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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