Donald Young, James Blake, and Jack Sock In Auzzie Qualies

Written by: Staff on 19th December 2012

Donald Young, James Blake, and Jack Sock In Auzzie Qualies |

James Blake (Yonkers, N.Y.) and Jack Sock (Lincoln, Neb.) are among 13 American men accepted to the qualifying draw of the 2013 Australian Open, beginning Jan. 7 in Melbourne.

Steve Johnson (Orange, Calif.), Denis Kudla (Arlington, Va.), Alex Kuznetsov (Tampa, Fla.), Wayne Odesnik (Weston, Fla.), Rajeev Ram (Denver), Tennys Sandgren (Gallatin, Tenn.), Tim Smyczek (Milwaukee), Ryan Sweeting (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Michael Yani (Durham, N.C.) and Donald Young (Chicago) join Blake and Sock on the Australian Open qualifying acceptance list.

Rhyne Williams (Knoxville, Tenn.) also was accepted into qualifying, but Williams claimed a wild card entry into the main draw by winning the USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoff last weekend. Bradley Klahn (Poway, Calif.) and Daniel Kosakowski (Huntington Park, Calif.) are the second and third listed alternates, respectively.

Jesse Levine is listed as an American on the Australian Open qualifying acceptance list, but will be representing Canada in Melbourne.

The Australian Open women’s qualifying acceptance list will be announced at a later date.

Editor’s Note: 10sBalls.com is an advocate for the national federations to pay airfare for their qualifiers. Wake up USTA suits – it’s time to really support these great American athletes.

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