Thompson units up showdown with world No.1 Alcaraz at Cincinnati | 15 August, 2023 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Cincinnati, USA, 15 August 2023 | Leigh Rogers

Jordan Thompson has superior to the second spherical on the ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati for the primary time in his profession.

The 29-year-old Australian scored a 7-6(5) 7-6(2) victory in opposition to American wildcard John Isner in an opening-round encounter that includes no service breaks.

World No.55 Thompson, who earned his spot within the draw as a qualifier, conceded solely 17 factors throughout his service video games within the one-hour and 58-minute encounter in opposition to the previous world No.8.

This units up a second-round showdown with world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz. It will likely be Thompson’s first profession assembly with the 20-year-old Spaniard.

The in-form Thompson has now gained 24 of his previous 34 matches. This consists of six of his eight matches on US onerous courts within the final month.

In males’s doubles motion, John Friends and Croatian accomplice Nikola Mektic saved a match level of their first-round conflict in opposition to American duo Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow.

Friends and Mektic edged out a 3-6 7-6(6) [10-3] victory after recovering from a 1-5 deficit and saving a match level at 5-6 within the second-set tiebreak.

Aussies in motion – Cincinnati

RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Jordan Thompson (AUS) d [WC] John Isner (USA) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)

Males’s doubles, first spherical
John Friends (AUS)/Nikola Mektic (CRO) d Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/Jackson Withrow (USA) 3-6 7-6(6) [10-3]

COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
Alex de Minaur (AUS) v J.J. Wolf (USA)
[Q] Max Purcell (AUS) v Lloyd Harris (RSA)
[Q] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v Hubert Hurkacz (POL)

Males’s singles, second spherical
[Q] Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)

Males’s doubles, first spherical
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Jason Kubler (AUS) v Hubert Hurkacz (POL)/Mate Pavic (CRO) 6-5 to complete
Max Purcell (AUS)/Andrey Rublev v Lloyd Glasspool (GBR)/Harri Heliovaara (FIN) 7-6(10) 2-1 to complete

Males’s doubles, second spherical
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v TBC
John Friends (AUS)/Nikola Mektic (CRO) v TBC

Girls’s doubles, second spherical
[2] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Elise Mertens (BEL) v TBC
[3] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Tereza Mihalikova (CZE)/Xu Yifan (CHN)

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