Donald Young Wins In Tallahassee Florida Tennis Challenger

Editors Note :

We applaud the tournament committee , staff , and volunteers and the city of Tallahassee. It’s hard work putting on a challenger level event. They don’t call them “challengers ” for nothing. It’s all a challenge.

 

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Little-known (and little-built) 18-year-old Japanese player Yoshihito Noshioka sprung another big upset on the USTA Pro Circuit Monday, the world No. 382 beating the 2012 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger winner Smyczek 6-2, 6-2 in the first day of main draw play.

“For me there is no pressure, I just play,” Nishioka said after the upset. “I don’t get nervous because it doesn’t matter if I lose – I’m young and just starting out. But today I was playing pretty good.”

Donald Young was also playing pretty good, the top seed and world No. 81 gaining steam in a 7-6 (4), 6-1 victory over up-and-coming Australian teenager Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Young, the winner here in 2011, ramped up his game in the second set after a tough first. He moves to 12-3 in his career at the Forestmeadows Tennis Center having made the quarterfinals a year ago.

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Donald Young next to the 10sBalls banner.

 

Earlier in the day, 2010 finalist Robby Ginepri, a former world No. 15, kept his name in the Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge, the 31-year-old winning convincingly 6-1, 6-1 over former Florida State player Jean-Yves Aubone.

 

TALLAHASSEE TENNIS CHALLENGER – TALLAHASSEE, FL, USA

$50,000.00

28 APR – 3 MAY 2014

RESULTS – APRIL 28, 2014

Men’s

Singles – First Round

[1] D Young (USA) d T Kokkinakis (AUS) 76(4) 61

Y Nishioka (JPN) d [2] T Smyczek (USA) 62 62

[3] P Polansky (CAN) d I Marchenko (UKR) 62 46 75

[6] G Melzer (AUT) d S Singh (IND) 62 60

[7] J Ward (GBR) d [WC] D Nevolo (USA) 61 61

A Veic (CRO) d D Rice (GBR) 76(3) 61

R Ginepri (USA) d [WC] J Aubone (USA) 61 61

R Williams (USA) d T Garanganga (ZIM) 75 63

Men’s

Doubles – First Round

R Agar (AUS) / S Bader (AUT) d [WC] B Lock (ZIM) / M Nunez (MEX) 63 67(2) 10-7

Men’s

Qualifying Singles – Third Round

Qualifying – B Fratangelo (USA) d E Quigley (USA) 62 62

Qualifying – M Krueger (USA) d N Kryvonos (USA) 76(3) 62

Qualifying – E King (USA) d S Bangoura (USA) 63 61

Qualifying – R Agar (AUS) d [WC] A Rybakov (USA) 64 62

Men’s

Qualifying Doubles – Second Round

Qualifying – [1] P Lang (AUT) / G Melzer (AUT) d [2] E Crepaldi (ITA) / N Kryvonos (USA) 46 64 10-3

More about the Tallahassee Tennis Challenger: Read this it’s a great community effort.

The Tallahassee Tennis Challenger is a $50,000 event on the USTA Pro Circuit, April 26-May 3 at the Forestmeadows Tennis Complex. Players such as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Mardy Fish, James Blake, John Isner and Ryan Harrison have appeared at the event, which benefits the D. Mark Vogter, M.D., Memorial Endowment for the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare.

Topics: Donald Young, TALLAHASSEE TENNIS CHALLENGER, Tennis, Yoshihito Noshioka

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