Thanasi Kokkinakis, Astra Sharma and Rinky Hijikata will all contest the NSW Open in Sydney this week.
Sydney, Australia, 30 October 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Australians Thanasi Kokkinakis, Astra Sharma and hometown favorite Rinky Hijikata headline the attracts at an Australian Professional Tour occasion in Sydney this week.
The NSW Open, a mixed ATP Challenger for males and an ITF 60 match for ladies, is being performed at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.
High-100 stars Thanasi Kokkinakis and Rinky Hijikata are the highest seeds within the males’s singles competitors.
World No.68 Kokkinakis is aiming to win his first Australian Professional Tour title, whereas world No.70 Hijikata is seeking to declare his second for the season.
They’ll face fierce competitors from James Duckworth, who’s at present on a 10-match successful streak following his title-winning run in Adelaide final week.
A powerful contingent of Australian opponents within the area additionally consists of Marc Polmans, Tristan Schoolkate, Dane Sweeny and Omar Jasika.
> VIEW: NSW Open males’s singles draw
The resurgent Sharma, a former world No.84, is the highest seed within the girls’s singles competitors.
The 28-year-old has received two singles titles up to now two months, together with eventually week’s Australian Professional Tour occasion in Playford.
Sharma will look to proceed her five-match, 10-set successful streak in opposition to fellow Western Australian Maddison Inglis within the opening spherical.
Different Australian contenders within the area embody Priscilla Hon, Jaimee Fourlis and Destanee Aiava, in addition to promising teenagers Taylah Preston and Talia Gibson.
> VIEW: NSW Open girls’s singles draw
Principal-draw motion on the NSW Open begins at present. Entry is free for spectators wishing to attend.
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