Alexei Popyrin and Aleksandar Vukic have made sturdy begins to their respective grass-court seasons, scoring victories over fellow Australians.
‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, 12 June 2024 | Rhys de Deugd
‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Two Australians have superior to the second spherical on the Rosmalen Grass Court docket Championships in what was their first ever tour-level conferences with fellow Sydney-siders.
Alexei Popyrin acquired his grass-court season off to a robust begin along with his 6-4 6-4 win over Rinky Hijikata in a single hour and 20 minutes.
The battle began in Hijikata’s favour on the Dutch grass, as he took the early break within the opening set and raced out to a 3-0 lead.
Nonetheless, Popyrin served strongly when required and gained 79 per cent of first-serve factors, while saving all 4 of Hijikata’s break level alternatives for the rest of the competition.
Popyrin snaps a four-match dropping streak from his clay-court season, and strikes into the second spherical of an occasion for the sixth time this 12 months the place he’ll face world No.13 Tommy Paul.
In the meantime in one other all-Aussie conflict, Aleksandar Vukic scooped his third main-draw win on grass for his profession on the expense of compatriot Max Purcell.
Vukic recorded 11 aces and 25 winners in a formidable show for his first match of his profession in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
The world No.87 is ready to face No.4 seed Karen Khachanov within the second spherical.
Popyrin and Vukic take the entire of Aussie males within the second spherical to 3, as they be part of the highest seed Alex de Minaur who obtained a first-round bye.
Aussies in motion – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) d Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 6-4 6-4
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) d Max Purcell (AUS) 6-3 7-6(5)
Milos Raonic (CAN) d [8] Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-3 6-4
[7] Sebastian Korda (USA) d [Q] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) 6-4 7-6(4)
Girls’s singles, first spherical
[3] Ekaterina Alexandrova d Arina Rodionova (AUS) 6-3 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[1] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [LL] Zizou Bergs (BEL)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [2] Tommy Paul (USA)
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v [4] Karen Khachanov
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[4] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Ryan Seggerman (USA)/Patrik Trhac (USA)
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER) v [3] Ivan Dodig (CRO)/Henry Patten (GBR)
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
[WC] Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Mackenzie McDonald (USA) v TBD
Stuttgart, Germany
Throughout the border into Germany, James Duckworth has continued his stellar qualifying kind into the primary draw of the Stuttgart Open with a formidable opening-round victory.
Duckworth defeated fellow qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert from France 6-4 7-6(2) to advance to the second spherical of a tour-level occasion for the fourth time this 12 months.
Regardless of the Frenchman firing off 20 aces within the two-set contest, the Aussie solely made three unforced errors for the match, and managed to carry on to grind out a win.
Duckworth has an enormous process forward of him on the grass as he takes on the big-serving world No.14 Ben Shelton within the second spherical.
Aussies in motion – Stuttgart
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[Q] James Duckworth (AUS) d [Q] Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 7-6(2)
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[Q] James Duckworth (AUS) v [2] Ben Shelton (USA)
Nottingham, Nice Britain
Ellen Perez alongside American associate Nicole Melichar-Martinez have gotten their grass-court season off to a flying begin with a complete 6-2 6-2 win within the opening spherical on the WTA 250 occasion in Nottingham.
Daria Saville and Kimberly Birrell are additionally off to profitable begins within the girls’s singles draw.
Aussies in motion – Nottingham
RESULTS
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
[2] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) d Alycia Parks (USA)/Alana Smith (USA) 6-2 6-2
COMING UP
Girls’s singles, second spherical
Daria Saville (AUS) v Diane Parry (FRA)
[Q] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [Q] Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA)
Girls’s doubles, quarterfinal
[2] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Harriet Dart (GBR)/Diane Parry (FRA)
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