Nearly going straight from Indian Wells to Miami, Storm Hunter has fought her means by means of to the singles main-draw with a win over world No.112 Jules Niemeier within the remaining stage of qualifying.
Miami, Florida, 19 March 2024 | Rhys de Deugd
Storm Hunter will function within the singles draw of a WTA 1000 occasion for the second time this 12 months after a powerful qualifying run in Miami.
The Australian scooped a 6-4 7-5 victory within the remaining stage of qualifying over German Jules Niemeier in a single hour and 29 minutes, to achieve the Miami Open principal draw for the fourth 12 months in a row.
The win comes after a chaotic 48 hours for Hunter, who performed within the doubles remaining at Indian Wells earlier than dealing with flight delays in a single day, and arriving lower than an hour earlier than her warm-up of her first qualifying match in Miami, the place she prevailed in a tricky three-set battle.
Hunter made positive to take her probabilities once they got here towards the world No.112, as she transformed 5 out of a doable six break level alternatives, to lock away a spot in the primary draw.
The win is Hunter’s tenth overcome a higher-ranked opponent this 12 months.
Within the males’s qualifying draw, Adam Walton is one step nearer to qualifying for his maiden ATP Masters 1000 principal draw after recording a win over Brazilian Thiago Monteiro.
Walton discovered himself a set down towards the world No.110 after a tightly contested tiebreak, earlier than squaring the ledger with within the second-set tiebreak.
The nail-biting contest solely featured one break of serve for the whole match, with Walton taking his alternative to interrupt at 3-all within the third set, and ultimately claiming one of many greatest wins of his profession 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-4.
Walton is the final remaining Australian in Miami qualifying after Thanasi Kokkinakis retired within the second set of his match towards France’s Hugo Grenier.
Aussies in motion – Miami
RESULTS
Girls’s qualifying singles, remaining spherical
Storm Hunter (AUS) d Jules Niemeier (GER) 6-4 7-5
Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Adam Walton (AUS) d [20] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-4
Hugo Grenier (FRA) d [14] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-4 4-1 ret.
COMING UP
Males’s qualifying singles, remaining spherical
Adam Walton (AUS) v [8] Pedro Martinez (ESP)
Males’s singles, first spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Bye
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Nuno Borges (POR)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG)
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)
Max Purcell (AUS) v Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v Botic van de Zandschulp (NED)
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v Qualifier
> VIEW: Miami Open males’s singles draw
Girls’s singles, first spherical
Daria Saville (AUS) v Zhang Shuai (CHN)
[Q] Storm Hunter (AUS) v Martina Trevisan (ITA)
> VIEW: Miami Open girls’s singles draw
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andrea Vavassori (ITA)
John Friends (AUS)/Harri Heliovaara (FIN) v Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/Mate Pavic (CRO)
Alex de Minaur (AUS)/Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Ariel Behar (URU)/Adam Pavlasek (CZE)
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