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