Farmers Classic – Tuesday Results, Wednesday Schedule

Written by: Staff on 27th July 2011

Farmers Classic - Tuesday Results, Wednesday Schedule |

RESULTS – TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011

Singles – First Round

[7] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) d [WC] Tommy Haas (GER) 63 62

[8] Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) d Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 64 63

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d Xavier Malisse (BEL) 26 63 76 (5)

[Q] Daniel Kosakowski (USA) d [Q] Tim Smyczek (USA) 26 61 63

[SE] Ryan Harrison (USA) d Richard Berankis (LTU) 67 (4) 75 63

Gilles Muller (LUX) d. [WC] Steve Johnson (USA) 26 63 64

Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) d. [Q] Greg Jones (AUS) 46 61 61

James Blake (USA) d Michael Berrer (GER) 62 63

Alejandro Falla (COL) d [Q] Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) 62 64

ORDER OF PLAY – WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011

STRAUS STADIUM start 2:00 pm

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs [Q] Daniel Kosakowski (USA)

[3] Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)

[4] Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Andy Ram (ISR) vs Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) / Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)

Not Before 7:00 PM

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) / Michael Russell (USA) vs [WC] Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) / Nichalos Massu (CHI)

James Blake (USA) vs [2] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)

GRANDSTAND start 2:00 pm

Ryan Harrison (USA) vs Michael Russell (USA)

[1] Marcelo Melo (BRA) / Bruno Soares (BRA) vs Somdev Devvarman (IND) / Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)

Colin Fleming (GBR) / Ross Hutchins (GBR) vs [3] Mark Knowles (BAH) / Xavier Malisse (BEL)

Gilles Muller (LUX) / Jamie Murray (GBR) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) / Ernests Gulbis (LAT)

Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) / Frank Moser (GER) vs [2] Scott Lipsky (USA) / Rajeev Ram (USA)

2011 Farmers Classic Draws

Singles Draw

Doubles Draw

Qualifying Draw

oming from Behind to Go the Distance: Five of Tuesday’s nine matches went a full three sets, and in each the loser of the first set went on to win the match.

School Ties: Two local area college played Tuesday. UCLA’s Daniel Kosakowski, the Pac 10 Freshman of the Year who made his ATP level debut, and USC’s Steve Johnson, the reigning NCAA Champion. This marked the eighth time since 2000 that the Farmers Classic field includes at least one player who played collegiately at USC and another who played at UCLA.

elevision 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 through Ticketmaster. The Wednesday’s “Super Session” 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 or by calling (310) 824 -1010 ext. 251.