Young,Blake And sock Lead Americans For Australian Open Qualifying

Written by: Staff on 20th December 2012

Young,Blake And sock Lead Americans For Australian Open Qualifying

epa03379569 James Blake of the US hits a return to Milos Raonic of Canada during their match on the sixth day of the 2012 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 01 September 2012. The US Open runs through Sunday 09 September 2012. EPA/JUSTIN LANE |

James Blake and Jack Sock are among 13 American men accepted to the qualifying draw of the 2013 Australian Open, beginning Jan. 7 in Melbourne.

Steve Johnson, Denis Kudla, Alex Kuznetsov, Wayne Odesnik, Rajeev Ram, Tennys Sandgren, Tim Smyczek, Ryan Sweeting, Michael Yani and Donald Young join Blake and Sock on the Australian Open qualifying acceptance list.

Rhyne Williams 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.

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