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Discussion starter · #861 ·
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/bs/index.html?promo=subnav


Alexander Zverev (GER) [1] v Taylor Harry Fritz (USA)(Q)
Bradley Mousley (AUS) v Carlos Lopez Villa (ESP)(LL)
Martin Redlicki (USA) v Matej Maruscak (SVK)
Ken Onishi (JPN) v Cameron Norrie (GBR) [16]

Karen Khachanov (RUS) [12] v S.Soendergaard (DEN)
Collin Altamirano (USA)(WC) v Duck Hee Lee (KOR)
Maxime Janvier (FRA) v Gabriel Vellinho HOCEVAR (BRA) (Q)
Mackenzie McDonald (USA)(WC) v Guillermo Nunez (CHI) [7]

Borna CORIC (CRO) [4] v Tommy PAUL (USA) (WC)
Jaime Ignacio GALLEGUILLOS (CHI) v Weiqiang ZHENG (CHN)
Johannes HAERTEIS (GER) v Alex RYBAKOV (USA) (Q)
Thomas COLAUTTI (GBR) (Q) v Jorge Brian PANTA (PER) [15]

Hyeon CHUNG (KOR) [9] v Andrey RUBLEV (RUS)
Quentin HALYS (FRA) v Francis TIAFOE (USA) (Q)
Rafael MATOS (BRA) v Reilly OPELKA (USA) (Q)
Kamil MAJCHRZAK (POL) v Yoshihito NISHIOKA (JPN) [8]

Johan Sebastien TATLOT (FRA) [6] v JC ARAGONE (USA) (WC)
Maximilian MARTERER (GER) v Takashi SAITO (JPN)
Frederico Ferreira SILVA (POR) v Luca CORINTELI (USA)
Luke BAMBRIDGE (GBR) v Daniil MEDVEDEV (RUS) [10]

Clement GEENS (BEL) [13] v Seong Chan HONG (KOR)
Harry BOURCHIER (AUS) v Daniel KERZNERMAN (USA) (WC)
Marcelo ZORMANN (BRA) v Elias YMER (SWE)
Jared DONALDSON (USA) (WC) v Christian GARIN (CHI) [3]

Stefan KOZLOV (USA) [5] v Lucas MIEDLER (AUT)
Jonny O'MARA (GBR) v Young Seok KIM (KOR)
Thanasi KOKKINAKIS (AUS) v Naoki NAKAGAWA (JPN)
Ernesto ESCOBEDO (USA) (WC) v Nicolas JARRY (CHI) [11]

Roman SAFIULLIN (RUS) [14] v Alexandre MULLER (FRA) (Q)
Cem ILKEL (TUR) v Gage BRYMER (USA) (WC)
Noah RUBIN (USA) v Hannes WAGNER (GER)
Yusuke TAKAHASHI (JPN) (Q) v Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA) [2]

Pretty much every opponent is tough at this point. Good luck to everyone, hopefully good experience :boxing:
 
Discussion starter · #862 ·
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Seven Americans Qualify for US Open Junior Championships Main Draw

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The coaches at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Maryland have a few more gray hairs after the final round of qualifying for the US Open junior championships was completed today. All three of their players competing on Saturday at the practice courts outside the East Gate--Raveena Kingsley, Usue Arconada and Francis Tiafoe--won in third-set tiebreakers to advance to the main draw, which begins Sunday.

Tiafoe's win was the most dramatic, as he saved three match points with Adrian Ortiz of Mexico serving at 6-5 in the final set, going on to take the match 6-2, 6-7(3), 7-6(6).

At 5-5 in the third set Tiafoe was broken, hitting a routine backhand long after a couple of failed drop shots earlier in the game had signaled his fatigue. Ortiz, who at 18 is three years older than Tiafoe, also seemed to move less freely than he had earlier in the match, tugging at his thigh as the match moved to its final stages. Ortiz managed a 40-15 lead, but hit a routine forehand long to lose his first match point, and he double faulted to squander the second. He earned a third match point with a backhand volley winner, but Tiafoe saved it by rifling a backhand pass that went directly at Ortiz's head. He ducked, but the ball landed inside the baseline to make it deuce again. Tiafoe, whose shirt and shorts were completely soaked with sweat, won the next two points, with an overhead winner and a netcord that went against Ortiz.

