Australian Daria Saville has scored a first-round singles win at the Citi Open in Washington.
Washington, USA, 2 August 2022 | Leigh Rogers
Washington, USA
Australian contenders Daria Saville and Alexei Popyrin have recorded first-round singles wins, albeit in contrasting fashion, at the Citi Open in Washington.
Saville needed three hours and nine minutes to fight past Swedish qualifier Mirjam Bjorklund, eventually prevailing 3-6 7-5 7-6(4). This sets up a second-round meeting with top-seeded American and world No.7 Jessica Pegula.
Popyrin was only on court for 34 minutes in his opening-round match, with Chinese Taipei qualifier Wu Tung-Lin retiring after only six games.
The news wasn’t so good for James Duckworth, who lost in three sets to Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo.
Aussies in action – Washington
RESULTS
Women’s singles, first round
Daria Saville (AUS) d [Q] Mirjam Bjorklund (SWE) 3-6 7-5 7-6(4)
Men’s singles, first round
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) d [Q] Wu Tung-Lin (TPE) 3-3 ret.
[Q] Borna Gojo (CRO) d James Duckworth (AUS) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2
Women’s doubles, first round
[WC] Makenna Jones (USA)/Sloane Stephens (USA) d Astra Sharma (AUS)/Sophie Chang (USA) 6-3 5-7 [11-9]
Men’s qualifying doubles, final round
[2] Luke Saville (AUS)/Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) d [1] Robert Galloway (USA)/Alex Lawson (USA) 7-6(2) 4-6 [10-8]
COMING UP
Women’s singles, first round
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v Sloane Stephens (USA)
Men’s singles, first round
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v Marcos Giron (USA)
Women’s singles, second round
Daria Saville (AUS) v [1] Jessica Pegula (USA)
Men’s singles, second round
[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v TBC
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [3] Taylor Fritz (USA)
Men’s doubles, first round
Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/Jack Sock (USA) v [3] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
John Peers (AUS)/Dan Evans (GBR) v Hubert Hurkacz (POL)/Tommy Paul (USA)
[WC] Alex de Minaur (AUS)/Frances Tiafoe (USA) v [1] Rajeev Ram (USA)/Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
[Q] Luke Saville (AUS)/Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) v [4] Ivan Dodig (CRO)/Austin Krajicek (USA)
Los Cabos, Mexico
Six Australians feature in the singles main draw at an ATP 250 tournament in Los Cabos this week.
Rinky Hijikata and Max Purcell boosted the numbers by successfully qualifying at the hard-court event, joining Thanasi Kokkinakis, John Millman, Jason Kubler and Jordan Thompson in the main draw.
This is the second time that 21-year-old Hijikata has qualified at an ATP tournament, matching his…
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