TOMMY HAAS BEATS REILLY OPELKA AT THE U.S. CLAY TENNIS RESULTS & SCHEDULE • APRIL 10, 2017

Written by: Staff on 10th April 2017

TOMMY HAAS BEATS REILLY OPELKA AT THE U.S. CLAY TENNIS RESULTS & SCHEDULE • APRIL 10, 2017

epa05864652 Tommy Haas of Germany in action against Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic during a first round match at the Miami Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida, USA, 22 March 2017. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER |

Brown Knocks Out Defending Champion Monaco

Verdasco, Lopez Headline Loaded Tuesday Schedule

RESULTS – Monday, April 10

Singles – First Round

Tommy Haas (Germany) d (WC) Reilly Opelka (USA) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3

Dustin Brown (Germany) d Juan Monaco (Argentina) 7-6(7) 6-3

Nicolas Kicker (Argentina) d (Q) Noah Rubin 5-3 ret. (right wrist)

ORDER OF PLAY – Tuesday, April 11

Center Court – 12pm start

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (India) / Donald Young (USA) vs Purav Raja (India) / Divij Sharan (India)

Not Before 1pm

Kevin Anderson (South Africa) vs [5] Fernando Verdasco (Spain)

[WC] Dustin Brown (Germany) / Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs [2] Juan Sebastian Cabal (Colombia) / Robert Farah (Colombia)

Not Before 6pm

[WC] Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) vs [6] Feliciano Lopez (Spain)

[WC] Ernesto Escobedo (USA) vs [Q] Tennys Sandgren (USA)

Court 3 – 12pm start

Jared Donaldson (USA) vs [Q] Maximo Gonzalez (Argentina)

Hyeon Chung (Korea) vs Victor Estrella Burgos (Dominican Republic)

After Suitable Rest – [4] Julio Peralta (Chile) / Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) vs [WC] Maximo Gonzalez (Argentina) / Juan Monaco (Argentina)

Not Before 4pm

Possible Court Change – Kevin Anderson (South Africa) / Sam Querrey (USA) vs [3] Brian Baker (USA) / Nikola Mektic (Croatia)

Court 7 – 12pm start

Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) vs Rogerio Dutra Silva (Brazil)

[Q] Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) vs Adam Pavlasek (Czech Republic)

Oliver Marach (Austria) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (Austria) vs James Cerretani (USA) / Philipp Oswald (Austria)

Robert Lindstedt (Sweden) / Scott Lipsky (USA) vs Rogerio Dutra Silva (Brazil) / Adil Shamasdin (Canada)

Singles Draw

Doubles Draw

Qualifying Draw

2017 Tournament Media Guide

TIDBITS OF INFO -

– For the second time in four years, Dustin Brown has taken out the previous year’s champion in the first match of their title defense. On Tuesday, Brown defeated 2016 champion Juan Monaco 7-6(7) 6-3. In 2014, Brown beat 2013 winner John Isner en route to the quarterfinals.

– Tommy Haas, the 2004 US Clay champion, earned his first match win since Wimbledon 2015 with his victory over Reilly Opelka. The 39-year-old, who has announced 2017 will be his last season, was playing just his fourth match of the season after missing all of 2016 following an operation on his foot. It was the ninth surgery of his career.

– Tennys Sandgren, a former All-American at the University of Tennessee, will be playing the first ATP World Tour match of his career on Tuesday night. The 25-year-old faces fellow American Ernesto Escobedo to close out the night session.

Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship at River Oaks Country Club

River Oaks Country Club will be hosting a professional tournament for the 83rd time when the 2017 Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship is held April 8-16. River Oaks first hosted its own tournament, The River Oaks International, in 1931, and its roster of former champions includes Jack Kramer, Tony Trabert, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Ken Rosewall, Ivan Lendl, Guillermo Vilas and James Blake. Houston is the 21st city to host the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. The tournament came to Houston in 2001, and has been hosted at River Oaks since 2008. Started in 1910 by the USTA, the 2017 tournament will be the 107th competition for the Clay Court Championship. More information is available at www.usmensclaycourt.com