Wednesday’s sellout crowd at the BB&T Atlanta Open witnessed Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish win their first doubles match together since Basel in 2011, defeating Yen-Hsun Lu and Jonathan Marray 7-6(2), 6-4. Roddick showed shades of glory despite not playing an ATP World Tour match in three years. “When you don’t play for that long, you don’t know what to expect,” Roddick said. “I had a blast and I really wanted to win that.”
Also returning to the Atlanta tennis scene, Bob and Mike Bryan only needed 44 minutes to dismantle the Australian duo of Sam Groth and Chris Guccione 6-2, 6-1. Recent Wimbledon quarterfinalist and 2014 doubles champ Vasek Pospisil managed to fight off cramps, a wrist injury and extreme heat to defeat Yen-Hsun Lu 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-4.
BB&T ATLANTA OPEN – ATLANTA, USA
$ 659,070.00
JULY 27 – AUGUST 2, 2015
RESULTS – JULY 29, 2015
Men’s
Singles – Second Round
[2] V. Pospisil (CAN) d Y. Lu (TPE) 64 67(3) 64
G. Soeda (JPN) d [4] A. Mannarino (FRA) 62 64
[5] M. Baghdatis (CYP) d S. Groth (AUS) 75 36 63
[7] G. Muller (LUX) d [Q] J. Donaldson (USA) 63 62
First Round
[PR] R. Stepanek (CZE) d [WC] C. Eubanks (USA) 62 62
R. Berankis (LTU) d T. Smyczek (USA) 64 64
Men’s
Doubles – First Round
[1] B. Bryan (USA) / M. Bryan (USA) d S. Groth (AUS) / C. Guccione (AUS) 62 61
T. Huey (PHI) / S. Johnson (USA) d F. Martin (FRA) / P. Raja (IND) 61 63
A. Krajicek (USA) / N. Monroe (USA) d M. Daniell (NZL) / M. Demoliner (BRA) 63 46 13-11
[WC] M. Fish (USA) / A. Roddick (USA) d Y. Lu (TPE) / J. Marray (GBR) 76(2) 64
M. Baghdatis (CYP) / M. Jaziri (TUN) d B. Becker (GER) / L. Lacko (SVK) 76(3) 63
ORDER OF PLAY – THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015
STADIUM start 2:00 pm
[3] J. Sock (USA) vs [Q] D. Kudla (USA)
Not Before 4:00 pm
R. Berankis (LTU) vs [6] S. Johnson (USA)
Not Before 6:00 pm
[1] J. Isner (USA) vs [PR] R. Stepanek (CZE)
Not Before 8:00 pm
[1] B. Bryan (USA) / M. Bryan (USA) vs T. Huey (PHI) / S. Johnson (USA)
AJC GRANDSTAND start 3:00 pm
D. Sela (ISR) vs [8] B. Becker (GER)
M. Baghdatis (CYP) / M. Jaziri (TUN) vs C. Fleming (GBR) / G. Muller (LUX)
Main Draw Singles: Click Here
Main Draw Doubles: Click Here
Order of Play: Click Here
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