[Action Jackson]

Week 46 : Champaign, USA



Location: Champaign , Illinois, USA
Type: $50K
Surface: Indoor Hard
Balls:
Site:
Starting Date: 12 November
2011 Champion: Alex Kuznetsov (USA)
Tournament website: http://www.illinoischallenger.com

Entry List

Bogomolov Jr., Alex	RUS	96
Russell, Michael	USA	102
Odesnik, Wayne		USA	139
Zverev, Mischa		GER	140
Sweeting, Ryan		USA	146
Reynolds, Bobby		USA	152
Smyczek, Tim		USA	158
Kudla, Denis		USA	162
Sock, Jack		USA	164
Johnson, Steve		USA	165
Polansky, Peter		CAN	167
Gabashvili, Teymuraz	RUS	177
Van der Merwe, Izak	RSA	185
Kuznetsov, Alex		USA	229
Smith, John-Patrick	AUS	244
Williams, Rhyne		USA	248
Kosakowski, Daniel	USA	249
Sandgren, Tennys	USA	254
Lammer, Michael		SUI	280
Seifert, Stefan		GER	285
Ginepri, Robby		USA	289
Klahn, Bradley		USA	292

Alternates:

1. Reix, Clement FRA 325
2. Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 332
3. Bossel, Adrien SUI 352
4. Baumann, Moritz GER 359
5. Smethurst, Daniel GBR 360
6. Jones, Greg AUS 362
7. Wolmarans, Fritz RSA 365
8. Jeong, Suk-Young KOR 367
9. @ Witten, Jesse USA 367
10. Krajicek, Austin USA 371

First Round

(1) Michael Russell (USA) def. Adrien Bossel (SUI) 6-4 6-4
(WC) Devin Britton (USA) def. Fritz Wolmarans (RSA) 6-2 7-5
Bradley Klahn (USA) def. (WC) Tim Kopinski (USA) 6-3 6-2
(7) Jack Sock (USA) def Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 7-6(4) 6-6 RET

(3) Denis Kudla (USA) def. (q) Josha Milton (GBR) 7-5 6-3
Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) def. (PR) Jesse Witten (USA) 6-4 4-6 6-3
(WC) Chase Buchanan (USA) def. Greg Jones (AUS) 3-6 6-3 6-4
Tennys Sandgren (USA) def. (8) Alex Kuznetsov (USA) 6-4 7-6(4)

Daniel Smethurst (GBR) def. (5) Bobby Reynolds (USA) 6-3 6-4
Rhyne Williams (USA) def. Austin Krajicek (USA) 6-2 6-2
(WC) Dennis Nevolo (USA) def (q) Christian Harrison (USA) 6-4 6-2
(4) Ryan Sweeting (USA) def. Clement Reix (FRA) 6-2 3-1 RET

(6) Tim Smyczek (USA) def. Michael Lammer (SUI) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) def. (q) Andrei Daescu (ROU) 6-2 6-2
John-Patrick Smith (AUS) def. Suk-Young Jeong (KOR) 6-3 6-3
(q) Chris Guccione (AUS) def. (2) Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-4 6-3


Second Round

(1) Michael Russell (USA) def. (WC) Devin Britton (USA) 6-4 6-4
(7) Jack Sock (USA) def. Bradley Klahn (USA) 6-4 7-5
Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) def. (3) Denis Kudla (USA) 6-3 6-2
(WC) Chase Buchanan (USA) def. Tennys Sandgren (USA) 6-2 6-3

Rhyne Williams (USA) def. Daniel Smethurst (GBR) 7-5 6-4
(4) Ryan Sweeting (USA) def. (WC) Dennis Nevolo (USA) 6-3 6-2
(6) Tim Smyczek (USA) def. Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) 6-2 6-4
John-Patrick Smith (AUS) vs. (q) Chris Guccione (AUS) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4

Quarter Finals

(7) Jack Sock (USA) def. (1) Michael Russell (USA) 2-1 RET
Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) def. (WC) Chase Buchanan (USA) 6-4 6-3
Rhyne Williams (USA) def. (4) Ryan Sweeting (USA) 7-6(4) 6-2
(6) Tim Smyczek (USA) def. John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 7-5 7-6(0)

Semi Finals

(7) Jack Sock (USA) def. Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) 6-4 6-3
(6) Tim Smyczek (USA) def. Rhyne Williams (USA) 7-5 6-3

Final

(6) Tim Smyczek (USA) def. (7) Jack Sock (USA) 2-6 7-6(1) 7-5

[Rob_C]

No DY on the entry list. Not sure why. Maybe he's planning on winning the 1st two Challengers and getting enough pts to get back to the top 100 that way. Then, if that fails, maybe ask for a WC??

Why not just enter, and then pull out with a 'virus' if you dont have/want to play??

[Sombrerero loco]

GL kudla, sock, polansky!!!

[Super Djoker]

Good luck Smethurst

[Kante]

Ginepri, Kosakowski, Polansky, Seifert and Baumann (ALT) out, Reix, Bogdanovic, Bossel and Smethurst in.

[ozfan44]

No Groth

[Kante]

Bogomolov Jr., Ginepri, Johnson, Odesnik out, Jones, Wolmarans, Jeong in.

