Australia’s Max Purcell has lastly accomplished his three-day opening-round match on the ATP’s Houston Open, after rain as soon as once more washed out a lot of the motion.
Having received the primary set on Wednesday and misplaced the second on Thursday, Purcell prevailed 6-4 3-6 6-3 over Germany’s Daniel Altmaier in the one match to be accomplished on Friday.
With persistent rain persevering with to fall on the clay courtroom event, organisers introduced they might attempt to defend the enjoying floor for a busy weekend of motion.
Purcell in opposition to Altmaier was the ultimate first-round match to conclude, with a second spherical, quarter-finals, semi-finals and closing to schedule within the restricted time earlier than the ATP Tour rolls on.
The 25-year-old Sydneysider will play Argentina’s Tomas Etcheverry within the subsequent spherical.
Fellow Australian Jason Kubler, the event’s sixth seed, is scheduled to tackle Colombia’s Daniel Galan within the spherical of 16 on Saturday (Sunday AEST).
Top seed Frances Tiafoe is but to play a match after receiving a first-round bye, and it’s the similar case for second seed Tommy Paul.
“We want to ensure that our courts are in the best possible condition to complete our tournament this weekend,” event director Bronwyn Greer mentioned in a press release.
Meanwhile, on the ATP 250 event in Marrakech, Chris O’Connell’s career-best run at a tour-level clay-court occasion has come to an finish in a hard-fought 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (3-7) defeat to Russia’s Pavel Kotov.
– with DPA
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
