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Hiltzik and Papa lost in straight sets.

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McDonald and Halebian also lost. Only two wins on day 1, both wildcards (Adams & Kozlov). Halebian is such a headscratcher, can't get a set from a 16 year old after almost winning his USO qualifying round 1 against ATP World No.240 .


Great experience for Adams before heading off to college:

Harrison Adams, who has hit with both James Blake and Sam Querrey since arriving in New York, picked up a win in his junior slam debut, defeating Luke Bambridge of Great Britain 6-4, 6-3. Link

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Schneider went down 46 61 16, what a weird match (13 total breaks, wta-esque).

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Thai lost in two tiebreaks and Noah lost 3&3.

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With Michael's win, victories so far are from two wildcards + 1 qualifier . Oh well, at least the girls rock .

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Noah why did you have to get such a hard draw?

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Deiton lost 3&3 to Peliwo, no surprise there. Jared a set up against Pollanen.

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Even Krueger is struggling, losing his first set 6-4 and just lost his break advantage in the 2nd. Even if Krueger and/or Donaldson (who just split sets and is down an early break in the third) pull through, it's been a surprisingly poor performance by all of our older guys.

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Indeed, very disappointing. Is the pressure of home crowd getting to everyone? I can't believe Mitch is struggling this much.

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And Mitch failed to serve out the 2nd set; well, he was never mentally strong anyway.

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Jared Donaldson (still 15 years old) loses to Herko Pollanen (18 yrs) 6-1 3-6 4-6. Certainly a good attempt against a tough opponent. But unfortunately that's way overshadowed today.

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Originally Posted by PTWahoo14

Jared Donaldson (still 15 years old) loses to Herko Pollanen (18 yrs) 6-1 3-6 4-6. Certainly a good attempt against a tough opponent. But unfortunately that's way overshadowed today.

Good effort from him. If he wasn't broken to start the 3rd set, it would have likely gone to a tiebreak. He was in Pollanen's service game numerous times in the last set, getting to deuce often but just couldn't get the job done.

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I need a break, hopefully Mitch can get the win. Will be back for the doubles and they better not turn off the camera or move them to another court.

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So out of 15 players, 3 wildcards + 1 qualifier (including two 14 y.o.) advance to the next round . The only good thing about it is that they are the underdogs and probably won't feel too much pressure. Good luck to Adams, Redlicki, Kozlov, and Mmoh tomorrow.

As for Krueger, he's got to be really disappointed (especially since this being his last junior event).

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Round 1
Hyeon CHUNG (KOR)                   6-3 3-6 6-0     Mackenzie MCDONALD (USA) [15] 
Harrison ADAMS (USA)                6-4 6-3         Luke BAMBRIDGE (GBR)
Christian GARIN (CHI)               7-6(7) 6-3      Alexios HALEBIAN (USA) 
Maxime HAMOU (FRA) (Q)              7-6(3) 7-6(4)   Thai-Son KWIATKOWSKI (USA)
Herkko POLLANEN (FIN)               1-6 6-3 6-4     Jared DONALDSON (USA) (WC)
Stefan KOZLOV (USA)                 6-3 4-6 4-2 Ret Stefano NAPOLITANO (ITA) [10] 
Or RAM-HAREL (ISR) (Q)              6-4 5-7 6-3     Mitchell KRUEGER (USA) [5]
Enzo COUACAUD (FRA)                 6-2 6-2         Henrik WIERSHOLM (USA) 
Yoshihito NISHIOKA (JPN)            6-4 1-6 6-1     Ronnie SCHNEIDER (USA) (WC)
Michael MMOH (USA) (Q)              6-4 6-3         Gabriel FRIEDRICH (BRA)
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA) [3]          6-2 7-5         Jared HILTZIK (USA) 
Martin REDLICKI (USA) (WC)          6-4 6-4         Pedro CACHIN (ARG)
Frederico Ferreira SILVA (POR) [9]  7-5 6-3         Spencer PAPA (USA) 
Kyle EDMUND (GBR)                   6-3 6-3         Noah RUBIN (USA) [14]
Filip PELIWO (CAN) [2]              6-3 6-3         Deiton BAUGHMAN (USA) (WC)

Round 2
Harrison ADAMS (USA)        vs    Daniel MASUR (GER) [11]  
Stefan KOZLOV (USA)         vs    Jordan THOMPSON (AUS)
Michael MMOH (USA) (Q)      vs    Julien CAGNINA (BEL) [16]  
Martin REDLICKI (USA) (WC)  vs    Nick KYRGIOS (AUS) [7]

Looking at round 2 matches, I think Adams probably has the best chance of getting a win.