Australian Aleksandar Vukic is thru to the second spherical in singles at an ATP 250 match in France this week.
Lyon, France, 20 Might 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Lyon, France
Aleksandar Vukic has scored one of many greatest clay-court wins of his profession in a promising begin at an ATP 250 match in Lyon.
The 28-year-old Australian wanted solely 75 minutes to carve out a 6-2 6-2 opening-round victory in opposition to world No.76 Mackenzie McDonald.
Vukic fired eight aces and conceded solely 14 factors on serve in a dominant show in opposition to the 29-year-old American, who achieved a career-high rating of world No.37 late final yr.
That is Vukic’s first ATP main-draw win on European clay and his fourth profession top-100 win in complete on the floor.
“Very joyful,” world No.70 Vukic stated of his efficiency. “I performed a really clear match. I believed I used to be very engaged from the start till the tip.
“It was an excellent match from my finish.”
It continues a productive clay-court swing for Vukic, who was a quarterfinalist at an ATP 250 occasion at Marrakech final month and lately beat former top-10 participant Diego Schwartzman on the ATP Masters 1000 match in Rome.
His subsequent problem is a second-round assembly with world No.17 Alexander Bublik, the match’s second seed.
Aussies in motion – Lyon
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) d Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 6-2 6-2
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v [2] Alexander Bublik (KAZ)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
John Friends (AUS)/Diego Hidalgo (ECU) v [WC] Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/Fabrice Martin (FRA)
Strasbourg, France
Daria Saville has fallen on the remaining hurdle in her quest to qualify at a WTA 500 match in Strasbourg this week.
The 30-year-old Australian misplaced a remaining qualifying spherical battle in opposition to world No.55 Magdalena Frech, with the Polish participant triumphing 3-6 6-4 6-3.
It was a rematch of an Australian Open first-round conflict earlier this yr, which the 26-year-old Frech additionally received in a good three-set encounter.
Saville is a former finalist in Strasbourg, beating compatriot Ash Barty on her option to reaching the 2017 championship match.
Her exit leaves world No.7 doubles star Ellen Perez because the final Australian standing this yr.
Aussies in motion – Strasbourg
RESULTS
Ladies’s qualifying singles, remaining spherical
[3] Magdalena Frech (POL) d [7] Daria Saville (AUS) 3-6 6-4 6-3
COMING UP
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[1] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Leylah Fernandez (CAN)/Erin Routliffe (NZL)
Geneva, Switzerland
Rinky Hijikata is carrying Australian hopes at an ATP 250 clay-court match in Geneva this week.
The 23-year-old from Sydney, who’s making ready to make his Roland Garros main-draw debut, faces Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner within the opening spherical.
Ofner, presently ranked world No.46, was the top-seeded participant within the match’s qualifying occasion.
Aussies in motion – Geneva
COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [Q] Sebastian Ofner (AUT)
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