw win on the Cincinnati Masters.
Popyrin’s good fortune has continued, transferring straight into the third spherical.
His second-round opponent, Chile’s Nicolas Jarry, has withdrawn from the event as a result of impending arrival of his second little one.
Max Purcell additionally scored his career-first main-draw victory in Cincinnati, beating South Africa’s Lloyd Harris 6-4 6-4.
The 25-year-old Purcell proved steely underneath stress, saving all 5 break factors he confronted within the 74-minute encounter.
Thanasi Kokkinakis was equally spectacular on serve, saving all eight break factors he confronted in a three-hour and eight-minute battle in opposition to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz.
It wasn’t sufficient to cease Hurkacz nonetheless, with the world No.20 edging out a 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(1) victory.
Heartbreakingly, that is the second time this season that world No.78 Kokkinakis has misplaced in opposition to Hurkacz in a third-set tiebreak at an ATP Masters 1000 event.
Hurkacz outlasts Kokkinakis AGAIN 😱
2023, Miami: Hurkacz d. Kokkinakis 6-7(10) 7-6(7) 7-6(6) in 3:30
2023, Cincinnati: Hurkacz d. Kokkinakis 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(1) in 3:09#CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/3CQUVpBbu8— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 15, 2023
Alex de Minaur was pushed to a few units in his opening-round conflict with American J.J. Wolf, however completed strongly to triumph 6-0 3-6 6-1.
World No.12 De Minaur struck seven aces within the one-hour and 58-minute encounter, serving to him report his eleventh win from his previous 14 matches.
Aussies in motion – Cincinnati
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Alex de Minaur (AUS) d J.J. Wolf (USA) 6-0 3-6 6-1
[Q] Max Purcell (AUS) d Lloyd Harris (RSA) 6-4 6-4
[LL] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) d [LL] Daniel Altmaier (GER) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4
Hubert Hurkacz (POL) d [Q] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(1)
Males’s singles, second spherical
[LL] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) d Nicolas Jarry (CHI) walkover
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Gael Monfils (FRA)
[Q] Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
[Q] Max Purcell (AUS) v [5] Casper Ruud (NOR)
Males’s singles, third spherical
[LL] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v TBC
Males’s doubles, first spherical
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Jason Kubler (AUS) v Hubert Hurkacz (POL)/Mate Pavic (CRO) 6-5 to complete
Max Purcell (AUS)/Andrey Rublev v Lloyd Glasspool (GBR)/Harri Heliovaara (FIN) 7-6(10) 2-1 to complete
Males’s doubles, second spherical
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v [WC] Christopher Eubanks (USA)/Ben Shelton (USA)
John Friends (AUS)/Nikola Mektic (CRO) v TBC
Girls’s doubles, second spherical
[2] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Elise Mertens (BEL) v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
[3] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Tereza Mihalikova (CZE)/Xu Yifan (CHN)
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