Week 45: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA [Winner: Taylor Dent]

Week 45: Knoxville [Tennessee, USA]

http://letterstotwilight.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/knoxville1.jpg

Location: http://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/misc/wus.gif Knoxville
Type: $50K
Surface: Indoor Hard
Starting Date: November 9
2008 Champion: http://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/misc/wus.gif Bobby Reynolds.

Tournament website: -

Entry List:

To come.

Alternates:

To come.

QUALIFYING DRAW

FIRST ROUND

Wayne Odesnik USA [1] vs. Vincent Spadea USA | 7-5 7-6 (4)
Filip Prpic SWE [ALT] vs. Ryan Harrison USA [WC] | 7-6 (3) 6-3
Luka Gregorc SLO vs. Rhyne Williams USA [WC] | 2-6 7-6 (5) 6-2
Ryan Sweeting USA [8] vs. Jesse Witten USA | 6-3 7-6 (5)

Taylor Dent USA [3] vs. Scoville Jenkins USA | 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-2
Jamie Baker GBR [Q] vs. Raven Klaasen RSA [Q] | 7-6 (6) 6-3
Izak van der Merwe RSA vs. Prakash Amritraj IND | 6-3 6-2
Kevin Anderson RSA [7] vs. Denes Lukacs HUN [WC] | 6-2 6-2

Roko Karanusic CRO vs. Somdev Devvarman IND [6] | 7-6 (8) 6-3
Ramón Delgado PAR vs. Richard Bloomfield GBR [Q] | 6-4 6-4
Ilija Bozoljac SRB vs. Grigor Dimitrov BUL [ALT] | 6-4 6-4
Kaden Hensel AUS [WC] vs. Kevin Kim USA [4] | 6-0 7-6 (2)

Donald Young USA vs. Jesse Levine USA [5] | 6-3 6-4
Alex Kuznetsov USA vs. Michael McClune USA [LL] | 6-2 7-6 (2)
Grega Zemlja SLO vs. Michael Yani USA | 6-1 4-1 Ret.
Michael Russell USA [2] vs. Ricardas Berankis LTU [Q] | 6-1 5-7 7-6 (4)

SECOND ROUND

Wayne Odesnik USA [1] vs. Filip Prpic SWE [ALT] | 7-6 (1) 6-1
Ryan Sweeting USA [8] vs. Luka Gregorc SLO | 7-5 6-1
Taylor Dent USA [3] vs. Jamie Baker GBR [Q] | 6-2 7-5
Kevin Anderson RSA [7] vs. Izak van der Merwe RSA | 6-3 6-3

Ramón Delgado PAR vs. Roko Karanusic CRO | 6-1 6-0
Ilija Bozoljac SRB vs. Kaden Hensel AUS [WC] | 6-2 5-7 6-0
Donald Young USA vs. Alex Kuznetsov USA | 7-6 (5) 6-3
Grega Zemlja SLO vs. Michael Russell USA [2] | 6-2 7-6 (4)

QUARTER FINALS

Ryan Sweeting USA [8] vs. Wayne Odesnik USA [1] | 6-3 6-4
Taylor Dent USA [3] vs. Kevin Anderson RSA [7] | 6-3 7-5
Ilija Bozoljac SRB vs. Ramón Delgado PAR | 6-4 7-6 (4)
Grega Zemlja SLO vs. Donald Young USA | 6-4 6-3

SEMI FINALS

Taylor Dent USA [3] vs. Ryan Sweeting USA [8] | 7-6(3) 7-5
Ilija Bozoljac SRB vs. Grega Zemlja SLO | 6-3 6-4

FINALS

Taylor Dent USA [3] vs. Ilija Bozoljac SRB

DOUBLES | FIRST ROUND

Klaasen & Van der Merwe [RSA] vs. K. Anderson & Lipsky [RSA/USA, 1] | 6-2 6-7 10-5
Sandgren & Smith [USA/AUS, WC] vs. P. Amritraj & Kim | 6-2 6-3
Hensel & Hubble [AUS, 3] vs. Karanusic & Zemlja [SLO] | 6-1 6-3
Devvarman & Raja vs. [I]Parr & Paul [USA, WC] | 6-4 7-6

