Jordan Thompson actually likes Surbiton. The champion finally 12 months’s Surbiton Trophy – one of many grass-court heat up tournaments for Wimbledon – eased into the final eight once more with victory over American Zachary Svajda.
Thompson, the world No.76, beat Denis Kudla of the US final 12 months to win his first profession trophy on grass.
The 29-year-old from Sydney breezed by means of the primary set on Thursday, and regardless of a number of errors in windy circumstances within the second set, emerged victorious 6-2 7-5.
Thompson, additionally twice a crushed finalist at Surbiton, in southwest London, was totally dominant within the first set, dropping solely three factors on his serve.
It wasn’t all plain crusing within the second, although, and Thompson was heard to shout “Oh, this is the worst” as he slipped to 3-5 down in opposition to the 20-year-old Californian.
But he then gained 4 video games in a row to clinch victory, claiming 84 per cent of factors on his first serve.
Thompson will likely be again on Friday for a quarter-final in opposition to fellow Aussie Rinky Hijikata, who gained two tiebreakers to beat Ilya Ivashka, of Belarus.
Earlier, British No.1 Dan Evans suffered a shock loss as he was crushed in straight units by Canadian Gabriel Diallo.
The world No. 146 gained 7-5 6-2 to ebook a quarter-final place in opposition to Austria’s Jurij Rodionov.
The choose of the quarter-final matches is undoubtedly Australian No.5 seed Jason Kubler in opposition to Andy Murray, the two-time Wimbledon champion and No.2 seed.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
