Perth teen Taylah Preston has recorded her first tour-level main-draw win at a WTA 500 event in America.
San Diego, USA, 28 February 2024 | Leigh Rogers
San Diego, USA
Taylah Preston is proving she is a star on the rise at a WTA 500 event in San Diego.
The 18-year-old from Perth scored a milestone first tour-level victory as we speak, combating previous Poland’s Magdalena Frech 6-4 4-6 6-1 within the opening spherical.
Preston, a wildcard entry, took two hours and 4 minutes to beat world No.42 Frech, who superior to the Australian Open fourth spherical final month.
That is Preston’s second profession top-100 win and first in opposition to a top-50 participant.
It continues a formidable run of type for Preston, who progressed to the largest singles remaining of her profession at a WTA 125 event in Mexico final week. This propelled Preston to a career-high rating of world No.153.
Preston’s second-round opponent is world No.34 Marta Kostyuk.
Aussies in motion – San Diego
RESULTS
Girls’s singles, first spherical
[WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) d Magdalena Frech (POL) 6-4 4-6 6-1
COMING UP
Girls’s singles, second spherical
[Q] Daria Saville (AUS) v Tatjana Maria (GER)
[WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) v [6] Marta Kostyuk (UKR)
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
[2] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) v Miriam Kolodziejova (CZE)/Katarzyna Piter (POL)
[3] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Donna Vekic (CRO)/Zhu Lin (CHN)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Chris O’Connell has charged into the second spherical at an ATP 500 event in Dubai.
The 29-year-old Australian didn’t face a break level in his 6-2 6-4 dismissal of German qualifier Maximilian Marterer within the opening spherical.
World No.68 O’Connell conceded solely 10 factors in complete throughout his service video games within the 76-minute encounter.
This units up a second-round showdown with world No.8 Hubert Hurkacz.
In doubles motion, Matt Ebden scored his first win as world No.1.
The 36-year-old Australian teamed with India’s Rohan Bopanna to scrap previous Tunisian Skander Mansouri and Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7-6(4) 7-6(5) within the opening spherical.
> READ: Ebden displays on rise to world No.1 – “It’s a bit bit surreal”
Aussies in motion – Dubai
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Chris O’Connell (AUS) d [Q] Maximilian Marterer (GER) 6-2 6-4
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d [WC] Skander Mansouri (TUN)/Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 7-6(4) 7-6(5)
[2] Ivan Dodig (CRO)/Austin Krajicek (USA) d [LL] John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER) 7-6(2) 7-6(4)
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [3] Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Ariel Behar (URU)/Adam Pavlasek (CZE)
Acapulco, Mexico
Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson have bowed out within the opening spherical of an ATP 500 event in Acapulco.
The 25-year-old Purcell examined world No.16 Frances Tiafoe early, earlier than succumbing in three units.
In the meantime, Thompson’s successful run after clinching his maiden ATP title at Los Cabos final week got here to an finish in opposition to American qualifier Aleksander Kovacevic.
Aussies in motion – Acapulco
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[8] Frances Tiafoe (USA) d Max Purcell (AUS) 4-6 6-3 6-0
[Q] Aleksander Kovacevic (USA) d Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-3 5-7 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[3] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Sebastian Ofner (AUT)
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
John Friends (AUS)/Harri Heliovaara (FIN) v Julian Money (GBR)/Robert Galloway (USA)
Austin, USA
Olivia Gadecki proved no match for former world No.7 Danielle Collins within the opening spherical at a WTA 250 event in Austin.
Collins, the Australian Open 2022 finalist, scored a 7-5 6-3 victory in opposition to the 21-year-old Aussie qualifier.
Gadecki’s consideration now turns to doubles, the place she has progressed to the quarterfinals alongside Brit Olivia Nicholls.
Aussies in motion – Austin
RESULTS
Girls’s singles, first spherical
[3] Danielle Collins (USA) d [Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 7-5 6-3
COMING UP
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
[WC] Maya Joint (AUS)/Sabina Zeynalova (UKR) v Elixane Lechemia (FRA)/Anna Siskova (CZE)
Girls’s doubles, quarterfinals
Olivia Gadecki (AUS)/Olivia Nicholls (GBR) v TBC
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