One of the biggest wins of Rinky Hijikata's career leaves him feeling conflicted after a shooting at his old school in North Carolina.
"First and foremost I want to send my thoughts and prayers to everyone back in Chapel Hill because that's not something you want to see … [it] is a lot bigger than my tennis match here today.
"I was there for two years. I would have graduated this May but my girlfriend is still in school there. I've still got a lot mates on the team or in school.The 22-year-old said coming from Australia made it hard to comprehend how shootings seemed so commonplace in the US."I feel like as an Australian it can be a little bit of head scratcher at times, the way things run in the US."I feel like it is really not an unexpected event, which makes it worse almost.
As well as a guaranteed $US123,000 pay day, Hijikata's victory earned the Sydneysider a shot at unseeded Hungarian Marton Fucsovics for a place in the third round of a grand slam.
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