Peter Gojowczyk

Çağla Büyükakçay, one of the three Turkish players competing in the 2021 Australian Open's qualifying stage, won her first game on Jan. 10 to advance to the second round.

Büyükakçay, world number 178, beat 15-year-old Andorran Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6,4-6,4 in Dubai.

She will next play Ana Konjuh of Croatia, who won 6-2,-67-6-4 against Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany.

Three Turkish tennis players will compete in the 2021 Australian Open's qualifying stage with drawings for the first round in the men's and women's category held on Jan. 9.

Çağla Büyükakçay and Pemra Özgen will be on court to play in the first round in the women's competition.

Cem İlkel will appear in the men's qualifiers.

The qualifying phase will be held Jan. 10-13.

The first meeting between Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas lived up to the hype on Saturday as the Australian saved a match point in a wildly entertaining 6-4 3-6 7-6(7) win to reach the Citi Open final.
The big-serving Australian will face Daniil Medvedev for the trophy on Sunday after the Russian cruised to a 6-2 6-2 win over Peter Gojowczyk in the late match.

Stefanos Tsitsipas followed up his maiden ATP title in Stockholm last week by brushing aside Jeremy Chardy in straight sets in the first round of the Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel on Wednesday.

It was the 20-year-old Greek's 40th win of the season, compared to only four last year, and earned him a second round tie with German Peter Gojowczyk.

DOHA - Serbian tennis player Filip Krajinovic has suffered an early exit from the Doha tournament after losing 6-4, 6-1 to German Peter Gojowczyk in the opening round on Tuesday.

Another Serbian, Viktor Troicki, will face Italian Matteo Berrettini later in the day.

Tanjug file photo, T. Valic