Priscilla Hon was amongst three Australian winners on day one of many US Open 2024 qualifying competitors.
New York, USA , 20 August 2024 | Leigh Rogers
All three Australian gamers in motion up to now on day one of many US Open 2024 qualifying competitors have recorded spectacular wins.
Priscilla Hon triumphed 6-3 3-6 6-3 towards 17-year-old American wildcard Akasha Urhobo within the opening spherical of the ladies’s qualifying singles competitors.
This snaps a six-match dropping streak for the 26-year-old from Brisbane, who’s contesting qualifying in New York for a fifth time.
In her US Open debut, Talia Gibson upset twenty fifth seed Anastasia Zakharova within the first spherical.
The 20-year-old from Perth notched a 7-6(4) 1-6 6-3 win towards the in-form world No.129, who arrived in New York with seven wins from her previous eight matches.
This is likely one of the greatest wins of Gibson’s profession and her fifth top-150 victory of the season.
Li Tu made a dream US Open debut too, scoring a 6-4 6-4 victory towards world No.143 Alejandro Moro Canas within the opening spherical of the lads’s qualifying singles competitors.
The 28-year-old from Adelaide fired six aces and received 89 per cent of first serve factors within the one-hour and 37-minute encounter.
It continues a career-best season for Tu at Grand Slam stage. The world No.189 additionally posted breakthrough wins to achieve the second spherical in qualifying at Roland Garros and Wimbledon this 12 months.
Gamers have to win three rounds to earn a coveted main-draw spot on the ultimate Grand Slam match of the season. In the event that they accomplish that, they may be a part of 14 Australians (11 males and three ladies) already on this 12 months’s singles principal attracts.
Aussies in motion – US Open
RESULTS
Ladies’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Talia Gibson (AUS) d [25] Anastasia Zakharova 7-6(4) 1-6 6-3
Priscilla Hon (AUS) d [WC] Akasha Urhobo (USA) 6-3 3-6 6-3
Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Li Tu (AUS) d Alejandro Moro Canas (ESP) 6-4 6-4
COMING UP
Ladies’s qualifying singles, first spherical
[16] Arina Rodionova (AUS) v Elsa Jacquemot (FRA)
[32] Maya Joint (AUS) v Maja Chwalinska (POL)
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [6] Robin Montgomery (USA)
Astra Sharma (AUS) v Margaux Rouvroy (FRA)
Olivia Gadecki (AUS) v Viktoria Hruncakova (SVK)
Maddison Inglis (AUS) v Alexandra Eala (PHI)
Destanee Aiava (AUS) v Gergana Topalova (BUL)
Ladies’s qualifying singles, second spherical
Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [23] Daria Snigur (UKR)
Talia Gibson (AUS) v Hanna Chang (USA)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 ladies’s qualifying singles draw
Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Alex Bolt (AUS) v [4] Damir Dzumhur (BIH)
Marc Polmans (AUS) v Matteo Martineau (FRA)
Males’s qualifying singles, second spherical
Li Tu (AUS) v Marco Trungelliti (ARG)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 males’s qualifying singles draw
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