Omar Jasika prolonged his present successful streak to a career-best 12 matches with one other title-winning run in Bali this week.
New York, USA, 9 September 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson created historical past with their title-winning run within the US Open 2024 males’s doubles competitors, changing into the primary all-Australian group to triumph in New York in 28 years.
They had been amongst six Australian males to seize titles this week, with an extra 4 triumphing at ATP Challenger and ITF occasions throughout Asia.
The way forward for Australian tennis seems shiny too, with a number of juniors claiming titles as nicely. This consists of 17-year-old Benjamin Wenzel, who grew to become the primary Aussie junior wheelchair participant to win a Grand Slam along with his doubles triumph on the US Open.
This week’s excellent performers embrace:
Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson: The Aussie duo improved their beautiful season report to 37 wins from 43 matches with their US Open triumph. That is 26-year-old Purcell’s second Grand Slam title and 30-year-old Thompson’s first.
> READ: Purcell and Thompson topped males’s doubles champions at US Open 2024
Alex de Minaur: By reaching the US Open quarterfinals, the 25-year-old grew to become the first Australian in virtually 20 years to advance to a few consecutive Grand Slam singles quarterfinals.
Alexei Popyrin: The 25-year-old loved his career-best run at a Grand Slam event, progressing to the fourth spherical on the US Open. Within the course of, he grew to become the primary Australian in 16 years to attain a Grand Slam victory towards Novak Djokovic.
Jordan Thompson: The 30-year-old made the fourth spherical in singles on the US Open. This equalled Thompson’s finest Grand Slam end result and was his deepest singles run in 4 years.
Matt Ebden: The 36-year-old matched his career-best lead to a US Open combined doubles competitors, advancing to the quarterfinals alongside Czech associate Barbora Krejcikova. Ebden additionally made the third spherical within the males’s doubles occasion with India’s Rohan Bopanna.
Ellen Perez: The 28-year-old starred on the doubles court docket on the US Open, progressing to quarterfinals in each the ladies’s doubles (with American Nicole Melichar-Martinez) and combined doubles (with Belgian Sander Gille).
Benjamin Wenzel: The 17-year-old received the most important doubles title of his junior profession, triumphing within the US Open boys’ wheelchair doubles occasion with Ivar van Rijt from the Netherlands.
> READ: Aussie teen Benjamin Wenzel creates historical past with title-winning run at US Open 2024
Jin Woodman: The 15-year-old made a powerful Grand Slam debut, scoring his first win at this degree to progress to the semifinals within the US Open boys’ wheelchair singles competitors.
Emerson Jones: The 16-year-old superior to the third spherical within the US Open women’ singles competitors, changing into simply the fourth Australian to succeed in this stage prior to now 20 years. The highest-seeded Jones misplaced to the eventual champion.
Matthew Romios: The 25-year-old teamed with Colombian Cristian Rodriguez to win the doubles title at an ATP Challenger event in Shanghai (China). That is Romios’ fifth ATP Challenger doubles title of the season.
Olivia Gadecki: The 22-year-old superior to the singles quarterfinals at a WTA 125 event in Guadalajara (Mexico). This was Gadecki’s fourth quarterfinal look of the season.
Maya Joint and Taylah Preston: The 18-year-old Aussies, who had been teaming up for the primary time, made the doubles semifinals at a WTA 125 event in Guadalajara.
Omar Jasika: The 27-year-old improved his successful streak to a career-best 12 matches by securing the singles title at an ITF 25 event in Bali (Indonesia). That is Jasika’s fourth singles title of the season.
James McCabe: The 21-year-old was a singles semifinalist on the ITF 25 event in Bali. This improves the in-form McCabe’s latest report to 19 wins from his previous 24 matches.
Jake Delaney and Jesse Delaney: The Delaney brothers, 27-year-old Jake and 25-year-old Jesse, received the doubles title at an ITF 25 event in Nakhon Si Thammarat (Thailand). That is their second consecutive title collectively.
Har Abir Sekhon: The 14-year-old was a boys’ doubles finalist at an ITF J30 event in Bengaluru (India) with India’s Aarav Chawla. This was Sekhon’s first finals look on the ITF World Junior Tour.
Michael Smith: The 17-year-old received the boys’ singles title at an ITF J30 event in Adelaide, beating 15-year-old
That is Connaughton’s second ITF junior doubles title and Karnani’s first.
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