Australian qualifier Dane Sweeny scores his first top-100 victory at an ATP Masters 1000 match in China.
Shanghai, China, 4 October 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Shanghai, China
Milestone victories are shortly tallying up for Dane Sweeny at this week’s Shanghai Masters.
A day after qualifying at an ATP Masters 1000 match for the primary time in his profession, the 22-year-old Australian has recorded his first main-draw win at this degree.
Sweeny’s spectacular 6-2 6-3 triumph towards world No.96 Taro Daniel can be his first top-100 victory.
The world No.256 made probably the most of his possibilities within the 96-minute encounter, changing 4 of his 5 break level alternatives towards the 30-year-old from Japan.
Daniel, alternatively, solely received one of many six break factors he earned.
This effort propels Sweeny into the second spherical, the place he’ll face twenty fifth seed Sebastian Baez from Argentina.
Will probably be Sweeny’s first profession assembly towards a top-50 opponent.
Thanasi Kokkinakis can be by way of to the second spherical in Shanghai, starting his marketing campaign with a 6-2 6-4 victory towards Italian wildcard Fabio Fognini.
“I’m actually joyful,” Kokkinakis mentioned after not dropping serve within the 79-minute conflict towards the previous world No.9.
“First set I performed nice … I believe it’s most likely among the best units of tennis I’ve performed ever.
“I knew it was going to be troublesome to maintain and he was going to elevate his degree a bit of bit, however I stayed focus. So I’m joyful, it was a fairly polished efficiency.”
Sweeny and Kokkinakis are amongst a file 11 Australians competing within the singles foremost draw in Shanghai this week.
“I believe we’ve acquired a very good technology coming for the time being,” Kokkinakis mentioned.
“There’s a few gamers who’re a bit extra skilled and a pair which can be up and coming … it’s nice for Aussie tennis.”
AUSSIES IN ACTION – Shanghai
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) d [WC] Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-2 6-4
[Q] Dane Sweeny (AUS) d Taro Daniel (JPN) 6-2 6-3
Yannick Hanfmann (GER) d [Q] James Duckworth (AUS) 6-4 6-7(10) 6-3
COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [Q] Terence Atmane (FRA)
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v Botic van de Zandschulp (NED)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)
Max Purcell (AUS) v [Q] Hsu Yu-Hsiou (TPE)
[Q] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v Laslo Djere (SRB)
[Q] Philip Sekulic (AUS) v Lorenzo Sonego (ITA)
Males’s singles, second spherical
[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Fabian Marozsan (HUN)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [16] Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
[Q] Dane Sweeny (AUS) v [25] Sebastian Baez (ARG)
> VIEW: Shanghai Masters males’s singles draw
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Matwe Middelkoop (NED)/Andrea Mies (GER)
Alex de Minaur (AUS)/Max Purcell (AUS) v [1] Ivan Dodig (CRO)/Austin Krajicek (USA)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Cameron Norrie (GBR) v Hubert Hurkacz (POL)/Ben Shelton (USA)
John Friends (AUS)/Nikola Mektic (CRO) v Kevin Krawietz (GER)/Tim Puetz (GER)
> VIEW: Shanghai Masters males’s doubles draw
Beijing, China
Ellen Perez and American accomplice Nicole Melichar-Martinez have superior to the doubles quarterfinals at an WTA 1000 match in Beijing.
The duo scored a 7-5 2-6 [10-6] victory towards third-seeded Czech pair, Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, within the second spherical on the China Open.
This propels world No.23 Perez and world No.22 Melichar-Martinez right into a final-eight conflict with Czech Marie Bouzkova and Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, who in addition they confronted and defeated throughout the identical stage at Roland Garros this yr.
AUSSIES IN ACTION – Beijing
RESULTS
Ladies’s doubles, second spherical
Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) d [3] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 7-5 2-6 [10-6]
COMING UP
Ladies’s doubles, quarterfinals
Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Marie Bouzkova (CZE)/Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
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