Australian duo Aleksandar Vukic and Max Purcell have progressed to the second spherical in Eastbourne, whereas Rinky Hijikata started with a win in Mallorca.
Eastbourne, UK, 25 June 2024 | Matt Trollope
Eastbourne, UK
Aleksandar Vukic has made essentially the most of a lucky-loser entry into the principle draw of Eastbourne, successful his opening-round match on the British grass-court event.
Vukic beat Hungarian expertise Fabian Marozsan 6-2 6-4 to arrange a second-round assembly with third seed Alexander Bublik, a wonderful grass-courter who gained final yr’s Halle title.
Vukic was joined within the second spherical by fellow Aussie Max Purcell, who overcame Laslo Djere in three units.
Having come by means of qualifying, Purcell has now gained three straight matches on the English south coast, in addition to 5 of his previous six matches on grass.
Purcell will play the winner of the match between No.8 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego.
Vukic misplaced within the last spherical of qualifying to Yoshihito Nishioka, however was elevated to the principle draw when Dominik Koepfer withdrew.
Two weeks in the past Vukic progressed to the quarters on grass in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, and improves to 5-4 on the floor in 2024.
Countryman James McCabe additionally got here by means of qualifying – the first time he has carried out so at an ATP occasion – and takes on Thiago Seyboth Wild in his first-round match on Tuesday (native time).
Aussies in motion – Eastbourne
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Max Purcell (AUS) d Laslo Djere (SRB) 6-1 4-6 6-3
[LL] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) d Fabian Marozsan (HUN) 6-2 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[LL] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v [3] Alexander Bublik (KAZ)
[Q] Max Purcell (AUS) v TBC
Males’s singles, first spherical
[Q] James McCabe (AUS) v Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[3] Matt Ebden (AUS)/John Friends (AUS) v Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/Skander Mansouri (TUN)
Max Purcell (AUS)/Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) v [1] Rajeev Ram (USA)/Joe Salisbury (GBR)
Mallorca, Spain
In the meantime, Rinky Hijikata continued his spectacular grass-court season by defeating Luca Nardi within the first spherical of the ATP 250 occasion in Mallorca.
Hijikata gained 6-2 2-6 7-5, his fifth grass-court win from his previous six matches.
Final week, the 23-year-old certified for the principle draw at Queen’s Membership and went all the best way to the quarterfinals, in the end falling to Sebastian Korda in three units.
In Mallorca he takes on high seed Ben Shelton for a shot at a second straight ATP quarterfinal on grass.
Shelton fell sufferer to Hijikata’s countryman James Duckworth two weeks in the past on grass in Stuttgart.
One other Aussie, Adam Walton, gained two matches to qualify for the principle attract Mallorca, and performs Yannick Hanfmann for an opportunity to affix Hijikata within the final 16.
Aussies in motion – Mallorca
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d Luca Nardi (ITA) 6-2 2-6 7-5
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [1] Ben Shelton (USA)
Males’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Adam Walton (AUS) v Yannick Hanfmann (GER)
Unhealthy Homburg, Germany
Ellen Perez bought her marketing campaign on the WTA 500 event in Unhealthy Homburg off to a fantastic begin with companion Nicole Melichar-Martinez.
The No.1 seeds notched a straight-sets win over Arantxa Rus and Wu Fang-Hsien to maneuver into their third straight grass-court quarterfinal.
Perez and Melichar-Martinez, champions in San Diego and Dubai finalists earlier in 2024, will subsequent face both Zhang Shuai and Miyu Kato, or all-German pairing Vivian Heisen and Tamara Korpatsch.
Aussies in motion – Unhealthy Homburg
COMING UP
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
[1] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) d Arantxa Rus (NED)/Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) 6-3 6-4.
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