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
►Ryan Harrison (USA) d. Ricardo Hocevar (BRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
►Adrian Mannarino (FRA) [26] d. Michael Lammer (SUI) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
►Rik De Voest (RSA) d. Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) [14] 6-3, 7-6(8)
►Marc Gicquel (FRA) d. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3
Men’s Singles–Second Round
►Noam Okun (ISR) d. Bernard Tomic (AUS) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
►Ivan Dodig (CRO) [23] d. Blake Strode (USA) 7-5, 7-5
►Yuichi Sugita (JPN) d. Jesse Witten (USA) 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3
►Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Matteo Viola (ITA) 7-5, 6-2
►John Millman (AUS) d. Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 2-6, 6-1, 7-5
►Peter Polansky (CAN) d. Franco Skugor (CRO) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
►Dusan Lojda (CZE) d. Greg Jones (AUS) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
►Robert Farah (COL) d. Josselin Ouanna (FRA) [17] 6-4, 6-2
►Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) d. Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 7-6(4), 6-4
►Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) [21] d. Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
►Julio Silva (BRA) d. Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) 6-3, 6-2
►Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d. Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) [29] 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-2
►Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) d. Ivan Sergeyev (UKR) 6-2, 6-2
►Martin Klizan (SVK) d. Pedro Clar-Rossello (ESP) 6-4, 6-3
►David Guez (FRA) [8] d. Harel Levy (ISR) 6-2, 6-1
►Milos Raonic (CAN) d. Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) 6-2, 7-6(9)
►Ricardas Berankis (LTU) [9] d. Bastian Knittel (GER) 6-3, 7-5
►Kevin Kim (USA) [25] d. Caio Zampieri (BRA) 6-2, 6-3
►Tatsuma Ito (JPN) d. Chase Buchanan (USA) 6-1, 6-2
►Robert Kendrick (USA) [22] d. Nikola Mektic (CRO) 6-4, 7-5
►Frank Dancevic (CAN) d. Stephane Bohli (SUI) [12] 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(0)
►Kei Nishikori (JPN) [24] d. Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS) 6-3, 7-6(1)
►Igor Sijsling (NED) d. Ramon Delgado (PAR) [15] 6-4, 6-3
►Benoit Paire (FRA) [32] d. Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Women’s Singles–Final Round
►Mandy Minella (LUX) d. Arina Rodionova (RUS) 7-5, 7-6(6)
►Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) d. Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
►Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) [13] d. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(5)
►Olga Savchuk (UKR) d. Katie O’Brien (GBR) [19] 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
►Sania Mirza (IND) d. Catalina Castano (COL) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
Women’s Singles–Second Round
►Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) [1] d. Ryoko Fuda (JPN) 6-3, 6-3
►Valerie Tetreault (CAN) d. Severine Beltrame (FRA) 6-4, 7-5
►Laura Robson (GBR) d. Vesna Manasieva (RUS) 6-3, 6-2
►Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) [17] d. Yuliana Fedak (UKR) 7-6(6), 7-5
►Monica Niculescu (ROU) [3] d. Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) 6-3, 6-1
►Florencia Molinero (ARG) d. Elena Chalova (RUS) 6-3, 6-0
►Mirjana Lucic (CRO) d. Shuai Zhang (CHN) [4] 7-6(3), 6-1
►Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) [29] d. Julia Cohen (USA) 6-1, 6-2
►Junri Namigata (JPN) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) [5] 6-2, 6-4
►Sally Peers (AUS) d. Corinna Dentoni (ITA) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
►Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) [6] d. Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) 6-4, 6-3
►Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. So-Jung Kim (KOR) 6-3, 6-1
►Sharon Fichman (CAN) d. Nicole Gibbs (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
►Rebecca Marino (CAN) d. Laura Thorpe (FRA) 6-4, 6-4
►Irina Falconi (USA) d. Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS) [10] 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-2
►Stephanie Dubois (CAN) [25] d. Silvia Soler Espinosa (ESP) 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
►Patricia Mayr (AUT) [11] d. Krista Hardebeck (USA) 6-4, 6-4
►Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) [21] d. Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 6-2, 6-3
►Zuzana Kucova (SVK) [12] d. Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 7-6(0), 6-4
►Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR) d. Anne Kremer (LUX) 3-6, 6-22, 7-6(2)
►Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) d. Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) [16] 6-0, 6-0
►Alexandra 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
►Ivan Dodig (CRO) [23] d. Noam Okun (ISR) 6-4, 6-3
►Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 6-1, 6-2
►Peter Polansky (CAN) d. John Millman (AUS) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
►Dusan Lojda (CZE) d. Robert Farah (COL) 7-5, 6-4
►Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) d. Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) [21] 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
►Julio Silva (BRA) d. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
►Martin Klizan (SVK) d. Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) 6-2, 6-4
►Milos Raonic (CAN) d. David Guez (FRA) [8] 7-5, 6-4
►Ricardas Berankis (LTU) [9] d. Kevin Kim (USA) [25] 6-1, 6-3
►Robert Kendrick (USA) [22] d. Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 6-3, 6-3
►Kei Nishikori (JPN) [24] d. Frank Dancevic (CAN) 6-4, 6-1
►Benoit Paire (FRA) [32] d. Igor Sijsling (NED) 1-6, 6-2, 6-1
Women’s Singles–Final Round
►Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) (1) d. Valerie Tetreault (CAN) 6-4, 6-3
►Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) [17] d. Laura Robson (GBR) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
►Monica Niculescu (ROU) [3] d. Florencia Molinero (ARG) 6-0, 6-4
►Mirjana Lucic (CRO) d. Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) [29] 6-1, 6-4
►Sally Peers (AUS) d. Junri Namigata (JPN) 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4
►Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) [6] 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
►Rebecca Marino (CAN) d. Sharon Fichman (CAN) 6-2, 6-1
►Irina Falconi (USA) d. Stephanie Dubois (CAN) [25] 6-3, 6-1
►Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) [21] d. Patricia Mayr (AUT) [11] 6-3, 6-1
►Zuzana Kucova (SVK) [12] d. Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR) 6-4, 6-0
►Michelle 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
