James Duckworth and Kim Birrell have moved to inside a win every of qualifying for the US Open in New York.
Among six Australians in second-round qualifying motion on Friday, Duckworth wanted three match factors in opposition to Terence Atmane earlier than lastly seeing off the Frenchman 3-6 6-4 7-6 (10-8) after two hours and 48 minutes of toil.
The deciding tiebreak alone stretched virtually 1 / 4 of an hour.
The Sydneysider subsequent performs Kazakhstan’s Timofey Skatov for a spot in the primary draw at Flushing Meadows, the place he reached the second spherical final yr for less than the second time in seven makes an attempt.
Birrell earlier reached the ultimate spherical of girls’s qualifying with a 6-3 6-4 win over Latvian Darja Semenistaja.
The Australian No.1 will play both Hungarian Timea Babos or American Fiona Crawley for a spot within the girls’s singles draw alongside returning 2022 Open quarter-finalist Ajla Tomljanovic and Daria Saville, who has entered on an injury-protected rating.
Fellow Australians John Millman, Marc Polmans, Olivia Gadecki and Priscilla Hon are additionally in second-round qualifying motion on Friday AEST.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