The tiebreaker was every bit as close as the match, with the score 3-3, 4-4 and 5-5. Tiafoe had his first match point at 6-5, but Ortiz showed his speed and determination by running down a sure winner and flicking a backhand cross court that Tiafoe got his racquet on for a winning volley, but instead netted it.

Tiafoe came up big on the next point, hitting an ace down the T to earn his second match point. When Ortiz sent a forehand long, Tiafoe had qualified, after falling in the final round of qualifying last year.

Tiafoe admitted he was looking ahead when he served for the match at 6-2, 5-4.

"I'm thinking about it a little bit," Tiafoe said. "Main draw, it's on my racquet. I played an awful game there, and then the guy started playing really well. At 5-5 in the third, both of our legs started to go away a little bit, got broken and played a few sloppy points and got broken."

When Ortiz double faulted, Tiafoe knew he had a chance.

"After he doubled, I knew he was going to get tight," said Tiafoe, the No. 3 seed in qualifying. "At 6-5 (in the tiebreaker) he made an unbelievable get, an unbelievable shot, so I was pretty tight then. But at 6-all it was hit the serve as hard as you can, and luckily it hit the line, and then he hit a forehand long, so I stayed in there, and I'm so happy I qualified."

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In addition to Tiafoe, the three other US boys in the final round of qualifying also won: Alex Rybakov, and wild cards Taylor Fritz and Reilly Opelka. Rybakov defeated No. 10 seed Jumpei Yamasaki of Japan 6-4, 6-4, while Fritz defeated No. 7 seed Luis Valero of Colombia 6-3, 6-4.

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Opelka had more of a challenge, coming from a set down to beat No. 12 seed Piotr Lomacki of Poland 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Lomacki used the drop shot effectively early in the third set, but after missing one, he didn't go back to it, and Opelka was more consistent in the baseline rallies. At one stage in the match there were five straight breaks, but the 6-foot-7 Opelka got his hold when it was most important at 5-3 in the third, hitting a sizzling running backhand winner to end it on his first match point.

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Discussion starter · #864 ·
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A rain delay lasting more than five hours Monday kept the first round of singles from being completed, but top seeds Alexander Zverev and Belinda Bencic did manage to move past their opponents and into the second round.

The air at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center was thick with humidity, and just over an hour after matches began, the rain arrived. Zverev, the 16-year-old German playing in the US Open for the first time, led American qualifier Taylor Fritz 6-3, 5-4 deuce, with Fritz serving, meaning he was only two points from advancing.

"It was more boring than frustrating," said Zverev, who reached the final of the French Open junior championships this year. "I didn't really care, but after I came [back] on the court and lost that game, I thought what might have been if the rain had come five minutes later."

Frtiz, a 15-year-old from Southern California, who is playing in just his second ITF event, won the two points he needed to extend the match. After Zverev held for 6-5, Fritz served to force a tiebreaker, but went down 15-40. Fritz saved the first match point when Zverev hit a backhand long and the second when Zverev netted a forehand. The game went to deuce two more times before Fritz finally held, but Zverev's experienced showed in the tiebreaker, as he led throughout and won the last four points of his 6-3, 7-6(2) victory.

Zverev didn't know anything about Fritz, and declined a request from him to practice together on Sunday.

"I was like, who are you?" said Zverev, "and when he told me I'm your opponent, I said I don't think it's a good idea to practice before a match. I didn't even know how he looked like or how he played--it was the first time I saw him."

Zverev, who trains at Saddlebrook during the winter, said he asked several of his American friends about Fritz and his game.

"They told me he's playing pretty well," said Zverev, who is the younger brother of ATP professional Mischa Zverev. "I knew it was a tough match, especially because it was a first round and he had played two matches before me. So I was ready to play such a tough match."

As for being the top seed in a tournament he had never even qualified to play in before, Zverev isn't impressed with that.

