Donald Young Wins Opening Match At Calabasas

Written by: Staff on 20th October 2010

Donald Young Wins Opening Match At Calabasas

Donald Young (USA) |

A fierce storm thundered through Southern California on Tuesday, but not before five Americans – including two past champions – were able to secure victories on Day 2 of the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas.

Top-seeded Donald Young (last year’s winner), No. 3 Robert Kendrick (2007 winner), Bobby Reynolds, Jesse Witten and Tim Smyczek each won first-round matches before the rains came at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center. Wild-card entry Smyczek was the only one needing three sets as he beat Daniel King-Turner of New Zealand, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Play was also delayed until noon Tuesday because of wet courts but just after 5 p.m. the rains really came washing out play, which will resume on Wednesday with several matches still in progress, including 18-year-old Ryan Harrison’s match. Harrison is leading No. 5 seeded Izak Van Der Merwe of South Africa, 6-4, 1-1. Harrison is also scheduled to play doubles on Wednesday with Travis Rettenmaier. The pair will play the wild-card team of Kevin Kim and Mark Ein, owner of the Washington Kastles of the World Team Tennis league.

10sBalls.com is proud to have come on board as a sponsor of the Calabasas event. We want to thank tournament director, Jeff Richards and his entire team, for putting on such a great event. Anyone living in the Los Angeles or southern California region should make a priority to attend before the close. For more information, including ticket pricing, check out the official website, calabasaschallenger.com.

Tuesday’s First-Round Singles Scores

(wc: wild card; q: qualifier)

Jesse Witten, U.S., def. Michael McClune (U.S.), 6-2, 6-3

Donald Young, U.S., (1) def. Michael Yani (U.S.) 6-1, 6-1

Robert Kendrick, U.S. (3) def. Luis Perez-Perez (Spain), 6-3, 7-5

Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, def. Carsten Ball, Australia, (4), 6-3, 6-3

Bobby Reynolds, U.S., def. Jesse Levine, U.S., 6-3, 6-4

Tim Smyczek, U.S., (wc) def. Daniel King-Turner, New Zealand, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, (q) def. Alex Kuznetsov, U.S., 7-5, 7-5

Men’s First-Round Doubles

Philip Bester, Canada, / Ashwin Kumar (U.S.) def. Brett Joelson, U.S., / Phillip Simmonds, U.S., (wc), 6-3, 6-3

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Topics: Bobby Reynolds, Carsten Ball, Daniel King, Donald Young, Frederik Nielsen, Jeff Richards, Jesse Witten, Kevin Kim, Michael Mcclune, Michael Yani, Perez Perez, Robert Kendrick, Ryan Harrison, Southern California Region, Tennis Championships, Tennis League, Tim Smyczek, Travis Rettenmaier, Usta Men, World Team Tennis

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