US Men’s Clay Courts Championships – (04/12/12)

Written by: Resendiz on 12th April 2012

US Men's Clay Courts Championships - (04/12/12)

Mardy Fish of the United States returns to Alejandro Falla of Colombia in their men's second round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 18 January 2012. Falla won the match. EPA/BARBARA WALTON |

RESULTS – MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2012

SINGLES FIRST ROUND

Joao Souza (BRA) d [WC][5] Kevin Anderson (RSA) 63 64

Ryan Harrison (USA) d [7] Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) 46 63 64

Bobby Reynolds (USA) d [8] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 76(5) 26 63

SINGLES SECOND ROUND

[WC][3] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) d Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 64 76(4)

[6] Carlos Berlocq (ARG) d Bjorn Phau (GER) 61 60

DOUBLES FIRST ROUND

Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot (GBR) d Tasuma Ito (JPN) & Go Soeda (JPN) 64 76(6)

James Blake (USA) & Sam Querrey (USA) d Joao Souza (BRA) & Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 26 76(10) 10-8

[WC] Bobby Reynolds (USA) and Michael Russell (USA) d James Cerretani (USA) & John Paul Fruttero (USA) 63 63

[4] Johan Brunstrom (SWE) & Dick Norman (BEL) d Jamie Delgado (GBR) & Ken Skupski (GBR) 64 67(6) 10-5

[2] Mark Knowles (BAH) & Xavier Malisse (BEL) d Martin Emmerich (GER) & Andreas Siljestrom (SWE) 57 62 10-6

ORDER OF PLAY – THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012

Stadium Court start 12:00 pm

[3] Michael Kohlmann (GER) & Alexander Waske (GER) vs Ivo Karlovic (CRO) & Frank Moser (GER)

[4][WC] Juan Monaco (ARG) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN)

Not Before 4:00 pm

[1] Mardy Fish (USA) vs [Q] Michael Russell (USA)

Not Before 6:00 pm

[Q] Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs [2] John Isner (USA)

Bobby Reynolds (USA) & Michael Russell (USA) vs [4] Johan Brunstrom (SWE) & Dick Norman (BEL)

Court 3 start 12:00 pm

Sam Querrey (USA) vs [5][WC] Kevin Anderson (RSA)

Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs Ryan Sweeting (USA)

[1] Alex Bogomolov Jr (RUS) & Scott Lipsky (USA) vs James Blake (USA) & Sam Querrey (USA)

Igor Kuntisyn (RUS) vs Ryan Harrison (USA)

Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs [2] Mark Knowles (BAH) & Xavier Malisse (BEL)

NOTES

– Seven Americans have reached the second round, the most to have done so in this event since 2005.

– Thursday’s action will be the first of the 2012 tournament for top seeds Mardy Fish, John Isner and Juan Monaco. All three had opening round byes.

– With his win, Carlos Berlocq is now tied with David Ferrer for second most clay court wins during the 2012 season 12. Nicolas Almagro boasts a 14-2 record on the surface. Ferrer is 12-0 while Berlocq has moved to 12-4.

– Berlocq has reached his fifth consecutive clay tournament quarterfinal in 2012, while Feliciano Lopez is through to his first quarterfinal of the year. Lopez, who was making his clay court debut for the season, brings a 1-0 head-to-head advantage into their Friday quarterfinal match.

ONLY LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN for the 2012 US Men’s Clay Court Championship. Information on tickets can be found at www.mensclaycourt.com or by calling 713-527-0345. Once again, the US Men’s Clay Court Championship will provide the Texas Children’s Ticket Turnback program. Any fans holding tickets for a session that they cannot use are invited to return those tickets to the box office where they will be sold for face value and the entire resale price will be donated to Texas Children’s Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Institute.