Australian No.1 Alex de Minaur races into the third spherical of a Roland Garros males’s singles draw for the primary time.
Paris, France, 31 Could 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Alex de Minaur has notched one other spectacular first in his career-best season.
The 25-year-old Australian is having fun with his deepest run at Roland Garros, securing his spot within the third spherical of the lads’s singles competitors with a 7-5 6-1 6-4 victory in Paris right this moment towards Spaniard Jaume Munar.
This marks the primary time that world No.11 De Minaur has progressed past the second spherical in eight main-draw appearances on the clay-court Grand Slam match.
“It feels nice,” De Minaur mentioned of his “minor milestone”.
“I believed there’s no motive why I can’t do it, so it’s simply good to lastly have the ability to be within the third spherical.”
De Minaur produced a clear efficiency, ending the match with extra winners and fewer unforced errors than world No.64 Munar. He additionally navigated a number of rain delays earlier than closing out victory in two hours and 11 minutes.
“I used to be being aggressive and taking it to him,” De Minaur mentioned. “He’s an excellent clay-courter, strikes very effectively, extends a whole lot of rallies … As we speak was only a robust day with the rain, the stops and begins, and every part.”
With this effort, De Minaur turns into simply the fifth Australian man to advance to the third spherical at Roland Garros up to now 15 years.
| Roland Garros males’s singles Australians to succeed in third spherical in previous 15 years |
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| Participant | Years |
| Lleyton Hewitt | 2009, 2010 |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis | 2015, 2023, 2024 |
| Nick Kyrgios | 2015, 2016 |
| Jordan Thompson | 2019 |
| Alex de Minaur | 2024 |
That is the thirteenth time in complete that De Minaur has reached the third spherical at a significant match – however solely the second time he has managed to take action with out conceding a set, matching his swift development at Australian Open 2021.
De Minaur’s subsequent opponent is German Jan-Lennard Struff, who knocked out world No.17 Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan within the second spherical.
The highest-ranked Australian leads their head-to-head report with three wins from 5 matches, which features a straight-sets victory at Miami earlier this season.
World No.41 Struff did, nevertheless, win their solely earlier assembly on clay, which was at Monte Carlo final season.
De Minaur has vowed he is able to “carry on going”.
“Finally my aim is to not make the third spherical, it’s to go for greater and higher issues,” he mentioned.
Thanasi Kokkinakis has additionally superior to the third spherical in Paris, after staging a exceptional comeback to beat Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri in 5 units.
The 28-year-old Australian clawed again from a two-set deficit for simply the third time in his profession and for the primary time in 9 years.
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Aussies in motion – Roland Garros
RESULTS
Males’s singles, second spherical
[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Jaume Munar (ESP) 7-5 6-1 6-4
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) d [Q] Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) 1-6 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) 6-2
COMING UP
Males’s singles, third spherical
[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [12] Taylor Fritz (USA)
> VIEW: Roland Garros 2024 males’s singles draw
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[2] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA)/Olivia Nicholls (GBR)
Daria Saville (AUS)/Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v [16] Miyu Kato (JPN)/Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)
> VIEW: Roland Garros 2024 ladies’s doubles draw
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v [Alt] Sumit Nagal (IND)/Sebastian Ofner (AUT)
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Tallon Griekspoor (NED)/Bart Stevens (NED)
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Denys Molchanov (UKR) v Petros Tsitsipas (GRE)/Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Guido Andreozzi (ARG) v Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/Francisco Cabral (POR)
John Friends (AUS)/Roman Safiullin v Yuki Bhambri (IND)/Albano Olivetti (FRA)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v [14] Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/Jackson Withrow (USA)
> VIEW: Roland Garros 2024 males’s doubles draw
Blended doubles, first spherical
[1] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Matt Ebden (AUS) v [WC] Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (FRA)/Ugo Humbert (FRA)
Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA)/John Friends (AUS) v [5] Vera Zvonareva/Sander Gille (BEL)
> VIEW: Roland Garros 2024 blended doubles draw
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