Jordan Thompson continues to fly the flag for Australian males’s tennis, easing into the quarter-finals of the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island, with a straight-sets victory over Britain’s Liam Broady.
Both gamers arrived within the US off the again of a strong displaying in final week’s grand-slam occasion at Wimbledon.
Thompson had proven flashes of sophistication on the grass in southwest London earlier than falling to eventual finalist Novak Djokovic, whereas Broady made probably the most of his dwelling benefit to knock out world No.4 Casper Ruud.
It was the seventh-seeded Australian who loved the higher hand on Wednesday, sending down seven aces on his approach to a 6-2 6-2 victory.
He now faces his doubles companion, France’s Adrian Mannarino, for a spot within the semi-finals, after the world No.38 knocked out Thompson’s fellow countryman Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-4.
The rivals will then should kiss and make up, as Thompson twins with Mannarino to contest a males’s doubles quarter-final in opposition to Indian pair Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth.
There was to be no repeat of Tuesday’s triumph for Adelaide’s world No.252 Li Tu.
Having overcome fellow Aussie Aleksandar Vukic within the spherical of 32 to file his first ATP-level main-draw victory, Li fought exhausting earlier than shedding 4-6 6-7 (5-7) to a participant ranked 193 locations above him within the form of fourth seed Mackenzie McDonald.
James Duckworth took the primary set in opposition to American Alex Michelsen however was unable to remain within the groove and misplaced 6-4 3-6 0-6.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
