Olivia Gadecki has made it 4 Australians into the ultimate spherical of US Open qualifying, but it surely was a day of disappointment for former quarter-finalist John Millman.
Resuming at one set all after inclement climate compelled the postponement of play on Friday (AEST), Gadecki shortly gained a decisive break to beat American Louisa Chirico 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-4 in her second-round outing.
The 20-year-old will face US veteran Emina Bektas for a spot in the principle draw at Flushing Meadows for the primary time.
Gadecki joins Kim Birrell, James Duckworth and Marc Polmans in shifting to inside one win of a spot within the US Open singles important attract New York.
Birrell, who has taken the Australian ladies’s No.1 rating in the course of the injury-enforced layoffs of Ajla Tomljanovic and Daria Saville, will play American Fiona Crawley within the remaining spherical of qualifying.
Duckworth performs Kazakhstan’s Timofey Skatov and Polmans faces younger American Zachary Zvajda.
But 5 years after beautiful the good Roger Federer en path to the final eight in New York, Millman crashed out with a 2-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 second-round qualifying loss to Italy’s world No.377 Stefano Travaglia.
Priscilla Hon additionally fell on the second hurdle, 6-3 6-1 to Japan’s Himeno Sakatsume.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
