James McCabe reached the semifinal of the Nonthaburi Challenger, the place Luke Saville and Tristan Schoolkate gained the doubles.
30 September 2024 | Dan Imhoff
James McCabe has scored a confidence-boosting win over Australian Open 2021 semifinalist Aslan Karatsev en path to the final 4 at an ATP Challenger occasion in Thailand.
In a powerful week for Australian doubles, 5 gamers gained skilled titles, whereas the Alame sisters claimed their greatest junior trophy collectively.
This week’s most excellent performers embody…
James McCabe: The 21-year-old loved a standout week in Nonthaburi, Thailand the place he reached an ATP Challenger singles semifinal following back-to-back wins over former Australian Open finalist Karatsev and world No.92 Arthur Cazaux. It improved his file to 24 wins from his previous 28 matches.
Luke Saville: The 30-year-old picked up his third ATP Challenger doubles title of the season with a compatriot after he and Tristan Schoolkate triumphed in Charleston. In an all-Australian last, second seeds Saville – who this season gained the Burnie Challenger with Alex Bolt and the Chicago Challenger with Li Tu– and Schoolkate denied Calum Puttergill and Dane Sweeny.
Tristan Schoolkate: Like Saville, the 23-year-old collected his third ATP Challenger doubles trophy of the season with a fellow Australian in Charleston. It adopted earlier titles with Adam Walton at Pune and with Blake Ellis in Guangzhou. It was his fourth title alongside Saville after the pair claimed three ITF M25 occasions in Australia final yr.
Blake Ellis: The in-form 25-year-old clinched his second ATP Challenger title of the yr when he and compatriot Adam Walton triumphed in Nonthaburi. It marked Ellis’ second doubles title in as many weeks after his ITF M15 win in Bali and left him unbeaten in his previous eight matches.
Adam Walton: The 25-year-old picked up his third ATP Challenger doubles title this yr in Nonthaburi with countryman Ellis. It tied his annual haul from every of the previous two years, having already claimed the doubles in Taipei Metropolis and Burnie in 2024. The world No.95 additionally reached the quarterfinals of the singles.
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Calum Puttergill: The 30-year-old fell simply shy of his second ATP Challenger title of the season after he and Dane Sweeny succumbed in a match tiebreak to fellow Australians Saville and Schoolkate within the Charleston last. The pair was making an attempt to say a second title collectively after touchdown the ITF M25 occasion in Darwin two years in the past.
Dane Sweeny: Reprising a partnership that delivered the ITF M25 trophy in Darwin in 2022, the 23-year-old got here up wanting his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title alongside Puttergill in Charleston. It was Sweeny’s first doubles last since Darwin.
Elysia Bolton: The 24-year-old secured her third ITF doubles title from as many finals this season after prevailing alongside American Maegan Manasse within the Berkeley W35 last in america. It improved her doubles file to 14-2 for the reason that begin of April.
Thomas Fancutt: The 29-year-old mixed with Blake Bayldon to succeed in the Nonthaburi Challenger semifinals, his twelfth semifinal at that or ITF degree this yr. It was the duo’s second ATP Challenger semifinal this month following Guangzhou.
Blake Bayldon: Backing up his Guangzhou semifinal alongside Fancutt, the 25-year-old reached the semifinals of the Nonthaburi Challenger occasion. It was his ninth semifinal at ATP Challenger or ITF degree this season.
Jaimee Fourlis: The 25-year-old reached her third ITF singles semifinal of 2024 within the Berkeley W35 occasion. It marked the world No.400’s first semifinal since she gained the ITF match in Amstelveen, the Netherlands in July.
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Bernard Tomic: The previous world No.17 reached his fourth straight ATP Challenger quarterfinal at Charleston. The 31-year-old fell to eventual champion Edas Butvilas in what was his eleventh quarterfinal of the season at ITF or ATP Challenger degree.
Shanelle Iaconi: The fortunate loser made essentially the most of her major draw call-up to succeed in the quarterfinals on the W15 match in Varna, Bulgaria. It was the 20-year-old’s maiden skilled quarterfinal from her sixteenth occasion.
Alana Subasic: The 17-year-old reached the largest last of her fledgling junior profession on the J500 Osaka occasion. Subasic snapped a three-match dropping streak to say six straight matches earlier than she fell to Israel’s Mika Buchnik within the last.
Rianna and Renee Alame: Whereas Subasic fell brief within the singles last, Australian sisters 17-year-old Riana and 15-year-old Renee Alame walked away with the largest junior doubles title of their profession on the J500 Osaka occasion. They have been the primary siblings to win the match.
Renee and Riana Alame with the Osaka J500 trophy.