Guadalajara, Mexico, 10 September 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Olivia Gadecki has scored a powerful victory within the opening spherical of a WTA 500 match in Guadalajara.
The 22-year-old Australian triumphed 6-4 6-3 in opposition to American Sloane Stephens, a former world No.3 and the US Open 2017 champion.
Gadecki, who earned a spot within the draw as a qualifier, served six aces and broke Stephens’ serve 5 instances within the 85-minute encounter.
Most important draw win quantity ✌️
Olivia Gadecki picks up an enormous win and strikes into Spherical 2!#GDLOpenAKRONxSantander pic.twitter.com/NmP45IhM9l
— wta (@WTA) September 9, 2024
That is Gadecki’s fifth profession WTA main-draw win and her first because the Brisbane Worldwide in January.
It’s her third profession top-100 victory and her first in a accomplished match since gorgeous world No.4 Sofia Kenin as an unranked wildcard at a WTA match in Melbourne in February 2021.
This propels world No.152 Gadecki right into a second-round showdown with the match’s second seed, world No.11 Danielle Collins.
Australian Kimberly Birrell, who additionally certified at Guadalajara, performs her first-round match in opposition to Japan’s Ena Shibahara tomorrow.
Aussies in motion – Guadalajara
RESULTS
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) d Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-4 6-3
COMING UP
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [Q] Ena Shibahara (JPN)
Ladies’s singles, second spherical
[Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) v [2] Danielle Collins (USA)
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