Thanasi Kokkinakis has made an encouraging begin to the DC Open in Washington, rallying from a set all the way down to beat Japan’s Taro Daniel 2-6 6-4 6-4.
The Australian, going through a participant ranked 25 locations decrease, prevailed in two hours 40 minutes and can now play French thirteenth seed Ugo Humbert.
Another Aussie in Aleksandar Vukic, recent off his run to final week’s Atlanta Open remaining, was overwhelmed 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (11-9) by American Brandon Nakashima, whereas compatriot Max Purcell went down 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 to Californian qualifier Zachary Svajda.
Jordan Thompson is in motion in opposition to South African veteran Kevin Anderson in a while Tuesday evening.
In different males’s motion, fifth seed Grigor Dimitrov beat Mackenzie McDonald 7-6 (7-6) 6-2 and Chinese teenager Shang Juncheng defeated 14th-seeded Ben Shelton 6-2 3-6 6-3 for the second time in as many weeks after eliminating the native favorite in Atlanta.
“I’ve got a great return I think and in the past two weeks, I’ve been returning really well. So I think that was the key today, to break a few service games from him,” Shang, who has 4 wins in as many days in Washington the place he received two qualifying rounds over the weekend earlier than ousting Emilio Gomez, mentioned.
“Overall, I’m playing very confident and I’m just very patient on court and fighting for each point.”
In the ladies’s draw, 2021 Australian Open runner-up Jennifer Brady received her first WTA Tour match in two years.
The American, as soon as ranked as excessive as thirteenth however at the moment 1056th after being sidelined since August 2021, beat Twenty eighth-ranked Anhelina Kalinina 6-2 6-1 in simply over an hour.
“I’m really happy with the way I came out and dealt with my emotions,” Brady mentioned.
“Tennis is a part of who I am, and I hope I never lose that.”
Elsewhere, Czech Karolina Pliskova noticed off Hailey Baptiste 6-1 0-6 6-3 and Petra Martic was a 6-3 7-6 (15-13) winner over Sorana Cirstea.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
