Chris O’Connell punched his ticket to the quarterfinals in Bucharest, following an intense three-hour marathon in opposition to No.4 seed Nicolas Jarry.
Bucharest, Romania, 4 April 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Chris O’Connell continued his robust begin to the clay season with a good victory over No.4 seed Nicolas Jarry in Bucharest, Romania.
The world No.87 prevailed 6-2 5-7 7-6(5) in his second-round encounter in opposition to the Chilean in a three-hour marathon, advancing to his first quarterfinal on clay since Might 2023.
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With O’Connell recording a cleaner show than his opponent, the Australian dedicated 37 fewer unforced errors than Jarry, the Rome Masters 2024 finalist.
It proved most helpful to O’Connell within the opening set, the place a 22-9 unforced error tally noticed him take an early lead.
Jarry’s dominance on the web helped ship the match right into a deciding set. The world No.58 scored 13 unanswered web factors within the second set to take proceedings 7-5.
In a last set the place possibilities to interrupt serve have been scarce, O’Connell transformed the one match level on supply to e-book a quarterfinal task in opposition to Hungarian Marton Fucsovics.
The victory provides to a stellar week for the 30-year-old, who defeated Serbian Dusan Lajovic in straight units to start his Bucharest marketing campaign.
This week additionally marks a return to statistically his finest floor. O’Connell has received 66 per cent of his profession main-draw matches on clay, together with eight Challenger titles.
A second ATP clay semifinal awaits ought to O’Connell emerge victorious in opposition to Fucsovics.
In different Aussie motion on Friday morning, Daria Kasatkina and Adam Walton have been halted of their respective campaigns in the USA.
Kasatkina practically pulled off an almighty comeback in her straight-sets loss to Sofia Kenin in Charleston. Down a set and an early break, the world No.12 threatened to spoil Kenin’s run into the Charleston quarterfinals, saving three match factors.
READ: Kasatkina advances to final 16 in Charleston
Though Kasatkina started to shift the tide, Kenin held agency to win the match 6-3 7-6(7).
In Houston, Adam Walton had his run ended by native countryman Frances Tiafoe. Walton was valiant in his try to upset the No.2 seed however in the end fell brief 7-5 6-3.
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