Marinkov making his mark at Australian Open 2024 | 23 January, 2024 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Pavle Marinkov has charged into the third spherical of the Australian Open boys’ singles competitors for the second consecutive yr.

Twelve months after reaching the feat as a wildcard ranked exterior the world’s high 100, he’s now the thirteenth seed and feeling at house on the Grand Slam stage.

“I’d say the most important factor tennis-wise, is that I’m keen to remain a bit extra strong on the court docket,” the 17-year-old from Sydney famous of his greatest enchancment prior to now yr.

“I’m not making an attempt to take the straightforward manner out in factors. This has been an actual focus of mine on this previous yr.

“It’s additionally helped to have had this expertise final yr as effectively, it’s been actually good for the arrogance simply to know that I’m in a position to play at this stage and go deep into the draw. Hopefully I can go even deeper.”

Marinkov sits at a career-high world No.16 within the junior rankings after progressing to the semifinals at an ITF J300 event in Traralgon final week.

This supplied one other spotlight in an excellent summer time for the Nationwide Tennis Academy athlete, who additionally scored his greatest pro-level win towards world No.118 Luca Nardi at an ATP Challenger in Canberra earlier this month.

Marinkov continued his spectacular type to notch a 6-2 6-4 victory towards German Diego Dedura-Palomero in second-round motion at present at 1573 Enviornment.

“It was loads hotter on the market than the previous few days,” Marinkov stated.

“The solar was actually, actually vivid and made the court docket actually scorching, so I’m blissful to get by way of as a result of he was taking part in very well.

“I performed him in doubles two days in the past and so they bought the higher of us, so I’m simply blissful I used to be in a position to play effectively sufficient to get on high.”

Marinkov joins 17-year-old Hayden Jones within the third spherical. This marks the primary time since 2016 that two Aussies contenders have reached this stage in an Australian Open boys’ singles draw.