Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson each misplaced their first-round singles matches at an ATP 250 event in Delray Seashore.
Delray Seashore, USA, 16 February 2022 | Leigh Rogers
Delray Seashore, USA
Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson will flip their consideration to doubles after struggling first-round singles losses at an ATP 250 event in Delray Seashore.
American qualifier Mitchell Krueger didn’t lose serve in a 6-2 6-4 victory in opposition to Thompson, whereas fifth-seeded American Sebastian Korda scored a assured 6-4 6-1 win in opposition to Kokkinakis.
These outcomes depart John Millman, who is about to face American Marcos Giron within the second spherical, because the final remaining Aussie within the males’s singles draw.
Australian pair Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith made a profitable begin within the doubles competitors, recording a dominant 6-3 6-0 win in opposition to German mixture Peter Gojowczyk and Oscar Otte.
Aussies in motion – Delray Seashore
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[5] Sebastian Korda (USA) d Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-4 6-1
[Q] Mitchell Krueger (USA) d Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-2 6-4
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[4] Luke Saville (AUS)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS) d Peter Gojowczyk (GER)/Oscar Otte (GER) 6-3 6-0
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
John Millman (AUS) v Marcos Giron (USA)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Nicholas Monroe (USA)/Jackson Withrow (USA)
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
[4] Luke Saville (AUS)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS) v TBC
Marseille, France
Alexei Popyrin’s marketing campaign at an ATP 250 event in Marseille is over, with the 22-year-old Australian exiting within the opening spherical to Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin.
World No.163 Safiullin recorded a hard-fought 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(3) victory in opposition to the seventh-seeded Australian.
Popyrin did earn a match level within the two-hour and 40-minute battle, doing so within the twelfth recreation of the deciding set. However after failing to transform, misplaced 9 consecutive factors to lose the momentum and finally the match.
Popyrin and Aussie accomplice Matt Reid have been additionally eradicated within the doubles competitors, overwhelmed by French duo Benjamin Bonzi and Albano Olivetti in first-round motion.
Aussies in motion – Marseille
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Roman Safiullin (RUS) d [7] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(3)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
Benjamin Bonzi (FRA)/Albano Olivetti (FRA) d Alexei Popyrin (AUS)/Matt Reid (AUS) 7-6(5) 7-5
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ajla Tomljanovic was unable to reap the benefits of her fortunate loser spot within the draw at this week’s WTA 500 event in Dubai.
Russian qualifier Varvara Gracheva powered to a 6-1 7-5 victory in opposition to the 28-year-old Australian of their first-round showdown.
Ellen Perez scored a first-round doubles win, teaming with American Desirae Krawczyk to remove Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Belgian Kirsten Flipkens in a good encounter.
Aussies in motion – Dubai
RESULTS
Girls’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Varvara Gracheva (RUS) d [LL] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 6-1 7-5
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
Ellen Perez (AUS)/Desirae Krawczyk (USA) d Anna Danilina (KAZ)/Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7-5 3-6 [10-5]
COMING UP
Girls’s doubles, quarterfinals
Ellen Perez (AUS)/Desirae Krawczyk (USA) v TBC
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