The final round of qualifying at the 2022 Australian Open features one Canadian – Rebecca Marino – and one Canadian representing Chile – Alejandro Tabilo.
Marino plays No. 8 Kamilla Rakhimova. The Russian had a lung buster of a win in the second round over former junior champion Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva. But she’s had a day to recover. And Marino prevailed – just.
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AO ’22
Singles Qualifying, final Found
Friday, Jan. 14, 2022
Final results
Women’s qualifying, final round
(1st-round opponents in brackets)
[24] Rebecca Marino (CAN) def [8] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 46 62 76 [10-7] (Marie Bouzkova)
[26] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def [15] Nao Hibino (JPN) 46 62 61 (Varvara Gracheva)
Arianne Hartono (NED) def [17] Jule Niemeier (GER) 61 16 63 (Amanda Anisimova)
[2] Martina Trevisan (ITA) def. [19] Olga Govortsova (BLR) 62 63 (Zheng Saisai)
[5] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) def. [18] Irina Bara (ROU) 62 61 (Alizé Cornet)
[6] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) def. Elina Avanesyan (RUS) 64 60 ([1] Ashleigh Barty)
[11] Harriet Dart (GBR) def. [PR] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 63 63 ([7] Iga Swiatek)
[13] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def. [28] Mai Hontama (JPN) 63 67 (3) 63 (Aliaksandra Sasnovich)
[25] Stefanie Voegele (SUI) def. Indy de Vroome (NED) 63 46 75 ([25] Daria Kasatkina)
Hailey Baptiste (USA) def. Yuan Yue (CHN) 67 (4) 76 (5) 63 (Caroline Garcia)
Emina Bektas (USA) def Christina McHale (USA) 63 16 76 [10-7] (Liudmila Samsonova)
Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def. Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 75 26 63 (Alison Van Uytvanck)
Caroline Dolehide (USA) def Julia Grabher (AUT) 76 (5) 62 ([27] Danielle Collins)
Jang Su Jeong (KOR) def Rebeka Masarova (ESP) 62 63 (Danka Kovinic)
Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) def. Aliona Bolsova (ESP) 62 75 ([WC] Wang Xiyu)
Katie Volynets (USA) def Mirjam Bjorklynd (SWE) 75 62 (Beatriz Haddad Maia)
Mens’ Qualifying, final round
(1st-round opponents in brackets)
[16] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) def. Elias Ymer (SWE) 61 62 ([31] Carlos Alcaraz)
[2] Norbert Gombos (SVK) def Matthew Ebden (AUS) 67 (3) 76 (5) 76 [10-8] ([Q] Timofey Skatov)
[5] Radu Albot (MDA) def. [17] Joao Sousa (POR) 64 64 (Yoshihito Nishioka)
[7] Taro Daniel (JPN) def. [29] Salvatore Caruso (ITA) 64 63 ([Q] Tomas Barrios Vera)
[8] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def. Alessandro Gianessi (ITA) 76 (3) 76 (6) ([WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis)
[10] Liam Broady (GBR) def. Roman Safiullin (RUS) 46 76 (2) 62 (Nick Kyrgios)
[12] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) def. Flavio Cobelli (ITA) 63 62 ([19] Pablo Carreño Busta)
[15] Nikola Milojevic (SRB) def. Enzo Couacaud (FRA) 76 (6) 76 (3) (Mackenzie McDonald)
[18] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def. Dmitry Popko (KAZ) 46 63 63 ([26] Grigor Dimitrov)
[20] Tomas Machac (CZE) def. Jesper De Jong (NED) 62 63 (Juan Manuel Cerundolo)
[22] Tomas Barrios Vera (CHI) def Filip Horansky (SVK) 75 64 ([Q] Taro Daniel)
[23] Emilio Gomez (ECU) def Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 75 46 63 ([27] Marin Cilic)
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) def. Ernesto Escobedo (USA) 64 57 75 (Tommy Paul)
Maximilian Marterer (GER) def Tobias Kamke (GER) 64 61 ([20] Taylor Fritz)
Timofey Skatov (KAZ) def Gastao Elias (POR) 64 76 (5) ([Q] Norbert Gombos)
Marco Trungelitti (ARG) def [30] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 62 26 75 (Frances Tiafoe)
[LL] Ernesto Escobedo (USA) (Alexander Bublik)
[LL] Joao Sousa (POR) ([11] Jannik Sinner)
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