Australians Max Purcell and Rinky Hijikata are by way of to the boys’s singles second spherical at an ATP 250 event in Winston-Salem.
Winston-Salem, USA, 21 August 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Winston-Salem, USA
Max Purcell has made a promising begin to his singles marketing campaign at an ATP 250 event in Winston-Salem.
Contesting his first match as a prime 50-ranked participant, Purcell powered previous Italian Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-1 within the opening spherical.
The 25-year-old Australian conceded solely 9 factors on serve within the 68-minute encounter.
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The in-form Purcell has now gained 9 of his previous 11 matches. The world No.47’s spectacular run consists of two top-20 victories and a maiden look in an ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal.
Purcell is now set to satisfy sixteenth seed Emil Ruusuvuori within the second spherical.
Rinky Hijikata can also be by way of to the second spherical, after overcoming Ukrainian qualifier Illya Marchenko in three units.
World No.111 Hijikata fought again from a 4-6 0-2 deficit, successful 12 of the subsequent 15 video games to file a 4-6 6-3 6-2 victory.
That is Hijikata’s seventh ATP main-draw singles win of the season and propels the 22-year-old right into a second-round showdown with the event’s prime seed, world No.29 Borna Coric.
Purcell and Hijikata be a part of compatriot Aleksandar Vukic within the second spherical. The ninth-seeded Vukic obtained a first-round bye.
Aussies in motion – Winston-Salem
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Max Purcell (AUS) d Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 6-4 6-1
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d [Q] Illya Marchenko (UKR) 4-6 6-3 6-2
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[9] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v Luca Van Assche (FRA)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [1] Borna Coric (CRO)
Max Purcell (AUS) v [16] Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
Max Purcell (AUS)/Sebastian Ofner (AUT) v Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)/Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Jason Kubler (AUS) v Romain Arneodo (MON)/Ariel Behar (URU)
[WC] Matt Ebden (AUS)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS) v Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/Fabien Reboul (FRA)
Cleveland, USA
Ellen Perez and American associate Nicole Melichar-Martinez are the defending doubles champions at a WTA 250 event in Cleveland this week.
The in-form duo, who had been finalists in Cincinnati final week, are the No.2 seeds and start their title defence towards Belarusian Lidziya Marozava and Brazil’s Ingrid Martins.
Aussies in motion – Cleveland
COMING UP
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[2] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Lidziya Marozava/Ingrid Martins (BRA)
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