Another fine win for Marcus Daniell
Marcus Daniell and his American partner Denis Kudla are through to the quarter finals at the ATP 250 tournament in Melbourne. The unseeded duo have rallied from a set down to stun fifth seeds Ken Skupski and Dominic Inglot from Britain in the second round. Daniell and Kudla have won 4-6,7-6 (4) 10-4 in a match lasting 1 hour 30 minutes. By reaching the quarter finals Daniell is projected to climb back into the world’s top 50 in the rankings.
Meanwhile Artem Sitak and his Korean partner Soonwoo Kwon have lost their second-round match at the ATP 250 tournament in Adelaide. They have been beaten in straight sets, 7-5 6-1 by third seeds Ariel Behar from Uruguay and Ecuador’s Gonzalo Escobar.
Erin Routliffe and her Canadian partner Leylah Fernandez have pulled out of their second round doubles match in Adelaide. Fernandez lost her singles match earlier in the day and suffered an injury that forced her out of the doubles.