Qualifiers Earn Their Spot in 2010 Open During Weekend Action
In weekend action at the 2010 U.S. Open Qualifiers … on Friday, Aug. 27, American Ryan Harrison qualified into his first U.S. Open main draw, and Robert Kendrick took one step closer to earning a spot in the men’s singles draw after winning their matches on Day 4 of the U.S. Open Qualifying Tournament. Harrison, 18, notched a comeback win over Ricardo Hocevar of Brazil, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, while number 22 Kendrick knocked out Nikola Mektic of Croatia, 6-4, 7-5.
Also, Kevin Kim was victorious and will have to win just one more match to make the main draw. Fellow Americans Jesse Witten and Alex Bogomolov Jr. were defeated.
On the women’s side of Day 4 Qualifier action, American (and New Yorker) Irina Falconi, the former number one-ranked college player in the country playing for Georgia Tech (who recently turned pro), also advanced, coming back to beat 10th-ranked Anastasia Pivovarova of Russia, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2.
On Saturday, the fifth and final day of Qualifiers, two Americans, Robert Kendrick and Irina Falconi, were both victorious and have earned a spot in the main draw of the 2010 U.S. Open.
Kendrick, will play in his sixth U.S. Open main draw, while Falconi is new to the tour and will be making her Grand Slam tournament debut.
Kendrick and Falconi are two of the 32 players (16 men and 16 women) who qualified for the 2010 U.S. Open between Friday and Saturday. The two Americans finished their third-round matches Saturday, with Kendrick defeating Tatsuma Ito of Japan, 6-3, 6-3, and Falconi defeating the number 25 seed Stephanie Dubois of Canada, 6-3, 6-1.
Qualifiers Day 4
U.S. Open Qualifying Tournament
Friday, August 27
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Flushing, N.Y.
Men’s Singles–Final Round
â–ºRyan Harrison (USA) d. Ricardo Hocevar (BRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
â–ºAdrian Mannarino (FRA) [26] d. Michael Lammer (SUI) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
â–ºRik De Voest (RSA) d. Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) [14] 6-3, 7-6(8)
â–ºMarc Gicquel (FRA) d. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3
Men’s Singles–Second Round
â–ºNoam Okun (ISR) d. Bernard Tomic (AUS) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
â–ºIvan Dodig (CRO) [23] d. Blake Strode (USA) 7-5, 7-5
â–ºYuichi Sugita (JPN) d. Jesse Witten (USA) 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3
â–ºLukas Rosol (CZE) d. Matteo Viola (ITA) 7-5, 6-2
â–ºJohn Millman (AUS) d. Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 2-6, 6-1, 7-5
â–ºPeter Polansky (CAN) d. Franco Skugor (CRO) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
â–ºDusan Lojda (CZE) d. Greg Jones (AUS) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
â–ºRobert Farah (COL) d. Josselin Ouanna (FRA) [17] 6-4, 6-2
â–ºAndreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) d. Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 7-6(4), 6-4
â–ºDaniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) [21] d. Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
â–ºJulio Silva (BRA) d. Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) 6-3, 6-2
â–ºNicolas Mahut (FRA) d. Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) [29] 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-2
â–ºSimone Vagnozzi (ITA) d. Ivan Sergeyev (UKR) 6-2, 6-2
â–ºMartin Klizan (SVK) d. Pedro Clar-Rossello (ESP) 6-4, 6-3
â–ºDavid Guez (FRA) [8] d. Harel Levy (ISR) 6-2, 6-1
â–ºMilos Raonic (CAN) d. Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) 6-2, 7-6(9)
â–ºRicardas Berankis (LTU) [9] d. Bastian Knittel (GER) 6-3, 7-5
â–ºKevin Kim (USA) [25] d. Caio Zampieri (BRA) 6-2, 6-3
â–ºTatsuma Ito (JPN) d. Chase Buchanan (USA) 6-1, 6-2
â–ºRobert Kendrick (USA) [22] d. Nikola Mektic (CRO) 6-4, 7-5
â–ºFrank Dancevic (CAN) d. Stephane Bohli (SUI) [12] 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(0)
â–ºKei Nishikori (JPN) [24] d. Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS) 6-3, 7-6(1)
â–ºIgor Sijsling (NED) d. Ramon Delgado (PAR) [15] 6-4, 6-3
â–ºBenoit Paire (FRA) [32] d. Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Women’s Singles–Final Round
â–ºMandy Minella (LUX) d. Arina Rodionova (RUS) 7-5, 7-6(6)
â–ºLourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) d. Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
â–ºZuzana Ondraskova (CZE) [13] d. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(5)
