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Denis Kudla

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#1 ·
KUDLA, Denis (USA)
BIOGRAPHY Display Men's Circuit record

Birth Date 17/08/1992
Birth Place Ukraine
Residence Arlington, USA
Nationality USA
Plays Unknown
Favourite Surface Grass
Coach Frank Salazar
Age Started Tennis 7
Age Turned Pro
Personal Interests Hobbies: Training
 
#155 ·


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., November 3, 2012 – The finals are set at this year’s Charlottesville Men’s Pro Challenger at The Boar’s Head Sports Club. No. 8 singles seed Denis Kudla and Alex Kuznetsov each had a long day that ended with mixed results during Saturday’s semifinal action at the USTA Pro Circuit event.

Kuznetsov started the day with a hard-fought 7-6(5), 7-6(4) win over the tournament’s top remaining seed, No. 2 Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia. Kudla then took the court against the tournament’s defending singles champ, South African Izak Van der Merwe, and walked away with a 6-4, 7-5 victory after registering the only break point of the second set, which was a very important one that put him up 6-5 en route to the win.

Both Kuznetsov and Kudla were born in Kiev, Ukraine. Oddly enough, the 25-year old Kuznetsov, who resides in Philadelphia and trains in Florida, has never faced Kudla, who is 20 years old and lives in Arlington, Va.

Kuznetsov defeated Samuel Groth, Fritz Wolmarans, Bradley Klahn and Bogomolov to reach the championship match, while Kudla knocked off Daniel Smethurst, Michael Lammer, Somdev Devvarman and Van der Merwe along the way.

After punching their respective tickets to the finals in singles play, both competitors still had unfinished business in the doubles bracket as well.

Kuznetsov teamed up with Germany’s Mischa Zverev against the wild card duo of University of Virginia standout Jarmere Jenkins and fellow American Jack Sock, and Kuznetsov’s dreams of a Sunday sweep were the first to be erased. Jenkins and Sock saved four break points en route to a 7-6(4) first-set win, but Kuznetsov and Zverev won the second set 6-4, setting up a deciding 10-point tiebreak. Jenkins and Sock jumped out to a 7-1 lead and held on for a 10-7 victory to advance to Sunday’s championship match.

In the last match of the day, Kudla and teammate Jesse Levine fell to the second-seeded Australian duo of John Peers and John-Patrick Smith, 6-3, 6-3, in just 51 minutes. Peers and Smith will face Jenkins and Sock in the doubles final on Sunday.

The singles winner will receive 90 points and $10,800 in prize money, while the runner-up gets 55 points and $6,360. The doubles champs will split $4,650, while the second-place finishers will divvy up $2,700.

–Scott Ratcliffe
http://tenniseastcoast.com/
 
#157 ·
Unbelievable :(

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/363/mds.pdf

(1) Jesse Levine (USA) - Tennys Sandgren (USA)
Adrien Bossel (SUI) - (WC) Jarryd Chaplin (AUS)
Samuel Groth (AUS) - Qualifier
Suk-Young Jeong (KOR) - (5) Ryan Sweeting (USA)

(3) Michael Russell (USA) - (WC) Eric Quigley (USA)
Qualifier - (WC) Christian Harrison (USA)
Bradley Klahn (USA) - John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
Jack Sock (USA) - (8) Denis Kudla (USA)

(7) Tim Smyczek (USA) - Alex Bogdanovic (GBR)
Michael Lammer (SUI) - Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA)
Rhyne Williams (USA) - Michael McClune (USA)
Qualifier - (4) Mischa Zverev (GER)

(6) Bobby Reynolds (USA) - Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
Clement Reix (FRA) - (PR) Jesse Witten (USA)
Alex Kuznetsov (USA) - (WC) Brandon Ficky (USA)
Qualifier - (2) Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)
 
#159 ·
Lacoste Tennis ‏@LacosteTennis

Congrats to @deniskudla who won the sportsmanship award. Have a great final #CharlottesvilleChallenger ! pic.twitter.com/HJ4Sd0F9



Lacoste Tennis ‏@LacosteTennis

And we got a winner #CharlottesvilleChallenger ! @deniskudla defeated Kuznetsov 60 63!! Congrats Denis @RocketRM !! pic.twitter.com/WyHIb4LF
 

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#161 ·
Denis won 63 26 76(5), very tight match with a lot of good points. Denis seemed a lot more stable than in the past, so proud of him. With this win, Denis has improved his head to head with Jack to 3-4.




With Roddick's retirement, I think Denis is the only American Croc left.
 
#170 ·
Champaign Challenger

(1)Michael Russell (USA) vs Adrien Bossel (SUI)
Fritz Wolmarans (RSA) vs (WC)Devin Britton (USA)
(WC)Tim Kopinski (USA) vs Bradley Klahn (USA)
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) vs (7)Jack Sock (USA)

(3)Denis Kudla (USA)
vs (q)
Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) vs (PR)Jesse Witten (USA)
Greg Jones (AUS) vs (WC)Chase Buchanan (USA)
Tennys Sandgren (USA) vs (8)Alex Kuznetsov (USA)

(5)Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs Daniel Smethurst (GBR)
Rhyne Williams (USA) vs Austin Krajicek (USA)
(WC)Dennis Nevolo (USA) vs (q)
Clement Reix (FRA) vs (4)Ryan Sweeting (USA)

(6)Tim Smyczek (USA) vs Michael Lammer (SUI)
Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) vs (q)
John-Patrick Smith (AUS) vs Suk-Young Jeong (KOR)
(q) vs (2)Mischa Zverev (GER)
 
#172 · (Edited)
Tomorrow's order of play for the AO Wildcard Playoffs. Edit: meant to say Friday's order of play.


Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/AustralianWildCardPlayoffs/app_142371818162


2012 Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs Men’s and Women’s Draws, Friday Order of Play


ORDER OF PLAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012

2012 Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs

Lifetime Tennis, Norcross, GA

COURT 7 (Center Court)

10:00 a.m. Madison Keys (3) vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands

N.B. 2:00 p.m. Tim Smyczek (1) vs. Christian Harrison

COURT 5

11:00 a.m. Irina Falconi vs. Mallory Burdette (4)

N.B. 1:00 p.m. Denis Kudla (2) vs. Chase Buchanan

COURT 3

11:00 a.m. Alexa Glatch (2) vs. Alison Riske

N.B. 2:00 p.m. Bradley Klahn vs. Tennys Sandgren (4)

COURT 2

10:00 a.m. Julia Cohen (1) vs. Grace Min

N.B. 1:00 p.m. Daniel Kosakowski vs. Rhyne Willams (3)
http://tenniseastcoast.com/2012/12/12/2012-australian-open-wild-card-playoffs-mens-and-womens-draws-friday-order-of-play/

:awww:

Sloane Stephens ‏@sloanetweets

@deniskudla of course!!!! friends forever #BFF ���������� pic.twitter.com/QZDXqfal


deniskudla ‏@deniskudla

Hard days work with @BradleyKlahn @JackSock @danielkosakowski at the Olympic training center. pic.twitter.com/xyomhKfl
 
#178 · (Edited)
I think it was more of Williams suddenly finding his forehand than a choke. I have seen it several times before where Williams looked like he is down and out, his forehand would catch fire. It is a headache following him sometimes (wish that he would play like that early in matches instead of when down and desperate). As for Denis, he will be all right. He has qualifying points to defend anyway.
 
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