Rinky Hijikata is off to a profitable begin within the US Open 2024 males’s singles competitors.
New York, USA, 27 August 2024 | Leigh Rogersa career-high rating of world No.62, Hijikata now faces a frightening second-round problem. He’ll look to document his career-first top-10 win when he performs world No.9 Grigor Dimitrov for a spot within the third spherical.
“As all the time, I’ll simply compete as exhausting as I can,” Hijikata stated.
Earlier as we speak, Alexei Popyrin made a formidable begin to his US Open marketing campaign, scoring a complete victory towards Korean Soonwoo Kwon.
> READ: Popyrin powers into second spherical at US Open 2024
Hijikata and Popyrin are amongst a rare 12 Australians on this yr’s US Open males’s singles draw, our highest illustration in 45 years.
Aussies in motion – US Open
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[28] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) d Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) 7-5 6-2 6-3
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 7-6(1) 3-6 6-4 6-3
Alexandre Muller (FRA) d Adam Walton (AUS) 3-6 7-6(7) 6-3 6-4
Girls’s singles, first spherical
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) d [Q] Ann Li (USA) 6-4 6-4
[Q] Maya Joint (AUS) d Laura Siegemund (GER) 6-4 7-5
[24] Donna Vekic (CRO) d [Q] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 6-4 6-4
> READ: Maya Joint makes main breakthrough at US Open 2024
COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
[10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Marcos Giron (USA)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Fixed Lestienne (FRA)
James Duckworth (AUS) v [31] Flavio Cobolli (ITA)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [11] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [26] Nicolas Jarry (CHI)
Max Purcell (AUS) v Aleksandar Vukic (AUS)
[Q] Li Tu (AUS) v [3] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
[WC] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) v Taro Daniel (JPN)
Males’s singles, second spherical
[28] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Pedro Martinez (ESP)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [9] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 males’s singles draw
Girls’s singles, first spherical
Daria Saville (AUS) v [Q] Ena Shibahara (JPN)
[Q] Arina Rodionova (AUS) v Wang Xinyu (CHN)
[WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) v [25] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
[Q] Destanee Aiava (AUS) v [4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
[Q] Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [2] Aryna Sabalenka
Girls’s singles, second spherical
[Q] Maya Joint (AUS) v [14] Madison Keys (USA)
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v [33] Elise Mertens (BEL)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 girls’s singles draw
> READ: Ten Australians to contest doubles at US Open 2024
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