James McCabe reached the semifinal of the Nonthaburi Challenger, where Luke Saville and Tristan Schoolkate won the doubles.
30 September 2024 | Dan Imhoff
James McCabe has scored a confidence-boosting win over Australian Open 2021 semifinalist Aslan Karatsev en route to the last four at an ATP Challenger event in Thailand.
In a strong week for Australian doubles, five players won professional titles, while the Alame sisters claimed their biggest junior trophy together.
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James McCabe: The 21-year-old enjoyed a standout week in Nonthaburi, Thailand where he reached an ATP Challenger singles semifinal following back-to-back wins over former Australian Open finalist Karatsev and world No.92 Arthur Cazaux. It improved his record to 24 wins from his past 28 matches.
Luke Saville: The 30-year-old picked up his third ATP Challenger doubles title of the season with a compatriot after he and Tristan Schoolkate triumphed in Charleston. In an all-Australian final, second seeds Saville – who this season won the Burnie Challenger with Alex Bolt and the Chicago Challenger with Li Tu– and Schoolkate denied Calum Puttergill and Dane Sweeny.
Tristan Schoolkate: Like Saville, the 23-year-old collected his third ATP Challenger doubles trophy of the season with a fellow Australian in Charleston. It followed earlier titles with Adam Walton at Pune and with Blake Ellis in Guangzhou. It was his fourth title alongside Saville after the pair claimed three ITF M25 events in Australia last year.
Blake Ellis: The in-form 25-year-old clinched his second ATP Challenger title of the year when he and compatriot Adam Walton triumphed in Nonthaburi. It marked Ellis’ second doubles title in as many weeks after his ITF M15 win in Bali and left him unbeaten in his past eight matches.
Adam Walton: The 25-year-old picked up his third ATP Challenger doubles title this year in Nonthaburi with countryman Ellis. It tied his annual haul from each of the past two years, having already claimed the doubles in Taipei City and Burnie in 2024. The world No.95 also reached the quarterfinals of the singles.
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Calum Puttergill: The 30-year-old fell just shy of his second ATP Challenger title of the season after he and Dane Sweeny succumbed in a match tiebreak to fellow Australians Saville and Schoolkate in the Charleston final. The…
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