The qualifications ofAustralian Open started on Monday in Melbourne! The first day saw three Azzurri pass the first round. Two managed to reach them on Tuesday. Between them, Benoit Couple. The Avignonesi broke away against the Brazilian, Matteo Pucinelli de Almeida. A successful 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-5 which allows him to enter Michael Mmoh. In the last set he trailed 4-2. A good way to start your year, after a painful 2022 season.
The teaser of the Australian Open from 16 to 29 January 2023
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Very solid Lokoli, Escoffier, Blancaneaux and Guinard down
Unhappy finalist in Nouméa, Laurent Locoli played well against the Swiss Antonio Bellier. A 6-3, 6-3 success to start qualifying perfectly. The course will deal with Australian Li Tu. On his side, Geoffrey Blancaneaux did not resist the tough Argentine Marco Trungelliti. Defeat of the French 7-5, 6-1. Same result for Antoine Escoffier, who stumbled in Hungarian Szombor Piros, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. Seeded no. 31, Manuel Guinard- who was part of the French delegation in United Cup in Perth – didn’t have an easy draw Andrew Pellegrino. This was confirmed on the pitch with a defeat for the Bretons 7-6(7), 5-7, 7-6(4). The Habs may have regrets as they led 5-2 in the first set and had three set points in the tiebreaker before folding. to courage, Guinardo he managed to salvage three match points in the final set before giving way and losing in a super tie-break. Painful loss…
Gaston-Muller in the second round, Couacaud also smiled on Monday
By winning his first Challenger in Roanne, Hugh Gaston he was probably hoping to win the reciprocity joker, but he is Luca Van Assche which appealed to federal politicians. To theUS Open 2021the left-footed from Toulouse, 105th in the world, will therefore have to move from the qualifying zone to Melbourne. As a Flowing Meadows, Hugh Gaston was designated seeded (n°7) but this does not constitute a guarantee. But he’s ready to go to war against the overheated Australian courts. It all started amazingly with a lightning success (6-1, 6-1) against Egor Gerasimov. The Belarusian hadn’t frequented the circuit since August and was seen little.
Wednesday, Hugh Gaston will deliver a “derby” against Alexandre Müller. The Provençal rejected the Australian guest James McCabe. In the evening, Enzo Couacaud arrived at the end ofHugo Grenier after a marathon of 3h01 (5-7, 7-5, 7-6). The TCBB player largely dominated the super tiebreaker ten-point threes. Eve Furness failed face Yu Hsiou Hsu, 221e worldwide.
The AO x Kia journey continues ðŸ¤
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