Australian wildcard Nick Kyrgios has powered into the second spherical on the Indian Wells Masters 1000 match.
Indian Wells, USA, 11 March 2022 | Leigh Rogers
Nick Kyrgios has made a promising tour return, scoring a straight-sets victory in opposition to Argentina’s Sebastian Baez in opening-round motion at Indian Wells as we speak.
Contesting his first match because the Australian Open, Kyrgios posted a commanding 6-4 6-0 win in opposition to the world No.60.
The Australian wildcard struck 12 aces within the 72-minute conflict, serving to him file his first top-100 singles victory of the season.
The 26-year-old Kyrgios, at present ranked No.132, now performs No.32-seeded Argentine Federico Delbonis within the second spherical.
Too sturdy tonight ♨️
In simply his third match of the 12 months, @NickKyrgios powers previous Baez 6-4 6-0 on a windy evening within the desert!#IndianWells pic.twitter.com/mp8BCBfDXG
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 11, 2022
Kyrgios was the one Australian man to attain a win as we speak, with Alexei Popyrin and Thanasi Kokkinakis each dropping their first-round encounters.
In girls’s singles motion, qualifier Daria Saville continued her spectacular run.
The 28-year-old Aussie recorded a 3rd consecutive win within the Californian desert, posting a 6-3 6-2 victory in opposition to China’s Zhang Shuai. It snapped a five-match successful streak for world No.41 Zhang, who had claimed her third profession WTA singles title in France final week.
Saville, at present ranked No.409 as she returns from an prolonged damage lay-off, will face ninth-seeded Tunisian Ons Jabeur within the second spherical.
It was a troublesome day for Zhang, who additionally exited within the girls’s doubles competitors alongside Australian associate Sam Stosur.
Making strides within the desert 🌴@Daria_gav advances to the @BNPPARIBASOPEN second spherical after a 6-3 6-2 win over Shuai Zhang. #GoAussies pic.twitter.com/NJSDp6O9ez
— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) March 10, 2022
World No.96 Astra Sharma made probably the most of her fortunate loser spot within the girls’s singles draw, after incomes a late promotion when German Andrea Petkovic withdrew because of damage.
Sharma defeated world No.62 Magda Linette of Poland 6-4 7-6(1), propelling the 26-year-old from Perth right into a second-round assembly with 2021 finalist and No.13 seed Victoria Azarenka.
Aussies in motion – Indian Wells
TODAY’S RESULTS
Girls’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Daria Saville (AUS) d Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-3 6-2
[LL] Astra Sharma (AUS) d Magda Linette (POL) 6-4 7-6(1)
Males’s singles, first spherical
[WC] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) d Sebastian Baez (ARG) 6-4 6-0
Sebastian Korda (USA) d [Q] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-3 6-4
[Q] Tomas Machac (CZE) d Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-3 7-5
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
Alize Cornet (FRA)/Leylah Fernandez (CAN) d [2] Sam Stosur (AUS)/Zhang Shuai (CHN) 1-6 7-6(7) [10-8]
COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v David Goffin (BEL)
Males’s singles, second spherical
[29] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v TBC
[WC] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v [32] Federico Delbonis (ARG)
Girls’s singles, second spherical
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v [26] Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
[Q] Daria Saville (AUS) v [9] Ons Jabeur (TUN)
[LL] Astra Sharma (AUS) v [13] Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[5] John Friends (AUS)/Filip Polasek (SVK) v Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v Ivan Dodig (CRO)/Marcelo Melo (BRA)
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
[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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