Tennis

[tiger_one]

Young 17yr Aussie Giselle Isabella Guillen just won her 1st Professional ITF title today at Tweed Heads.

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The Australian Pro Tour has returned this past week and the winners are

Dane Sweeny (1) in a walkover over

Derek Pham unfortunately due to injury. Dane didn’t drop a set all week on the way to the final to claim his 9th ITF singles

- ITF M15 Brisbane

17 year old

Giselle Isabella Guillen (Q) def

Catherine Aulia (WC) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 to win her first pro singles

- W15 Tweed Heads

 

[tiger_one]

Two Aussies remain standing in the singles draw at the Cincinnati Open

Alexei Popyrin (21) vs. Andrey Rublev (9)

Popyrin leads the H2H 2-1.

He is 5-2 vs. top 20 opponents at Masters 1000 level this year.

Adam Walton vs.

Jiri Lehecka (22)

Lehecka leads the H2H 1-0 def Walton 6-1, 6-3 in Adelaide last year.

Walton comes off his big breakthrough win def Medvedev (13) - now 1-11 vs top 50. A win would see him climb to a career high 71 in the live rankings.

 

[tiger_one]

For the 12th time this year

Alexei Popyrin (21) goes down in a three set battle to bow out of Cincinnati

7-6(5), 6-7(5), 5-7 to Andrey Rublev (9) - R32.

22 of the Aussies 34 matches this year have gone the journey to three sets, falling to a 10-12 record

 

[tiger_one]

Last Aussie alive in singles action

Adam Walton exits the Cincinnati Open

pipped by

Jiri Lehecka (22) 6-7(5), 6-7(3) R32

 

[tiger_one]

Leading the Aussie Davis Cup charge in Sydney vs. Belgium in September

Belgium team to include:

Zizou Bergs

Raphael Collignon

Alexander Blockx

Sander Gille

Joran Vliegen

Winner through to the Davis Cup finals in November in Bologna

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Aussie Finals watch big weekend for Aussies:

Bernard Tomic came back from a set down to make the final in Colombia to continue his spurt of form climbing the rankings.

Akira Santillan made the ITF final in China

Philip Sekulic is into the Bali final

All aussie male final in Brisbane with Sweeny v Delaney

Amy Stevens is the aussie flying the flag at Tweed Heads final

Elena Micic is into the semi final in Spain

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Tomic had an awkward moment tripping over his feet and having to withdraw from the final. He has climb over 700 ranking positions in the last 12-18mths and has a goal of making it back into the top 100 over the next 6mths.

In other finals

Sweeny wins his 3rd final in last 4 tournaments to continue his rankings climb

Santillan wins the final in China

Amy Stevens won the Tweed Heads final

 

[tiger_one]

Tomic had an awkward moment tripping over his feet and having to withdraw from the final. He has climb over 700 ranking positions in the last 12-18mths and has a goal of making it back into the top 100 over the next 6mths.

In other finals

Sweeny wins his 3rd final in last 4 tournaments to continue his rankings climb

Santillan wins the final in China

Amy Stevens won the Tweed Heads final

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Dane Sweeny (1) def

Jesse Delaney 6-2, 6-2 to claim back to back M15 Brisbane

titles.

3rd ITF

2025, 10th overall.

Amy Stevens 6-4, 6-0 def

Cheuk Ying Shek to win her first ITF pro singles title - W15 Tweed Heads

Akira Santillan (4) 7-5, 6-3 def

Tianhui Zhang (6) in the final of the M25 Yinchaun

3rd pro title this year, 11th overall.

 

[tiger_one]

Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the U.S. Open.
He's missed 11 of the last 12 Grand Slams dating back to 2023.

 

[tiger_one]

Saving FIVE match points, 🇦🇺 Ajla Tomljanovic fights through to the second round at the WTA 500 event in Mexico, with a gritty 4-6 6-3 7-6(1) win over Renata Zarazua in three hours

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Congrats to Aussie winners

Dane Sweeny winning another title in Taiwan he is in outstanding form. Thats 4 tournament wins from his last 5 played

Tina Nadine Smith won in Switzerland as she tries to crack into the top 300 rankings for the first time.


US Open kicks off overnight best of luck to all Aussies involved. A few favorable draws for some of the Aussies.

 

[tiger_one]

Congrats to Aussie winners

Dane Sweeny winning another title in Taiwan he is in outstanding form. Thats 4 tournament wins from his last 5 played

Tina Nadine Smith won in Switzerland as she tries to crack into the top 300 rankings for the first time.


US Open kicks off overnight best of luck to all Aussies involved. A few favorable draws for some of the Aussies.

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In extremely hot conditions it is another ITF Singles title for

Dane Sweeny 6-2, 3-0 ret defeating former world number 52 and two time ATP singles

winner

Soonwoo Kwon - M25 Taipei

final.

Since mid June the Aussie has gone 28-4 on the ITF Tour picking up four titles as he attempts to climb the rankings ladder again elevating from 571-393. Has peaked at 194 in February 2024.

 

[upthetigers]

Congrats to Aussie winners

Dane Sweeny winning another title in Taiwan he is in outstanding form. Thats 4 tournament wins from his last 5 played

Tina Nadine Smith won in Switzerland as she tries to crack into the top 300 rankings for the first time.


US Open kicks off overnight best of luck to all Aussies involved. A few favorable draws for some of the Aussies.

Jordan Thompson wins his first round match, he plays another French player in the second round.

 

[tiger_one]

Jordan Thompson wins his first round match, he plays another French player in the second round.

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Jordan Thompson, first Aussie singles winner at this years US Open.

This is the 31 year olds best performed major improving to 11-9 win loss. 5-12 AO, 3-10 Roland Garros, 8-9 Wimbledon.

 

[tiger_one]

Priscilla Hon (Q) gets a main draw singles win in New York for the very first time in her 9th overall grand slam appearance.

3rd GS main draw win in her career and first since AO 2020.

 

[tiger_one]

Rising

Adam Walton in back to back big tournaments, and defeats Ugo Humbert 6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1 to move into the 2nd round of the US Open.

 

[tiger_one]

Moving into the 2nd round is Australia’s number one ranked female, Daria Kasatkina defeating Elena-Gabriela Ruse in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1.

9-3 at the Grand Slams this year.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Rising

Adam Walton in back to back big tournaments, and defeats Ugo Humbert 9-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1 to move into the 2nd round of the US Open.



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Adam is starting to get more confidence in himself.

Beat Medvedev not long ago and now Humbert.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Moving into the 2nd round is Australia’s number one ranked female, Daria Kasatkina defeating Elena-Gabriela Ruse in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1.

9-3 at the Grand Slams this year.


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Daria has struggled heaps since changing allegiances to Australia. Hopefully she gets some form to end the season on a high and keep her ranking in order.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Anyone else see that fool Medvedev causing trouble whipping up the crowd at the US open, what a tosser Putin should ship him off to the Ukraine front.