Nick Kyrgios is amongst a powerful contingent of Australians in motion this week on the first ATP Tour and WTA Tour grass-court tournaments of the season.

Stuttgart, Germany, 10 June 2023 | Leigh Rogers

Kyrgios, who final competed on tour in October and has been recovering from knee surgical procedure, is the No.8 seed within the males’s singles draw. The 28-year-old Australian faces China’s Wu Yibing within the opening spherical.

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World No.54 Wu is having fun with a career-best season and claimed his first ATP title at Dallas in February.

Kyrgios, at present ranked No.26, was a semifinalist in Stuttgart final season.

Aussies in motion – Stuttgart

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, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Romain Arneodo (MON)/Gregoire Barrere (FRA)

‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Ten Australians are competing at a mixed ATP and WTA 250 grass-court match in ‘s-Hertogenbosch this week.

Priscilla Hon, Taylah Preston and Rinky Hijikata have made promising begins, with all advancing to the ultimate spherical within the qualifying singles competitors.

The 17-year-old Preston scored one of many greatest wins of her younger profession, edging out former world No.69 Dalila Jakupovic 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) within the opening spherical.

In the meantime, Hon and Hijikata each eradicated native hopes in straight units to maneuver one step nearer to incomes main-draw berths.

Aussies in motion – s-Hertogenbosch

RESULTS
Girls’s qualifying singles, first spherical
[1] Priscilla Hon (AUS) d [WC] Anouk Koevermans (NED) 6-0 6-3
[WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) d [8] Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) 6-4 2-6 7-6(5)
[9] Ankita Raina (IND) d Ellen Perez (AUS) 6-3 7-5

Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
[4] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d Robin Haase (NED) 6-3 7-5

COMING UP
Girls’s qualifying singles, remaining spherical
[1] Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [10] Natalija Stevanovic (SRB)
[WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) v Lena Papadakis (GER)

Males’s qualifying singles, remaining spherical
[4] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [8] Ricardas Berankis (LTU)

Girls’s singles, first spherical
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [WC] Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (NED)

Males’s singles, first spherical
[4] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Bye
Jason Kubler (AUS) v [7] Ugo Humbert (FRA)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Qualifier/Fortunate Loser
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [WC] Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)

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)

Nottingham, Nice Britain

Olivia Gadecki and Arina Rodionova have arrange an all-Australian showdown within the remaining spherical of qualifying at a WTA 250 grass-court match in Nottingham.

The 21-year-old Gadecki posted a 7-5 6-3 victory in opposition to fellow Queenslander Lizette Cabrera in opening-round motion, whereas 33-year-old Rodionova fought previous fourth-seeded Swiss participant Simona Waltert 7-6(3) 6-1.

Gadecki and Rodionova additionally met in an ITF remaining in Portugal per week in the past, the place Gadecki claimed the largest singles title of her profession.

World No.155 Gadecki is aiming to qualify at a WTA-level for the second time in her profession, whereas world No.206 Rodionova is trying to obtain the feat for the primary time since March 2021.

Aussies in motion – Nottingham

RESULTS
Girls’s qualifying singles, first spherical
[7] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) d Lizette Cabrera (AUS) 7-5 6-3
Arina Rodionova (AUS) d [4] Simona Waltert (SUI) 7-6(3) 6-1
[5] Harriet Dart (GBR) d Maddison Inglis (AUS) 6-3 6-4

COMING UP
Girls’s qualifying singles, remaining spherical
[7] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) v Arina Rodionova (AUS)

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