â–ºOlga Savchuk (UKR) d. Katie O’Brien (GBR) [19] 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
â–ºSania Mirza (IND) d. Catalina Castano (COL) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
Women’s Singles–Second Round
â–ºAkgul Amanmuradova (UZB) [1] d. Ryoko Fuda (JPN) 6-3, 6-3
â–ºValerie Tetreault (CAN) d. Severine Beltrame (FRA) 6-4, 7-5
â–ºLaura Robson (GBR) d. Vesna Manasieva (RUS) 6-3, 6-2
â–ºNuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) [17] d. Yuliana Fedak (UKR) 7-6(6), 7-5
â–ºMonica Niculescu (ROU) [3] d. Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) 6-3, 6-1
â–ºFlorencia Molinero (ARG) d. Elena Chalova (RUS) 6-3, 6-0
â–ºMirjana Lucic (CRO) d. Shuai Zhang (CHN) [4] 7-6(3), 6-1
â–ºSesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) [29] d. Julia Cohen (USA) 6-1, 6-2
â–ºJunri Namigata (JPN) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) [5] 6-2, 6-4
â–ºSally Peers (AUS) d. Corinna Dentoni (ITA) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
â–ºEvgeniya Rodina (RUS) [6] d. Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) 6-4, 6-3
â–ºTamira Paszek (AUT) d. So-Jung Kim (KOR) 6-3, 6-1
â–ºSharon Fichman (CAN) d. Nicole Gibbs (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
â–ºRebecca Marino (CAN) d. Laura Thorpe (FRA) 6-4, 6-4
â–ºIrina Falconi (USA) d. Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS) [10] 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-2
â–ºStephanie Dubois (CAN) [25] d. Silvia Soler Espinosa (ESP) 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
â–ºPatricia Mayr (AUT) [11] d. Krista Hardebeck (USA) 6-4, 6-4
â–ºMaria Elena Camerin (ITA) [21] d. Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 6-2, 6-3
â–ºZuzana Kucova (SVK) [12] d. Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 7-6(0), 6-4
â–ºTetiana Luzhanska (UKR) d. Anne Kremer (LUX) 3-6, 6-22, 7-6(2)
â–ºMichelle Larcher De Brito (POR) d. Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) [16] 6-0, 6-0
â–ºAlexandra Panova (RUS) [23] d. Jelena Pandzic (CRO) 6-2, 6-3
Day Five
U.S. Open Qualifying Tournament
Saturday, August 28,
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Flushing, N.Y.
Men’s Singles–Final Round
â–ºIvan Dodig (CRO) [23] d. Noam Okun (ISR) 6-4, 6-3
â–ºLukas Rosol (CZE) d. Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 6-1, 6-2
â–ºPeter Polansky (CAN) d. John Millman (AUS) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
â–ºDusan Lojda (CZE) d. Robert Farah (COL) 7-5, 6-4
â–ºAndreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) d. Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) [21] 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
â–ºJulio Silva (BRA) d. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
â–ºMartin Klizan (SVK) d. Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) 6-2, 6-4
â–ºMilos Raonic (CAN) d. David Guez (FRA) [8] 7-5, 6-4
â–ºRicardas Berankis (LTU) [9] d. Kevin Kim (USA) [25] 6-1, 6-3
â–ºRobert Kendrick (USA) [22] d. Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 6-3, 6-3
â–ºKei Nishikori (JPN) [24] d. Frank Dancevic (CAN) 6-4, 6-1
â–ºBenoit Paire (FRA) [32] d. Igor Sijsling (NED) 1-6, 6-2, 6-1
Women’s Singles–Final Round
â–ºAkgul Amanmuradova (UZB) (1) d. Valerie Tetreault (CAN) 6-4, 6-3
â–ºNuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) [17] d. Laura Robson (GBR) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
â–ºMonica Niculescu (ROU) [3] d. Florencia Molinero (ARG) 6-0, 6-4
â–ºMirjana Lucic (CRO) d. Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) [29] 6-1, 6-4
â–ºSally Peers (AUS) d. Junri Namigata (JPN) 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4
â–ºTamira Paszek (AUT) d. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) [6] 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
â–ºRebecca Marino (CAN) d. Sharon Fichman (CAN) 6-2, 6-1
â–ºIrina Falconi (USA) d. Stephanie Dubois (CAN) [25] 6-3, 6-1
â–ºMaria Elena Camerin (ITA) [21] d. Patricia Mayr (AUT) [11] 6-3, 6-1
â–ºZuzana Kucova (SVK) [12] d. Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR) 6-4, 6-0
â–ºMichelle Larcher De Brito (POR) d. Alexandra Panova (RUS) [23] 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
All photos credited to Kenneth B. Goldberg
Jesse Witten during his qualifying match against Yuichi Sugita of Japan
Roger Federer gets in some practice swings prior to the 2010 U.S. Open
Local product Irina Falconi in her Friday qualifying match against Russian Anastasia Pivovarova