"I don't worry about that much," Zverev said. "I think this year, the number one seed hasn't won a major. I hope I can change that, but I don't really care about the seeding system, as long as I don't have to play someone like Quinzi second round or third round."
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#869 ·
Another good fightback from Michael as he won 3-6 6-3 6-4. Plays the top seed Seong Chan Hong in the final. I think Michael is a huge underdog but hopefully he can pull the upset. Good luck :cool:
 
Discussion starter · #870 ·
IMG Academy's Michael Mmoh wins U18 Canadian World Ranking Grade 2 in Montreal

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The IMG Academy Bollettieri Tennis program's Michael Mmoh (pictured right with his latest trophy) took the main draw boys singles title in Montreal, Canada in U18 Canadian World Ranking Event, held at the Uniprix Stadium, Sept. 9-13. The 15-year old entered the event as the No. 2 seed, currently ranked No. 82 ITF. Though Mmoh's path to the title was not an easy one.

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In the first round, Mmoh faced Canada's Jack Van Slyke and dropped the first set 3-6. Mmoh rallied and took the next two sets decisively, 6-3, 6-3.

In the second round, Korea's Yunseong Chung attempted to derail Mmoh's run at the title, but Mmoh overcame the challenge and advanced, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4.

In the quarters, Mmoh faced his contryman, Carter Lin. It took three tiebreaks, but Mmoh dispatched Lin, 7-5, 7-6(2).

Mmoh got off to a slow start in the semifinal against Alex Rybakov (USA), but pulled through to advance, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

However, Mmoh made his biggest statement of the event in the final, facing off against the No. 26 ranked player in the world and the event's top-seed, Seong Chan Hong. Mmoh's fortitude never faltered, and he knocked off Hong on a 7-5 tiebreak in the third and deciding set.

Mmoh entered the event ranked No. 82 ITF, just two spots shy of his career high of No. 80 (Jan. 1, 2013). Mmoh's last singles title came in December 2012 when he took top honors at the Junior Orange Bowl Boys 14s tournament.
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http://www.imgacademy.com/latest-he...hael-mmoh-wins-u18-canadian-world-ranking-grade-2#sthash.UrqVIn97.ai2xG8Iv.dpuf

So he is a Redskins fan.
 
Discussion starter · #873 ·
Nava lost in straights to Giron.

Also Junior Davis Cup team: Kozlov, Paul, and Wiersholm

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., September 19, 2013 – Stefan Kozlov (15, Pembroke Pines, Fla.), the youngest player in the Top 15 of the world junior rankings, and USTA Girls’ 16s national champion Katerina Stewart (16, Miami) will lead the United States in the Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals – the premier world team competitions for players age 16 and under – September 24-29 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

Kozlov, a 2013 Wimbledon junior quarterfinalist, will be joined by USTA Boys’ 16s national champion Tommy Paul (16, Coconut Creek, Fla.) and Henrik Wiersholm (16, Kirkland, Wash.) on the Junior Davis Cup Team, coached by USTA National Coach Nicolas Todero. Link
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#877 · (Edited)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/news/audio/teen-talk-stefan-kozlov-(usa).aspx

At just 15-years-old, Stefan Kozlov is no stranger to doing inzterviews. He’s been talked about as a future prospect for the USA since his age could be written in single digits.
This is Kozlov’s second consecutive year participating in the Junior Davis Cup for the USA. This time around he’s the No. 1 boy on the fourth-seeded USA squad.
Kozlov’s current combined ranking is No. 14 and with his 76(0) 64 win over Dutchman Tim van Rijthoven on Tuesday, he has a 27-10 win-loss record for the season. Kozlov’s best result at the junior Grand Slams this year was reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
In the USA’s opening match, Henrik Wiersholm shutout Casper Bonapart 60 60. And in the doubles, Wiersholm and Tommy Paul defeated Joris Bodin and van Rijthoven 62 63 for the USA to take a perfect 3-0 win over the Netherlands.
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Also a short interview.

Didn't realize San Luis Potosi had such a high altitude.
 
#880 ·
Smoke944 said:
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Can't imagine how much faster this is than Barcelona red clay.
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That's great for US! I imagine many/most other teams would prefer the red clay, especially most south american and european teams. I think Korea's advantage would have been much bigger on clay too. But I doubt this effects the Russians much. I imagine Safiullin and Rublev are just as strong on any surface.
 
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