‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Rinky Hijikata has recorded his first ATP main-draw victory on grass at an ATP 250 event in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

The 22-year-old Australian took benefit of a lucky-loser spot within the draw by posting a 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 win in opposition to Dutch wildcard Gijs Brouwer.

The world No.133 fired eight aces within the two-hour and 18-minute opening-round battle.

This units up a second-round conflict with Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler, who eradicated eighth seed Maxime Cressy.

Hijikata is discovering spectacular type on grass, with 4 wins from his six matches on the floor thus far this season. He scored his fourth profession top-100 win (beating world No.73 Ilya Ivashka) to achieve the quarterfinals at an ATP Challenger grass-court occasion in Surbiton final week.

The information wasn’t so good for Jason Kubler, who misplaced in straight units to world No.36 Ugo Humbert.

Aussies in motion – ‘s-Hertogenbosch

RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[LL] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d [WC] Gijs Brouwer (NED) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2
[7] Ugo Humbert (FRA) d Jason Kubler (AUS) 6-4 6-2

COMING UP
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [WC] Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (NED)
[LL] Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [5] Elise Mertens (BEL)

Males’s singles, first spherical
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [Q] Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [WC] Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)

Males’s singles, second spherical
[4] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v TBC
[LL] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)

Males’s doubles, first spherical
[4] Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Jason Kubler (AUS) v [WC] Sander Arends (NED)/David Pel (NED)
Alex de Minaur (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v John Friends (AUS)/Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Stuttgart, Germany

Matt Ebden has made a promising begin to his doubles marketing campaign at an ATP 250 event in Stuttgart.

The 35-year-old Australian and his Indian companion Rohan Bopanna romped to a 6-0 6-3 victory in opposition to Monaco’s Romain Arneodo and France’s Gregoire Barrere within the opening spherical.

The highest seeds conceded solely 4 factors on serve within the 40-minute demolition.

Aussies in motion – Stuttgart

RESULTS
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d Romain Arneodo (MON)/Gregoire Barrere (FRA) 6-0 6-3

COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
[8] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v Yibing Wu (CHN)
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v Daniel Altmaeir (GER)

Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v TBC