Jordan Thompson has set a second-round showdown with a former world No.4 after downing fourth seed Casper Ruud.
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“Actually happy to get the W and in straight units, which is uncommon for me,” Thompson instructed TennisTV.
“Might’ve gone both means. Pulled a fortunate shot on the market at 5-all within the tiebreak. I assumed we had been enjoying nice tennis in that first set. First sport of the second, down love-40 and it was an enormous maintain and received out to a 5-love lead, so it was nearly holding that momentum.”
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Thompson, who grew to become a Grand Slam doubles champion on the US Open with Max Purcell, stated the success had little bearing on his singles sport.
“It doesn’t actually have an effect on me that a lot,” he stated. “I misplaced the Wimbledon closing [in doubles] after holding match factors and received straight again on the horse and made the ultimate in Atlanta in singles and, , didn’t actually have that hangover, so I don’t let it get to me an excessive amount of, however I’ll undoubtedly take the title of Grand Slam champion.”
Fellow Australian Chris O’Connell landed a 6-4 7-6(5) victory over Argentine world No.35 Tomas Martin Etcheverry, however world No.23 Alexei Popyrin was not so lucky.
In a rematch of his Montreal Masters first spherical, Popyrin succumbed to Czech Tomas Machac 6-3, 6-7(5) 7-5.
The 79th-ranked O’Connell set a second-round assembly with fellow qualifier, American Alex Michelsen, who downed fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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