Four wild cards to be defined in Los Cabos.
Two Australians reach main draw tickets.
Los Cabos, July 31, 2022.
Australians Rinky Hijikata and Max Purcell reached two of the four tickets that the Qualifying Tournament gave to play in the main draw of the Mifel Tennis Open 2022 to be played from August 1 to 6 in Los Cabos.
The other two tickets to the main draw went to Japan’s Kaichi Uchida and Nick Chapell of the United States.
Hijikata beat Argentine Gonzalo Villanueva 6-4, 6-3, while Purcell defeated Serbian Pedja Krstin 6-4, 6-1.
Meanwhile, Chapell defeated Aziz Dougaz 7-5, 7-6 and Uchida won 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 against Colombian Nicolas Barrientos.
This Monday in the first day of the tournament, Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco will face Australian Hijikata and the winner will play in the second round against world No. 1, Russian Daniil Medvedev.