Emmrich & Siljeström [GER/SWE] vs. Brugues-Davi & Joelson [ESP/USA, Q] | 6-0 6-2
Levine & Sweeting [USA, 4] vs. Monroe & Yani [USA] | 6-2 6-3
Dimitrov & Prpic vs. [I]Battistone & Battistone [USA, LL] [B]| 6-3 6-2
Huey & Mankad [PHI/IND, 2] vs. Harrison & Rizza [USA, WC] | 2-6 6-2 10-8

DOUBLES | QUARTER FINALS

Klaasen & Van der Merwe [RSA] vs. Sandgren & Smith [USA/AUS, WC] | 6-7 6-1 10-4
Devvarman & Raja [IND] vs. Hensel & Hubble [AUS, 3] | 6-3 6-1
Emmrich & Siljeström [GER/SWE] vs. Levine & Sweeting [USA, 4] | 5-7 6-4 10-5
Huey & Mankad [PHI/IND, 2] vs. Dimitrov & Prpic [B]| 6-7 6-1 10-4

DOUBLES | SEMI FINALS

Klaasen & Van der Merwe [RSA] vs. Devvarman & Raja [IND] | 6-2 6-3
Emmrich & Siljeström [GER/SWE] vs. Huey & Mankad [PHI/IND, 2] | 6-3 7-6(3)

DOUBLES | FINAL

Klaasen & Van der Merwe [RSA] vs. Emmrich & Siljeström [GER/SWE]

Entry List

http://www.usta.com/USTA/Global/Pro_Tennis/USTA_Pro_Circuit/Information/~/media/USTA/Document%20Assets/Pro_Circuit/2009/ChallengerEntryLists/KnoxvileTNChallengerEntryList.ashx

Qualy Draw: http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/363/qs.pdf

our friend Ozone will be disappointed, since his friends Parr and Paul are facing each other in the 1st round :sad:

Harrison not in the qualy draw, so I hope he gets a WC...

This is the next US Challenger that doesn't have a livescore or something near it. :mad:

Harrison not in the qualy draw, so I hope he gets a WC...

me too

Lets hope he does better this week, I was extremely dissapointed about his loss to Middlekoop.

Unbelievable. Todd Paul and Cory Parr draw each other not final, not 2nd, but FIRST effing round!!:armed:

Anyways, Cory takes an epic, friendly battel 76 67 75. Great match, unreal.

main draw:
http://www.usta.com/USTA/Global/Pro_Tennis/USTA_Pro_Circuit/Information/~/media/USTA/Document%20Assets/Pro_Circuit/2009/11/WeekofNov9/Knoxville/singles_draw.ashx

What about WCs here?

Harrison is well known.

Lukacs? He fought with Somdev this week.

Williams is the local guy, I suppose. I found this. http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=105659

Hensel? I found this. http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=146109

Any more impressions about the three guys?

And again no Evans, he must be seriously injured :sad:

a lot of good 1st Round matchups here.

So if Ilija is injured again Dimitrov actually has a chance to win a match again.

Bozo vs Dmitrov disappeared from Bet365...withdrawal?

It could be a fantastic match...

decent tournament

So walkover for Grisha?

No, Bozo-Dimitrov isn't until a long time. Monroe-Baker playing now, after that Yani-Zemlja and then Bozo-Dimitrov.

Anderson takes 1st set over Lukacs 6-2

Zemlja wins the first set against Yani 6-1

GL young Americans :cool:

Yani retires due to injury. Zemlja leading 6-1, 4-1

http://twitter.com/knoxchallenger

Anderson defeats Lukacs 6-2, 6-2

Keep telling the scores, I'm focused on Dimitrov

what happened to Dimitrov's match.Did it start???

I think they should have started already. But maybe they changed the schedule.

From Twitter:

Ace by Bozoljac to win the 1st set against Dimitrov 6-4

:woohoo:

Ad Wim:
kiss my ass.

Does Harrison play today?

Yea, last match on 2nd court.

