The sun has come out at the English seaside town of Eastbourne, and the form of Australia's tennis men on the baked grass-courts there appears to be getting hotter too -- just on cue before Wimbledon.
Aleksandar Vukic had got fortunate as a 'lucky loser' qualifier at the Eastbourne International, while the bracing sea air worked wonders for the lately struggling Purcell as he forged his way through qualifying at Devonshire Park, one of his favourite old stamping grounds.
And once they hit the main draw this week, the pair have been soaring just like the temperatures, with both steaming into the quarter-finals with accomplished victories on Wednesday.