Farmers Classic – Blake, Haas, Malisse, Harrison on Tuesday

Written by: Staff on 24th July 2011

Farmers Classic - Blake, Haas, Malisse, Harrison on Tuesday |

Please look below today’s results and tomorrow’s schedule for NOTES, which includes a look at thePRELIMINARY EARLY ROUND ORDER OF PLAY.

RESULTS – SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2011

Qualifying – First Round

[1] Tatsuma Ito (JPN) d Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) 64 46 76(4)

[2] Rik de Voest (RSA) d [WC] Alex Kim (USA) 64 63

[3] Marinko Matosevic (AUS) d Marcin Kosakowski (USA) 60 61

[4] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) d [WC] Clay Thompson (USA) 46 64 63

[5] Tim Smyczek (USA) d [WC] Cecil Mamiit (PHI) 62 62

Denis Kudla (USA) d [6] Chris Guccione (AUS) 76(4) 64

[7] Greg Jones (AUS) d Michael McClune (USA) 76(3) 63

[8] Carsten Ball (AUS) d Luis Antonio Perez-Perez (ESP) 63 62

Artem Sitak (NZL) d Marcos Giron (USA) 06 64 64

Marcelo Melo (BRA) d Jamie Murray (GBR) 62 60

Lauryna Grigelis (LTU) d Phillip Simmonds (USA) 61 63

Nicolas Massu (CHI) d Harel Srugo (ISR) 75 62

Sahr Timothy Kpulun (SLE) d [WC] Zack Fleishman 62 31 ret. (hamstring)

Bradley Klahn (USA) d Bruno Semenzato (BRA) 64 63

Daniel Kosakowski (USA) d Karlis Lejnieks (LAT) 61 62

Clement Reix (FRA) d Aaron Yovan (USA) 64 64

ORDER OF PLAY – SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
SYCAMORE 1 start Noon

[1] Tatsuma Ito (JPN) vs Daniel Kosakowski (USA)

Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) vs [8] Carsten Ball (AUS)
SYCAMORE 2 start Noon

Artem Sitak (NZL) vs [5] Tim Smyczek (USA)
[4] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs Nicolas Massu (CHI)
SYCAMORE 4 start Noon

Sahr Timothy Kpulun (SLE) vs Denis Kudla (USA)
Bradley Klahn (USA) vs [7] Greg Jones (AUS)

SYCAMORE 5 start Noon

[2] Rik de Voest (RSA) vs Marcelo Melo (BRA)
[3] Marinko Matosevic (AUS) vs Clement Reix (FRA)

2011 Farmers Classic Draws

Singles Draw

Doubles Draw

Qualifying Draw

NOTES:

Early Round Schedule: A preliminary schedule has been set for the first two rounds and first four days of the tournament. The intended order of play, which is subject to change, is as follows:

MONDAY – “Super Session” beginning at 2 p.m. will include a doubles match with James Blake & Ryan Sweeting against Tommy Haas & Michael Berrer plus singles matches with No. 6 seed and 2006 finalist Dmitry Tursunov vs. American Michael Russell, wild card Robby Ginepri vs. Yen-Hsun Luand Sweeting vs. Somdev Devvarman.

TUESDAY – The remaining nine first round singles matches will take place during Tuesday’s “Super Session,” including Blake vs. Berrer, Haas vs. No. 7 seed Grigor Dimitrov, Fernando Gonzalez vs. No. 8 Igor Kunitsyn, No. 5 Xavier Malisse vs. Ernests Gulbis, Ryan Harrison vs. Richard Berankisand NCAA National Champion Steve Johnson from USC against Gilles Muller.

WEDNESDAY – Wednesday’s “Super Session” is slated to feature four second round singles matches, including the return of 2008 champion Juan Martin del Potro, who will play either Blake or Berrer.

THURSDAY – Top seed and the No. 1 American Mardy Fish will be featured in either the day or night session as the remaining four second round matches are played.

Super Sessions: A single “Super Session” will be held Monday-Wednesday, with play beginning at 2 p.m. each day. Play starts at noon on Thursday and Friday, with separate day and night sessions.

FREE Tennis: Qualifying continues Sunday with the second of three rounds at the Sycamore Courts on UCLA’s campus. The action is once again FREE!

Having a Ball: Among the players to win in Saturday’s first round of qualifying was 2009 Farmers Classic finalist Carsten Ball.

Gold Medal Winner: Chile’s Nicolas Massu won a pair of gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics, defeating Mardy Fish to win the singles gold while teaming with Fernando Gonzlez to win the doubles gold.

School Ties: Eleven players in the qualifying field have ties to California schools. Former or current UCLA players in qualifying included Zack Fleishman, Marcos Giron, Daniel Kosakowski Harel Srugo, Clay Thompson and Aaron Yovan. USC was represented by Cecil Mamiit while Marcin Kosakowski is a former UCSB player. Stanford had a pair of former NCAA champions in Alex Kim andBradley Klahn. The lone non-California college player is Clement Reix of Clemson.

Television Coverage: ESPN2 and Tennis Channel will combine to show 15 hours of live coverage of the 2011 Farmers Classic, presented by Mercedes-Benz, as part of the Olympus US Open Series.

Tickets: Tickets for 85th annual Farmers Classic presented by Mercedes-Benz are on sale now throughTicketmaster. The Monday-Wednesday “Super Sessions” will start at 2 p.m., while Thursday-Saturday will feature separate day and night sessions before one session for the finals on Sunday. More information can be found at www.FarmersClassic.com/Tickets