Tennis

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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

 

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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.

 

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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

 

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Last Aussie alive in singles action

Adam Walton exits the Cincinnati Open

pipped by

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

 

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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