Daria Saville continues to impress in her tour return, qualifying for a WTA 1000 occasion at Indian Wells.
Indian Wells, USA, 9 March 2022 | Leigh Rogers
Australian Daria Saville has earned a foremost draw spot at Indian Wells.
The 28-year-old from Melbourne scored a 6-0 3-6 6-3 victory in opposition to seventh-seeded Pole Magdalena Frech in closing qualifying spherical motion at the moment.
Robust getting back from Saville helped her take management within the two-hour and six-minute battle, changing eight of the 16 break factors she earned in opposition to the world No.88.
It’s the second top-100 win of the season for Saville, who’s at the moment ranked No.409 and contesting solely her fifth tour-level match after lacking eight months final 12 months because of harm.
Saville, who faces China’s Zhang Shuai within the opening spherical, joins compatriot Ajla Tomljanovic in the primary draw of the celebrated hard-court occasion.
Making her sixth foremost draw look at Indian Wells, Saville is aiming to higher third-round runs recorded in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Astra Sharma’s bid to qualify at Indian Wells for a second consecutive 12 months is over, shedding to Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova in straight units within the closing qualifying spherical.
In the meantime, 4 Australians have progressed to the ultimate spherical within the males’s qualifying singles competitors.
High-seeded John Millman, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Aleksandar Vukic all scored complete first-round victories at the moment, whereas Chris O’Connell recorded a three-set win in opposition to two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson.
Aussies in motion – Indian Wells
RESULTS
Girls’s qualifying singles, closing spherical
Daria Saville (AUS) d [7] Magdalena Frech (POL) 6-0 3-6 6-3
[13] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) d [9] Astra Sharma (AUS) 6-4 6-1
Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
[1] John Millman (AUS) d [WC] Brandon Holt (USA) 6-4 6-0
[7] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) d Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 6-3 6-4
[18] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) d Salvatore Caruso (ITA) 6-2 6-2
Chris O’Connell (AUS) d [4] Kevin Anderson (RSA) 3-6 6-2 6-2
[2] Joao Sousa (POR) d Max Purcell (AUS) 5-7 7-6(5) 7-6(4)
[22] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d Alex Bolt (AUS) 2-6 6-4 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s qualifying singles, closing spherical
[1] John Millman (AUS) v Tennys Sandgren (USA)
[7] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [20] Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
[18] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v [8] Jaume Munar (ESP)
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [17] Liam Broady (GBR)
Girls’s singles, first spherical
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v [WC] Hailey Baptiste (USA)
[Q] Daria Saville (AUS) v Zhang Shuai (CHN)
Males’s singles, first spherical
[29] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Bye
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Qualifier
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v David Goffin (BEL)
[WC] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v Sebastian Baez (ARG)
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
[2] Sam Stosur (AUS)/Zhang Shuai (CHN) v Alize Cornet (FRA)/Leylah Fernandez (CAN)
[8] Storm Sanders (AUS)/Caroline Dolehide (USA) v Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)/Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)/Maria Sakkari (GRE) v Petra Martic (CRO)/Shelby Rogers (USA)
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