Australians Jordan Thompson and Christopher O’Connell advance to the quarterfinals of the 250-level occasion in Chengdu, China after straight-sets wins on Friday.
Chengdu, China, 22 September 2023 | Matt Trollope
Chengdu, China
Jordan Thompson continued his wealthy vein of current kind to achieve the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 hard-court event in Chengdu, China.
The Australian noticed off Dusan Lajovic 6-1 7-6(1) to grow to be the primary participant by to the final eight; there he’ll meet Roman Safiullin, who upset fourth seed Daniel Evans in straight units.
The second participant into the quarters was Thompson’s countryman Christopher O’Connell, who survived a mammoth combat towards Taro Daniel.
He required 5 set factors within the opening set, and 5 match factors within the second, to finally seal a 7-6(10) 6-4 win after greater than two-and-a-half hours on court docket.
O’Connell, the world No.53 who has been on a roll just lately on Chinese language onerous courts, units up a quarterfinal assembly with both Grigor Dimitrov or Juan Pablo Varillas.
He avenged fellow Aussie Aleksandar Vukic’s loss to Daniel; O’Connell will even workforce with Vukic in first-round doubles motion.
In the meantime, this marks Thompson’s fourth ATP quarterfinal of the season and he has now gained eight of his previous 11 matches.
The world No.56 raced by the opening set and held two match factors within the twelfth recreation of the second. Whereas he missed out on changing these, he dominated the next tiebreak to advance.
Thompson can be enjoying doubles in Chengdu with Max Purcell, whom he beat within the first spherical of the singles occasion.
Afterward Friday, on the ATP 250 occasion in Zhuhai, China, Australian qualifier Alex Bolt takes on No.1 seed Karen Khachanov.
Bolt gained his first-round most important draw match over Diego Schwartzman, who retired when trailing 6-3 4-2.
For full outcomes and schedule on Australians competing in Zhuhai and Chengdu, go to ATPTour.com.
Guadalajara, Mexico
On the WTA 1000 event in Guadalajara, No.1 seed Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens notched one other win, beating Alexa Guarachi Monica Niculescu of Romania to progress to the semifinals.
The Australian-Belgian pair of Hunter and Mertens enhance to 26-9 in a stellar 2023 season.
They subsequent face Caroline Dolehide and Asia Muhammad for a spot of their third large ultimate of the 12 months, after Rome and Wimbledon.
Hunter, presently the world No.6 in doubles, is projected to return to the highest 5 in subsequent week’s rankings.
For full outcomes and schedule on Australians competing in Guadalajara, go to WTATennis.com.
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