Former World No.19 Hyeon Chung (KOR) and Next Gen rising star Jannik Sinner (ITA) will headline men’s day two action at the Apis Canberra International (Bendigo) on Tuesday. Women’s main draw matches are also set to commence with Canberra’s Alison Bai in action.
Chung won the hearts of Australian’s in 2018 with his magical run to the Australian Open semifinals defeating Novak Djokovic (SRB) and Alexander Zverev (GER) on the way. The 23-year-old missed much of 2019 due to back and leg injuries but will be looking for a strong start to the year when he takes on Australian wildcard, Akira Santillan (Qld). The winner of the match will earn a shot at second seed, Andreas Seppi (ITA).
Sinner had an outstanding 2019 which saw him climb from World No.553 to No.78 by the year’s end. At just 18-years-old he claimed the Next Gen Finals in Milan, defeating Australia’s Alex De Minaur in the final. Sinner is the third seed and will play Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) who won in three sets over Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) in the opening round.
Fifth seed and world No.84 Steve Johnson will take on Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) while fellow seeds Brayden Schnur (CAN), Nobert Gombos (SVK), and Taro Daniel (JPN) will be in action.
Canberra’s Alison Bai will get her campaign underway, when she faces Magdalena Frech (POL) in the opening round, while fourth seed Antonia Lottner (GER) will take on Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS).
The final round of qualifying will also take place, with Katie Boulter (GBR), Irina Falconi (USA) and Urszula Radwanska (POL) all in action. All are former top 100 players with Falconi and Radwanska to clash on Tuesday to earn a spot in the main draw.
The opening day of play was a mixed day for the Australian’s with Alex Bolt (SA), Aleksander Vukic (NSW) and Andrew Harris (Vic) scoring first round wins, while Harry Bourchier (Tas) won his qualifying match and will play fellow Aussie Marc Polmans (Vic) in round one on Tuesday. Wildcards, Jason Kubler (Qld), Max Purcell (NSW) and Matthew Ebden (WA) all fell in the opening round.
Entry to the Fosterville Gold Tennis Club is by gold coin donation supporting the Australian Red Cross bushfire disaster relief and recovery efforts.
Aces for Bushfire Relief
Every ace served during the Apis Canberra International (Bendigo) will see $100 being donated to the Australian Red Cross bushfire disaster relief and recovery.
Monday 6 January 2020 Total – 143 aces
Donations can be directed to the Australian Red Cross bushfire disaster relief and recovery efforts here.
About the Apis Canberra International (Bendigo)
The Apis Canberra International (Bendigo), will take place from 6-12 January 2020 at the Fosterville Gold Tennis Centre in Bendigo with a men’s ATP Challenger 125 and women’s USD$25,000 ITF World Tennis Tour event.
Due to the current conditions affecting Canberra, the decision was made to relocate the event to Bendigo. More information here.
Draws and the Order of Play – click here
Men’s live streaming and scoring is available here.
Women’s live streaming and scoring is available here.
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