Alex de Minaur and Ajla Tomljanovic headline Australians in motion at Dubai and Doha, with John Millman and Daria Saville each competing in Mexico.
21 February 2022 | Tennis Australia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Alex de Minaur will goal to proceed his good type on the ATP 500 event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the place the No.1 Australian man takes on Karen Khachanov within the first spherical.
De Minaur’s sturdy begin to the 2022 season consists of two top-40 wins on the ATP Cup, a career-best run to the fourth spherical of the Australian Open and a quarterfinal run in Rotterdam.
After briefly dropping exterior the top-40 earlier this season, De Minaur is now on the cusp of a top-30 return.
De Minaur is joined in Dubai by countryman Chris O’Connell, who defeated Henri Laaksonen and Yuki Bhambri in qualifying to earn entry into the event’s major draw for the primary time.
John Friends will compete in doubles alongside Filip Polosek, with the pair scheduled to tackle wildcards Saketh Myeni and Ramkumar Ramanathan within the opening spherical.
Aussies in motion – Dubai
RESULTS
Males’s qualifying singles, second spherical
Chris O’Connell (AUS) d Yuki Bhambri (IND) 6-3 6-4
[9] Jiri Vesely (CZE) d [1] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 6-2
COMING UP
Males’s singles, remaining spherical
Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Karen Khachanov (RUS)
[Q] Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [WC] Andy Murray (GBR)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[3] John Friends (AUS)/Filip Polosek (SLO) v [WC] Saketh Myeni (IND)/Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)
Doha, Qatar
Ajla Tomljanovic leads Aussies hopes on the prestigious WTA-1000 event in Doha.
She faces Russia’s Daria Kasatkina within the opening spherical.
The 28-year-old Australian is the lone Australian competing within the Qatar Complete Energies Open singles draw, after Astra Sharma, Maddison Inglis and Ellen Perez exited in qualifying.
Perez is contesting the doubles event alongside American Desirae Krawzyk.
Aussies in motion – Doha
COMING UP
Girls’s singles, first spherical
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v Daria Kasatkina (RUS)
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
Ellen Perez (AUS)/Desirae Krawczyk (USA) v Oksana Kalashnikovia (GEO)/Maryna Zanevska
Acapulco, Mexico
John Millman is decided to construct on some beautiful type on the ATP-500 event in Acapulco, Mexico.
Millman final week progressed to a primary semifinal in additional than a 12 months at Delray Seashore, the place victims included No.8 seed Maxime Cressy and No.3 Grigor Dimitrov.
He additionally impressed within the semifinals in opposition to Reilly Opelka, pushing the No.2 seed to 3 units over three hours.
The 32-year-old Queenslander faces Marcos Giron in his Acapulco first spherical – a rematch of their second-round contest in Delray Seashore, which Millman received in straight units.
Aussies in motion – Acapulco
COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
John Millman (AUS) v Marcos Giron (USA)
Guadalajara, Mexico
Daria Saville will fly the Aussie flag on the WTA 250 event in Guadalajara, Mexico.
However the 27-year-old Australian faces a troublesome first-round opponent in No.1 seed Emma Raducanu, who can also be the reigning US Open champion.
Saville, previously Gavrilova, is rebuilding her rating after present process Achilles surgical procedure early final 12 months.
Aussies in motion – Guadalajara
COMING UP
Woen’s singles, first spherical
Daria Saville (AUS) v [1] Emma Raducanu (GBR)
