Australian Open 2023: five rising stars to watch at Melbourne Park

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Linda Fruhvirtova leads the Czech charge while Jack Draper’s rise up the rankings is cause for optimism

Boulter battled her way past American Caroline Dolehide 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 in a match that lasted more than two hours.

“I knew it was going to be tough going into it,” Boulter the tournament's official website. “I've played a lot of matches this year and they're physical but I'm in a good place. It's just keeping my head straight and working really hard. It's tough to come off a tournament win and start all over again, so I'm really proud of myself getting through that today.

“[Canberra] was a really strong tournament and to go in there and have no expectations and end up winning the tournament, I'm pretty happy to do that, but I'm not finished there, I'm just starting.”Miyazaki saw off Hailey Baptiste of the United States 6-4, 7-5.Liam Broady suffered defeat in qualifying for the Australian Open but only after a battle against Colombian Emilio Gomez which lasted almost three hours.Broady had fought back from 3-1 down in the deciding third set to lose 4-3 but Gomez then broke back and each held serve as a second consecutive set went to a tiebreaker.having been beaten 7-6 6-2 by Canada’s Alexis Galarneau a day after Paul Jubb went out in the opening round.

At 20, it was time to move on from college in order to tackle the professional ranks. The results have been excellent. Shelton has won three challengers and reached three other finals since May, his ranking rocketing from 548 to 92. He arrives in Melbourne for his first grand slam outside the US Open with the hype set to explode.

 

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