Damn, 4-2 Dimitrov 2nd set. And we all know that Bozo wins a lot of first sets but then breaks down in 2 and 3 :help:

But then this:

Bozoljac wins over Dimitrov. 6-4, 6-4
less than 10 seconds ago from web


:eek:

another 1st round loss for the "Real Deal" :wavey:

Real Deal :tape:
honestly I pity the dude

well done Bozo though

Any news on Kim-Amritraj Doubles match?

Any news on Kim-Amritraj Doubles match?

Kim-Amritraj lost 6-2, 6-3 to Smith-Sandgren

Update link, please

Pfff, where is your good form Ryan? It's bad to lose against Middelkoop and Prpic. You won easily against such guys a few weeks ago...

Sijsling withdrawn with an arm injury.:sad: But it's logical after his long week in Korea.

Well done Bozoljac and Prpic :yeah:

Russell 1-0*

russell *1-1

russell 2-1*

after a marathon game, michael finallt breaks, russell *3-1

russell 4-1*

russell *5-1

russell 6-1 0-0*

russell 6-1 *1-0

russell 6-1 1-1*

russell 6-1 *1-2

russell 6-1 2-2*

russell 6-1 *2-3

russell 6-1 2-4*

russell 6-1 *2-5

russell 6-1 3-5*

russell 6-1 *4-5

6-1 5-5*

Who do you think wins this matchup today ? KADEN or KEVIN? ANy insight? input?

Kaden Hensel vs. Kevin Kim

russell 6-1 *5-6

russell 6-1 5-7

any links to live streaming or live updating?

nevermind, I found 1, thanks

2-2 on serve, Berankis serving

Coasterman9 - where did you find the live score link? thanks

its on Bet365.com its not streaming just updates.

its on Bet365.com its not streaming just updates.
thanks alot

nevermind, I found 1, thanks

what link did you find?

what link did you find?

Bet365.com

3-2 Berankis holds

what do you guys think of KEVIN KIM todayin his match?

Kim's in form. Good tourney in VA last week

what do you guys think of KEVIN KIM todayin his match?

He should win today, he has some momentum after winning his last Challenger.

4-2 Berankis breaks

what a fcn tool this russell

unreal

4-3 Russell breaks back.

4-4 Russell holds

5-4 Berankis holds

break coming up 4 sure

break coming up 4 sure

almost...he had Russell down 15-30 but couldn;t win another point.. 5-5

6-5 Berankis holds

almost...he had Russell down 15-30 but couldn;t win another point.. 5-5
don't see the point score (only the games score) on bet365?

don't see the point score (only the games score) on bet365?
never mind, found it

6-6, Tiebreak

6-1, 5-7, 7-6(4) Russell

What's going on Levine, Jesse - Young, Donald ?

Any news?

hasn't started yet, Russell-Berankis match just ended.

hasn't started yet, Russell-Berankis match just ended.

ok, thanks for the info.

you welcome, i'll update the match once it starts.

how much longer until KEVIN KIM starts?

i suppose we'll have to wait until the end of the day to get the results from court 2.

how much longer until KEVIN KIM starts?

he plays after the Levine-Young match

i suppose we'll have to wait until the end of the day to get the results from court 2.

yeah unfortunately unless someone is there now that can tell us the score.
Bet365 is only Court 1.

yeah unfortunately unless someone is there now that can tell us the score.
Bet365 is only Court 1.

6-6 first set

that's a shame as they are probably capable of broadcasting both courts. never mind, i'll look forward to some good news in the morning.

Young 1-0 on serve

1-1 Levine holds

Russell saved one MP with *5-6, 30-40 in the 3rd set

great fight from the veteran :yeah:

2-1 Young holds

Levine holds 2-2

Baker 7-6

thank you very much priciu, is that the 1st set?

4-2 Young breaks

4-3 Levine breaks back at love
c'mon Young:(

4-3 Levine breaks back at love
c'mon Young:(

thank you! 5-3 Young breaks back at 15

Young 6-3 :worship:
he was down 0-40 and won 5 straight points to take the set.

any more news on baker?

any more news on baker?

