Nick Kyrgios, competing alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis in men’s doubles, is among 10 Australians in action on day eight at US Open 2022.
New York, USA, 5 September 2022 | Leigh Rogers
Nick Kyrgios is enjoying a career-best run – in both singles and doubles – at this year’s US Open.
After sensationally defeating world No.1 and defending champion Daniil Medvedev in fourth-round singles action, Kyrgios now turns his attention to doubles.
“I feel like I’ve been working really hard,” Kyrgios said. “I’ve just got a lot of motivation at the moment.”
The 27-year-old Australian has progressed to the third round in the men’s doubles competition alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis. Unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles matches as a team this season, the Australian Open 2022 champions will look to continue their winning run when they face in-form No.11 seeds, Brit Lloyd Glasspool and Finland’s Harri Heliovaara.
Wimbledon 2022 champions Matt Ebden and Max Purcell are also in action on day eight at Flushing Meadows, facing Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Brit Neal Skupski. This is their third Grand Slam meeting this season, with the Aussies having beaten the second seeds during their finals runs at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
If both Australian teams win, it would mark the first time two all-Australian teams have progressed to the quarterfinals in a US Open men’s doubles draw since 1999.
In total, 10 Australian players are scheduled to compete across doubles and junior competitions on day eight in New York.
The US Open is broadcast on the Nine Network and Stan Sport in Australia, with coverage beginning from 1am AEST.
Aussies in action:
[12] Storm Sanders (AUS)/Caroline Dolehide (USA) v [7] Xu Yifan (CHN)/Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN)
Women’s doubles, third round, Court 17, first match (from 1am AEST)
World No.21 Sanders is looking to match her career-best result at the US Open and advance to the quarterfinals for a second consecutive year. The 28-year-old Australian and American partner Dolehide face a big test against seventh-seeded Chinese duo Xu and Yang. They have played once before, in the Miami quarterfinals earlier this season where world No.18 Xu and world No.14 Yang recorded a three-set victory.
> VIEW: US Open 2022 women’s doubles draw
Matt Ebden (AUS)/Max Purcell (AUS) v [2] Wesley Koolhof (NED)/Neal Skupski (GBR)
Men’s doubles, third round, Court 5, second match
Ebden and Purcell are on a nine-match…
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