Daria Saville, Jordan Thompson and Alex de Minaur lead the Aussie cost on day two at US Open 2024.
New York, USA, 27 August 2024 | Leigh Rogers
13 Australians are scheduled to compete on day two at US Open 2024, with a lot of them dealing with main challenges.
World No.10 Alex de Minaur is ready to play his first singles match since a hip harm derailed his Wimbledon marketing campaign final month.
“It hasn’t been a simple highway to get right here,” De Minaur informed Stan Sport forward of his opening-round showdown with American Marcos Giron. “It’s been an extended couple of weeks out of the sport, so I’m completely happy to be again and giving myself an opportunity to go on the market and compete.”
Giron, a 31-year-old ranked world No.46, has received three of his 4 profession conferences towards De Minaur, together with their previous two matches.
“He’s a really powerful opponent,” De Minaur acknowledged. “I count on a battle.”
Thanasi Kokkinakis is getting ready for “a tricky match” when he meets world No.11 Stefanos Tsitsipas.
“Stef is a superb participant (and) a man that I do know actual effectively,” world No.86 Kokkinakis mentioned. “I performed doubles with him this 12 months and had a battle with him a few years again in Australia.
“I’m going to need to play my finest tennis … but when I play my recreation, I undoubtedly assume I can win.”
After qualifying at a Grand Slam for the primary time, Li Tu takes centre stage towards world No.3 Carlos Alcaraz within the Arthur Ashe Stadium night time session.
“You’re employed laborious, you place your blood, sweat and tears into this sport for moments like this,” mentioned the 28-year-old from Adelaide, who informed Stan Sport he skilled a mixture of shock and pleasure when he found his draw.
“I used to be two match factors down within the final spherical of qualifying … I used to be so near packing my baggage and going dwelling, however as an alternative I’m getting ready and determining a recreation plan to play among the finest in our sport. It’s fairly loopy. I’m simply tremendous excited and going to cherish the second, take all of it in and provides it my finest shot.”
Jordan Thompson, James Duckworth, Chris O’Connell and Grand Slam debutant Tristan Schoolkate additionally start their males’s singles campaigns.
In the meantime, Aleksandar Vukic meets fellow Sydneysider Max Purcell in an all-Australian opening-round battle.
“It’s what it’s,” Vukic mentioned of the draw. “At the very least considered one of us will undergo to the second spherical, I see that as a optimistic.”
In ladies’s singles motion, Taylah Preston is worked up to tackle twenty fifth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in her US Open debut.
“I do know that she hits the ball extraordinarily clear and he or she has lots of energy. I feel will probably be a very good match for me to see the place I’m at,” the 18-year-old wildcard from Perth informed Stan Sport.
Destanee Aiava, who has certified at a serious event for the primary time in her profession, performs a seeded opponent too. The 24-year-old from Melbourne faces world No.4 Elena Rybakina.
Daria Saville, the US Open 2010 ladies’ singles champion, begins her 2024 marketing campaign towards Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara, a former world No.4 in doubles who has switched her focus to singles this season.
In the meantime world No.119 Arina Rodionova, who has certified at a serious event for the primary time in additional than 5 years, meets China’s Wang Xinyu, who’s ranked No.40 and received an Olympic silver medal in combined doubles earlier this month.
The US Open is broadcast stay in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport, with protection starting from 1am AEST (from Wednesday 28 August)
Aussies in motion on day two:
Males’s singles, first spherical
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [11] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE), Grandstand, first match (from 1am AEST)
[WC] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) v Taro Daniel (JPN), Court docket 16, first match (from 1am AEST)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Fixed Lestienne (FRA), Court docket 13, first match
[10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Marcos Giron (USA), Stadium 17, third match
Max Purcell (AUS) v Aleksandar Vukic (AUS), Court docket 16, third match
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [26] Nicolas Jarry (CHI), Court docket 6, fourth match
James Duckworth (AUS) v [31] Flavio Cobolli (ITA), Court docket 12, fourth match
[Q] Li Tu (AUS) v [3] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP), Arthur Ashe Stadium, night time session, first match (from 9am AEST)
Girls’s singles, first spherical
[WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) v [25] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Court docket 10, first match (from 1am AEST)
Daria Saville (AUS) v [Q] Ena Shibahara (JPN), Court docket 14, first match
[Q] Destanee Aiava (AUS) v [4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ), Grandstand, second match
[Q] Arina Rodionova (AUS) v Wang Xinyu (CHN), Court docket 8, third match
> VIEW: Full US Open 2024 day two schedule
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