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Louk Sorensen, world #284, claimed the first Irish grand slam win in the open era, beating Chinese-Taipei’s 101-ranked Yen-Hsun Lu 6-4 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 at the Australian Open overnight. Lu defeated Argentina’s former Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian in last year’s Australian Open.
Matt Doyle reached the last 16 of the US Open in 1982, he was American-born and though he played Davis Cup for Ireland, he played the grand-slam events under an American flag.
Sorensen says "My father is 100% Irish and my mother is 50% German and 50% Austrian." - the name is Norwegian. His parents live in Dublin and he grew up in Germany. He lives in Stuttgart, training and playing in the German tennis league's (Bundesliga) third division, which earns him enough money to travel around the Challenger Tour.
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In the second round Sorensen lost against American John Isner, the 6ft 9ins world #33, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5.
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