▶ Chichipas advances to the 3rd round after a 4 hour 32 minute battle with Kokinakis
Sophia Kenin [로이터=사진제공]
Sophia Kenin (4th place, USA), winner of the women’s singles at last year’s Australian Open tennis tournament, was eliminated in the second round this year.
Kenin was awarded 0-2 (3-6 2-) to Kaia Canepi (65th place, Estonia) in the second round of women’s singles for the fourth day of the Australian Open tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia on the 11th. 6) lost.
The 36-year-old veteran Kanepi successfully advanced to the third round in 1 hour and 4 minutes, driving 10 sub-aces on this day.
The maximum hourly speed of the serve was 180 km, and Kenin was 159 km, and the number of sub aces was also 10-1, leading to Kanepi.
Kenin and Kanepi, who kept the two-game advantage in their opponents, face Donna Bekić (33rd place, Croatia) in the third round.
Ashley Barty (1st place, Australia), who received the top seed, defeated Daria Gabrilloba (387th place, Australia) 2-0 (6-1 7-6) in the third round.
Bati faces Ekaterina Alexandrova (32th place, Russia) in the round of 32.
If Barty wins this event, the Australian player will be on top of the Australian Open women’s singles 43 years after Chris O’Neill in 1978.
In the men’s singles, Stefanos Chichipas (6th place, Greece) played 3-2 (6-7 6-4 6-1 6-7 6) after a 4 hour 32 minute fight against Seonasi Kokinakis (267th place, Australia). -4) You won.
Kokinakis is a player who completed Kwon Soon-woo (97th place, Dangjin City Hall) 3-0 (6-4 6-1 6-1) in the first round.
Chichipas’ opponent for the third round was set to Michael Emer (95th place, Sweden).
Feliciano Lopez (65th place, Spain), born in 1981, the oldest of the men’s singles qualifiers at this year’s Australian Open, 3-2 (5-7 3-6 6-3 7-5 6) against Lorenzo Sonego (35th place, Italy). -4) We won a reverse win.
López, the men’s record holder for 75 consecutive singles in the major tournament, will compete in the third round with Andrei Rubleov (8th place, Russia), who is 16 years younger than himself.