Baker won 7-6, 6-3

thank you uthustler, just found the feed, http://twitter.com/knoxchallenger

2-0 Levine breaks

2-1 DY breaks back.

2-2 Young holds, back on serve

3-3

4-3 Young breaks

5-3 Young holds

5-4 Levine holds

6-3, 6-4 Young

who won the Kuznetsov match?

Van Der Merwe 6-3 Amritraj

Amritraj 2-1 second set.

Hensel 6-0 Kim

Wtf? What is wrong with kim?

yes! the rumours about kim tanking to spend time with his family was true!

What rumors?

Kim up 3-1 2nd set

who won the Kuznetsov match?

Kuznetsov won 6-2 7-6 (2)

Van Der Merwe def. Amritraj 6-3 6-2
Kim 5-3 in 2nd set
Bloomfield 2-3 Delgado

Hensel def. Kim 6-0 7-6 (2)
Delgado 5-3 Bloomfield

Kim loses 0-6 6-7 :haha:

Delgado 6-4 2-0

Sweeting 2-0 Witten

Delgado 6-4 4-2

Perhaps Kim has been hangovered.. LOL

Sweeting 3-1 Witten

Kim loses 0-6 6-7 :haha:

Is time for him to retired

Delgado def. Bloomfield 6-4 6-4

Hope to see Young win another title

Any live video links?

Witten score plz

Witten score plz

Ryan Sweeting 6-3 7-6 beats Witten

Finally a win for Dent again. Also Odesnik nice win. These guys were away for a long time. GOod to have them back.

shameful loss for Devvarman

it's impossible to get a direct entry for the AO if you lose in a Challenger 1st round :(

Karanusic def. Devvarman :woohoo:
Bloomfield:(
Kevin:shrug:
Alex:yeah:
Yani:bigcry:
Russel:unsure::)
Vince:help:
Prpic def. Harrison :bounce: :woohoo:
Sweeting:banana:
Scoville:(
Taylor:)
Izak:yeah:
Jesse L :mad:

Go Young

Kuznetsov 5-3 in TB but then loses 4 points...
And immediately the break for Young in the second.

Also: Zemlja d. Russell 6-2 7-6. Bring on Odesnik!

From Twitter:

Wayne Spadea and Filip Prpic take the court, begin to warm up.

Wayne Spadea? :haha:

Karanusic is getting destroyed by Delgado :o

DY won his match 7-6, 6-2 against Kuznetsov. Is he gaining confidence? Last 3 challengers he is 10-1!

Sweeting:banana: over Gregorc 7-5 6-1

Bozoljac just lost the 2nd set against this nobody. Was 6-2 2-0 up but now lost 7-5. Please, not again Bozo, recover and win!

he's up 2 breaks in the 3rd :yeah:

Yeah, good thing, I've seen him lose too many matches lately after winning 1st set easily.

Sweeting:banana: over Gregorc 7-5 6-1

:bounce:

Young has a favorable draw left "IF" he can take care of business, he should be in the Final.

DY won his match 7-6, 6-2 against Kuznetsov. Is he gaining confidence? Last 3 challengers he is 10-1!

He kinda owns Kusnetsov, along with the most of the other young Americans, with the exception of Levine, who he beat 1st rd. I think he's about 3-3 with Levine. He owns Ram, Bobby Reynolds. I dont think Sweeting has beaten him in the pros either

He kinda owns Kusnetsov, along with the most of the other young Americans, with the exception of Levine, who he beat 1st rd. I think he's about 3-3 with Levine. He owns Ram, Bobby Reynolds. I dont think Sweeting has beaten him in the pros either

Thanks for the info.!

He kinda owns Kusnetsov, along with the most of the other young Americans, with the exception of Levine, who he beat 1st rd. I think he's about 3-3 with Levine. He owns Ram, Bobby Reynolds. I dont think Sweeting has beaten him in the pros either

Agree!

Reynolds not very young. RAM's so luck who got first ATP title this year but he's very inconsistent.

Hope Young do something here......

Good win Dent! :yeah:

bozo should really bt delgado

He should yeah, but it's going to be really difficult. Both in good form, should be good match. Not for another hour though :sad:

Delgado-Bozoljac 3-3 on serve

Bozoljac breaks 5-4

Bozoljac 6-4

Huh, world time server said it was 11 o'clock there. Come on Bozo!

