Day 4 delivered another thriller at the City of Playford Tennis International, with blockbuster match-ups, home-crowd favourites stepping up, and several hard-fought battles keeping spectators on the edge of their seats from start to finish.<\/p>\n
Big victories for our Australian men today, with top seed James Duckworth<\/strong> (AUS) moving through following a straight sets victory. Similarly, Dane Sweeny<\/strong> moved through in two booking his place in the next round. Philip Sekulic<\/strong> caused an upset knocking out fellow Aussie Bernard Tomic in a nail-biting three sets. While Rio Noguchi<\/strong> took out his fellow countrymen Hiroki Moriya <\/strong>in straight sets.<\/p>\n Doubles duo Fin Bass<\/strong> (GBR) and Ajeet Rai<\/strong> (NZL) moved through to the next round adding to their impressive run. Ethan Cook<\/strong> (AUS) and Emile Hudd<\/strong> (NZL) secured their straight sets win in just over 40 minutes. In a similar fashion Joshua Charlton <\/strong>(AUS) and Carl Emil Overbeck <\/strong>(DEN) defeated their opponents in exactly an hour, while centre court saw Anirudh Chandrasekar<\/strong> (IND) and Reese Stalder<\/strong> (USA) also secure a quick win.<\/p>\n No.2 seed Talia Gibson<\/strong> (AUS) battled past her opponent in 3 sets. Joining her is fellow Aussie Taylah Preston<\/strong> who won in a similar result, 6-1 3-6 6-0. Cementing the Aussie winnings, defending Champion Madison Inglis<\/strong> cruised through in straight sets, alongside Storm Hunter, Elena Micic<\/strong> and Sarah Rokusek<\/strong>. Meanwhile Junior sensation Emerson Jones<\/strong> moves to the next round after her defeat of Belle Thompson.<\/strong><\/p>\n Among the international winners, top seed Yuliia Starodubtseva <\/strong>fought to earn her place in the next round after winning in three. Lea Ma<\/strong> (USA), Ariana Bulatova <\/strong>and Mei Yamaguchi<\/strong> (JPN) also secured their place in the next round.<\/p>\n Stay tuned with another big day of matches on for Day 5 as the tournament etches closer to the finish line!<\/p>\n Tomorrow\u2019s Order of Play:<\/p>\n Women \u2013 bit.ly\/4ae8pKQ<\/a><\/p>\n Men \u2013 bit.ly\/3MpAjcU<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Live scores and streaming:<\/p>\n Men \u2013\u00a0bit.ly\/48vKPrG<\/a><\/p>\n Women \u2013\u00a0bit.ly\/4owd5zz<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n