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Kubler and Thompson into finals in Surbiton and Little Rock
Australians have reached ATP Challenger level finals on different sides of the Atlantic. Jordan Thompson is into the CH125 Surbiton grass-court final where he will face USA’s world no. 81 Denis Kudla. Jason Kubler has reached the final of the CH100 Little Rock tournament on hard courts, he faces Taiwan’s Wu Tung-Lin the world no.…
Read MoreA cruel end for Zverev against Nadal at the French Open
Germany’s world no. 3 was in an epic battle with world no. 5 and 13-time Roland Garros champion Rafa Nadal when things went horribly wrong. Embed from Getty Images Late in the second set big German was running to his right when his foot got caught on the red clay and he badly twisted his…
Read MoreKubler the lone Aussie male into round two at Roland Garros
Going into the men’s singles round one at the French Open the Australian contingent consisted of six automatic qualifiers, a wild card, and a qualifier. After round one was played across the opening three days it was the qualifier, Jason Kubler that stood alone as a winner. The draw treated Kubler kindly with the world…
Read MorePopyrin finds form in Bordeaux and claims ATP Challenger title
Australian tennis player Alexei Popyrin has turned around a recent form slump to claim the Challenger title in Bordeaux. Popyrin won his first match of the year in Melbourne back in early January before suffering six straight losses, including five straight round one losses. The 22-year-old started the year ranked at no. 61 only to…
Read MoreDaria Saville and Chris O’Connell were awarded French Open wildcards
Just ahead of qualifying at Roland Garros, it has been announced that Daria Saville and Chris O’Connell have been awarded main draw wildcards into the French Open singles tournament. This is a reciprocal arrangement. Main draw action gets underway in Paris on Sunday 22 May. Saville (nee Gavrilova) is on the comeback trail from plantar…
Read MoreJang Su Jeong claims Canberra clay court title
South Korea’s world no. 179 and the no. 2 seed for the ACT Clay Court International #2 has come from a set down to defeat Japan’s Yuki Naito. The opening set saw both players having trouble holding serve with six breaks of serve. The set would eventually be decided in a tie breaker with Naito…
Read MoreMoyuka Uchijima claims the ACT Clay Court International #1 title in Canberra
Japan’s world no. 282 Moyuka Uchijima has easily defeated Australia’s world no. 202 Olivia Gadecki to win her first ITF W60 title. The Japanese player won the match 6-2, 6-2 in 1 hour and 17 minutes. In the semi finals Gadecki recovered from losing the first set 6-0 to win in three sets. There was…
Read MoreGadecki again defeats Birrell to move into the ACT Clay Court International final
Olivia Gadecki and Kimberly Birrell faced each other for the third time in four tournaments, this time at the semi final stage at the ACT Clay Court International #1 in Canberra. Back a few tournaments ago Gadecki defeated Birrell in three sets at the W25 in Canberra on hard courts. They met again at the…
Read MoreBirrell and Gadecki set an all-Australian semifinal at the ACT Clay Court International #1
An Australian will be in the final of the ACT Clay Court International after Olivia Gadecki and Kimberly Birrell booked a semifinal berth where they will face each other. They took different paths to claim quarterfinal victories. First Gadecki quickly wrapped up her match 6-3, 6-1 against Korea’s Han Na-Lae. Birrell instead slogged out a…
Read MoreGadecki sends top seed packing at the ACT Clay Court International in Canberra
Australia’s Olivia Gadecki has defeated former world no. 20 Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2 in a round one match. The Romanian is the no. 1 seed for the tournament. Gadecki had recently reached back-to-back finals in the Bendigo ITF $25,000 events where she first lost to Asia Muhammad and the she was forced to retire…
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