[SapELee]

Qualifying: http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/637/qs.pdf

(1) Joshua Milton (GBR) vs Bye
Stephen Hoh (AUS) vs (WC) Ross Guignon (USA)
John Peers (AUS) vs (WC) Fares Ghasya (LBA)
Luka Gregorc (SLO) vs (8) Eric Quigley (USA)

(2) Carsten BAll (AUS) vs Bye
(WC) Eric Schacht (USA) vs Sam Sweeney (USA)
Andrei Daescu (ROU) vs (WC) Brian Page Jr (USA)
Daniel Nguyen (USA) vs (6) Phillip Simmonds (USA)

(3) Christian Harrison (USA) vs Bye
(WC) Spencer Vegosen (USA) vs (WC) Julian Childers (USA)
Pavel Krainik (CAN) vs (WC) Alexander A. Jesse (USA)
Sean Thornley (GBR) vs (7) David Rice (GBR)

(4) Edward Corrie (GBR) vs Bye
(WC) Sam Holt (GBR) vs Andrew Carter (USA)
Tyler Hochwalt (USA) vs (WC) Jared Hiltzik (USA)
(WC) Bruno Abdel Nour (SYR) vs (5) Chris Guccione (AUS)

[SapELee]

Good luck to Quigley, Harrison, and Hiltzik in Qualies

[SapELee]

The draw for the qualifying has been released. Bruno Abdelnour, Stephen Hoh, Ross Guignon, Farris Gosea, Jared Hiltzik, Alex Jesse, Julian Childers and Brian Page will battle it out in the qualifying to join Former Illini Ruben Gonzales and Dennis Nevolo in the main draw. Hoh and Guignon will meet head on in the first round. link

I guess maindraw wildcards for Gonzales and Nevolo.

[Freak3yman84]

Originally Posted by SapELee

I guess maindraw wildcards for Gonzales and Nevolo.

I don't see Gonzales in the MD

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/637/mds.pdf

Does that mean someone withdrew?

[Moder]

Q-First Round
(1)Joshua Milton (GBR) bye
Stephen Hoh (AUS) d. (WC)Ross Guignon (USA) 6-2 6-2
John Peers (AUS) d. (WC)Fares Ghasya (LBA) 7-6(8) 6-3
(8)Eric Quigley (USA) d. Luka Gregorc (SLO) 7-5 7-6(2)
(2)Carsten Ball (AUS) bye
Sam Sweeney (USA) d. (WC)Eric Schacht (USA) 6-0 1-0 ret.
Andrei Daescu (ROU) d. (WC)Brian Page Jr. (USA) 6-1 6-1
Daniel Nguyen (USA) d. (6)Phillip Simmonds (USA) 6-7(6) 7-5 6-3
(3)Christian Harrison (USA) bye
(WC)Julian Childers (USA) d. (WC)Spencer Vegosen (USA) 6-3 7-5
(WC)Alexander A. Jesse (USA) d. Pavel Krainik (CAN) 3-6 6-0 6-4
(7)David Rice (GBR) d. Sean Thornley (GBR) 6-1 6-3
(4)Edward Corrie (GBR) bye
Andrew Carter (USA) d. (WC)Sam Holt (GBR) 6-1 6-1
(WC)Jared Hiltzik (USA) d. Tyler Hochwalt (USA) 6-7(5) 7-5 6-2
(5)Chris Guccione (AUS) d. (WC)Bruno Abdel Nour (SYR) 6-1 6-4

Q-Second Round
(1)Joshua Milton (GBR) vs Stephen Hoh (AUS)
John Peers (AUS) vs (8)Eric Quigley (USA)
(2)Carsten Ball (AUS) vs Sam Sweeney (USA)
Andrei Daescu (ROU) vs Daniel Nguyen (USA)
(3)Christian Harrison (USA) vs (WC)Julian Childers (USA)
(WC)Alexander A. Jesse (USA) vs (7)David Rice (GBR)
(4)Edward Corrie (GBR) vs Andrew Carter (USA)
(WC)Jared Hiltzik (USA) vs (5)Chris Guccione (AUS)

http://www.stevegtennis.com/2012-cha...ing-champaign/


MD
First Round
(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)

http://www.stevegtennis.com/2012-challenger-champaign/

[SapELee]

Originally Posted by Freak3yman84

I don't see Gonzales in the MD

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/637/mds.pdf

Does that mean someone withdrew?

I don't know, maybe change of plan.

[SapELee]

OMG Williams vs Krajicek in the first round again

[*Jean*]

Qualifying Round

(1)Milton v Peers
(2)Ball v Daescu
(3)Harrison v (7)Rice
(4)Corrie v (5)Guccione

Doubles Main Draw

[1]PEERS/SMITH v KUZNETSOV/ZVEREV
[WC]BUCHANAN/NGUYEN v KLAHN/KUDLA
[3]DAESCU/HUBBLE v ANDERSEN/VAN DER MERWE
[WC]GHASYA/KOPINSKI v COURTNEY/SOCK

RICE/THORNLEY v [WC]GONZALES/NEVOLO
SANDGREN/SIMMONDS v [4]BALL/GUCCIONE
CORRIE/MIRZADEH v Q
BOSSEL/LAMMER v [2]BRITTON/KRAJICEK