Top seeds, Ugo Humbert (FRA) and Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) will begin their campaigns at the Apis Canberra International (Bendigo) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
World No.56 Humbert comes into the event off the back of a breakthrough 2019 which saw him reach a career high ranking of No.46 and reach the fourth round of Wimbledon.\u00a0 Humbert will take on Danilo Petrovic (SRB) who defeated Elias Ymer (SWE) in two tight sets today.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s top seed, Tig will also be in action when she takes on Indy De Vroome (NED) in her opening round match.\u00a0 Tig returned to the tour unranked in April 2019 after 18 months off due to injury and pregnancy.\u00a0 She came through qualifying to make the final of the WTA event in Bucharest and won a WTA series title in Germany to climb to No.111 in the world by the end of 2019.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s second seed Andreas Seppi (ITA) will take on lucky loser Zhe Li (CHN) who was a last minute replacement in the draw for Hyeon Chung (KOR).\u00a0 Li beat Australian wildcard Akira Santillan (Qld) in straight sets today.\u00a0 Fourth seed and former world No.16 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) will play his opening match against Australian wildcard Aleksander Vukic (NSW).<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s second seed Mandy Minella (LUX) is first up on Wednesday, taking on Pemra Ozgen (TUR), while third seed Sachia Vickery (USA) opens against Jaqueline Adina Cristian (ROU).<\/p>\n
In Tuesday\u2019s action, Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) caused the biggest upset of the day, taking out third seed Jannik Sinner (ITA).\u00a0 Fifth seed, Steve Johnson (USA) survived a scare before prevailing in three sets over Zhizhen Zhang (CHN), while Aussie Alex Bolt defeated No.11 seed Brayden Schnur (CAN) to progress to the third round.\u00a0 Harry Bourchier won the all-Aussie battle with Marc Polmans (Vic) in three tough sets.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s draw, Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) upset fourth seed Antonia Lottner (GER), while Magdalena Frech (POL) was too strong for Canberra\u2019s Alison Bai.<\/p>\n
Aces for Bushfire Relief<\/p>\n
Every ace served during the Apis Canberra International (Bendigo) will see $100 being donated to the Australian Red Cross bushfire disaster relief and recovery.<\/p>\n
Tuesday 7 January 2020 Total \u2013 236 aces
\nOverall Total \u2013 379 aces<\/p>\n
Donations can be directed to the Australian Red Cross bushfire disaster relief and recovery efforts here.<\/a><\/p>\n About the Apis Canberra International<\/em><\/p>\n The\u00a0Apis Canberra International <\/strong>(Bendigo)<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>will take place from 6-12 January 2020 at the Fosterville Gold Tennis Centre in Bendigo with a men\u2019s ATP Challenger 125 and women\u2019s USD$25,000 ITF World Tennis Tour event.<\/p>\n Due to the current conditions affecting Canberra, the decision was made to relocate the event to Bendigo.\u00a0 More information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Draws and the Order of Play \u2013 click here<\/a><\/p>\n Men\u2019s live streaming and scoring is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n