Olivia Gadecki is amongst a file eight Australians to advance to the second spherical of this 12 months’s US Open ladies’s qualifying singles competitors.
New York, USA, 21 August 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Eight Australian ladies have superior to the second spherical within the US Open 2024 ladies’s qualifying singles competitors. That is essentially the most to achieve this stage in match historical past, bettering the seven recorded in 1977 and 2019.
Kimberly Birrell eradicated world No.107 Robin Montgomery in opening-round motion in New York as we speak, recording a 7-6(4) 4-6 6-2 victory in opposition to the sixth-seeded American.
Astra Sharma and Olivia Gadecki additionally started their qualifying quests with three-set triumphs. The 22-year-old Gadecki, who’s looking for to qualify at Flushing Meadows for a second consecutive season, held her nerve to beat Slovak Viktoria Hruncakova in a third-set tiebreak.
Seeded contenders Arina Rodionova and Maya Joint posted straight-set victories to affix compatriots Talia Gibson, Destanee Aiava and Priscilla Hon, who all scored first-round wins yesterday, within the second spherical.
Australian contenders stay unbeaten to date within the males’s qualifying singles competitors, with Alex Bolt and Marc Polmans becoming a member of Li Tu within the second spherical.
World No.174 Bolt scored his fifth top-100 victory of the season, upsetting world No.81 Damir Dzumhur. The 31-year-old South Australian fought again from a sluggish begin to file a 0-6 6-3 6-3 win in opposition to the fourth-seeded Bosnian.
World No.201 Polmans was ruthless in his dismissal of Frenchman Matteo Martineau, dropping simply two video games of their 64-minute encounter.
Gamers have to win three rounds to earn a coveted main-draw spot on the closing Grand Slam match of the season. In the event that they achieve this, they may be part of 14 Australians (11 males and three ladies) already within the 2024 singles major attracts.
Aussies in motion – US Open
RESULTS
Girls’s qualifying singles, first spherical
[16] Arina Rodionova (AUS) d Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) 6-1 7-6(5)
[32] Maya Joint (AUS) d Maja Chwalinska (POL) 6-0 6-3
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) d [6] Robin Montgomery (USA) 7-6(4) 4-6 6-2
Astra Sharma (AUS) d Margaux Rouvroy (FRA) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-3
Olivia Gadecki (AUS) d Viktoria Hruncakova (SVK) 6-4 4-6 7-6(9)
Alexandra Eala (PHI) d Maddison Inglis (AUS) 6-3 2-6 6-1
Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Alex Bolt (AUS) d [4] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 0-6 6-3 6-3
Marc Polmans (AUS) d Matteo Martineau (FRA) 6-1 6-1
COMING UP
Girls’s qualifying singles, second spherical
[16] Arina Rodionova (AUS) v Irina Bara (ROU)
[32] Maya Joint (AUS) v Iryna Shymanovich
Destanee Aiava (AUS) v [4] Mai Hontama (JPN)
Olivia Gadecki (AUS) v [9] Eva Lys (GER)
Astra Sharma (AUS) v [11] Ann Li (USA)
Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [23] Daria Snigur (UKR)
Talia Gibson (AUS) v Hanna Chang (USA)
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v Veronika Erjavec (SLO)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 ladies’s qualifying singles draw
Males’s qualifying singles, second spherical
Marc Polmans (AUS) v [3] Aslan Karatsev
Li Tu (AUS) v Marco Trungelliti (ARG)
Alex Bolt (AUS) v [WC] Nishesh Basavareddy (USA)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 males’s qualifying singles draw
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