It proved a difficult day for native contenders at Australian Open 2024, with Thanasi Kokkinakis and Max Purcell bowing out in second-round males’s singles motion.

World No.13 Grigor Dimitrov powered to a 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4 victory towards Kokkinakis, placing 68 winners to 40 of their assembly at John Cain Enviornment.

“It was powerful. He’s taking part in unimaginable tennis for the time being,” world No.80 Kokkinakis conceded.

“He was a greater participant for certain for the primary two units. The primary set was in all probability nearer than 6-3. I had quite a lot of break factors to sort of make it an actual contest. However he was taking part in nice. I felt like I couldn’t get the ball previous him.

“I fought onerous, scraping, sneaking out the third set. The fourth set was a tussle. Obtained damaged from 40-15, which is disappointing.

“(However) he higher participant received. He’s taking part in nice.”

Purcell tallied 93 winners in his showdown with Norway’s Casper Ruud, however even that wasn’t sufficient to cease the eleventh seed.

Ruud held off Purcell’s cost in a 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) thriller at Margaret Courtroom Enviornment.

“Undoubtedly dedicated to a extra aggressive sport model immediately. I used to be blissful that I sort of continued it all through the entire four-hour match and bought so shut,” the 25-year-old Australian stated.

“(It’s) one thing I haven’t completed a complete lot of in my profession. However yeah, no regrets. Nice match with Casper. Trying to take that confidence into the remainder of the season.”

These outcomes depart Alex de Minaur because the final remaining Australian on this 12 months’s males’s singles competitors.

The world No.10 faces Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli, a 21-year-old ranked No.100, within the third spherical tomorrow.