Aleksandar Vukic’s breakthrough week in Atlanta has continued with a win over Christopher Eubanks within the quarterfinals. Alexei Popyrin is thru to the Umag semifinals.
Atlanta, United States, 29 July 2023 | Matt Trollope
Atlanta, USA
Aleksandar Vukic has continued his sensible week on American onerous courts by outplaying Christopher Eubanks to succeed in the Atlanta semifinals.
It’s Vukic’s first ever tour-level semifinal, and it got here because of a 6-4 6-4 win over Eubanks, the current Wimbledon quarterfinalist.
Eubanks might have been the better-known and extra highly-fancied prospect, particularly given he had the backing of a house crowd.
However Vukic improved his head-to-head document in opposition to the American to 5-2, together with 4-1 this season alone.
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Some particular tennis on the way in which from @Vuki_SMASH23 as he defeats Eubanks to succeed in a primary tour-level semifinal!#AtlantaOpen pic.twitter.com/jf3l3oJFyZ
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 29, 2023
Vukic constructed a 6-4 4-1 lead, and though Eubanks earned a break level to stage the second set at 4-4, Vukic remained regular.
The Australian has now crushed the world No.31 and No.32 — the highest-ranked opponents he has ever defeated — in back-to-back matches, and is projected to rise to a career-best rating of world No.74.
His opponent within the semifinals is Ugo Humbert, who beat Vukic’s countryman Alex de Minaur in straight units.
De Minaur was the defending champion on a nine-match profitable streak in Atlanta.
In doubles, John Friends received his quarterfinal alongside Marcelo Melo to arrange a semifinal showdown with all-Aussie pairing Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.
Friends and Melo progressed on Friday with a decent win over Individuals William Blumberg and Rajeev Ram, concluding 13-11 in a match tiebreak.
Aussies in motion – Atlanta
RESULTS
Males’s singles, quarterfinals
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) d [5] Christopher Eubanks (USA) 6-4 6-4
[7] Ugo Humbert (FRA) d [2] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 7-6(4) 6-3
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
John Friends (AUS)/Marcelo Melo (BRA) v William Blumberg (USA)/Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-3 3-6 [13-11]
COMING UP
Males’s singles, semifinals
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v [7] Ugo Humbert (FRA)
Males’s doubles, semifinals
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v John Friends (AUS)/Marcelo Melo (BRA)
Umag, Croatia
Alexei Popyrin has progressed to his first ATP semifinal in two-and-a-half years by means of a straight units win over native wildcard Dino Prizmic.
In a battle between Roland Garros boys’ singles champions, Popyrin received the higher of the 17-year-old Croatian on the clay.
Popyrin was all the time the entrance runner, scoring early breaks in each units. And whereas Prizmic proved his preventing qualities to get again on serve, and in saving 5 match factors, the Australian wouldn’t be denied.
Via In Two! 👏
Alexei Popyrin takes out Prizmic 7-6 7-5 to advance in Umag#CroatiaOpenUmag pic.twitter.com/avNhSY6lXl
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 28, 2023
It’s Popyrin’s first tour-level semifinal since he went all the way in which to his first ATP title in Singapore in February 2021.
He improves to 13-6 on clay in 2023, and can play for a spot within the closing in opposition to Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi.
Aussies in motion – Umag
RESULTS
Males’s singles, quarterfinals
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) d [WC] Dino Prizmic (CRO) 7-6(2) 7-5
COMING UP
Males’s singles, semifinals
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [7] Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)
Hamburg, Germany
Additional north in Europe, Daria Saville’s heartwarming run in Hamburg lastly got here to an finish when she fell to Arantxa Rus.
Saville certified for the primary draw and received 5 consecutive matches to succeed in her first WTA semifinal in nearly a yr.
By taking the primary set 6-2 in opposition to Rus, Saville received her ninth consecutive set on the purple clay.
However the Dutchwoman staged a comeback to finish a 2-6 6-3 6-1 triumph, organising a closing showdown in opposition to native teenaged wildcard Noma Noha Akugue, who earlier within the match shocked Australia’s Storm Hunter.
Saville’s efficiency is nonetheless anticipated to spice up her rating again to world No.163; she is at the moment 225th, after 9 months of inactivity.
Aussies in motion – Hamburg
RESULTS
Girls’s singles, semifinals
Arantxa Rus (NED) d [Q] Daria Saville (AUS) 2-6 6-3 6-1
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