Ryan Harrison Wins Three Matches On Day 4 Of Calabasas Challenger

Written by: on 22nd October 2010
TENNIS: US Open-Ryan Harrison vs Ivan Ljubicic
Ryan Harrison Wins Three Matches On Day 4 Of Calabasas Challenger

Sept. 1, 2010; Flushing, NY, USA; Ryan Harrison (USA) on day three of the 2010 US Open at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-US PRESSWIRE  |

You can count World Team Tennis Owner Mark Ein among the many tennis followers impressed with the play of young American Ryan Harrison.

Ein, owner of the Washington Kastles, got a close-up look at Harrison’s game on Thursday during Day 4 of the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas as Ein and doubles partner Kevin Kim lost to Harrison and Travis Rettenmaier, 6-1, 6-2, in a first-round doubles match of the $50,000 Pro Circuit event being played at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center.

It was the second straight year Ein, a 45-year-old multi-millionaire and founder and chief executive officer of Venturehouse Group in Washington D.C., and his good friend Kim were granted the wild card by Calabasas tournament promoter Steve McAvoy, who also happens to call Kim one of his best friends.

“He was very mature and very composed and just has a complete game,” Ein said of Harrison, who earlier in the day won his singles match and later won another round of doubles on the first dry day of the event. “It was just an unbelievable experience getting to play on center court against some of the best players in the world.”

Ein said he was glad to have faced a team as tough as Harrison and Rettenmaier, the No. 3 seeded team in the tourney. “At this level there’s not going to be an easy match so I would rather play the team who is at the top of the sport. It’s easy to see why Ryan Harrison is being called the future of American tennis and Travis made the quarterfinals of the French Open in doubles and is in the Top 100.”

Ein is a self-described 5.0 player who said he thought he “held my own out there” even recording several winners and holding his serve down 5-1 in the second set. “I feel really good about it,” he said. “It really is a George Plimpton-like fantasy for me getting to play this tournament.

“I can confidently say this was the most fun I’ve ever had losing 6-1, 6-2.”

Harrison, being watched by new coach Martin Damm, was having some fun of his own in his first-set singles match. Down 6-1 in a tiebreaker against of one Ein’s Kastles’ players Bobby Reynolds, Harrison reeled off seven straight points to take the tiebreaker 8-6. “That’s tennis for you,” said Harrison, 18, and unseeded. “You just have to go for it at that point. He got nervous on two of the points and I made a couple of good returns.”

Asked who he was looking forward to playing most in the deep field of players including top-seeded players Donald Young and Ryan Sweeting, Harrison smiled and said No. 3 seeded Robert Kendrick, who is his quarterfinal opponent on Friday.  “That’s who I play next. I’m taking it one match at a time. I’m not looking ahead of my next match.”

Harrison said he loves playing in California and that his only two singles titles have come in the state, the $10,000 Costa Mesa event and a $15,000 Futures tournament in Chico. He even won a round at the Indian Wells Masters tournament in March.

Young also plays great in California having won all four of his $50,000 events in the Golden State, including Aptos (2007), Sacramento (2008), Calabasas (2009) and Carson (2010).

“It’s a great field and a great tournament,” said Young, who beat James Lemke, 6-4, 6-0 on Thursday. “I always like playing this event.”

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.

Thursday’s Round of 16 Singles Scores

(wc: wild card; q: qualifier)

Marinko Matosevic, Australia, (6) def. Greg Jones, Australia, 5-7, 7-5, 6-1

Robert Kendrick, U.S., (3) def. Tim Smyczek, U.S., (wc) 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4

Donald Young, U.S., (1) def. James Lemke, Australia, 6-4, 6-0

Amer Delic, Bosnia, def. Jamie Baker, Great Britain, 7-5, 6-4

Ryan Sweeting, U.S., (2) def. Gary Sacks, South Africa, 6-4, 6-2

Ryan Harrison, U.S., def. Bobby Reynolds, U.S., 7-6 (6), 6-4

Lester Cook, U.S., def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, (q) 6-2, 7-5

Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, def. Jesse Witten, U.S., 7-6 (2), 7-6 (0)

Men’s Second-Round Doubles

Travis Rettenmaier, U.S. / Ryan Harrison, U.S., (3) def. Alex Kuznetsov, U.S. / Tim Smyczek, U.S., 6-3, 6-3

John Paul Fruttero, U.S. / Izak Van Der Merwe, South Africa, def. Lester Cook, U.S., / Amer Delic, Bosnia, 6-1, 7-6 (5)

Rik De Voest (South Africa) / Bobby Reynolds, U.S., (4) def. Greg Jones, U.S. / Jesse Witten, U.S., 6-2, 6-4

First-Round Doubles

Ryler DeHeart, U.S. / Pierre-Ludovic Duclos, Canada, (1) def. Nicholas Monroe, U.S. / Donald Young, U.S., 1-6, 6-1, 17-15

Travis Rettenmaier, U.S. / Ryan Harrison, U.S., (3) def. Kevin Kim, U.S. / Mark Ein, U.S., (wc), 6-1, 6-2

Rik De Voest (South Africa) / Bobby Reynolds, U.S., (4) def. Andrew Gerst, U.S. / Gary Sacks, South Africa, (wc) 6-3, 6-2

Friday’s Order of Play

CENTER start 11 a.m.
F Nielsen (DEN) vs [6] M Matosevic (AUS)

Not Before 12:30 p.m.
[1] R DeHeart (USA) / P Duclos (CAN) vs P Bester (CAN) / A Kumar (USA)
R Harrison (USA) vs [3] R Kendrick (USA)

Not Before 4:30 p.m.
[1] D Young (USA) vs A Delic (BIH)

Not Before 7 p.m.
[3] R Harrison (USA) / T Rettenmaier (USA) vs J Fruttero (USA) / I Van Der Merwe (RSA)
L Cook (USA) vs [2] R Sweeting (USA)

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