Max Purcell upstaged tenth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime below lights in Toronto after Aleksandar Vukic surprised 14th seed Borna Coric. They be a part of Alex de Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis in spherical two.
Toronto, Canada, 8 August 2023 | Matt Trollope
Toronto, Canada
It was a terrific Tuesday for Australia in Toronto, with Max Purcell, Aleksandar Vukic and Alex de Minaur beating seeds to progress to the second spherical of the ATP Masters 1000 occasion.
Purcell upstaged No.10 seed and residential favorite Felix Auger-Aliassime in a Centre Court docket evening match, the 6-4 6-4 scoreline incomes him the most important victory of his profession.
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The 25-year-old qualifier has now received his previous two matches towards Auger-Aliassime, additionally successful their conflict on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Arriving in Canada on a six-match dropping streak, Purcell has rediscovered kind and can subsequent face former world No.1 Andy Murray.
“I feel it’s somewhat little bit of the unknown; these prime guys haven’t performed me a lot, so that they don’t actually know too a lot of my patterns but,” Purcell defined.
“He’ll in all probability smoke me” 💨
Purcell humble following his large victory! #NBO23 pic.twitter.com/SFXfD92DdO
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 9, 2023
“And I suppose I’ve received somewhat bit nothing to lose out right here as effectively. However in saying that, I nonetheless belief that my stage is sweet sufficient to play with these large guys.”
Earlier, Vukic additionally beat the highest-ranked opponent of his profession due to his upset of Coric, outplaying the world No.15 6-2 6-3 for his first win over a top-20 opponent.
His earlier finest win by rating got here towards world No.31 Yoshihito Nishioka, which he achieved on path to his first ATP closing in Atlanta two weeks in the past.
The win over Coric continues a wealthy vein of kind for the 27-year-old Aussie, who has received six of his previous 9 hard-court matches and boosted his rating to a career-high No.62.
5 – With victory over Borna Coric, Atlanta finalist Aleksandar Vukic is barely the fifth fortunate loser to defeat an opponent within the ATP’s prime 20 on the Canadian Open, for the reason that ATP rankings have been launched in 1973. #NBO23 | @NBOtoronto @atptour @ATPMediaInfo pic.twitter.com/q6TJTk9uLW
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) August 8, 2023
Vukic misplaced within the closing spherical of qualifying in Toronto, however earned a spot in the primary draw as a fortunate loser after Grigor Dimitrov withdrew. He subsequent faces American Sebastian Korda for a spot within the final 16.
Additionally advancing on Tuesday was De Minaur, who beat eleventh seed Cameron Norrie 7-5 6-4.
It would seem an upset on paper, however this was a match between top-20 gamers; De Minaur is the highest-ranked unseeded participant within the Toronto draw.
Since mid June, De Minaur has received 11 of his previous 15 matches and reached two ATP finals, together with final week in Los Cabos.
He subsequent faces Canadian wildcard Gabriel Diallo, who surprised Washington DC champion Dan Evans for his first tour-level win.
De Minaur, Vukic and Purcell be a part of countryman Thanasi Kokkinakis within the second spherical.
Aussies in motion – Toronto
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Alex de Minaur (AUS) d [11] Cameron Norrie (GBR) 7-5 6-4
[LL] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) d [14] Borna Coric (CRO) 6-2 6-3
[Q] Max Purcell (AUS) d [10] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 6-4 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[Q] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) d [16] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
[LL] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v Sebastian Korda (USA)
Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [WC] Gabriel Diallo (CAN)
[Q] Max Purcell (AUS) d Andy Murray (GBR)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
John Friends (AUS)/Marcelo Melo (BRA) v Sander Gille (BEL)/Joran Vliegen (BEL)
Males’s doubles second spherical
Max Purcell (AUS)/Andrey Rublev v Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/Jackson Withrow (USA)
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Jamie Murray (GBR)/Michael Venus (NZL)
Montreal, Canada
Over in Montreal, Kimberly Birrell discovered former world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki too robust on Tuesday.
Wozniacki, within the first match of her comeback after retiring at Australian Open 2020, beat the Australian qualifier 6-2 6-2.
Birrell has received two matches to take her place in the primary draw, however couldn’t match the relentless consistency of Wozniacki, who units up a second-round assembly with Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova.
Birrell’s countrywomen Storm Hunter and Ellen Perez will proceed flying the Australian flag within the doubles draw.
Aussies in motion – Montreal
RESULTS
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
[WC] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d [Q] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 6-2 6-2
COMING UP
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[2] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Elise Mertens (BEL) v bye
[4] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v bye
Ladies’s doubles, second spherical
[2] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Elise Mertens (BEL) v Marta Kostyuk (UKR)/Zhang Shuai (CHN)
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