Australian Daria Saville claims her opening spherical on the WTA 500 clay-court occasion.
Charleston, USA, 2 April 2024 | Dan Imhoff
Charleston, USA
Daria Saville’s red-hot kind on the inexperienced clay at Charleston has prolonged to the principle draw with victory over German Tamara Korpatsch within the opening spherical.
The 30-year-old’s 6-4 3-6 6-2 conquer the world No.76 on Monday set a showdown with seventh seed Elina Svitolina for a spot within the spherical of 16.
The world No.107 has fallen in seven of her 9 encounters with the Ukrainian, however has claimed eight of her previous 11 matches, together with two wins in qualifying.
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Aussies in motion – Charleston
RESULTS
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Daria Saville (AUS) d Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 6-4 3-6 6-2
COMING UP
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
Arina Rodionova (AUS) v [LL] Astra Sharma (AUS)
Ladies’s singles, second spherical
[Q] Daria Saville (AUS) v [7] Elina Svitolina (UKR)
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[1] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v [WC] McCartney Kessler (USA)/Clervie Ngounoue (USA)
Houston, USA
Rinky Hijikata landed his maiden tour-level match win on clay on the ATP 250 event at Houston on Monday.
The 80th-ranked Australian picked up his sixth victory over a top-60 opponent in opposition to Christopher Eubanks, 7-6(4) 7-6(2).
Hijikata’s clay-court breakthrough in opposition to the fifth-seeded American ended a four-match dropping streak in any respect ranges and secured a first-time conflict in opposition to world No.92 Brandon Nakashima.
His earlier ATP match win additionally got here in opposition to a top-60 opponent, Miomir Kecmanovic, in Los Cabos.
“Simply managed to get via there. It wasn’t trying good for some time,” Hijikata stated in his on-court interview.
“I feel Chris didn’t miss a primary serve for a protracted, very long time and I wasn’t touching too many serves or making any.
“I’m simply glad that I sort of simply hung round lengthy sufficient and managed to provide you with just a few good factors once I needed to.”
Aussies in motion – Houston
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d [5] Christopher Eubanks (USA) 7-6(4) 7-6(2)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[4] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) d Evan King (USA)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 6-4 6-7(5) [10-4]
John Friends (AUS)/William Blumberg (USA) d Matthew Romios (AUS)/Piotr Matuszewski (POL) 6-0 6-3
Andrew Harris (AUS)/Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [2] Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/Jackson Withrow (USA)
COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
[6] Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [Q] Wu Yibing (USA)
[8] Max Purcell (AUS) v Alex Michelsen (USA)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA)
James Duckworth (AUS) v [Q] Gijs Brouwer (NED)
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