Brown, Stakhovsky & Troicki On Brink Of Australian Open Qualification
They may be almost 20 years apart, but 36-year-old German Dustin Brown and 17-year-old Carlos Alcaraz of Spain are both on the cusp of qualifying for the 2021 Australian Open. The qualifying competition is being staged this year in Doha due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown, who is bidding to compete in the main draw for the first time in three years, struck eight aces and won 80 per cent of his first-service points to beat Spanish No. 22 seed Carlos Taberner 6-3, 7-5 on Tuesday. He will next play American Maxime Cressy, who fired 21 aces to overcome Yannick Maden of Germany 2-6, 6-3, 6-4....
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