Australia, 22 August 2022 | tennis.com.au
Daria Saville has charged into the second round at a WTA 250 tournament in Granby.
The ninth-seeded Australian recorded a 6-3 6-3 victory against Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in first-round action today.
For seven Australian women, the focus is on this week’s US Open qualifying competition and trying to earn a main draw spot at the final Grand Slam tournament of the season.
| Event/Location | Level | Surface | Aussie competitors |
| US Open qualifying New York, USA |
Grand Slam | Hard | Maddison Inglis, Priscilla Hon, Astra Sharma, Lizette Cabrera, Seone Mendez, Kimberly Birrell |
| Tennis in the Land Cleveland, USA |
WTA 250 | Hard | Sam Stosur, Ellen Perez |
| Granby Granby, Canada |
WTA 250 | Hard | Daria Saville, Jaimee Fourlis, Olivia Tjandramulia |
| Zubr Cup Prerov, Czech Republic |
ITF 60 | Clay | Alexandra Bozovic, Alexandra Osborne |
| Goyang Goyang, South Korea |
ITF 25 | Hard | Talia Gibson, Kaylah McPhee |
| Bad Waltersdorf Bad Waltersdorf, Austria |
ITF 15 | Clay | Ana Prso |
| Cairo Cairo, Egypt |
ITF 15 | Clay | Lisa Mays |
| Magic Tours Monastir, Tunisia |
ITF 15 | Hard | Angelina Graovac, Estelle Najean |
Jason Kubler and Chris O’Connell have both qualified for an ATP 250 tournament at Winston-Salem.
Kubler secured his place in the main draw with a 6-4 6-0 win against Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics, while O’Connell qualified with a 7-6(4) 7-6(4) win over world No.45 Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands.
They join John Millman, Thanasi Kokkinakis, James Duckworth and Alexei Popyrin in the main draw.
Kokkinakis and Duckworth face-off in an all-Australian first-round clash.
| Event/Location | Level | Surface | Aussie competitors |
| US Open qualifying New York, USA |
Grand Slam | Hard | Aleksandar Vukic, Marc Polmans |
| Winston-Salem Open Winston-Salem, USA |
ATP 250 | Hard | John Millman, Thanasi Kokkinakis, James Duckworth, Alexei Popyrin, Jason Kubler, Chris O’Connell, Matt Ebden |
| Granby Granby, Canada |
ATP Challenger 80 | Hard | Jordan Thompson, Edward Winter, Luke Saville |
| Nonthaburi Nonthaburi, Thailand |
ATP Challenger 50 | Hard | Akira Santillan, Dane Sweeny, Omar Jasika, James McCabe, Tristan Schoolkate, Philip Sekulic, Dayne Kelly |
| Roehampton London, Great Britain |
ITF 25 | Hard | Nicholas Jovanovski, Patrick Fitzgerald |
| Talex Open Poznan, Poland |
ITF 25 | Clay | Brandon Walkin |
| Magic Hotel Tour Monastir, Tunisia |
ITF 15 | Hard | Matthew… |
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