Rinky Hijikata, Maya Joint and Ajla Tomljanovic are amongst 9 Australians in motion on day three at US Open 2024.
New York, USA, 28 August 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Rinky Hijikata, Maya Joint and Ajla Tomljanovic are all hoping to eradicate seeded opponents in second-round singles motion on day three at US Open 2024.
The 23-year-old Hijikata has the possibility to attain his career-first top-10 win when he performs Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. It is going to be his third assembly with the world No.9 this season.
“He completely whacked me a couple of weeks in the past,” mentioned world No.62 Hijikata, who managed to win solely a single recreation of their second-round assembly on the latest Montreal Masters.
“Perhaps I could make it a little bit extra aggressive this time, put myself able to do one thing. As at all times, I’ll simply compete as onerous as I can. I’ll be trying to hopefully flip the script a bit.”
There’s no scarcity of motivation for Tomljanovic as she prepares for a second-round conflict with No.33 seed Elise Mertens.
The 31-year-old, who has received two of her earlier three conferences with the Belgian, is trying to progress to the third spherical at a Grand Slam event for the primary time in two years.
“As a lot as any win is nice, profitable at a Slam, it’s particular,” world No.118 Tomljanovic mentioned after beating American qualifier Ann Li within the opening spherical earlier this week. “It’s simply every thing; the entire ambiance. You need to be right here so long as potential.”
In the meantime, world No.135 Joint is hoping to increase her gorgeous Grand Slam breakthrough when she takes on big-hitting American Madison Keys at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
After scoring her first main-draw win at this degree, the 18-year-old qualifier is embracing having “no stress” in her career-first assembly with a top-50 participant.
“I’ve seen Madison Keys play a number of instances on tv, however clearly by no means performed in opposition to her,” Joint mentioned of the US Open 2017 finalist. “I’m excited, I feel it needs to be a very good match.”
Alexei Popyrin, who’s seeded at a Grand Slam for the primary time in his profession, can be in motion, taking over world No.43 Pedro Martinez.
An extra 5 Australian gamers, together with Olympic gold medallist John Friends, function because the doubles competitions get underway.
The US Open is broadcast stay in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport, with protection starting from 1am AEST (from Thursday 29 August).
Aussies in motion on day three:
Girls’s singles, second spherical
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v [33] Elise Mertens (BEL), Courtroom 7, first match (from 1am AEST)
[Q] Maya Joint (AUS) v [14] Madison Keys (USA), Arthur Ashe Stadium, day session, first match (from 2am AEST)
Males’s singles, second spherical
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [9] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL), Stadium 17, first match (from 1am AEST)
[28] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Pedro Martinez (ESP), Courtroom 11, third match
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
Olivia Gadecki (AUS)/Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) v Camila Osorio (COL)/Alycia Parks (USA), Courtroom 8, first match (from 1am AEST)
[5] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v [WC] McCartney Kessler (USA)/Sabrina Santamaria (USA), Courtroom 10, first match (from 1am AEST)
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)/Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) v Petra Martic (CRO)/Shelby Rogers (USA), Courtroom 6, fourth match
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[7] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Marcos Giron (USA)/Botic van de Zandschulp (NED), Courtroom 8, third match
Blended doubles, first spherical
John Friends (AUS)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) v Rafael Matos (BRA)/Luisa Stefani (BRA), Courtroom 15, fourth match
> VIEW: Full US Open 2024 day three schedule
Discover your option to play: Go to play.tennis.com.au to get out on courtroom and have some enjoyable!