2-2 on serve

6-6 Tiebreak 2nd set

Ilija Bozoljac wins 6-4, 7-6(4)

Bozooooooooooooo :woohoo:

c'mon DY

3-2 Zemlja breaks

4-3 Zemlja

bozoooooooooo

4-4 DY breaks

5-4 Zemlja breaks

dent might lose tonight...

6-4 Zemlja

2-1 Zemlja breaks

3-1 Zemlja

3-3 on serve

4-3 Zemlja breaks

5-3 Zemlja

6-4, 6-3 Zemlja

:mad:
Just when it looked like DY was getting somewhere

Odesnik-Sweeting about to start

2-0 Sweeting breaks

4-1 Sweeting

6-3 Sweeting

Kevin anderson score plz

Kevin anderson score plz

He doesn't play Dent until later

4-3 Odesnik (On Serve)

6-3, 6-4 Sweeting

Odesnik :sad:
But this was a bit expected.

Go Dent!

Rhyno!!!:yeah:

odesnik playing solid top 100 tennis this year, sweeting out battled him :bounce: Go Ryan!

QUARTER FINALS

Ryan Sweeting USA [8] vs. Wayne Odesnik USA [1] | 6-3 6-4
Taylor Dent USA [3] vs. Kevin Anderson RSA [7] | 6-3 7-5
Ilija Bozoljac SRB vs. Ramón Delgado PAR | 6-4 7-6 (4)
Grega Zemlja SLO vs. Donald Young USA | 6-4 6-3

SEMI FINALS

Ryan Sweeting USA [8] vs. Taylor Dent USA [3]
Ilija Bozoljac SRB vs. Grega Zemlja SLO

Ryan :banana:

DOUBLES | QUARTER FINALS

Klaasen & Van der Merwe [RSA] vs. Sandgren & Smith [USA/AUS, WC] | 6-7 6-1 10-4
Devvarman & Raja [IND] vs. Hensel & Hubble [AUS, 3] | 6-3 6-1
Emmrich & Siljeström [GER/SWE] vs. Levine & Sweeting [USA, 4] | 5-7 6-4 10-5
Huey & Mankad [PHI/IND, 2] vs. Dimitrov & Prpic [B]| 6-7 6-1 10-4

DOUBLES | SEMI FINALS

Klaasen & Van der Merwe [RSA] vs. Devvarman & Raja [IND]
Emmrich & Siljeström [GER/SWE] vs. Huey & Mankad [PHI/IND, 2]

Go Taylor :clap2:

Nice Taylor! Will be very tough against Sweeting though...

Ryan Sweeting USA [8] vs. Taylor Dent USA (3)

This should be a very interest match to watch

Good luck to both

When Sweeting and Dent play??????????


Will it be today

Bozo and Dent both win! A final between two of my favourites :woohoo:

Bozo and Dent both win! A final between two of my favourites :woohoo:

better player win

EMI FINALS

Taylor Dent USA [3] vs. Ryan Sweeting USA [8] | 7-6(3) 7-5
Ilija Bozoljac SRB vs. Grega Zemlja SLO | 6-3 6-4

FINALS

Taylor Dent USA [3] vs. Ilija Bozoljac SRB

DOUBLES | SEMI FINALS

Klaasen & Van der Merwe [RSA] vs. Devvarman & Raja [IND] | 6-2 6-3
Emmrich & Siljeström [GER/SWE] vs. Huey & Mankad [PHI/IND, 2] | 6-3 7-6(3)

DOUBLES | FINAL

Klaasen & Van der Merwe [RSA] vs. Emmrich & Siljeström [GER/SWE]

ilija :rocker2:

Daaale Taylor :worship:

Taylor won in straights :woohoo: :woohoo:

Great Taylor!

:)

Ryan:mad:

Another title for Emmrich/Siljeström. :worship:

Ryan:mad:

He is very inconsistent otherwise this title would go to him

Happy for Dent, we need more guys like him on the tour.