Alex de Minaur is amongst eight Australian males to progress to the second spherical within the US Open 2024 males’s singles competitors.
New York, USA , 28 August 2024 | Leigh Rogersmost complete US Open victory earlier at this time.
Thompson wasn’t the one Australian celebrating a serious particular person milestone in New York at this time.
Kokkinakis posted his best-ever Grand Slam win, upsetting world No.11 Stefanos Tsitsipas within the opening spherical, whereas tenth seed Alex de Minaur, the highest-seeded Australian man on the event in 19 years, made a successful return from harm.
Wildcard Tristan Schoolkate proved his future his shiny, scoring a primary Grand Slam main-draw victory. The 23-year-old clawed again from a two-set deficit for the primary time in his profession to defeat Japan’s Taro Daniel, a participant eight years his senior and ranked 105 locations larger.
Chris O’Connell fought previous world No.26 Nicolas Jarry, scoring a four-set victory towards the seeded Chilean. That is the world No.87’s biggest-ever win in New York.
You thought the Aussie upsets have been completed? 👀
Chris O’Connell pulls off one of many greatest wins of his profession as he takes down world No.26 Nicolas Jarry within the opening-round of the @usopen 🤩#GoAussieshttps://t.co/pwGCIEoT2S
— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) August 28, 2024
For the fifth consecutive main event, the primary spherical additionally featured an all-Australian battle. Max Purcell took the honours this time, rising triumphant towards fellow Sydneysider Aleksandar Vukic.
In the meantime, Rinky Hijikata, who presently sits at career-high rating of world No.62, outclassed harmful Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina yesterday to earn his second-round spot and world No.28 Alexei Popyrin made an encouraging begin in his first Grand Slam as a seeded participant.
| EIGHT IS GREAT Eight Australians advancing to the second spherical in a US Open males’s singles draw |
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| 1976 | Ray Ruffels, Ross Case, Alvin Gardiner, John Alexander, Kim Warwick, Geoff Masters, Barry Phillips Moore, Allan Stone |
| 2024 | Alex de Minaur, Alexei Popyrin, Jordan Thompson, Rinky Hijikata, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Chris O’Connell, Max Purcell, Tristan Schoolkate |
Two Australians, Ajla Tomljanovic and 18-year-old qualifier Maya Joint, have additionally progressed to the second spherical within the girls’s singles competitors.
The final time a complete of 10 Australians reached the US Open second spherical in singles, throughout each the boys’s and ladies’s singles attracts, was 1979.
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