Nick Kyrgios is among a strong contingent of Australians in action this week at the first ATP Tour and WTA Tour grass-court tournaments of the season.
Stuttgart, Germany, 10 June 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Stuttgart, Germany
Nick Kyrgios is preparing to make his first competitive appearance of the season at an ATP 250 grass-court tournament in Stuttgart this week.
Kyrgios, who last competed on tour in October and has been recovering from knee surgery, is the No.8 seed in the men’s singles draw. The 28-year-old Australian faces China’s Wu Yibing in the opening round.
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World No.54 Wu is enjoying a career-best season and claimed his first ATP title at Dallas in February.
Kyrgios, currently ranked No.26, was a semifinalist in Stuttgart last season.
Aussies in action – Stuttgart
COMING UP
Men’s singles, first round
[8] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v Yibing Wu (CHN)
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v Daniel Altmaeir (GER)
Men’s doubles, first round
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Romain Arneodo (MON)/Gregoire Barrere (FRA)
‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Ten Australians are competing at a combined ATP and WTA 250 grass-court tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch this week.
Priscilla Hon, Taylah Preston and Rinky Hijikata have made promising starts, with all advancing to the final round in the qualifying singles competition.
The 17-year-old Preston scored one of the biggest wins of her young career, edging out former world No.69 Dalila Jakupovic 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) in the opening round.
Meanwhile, Hon and Hijikata both eliminated local hopes in straight sets to move one step closer to earning main-draw berths.
Aussies in action – s-Hertogenbosch
RESULTS
Women’s qualifying singles, first round
[1] Priscilla Hon (AUS) d [WC] Anouk Koevermans (NED) 6-0 6-3
[WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) d [8] Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) 6-4 2-6 7-6(5)
[9] Ankita Raina (IND) d Ellen Perez (AUS) 6-3 7-5
Men’s qualifying singles, first round
[4] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d Robin Haase (NED) 6-3 7-5
COMING UP
Women’s qualifying singles, final round
[1] Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [10] Natalija Stevanovic (SRB)
[WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) v Lena Papadakis (GER)
Men’s qualifying singles, final round
[4] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [8] Ricardas Berankis (LTU)
Women’s singles, first round
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [WC] Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (NED)
Men’s…
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