Kimberly Birrell and Priscilla Hon are amongst 5 Australians to progress to the second spherical within the Roland Garros 2024 ladies’s qualifying singles occasion.
Paris, France, 22 Could 2024 | Leigh Rogers
5 Australians have superior to the second spherical within the Roland Garros 2024 ladies’s qualifying singles competitors.
Kimberly Birrell and Priscilla Hon scored opening-round victories on day two in Paris, becoming a member of compatriots Astra Sharma, Taylah Preston and Olivia Gadecki within the subsequent spherical.
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That is solely the second time prior to now 45 years that 5 Australian ladies have progressed to this stage in a Roland Garros qualifying draw, matching the efforts of 2022.
The Open period document for Australian ladies reaching the second spherical in qualifying on the clay-court Grand Slam match is six, which was achieved in 1978.
Birrell achieved a milestone of her personal, staging a stirring comeback to notch her career-first victory at Roland Garros.
The 26-year-old from the Gold Coast triumphed 2-6 6-0 6-3 towards world No.170 Polina Kudermetova.
That is world No.154 Birrell’s eighth win from her previous 10 matches and units up a second-round showdown with Serbian Olga Danilovic, the eleventh seed within the ladies’s qualifying draw.
Hon scored a 7-6(5) 6-3 victory in her opening-round conflict towards German Mona Barthel, a former world No.23.
The 26-year-old from Brisbane, who’s at present ranked world No.216, subsequent faces Hungarian Panna Udvardy, a 25-year-old ranked No.132.
World No.215 Li Tu is proudly carrying Australian hopes within the males’s qualifying singles competitors.
The 27-year-old from Adelaide recorded his career-first win at Roland Garros, producing a formidable show to beat Brit Oliver Crawford 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2.
Tu struck 42 winners to 25, which included 9 aces, within the two-hour and 15-minute encounter.
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After recording his first win on clay in nearly two years, Tu’s subsequent problem is a second-round assembly with veteran Mikhail Kukushkin. The 36-year-old from Kazakhstan is a former world No.39.
All six remaining Australians are scheduled to proceed their qualifying campaigns on day three in Paris.
> VIEW: Roland Garros 2024 qualifying day three schedule
Gamers have to win three rounds to earn a coveted main-draw spot on the clay-court Grand Slam match.
Aussies in motion – Roland Garros
RESULTS
Girls’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) d Polina Kudermetova 2-6 6-0 6-3
Priscilla Hon (AUS) d Mona Barthel (GER) 7-6(5) 6-3
Lucija Ciric Bagaric (CRO) d [7] Arina Rodionova (AUS) 6-4 6-3
Oksana Selekhmeteva d Destanee Aiava (AUS) 7-6(5) 6-4
Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Li Tu (AUS) d Oliver Crawford (GBR) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2
Maxime Janvier (FRA) d [3] James Duckworth (AUS) 6-3 6-1
Alejandro Moro Canas (ESP) d Marc Polmans (AUS) 6-1 6-2
COMING UP
Girls’s qualifying singles, second spherical
[22] Astra Sharma (AUS) v Timea Babos (HUN)
[30] Taylah Preston (AUS) v Alexandra Eala (PHL)
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [11] Olga Danilovic (SRB)
Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [27] Panna Udvardy (HUN)
Olivia Gadecki (AUS) v Solana Sierra (ARG)
> VIEW: Roland Garros 2024 ladies’s qualifying singles draw
Males’s qualifying singles, second spherical
Li Tu (AUS) v [25] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
> VIEW: Roland Garros 2024 males’s qualifying singles draw
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