Max Purcell shapes as a hazard man to keep away from on the US Open after persevering with his magnificent American hard-court run in North Carolina.
Purcell tamed big-serving Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor in two tiebreakers to advance to the quarter-finals of the Winston-Salem Open with a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-2) third-round win on Thursday (AEST).
Griekspoor had shot as much as twenty fifth on this planet after reaching the ultimate in Washington final month however learnt like so many different large names in current occasions that Purcell is a fast-emerging power to be reckoned with.
Australia’s 2022 Wimbledon doubles champion out-aced Griekspoor 11 to eight and, tellingly, dedicated a meagre 15 unforced errors off the bottom throughout a decent encounter that stretched nearly two hours.
Purcell’s reward for a tenth win from his previous 12 outings will not be solely a last-eight crack at both Jiri Lehecka or Dominik Koepfer but in addition one more career-high rating subsequent week.
He arrived at Winston-Salem ranked forty seventh after downing triple grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka and world No.7 Casper Ruud en path to his maiden ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final final week in Cincinnati.
Purcell now sits forty third within the dwell ATP standings and can gatecrash the world’s prime 40 if he wins his subsequent match.
As world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz will testify after needing three units to see off Purcell in Cincy, Purcell may have the seeds trying on anxiously when the US Open draw takes place on Friday morning (AEST).
While Purcell marched on, fellow Australian Alexsandar Vukic’s run is over following a 4-6 6-4 6-4 third-round loss to Argentine Sebastian Baez.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
