Australian Chris O’Connell has progressed to the second spherical of the Miami Open after a 6-2 6-4 win over Czech Vit Kopriva.
Miami, USA, 21 March 2024 | Rhys de Deugd
Chris O’Connell has scored the primary Miami Open main-draw win of his profession, with a straight-sets showpiece in opposition to world No.116 Vit Kopriva.
The Australian got here out of the blocks shortly to take a 5-1 lead with two breaks of serve within the opening set – earlier than one other break to start out the second, allowed him to cruise to a 6-2 6-4 victory.
O’Connell didn’t drop serve for all the match, firing away 10 aces within the course of.
The world No.66 improves on his promising begin to the 2024 season, as he progresses by way of to the second spherical of his sixth-consecutive tour-level occasion.
Within the second spherical he’ll subsequent face the twenty first seed Frances Tiafoe for the primary time in his profession.
O’Connell joins seeded Australians Alex de Minaur and Jordan Thompson within the second spherical on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion, with Alexei Popyrin, Aleksander Vukic and Adam Walton nonetheless hoping so as to add to the Aussie contingent.
There will even be two Australians within the second spherical of the ladies’s singles attract Miami, with Storm Hunter becoming a member of Daria Saville within the subsequent stage, very similar to the identical occasion in 2022.
Hunter carried on from her profitable qualifying run within the first spherical of the principle draw as she moved previous world No.61 Martina Trevisan.
The Aussie regarded robust as she took a commanding 6-3 3-0 lead on Courtroom 1 earlier than Trevisan was compelled to retire.
Hunter will face in-form American Emma Navarro for a spot within the Miami Open third spherical.
Aussies in motion – Miami
RESULTS
Males’s qualifying singles, ultimate spherical
Chris O’Connell (AUS) d [Q] Vit Kopriva (CZE) 6-2 6-4
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) d Max Purcell (AUS) 6-2 6-1
Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) d Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 7-5 7-6(3)
Girls’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Storm Hunter (AUS) d Martina Trevisan (ITA) 6-3 3-0 ret.
COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG)
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)
[Q] Adam Walton (AUS) v Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
Males’s singles, second spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v TBD
[33] Jordan Thompson (AUS) v TBD
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [21] Frances Tiafoe (USA)
> VIEW: Miami Open males’s singles draw
Girls’s singles, second spherical
Daria Saville (AUS) v [28] Dayana Yastremska (UKR)
Storm Hunter (AUS) v [20] Emma Navarro (USA)
> VIEW: Miami Open girls’s singles draw
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andrea Vavassori (ITA)
John Friends (AUS)/Harri Heliovaara (FIN) v Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/Mate Pavic (CRO)
Alex de Minaur (AUS)/Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Ariel Behar (URU)/Adam Pavlasek (CZE)
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
[3] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) v Wang Xinyu (CHN)/Zheng Saisai (CHN)
[4] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Veronika Kudermetova/Anastasia Potapova
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