Sam Querrey ranked No 54 in the world and No 1 seed in the tournament took the win over Frederick Nielsen 7-6(5), 6-3. Local fan favorite No 2 seed in the tournament Tim Smyczek took the win over Nils Langer 6-3, 6-1. Smyczek commented about his match, “I was really happy with the way it went, he came out playing quite well, he was playing high risk tennis but I stayed with my game and it paid off.” When asked how he felt about his match tomorrow he said, “I’ve played Bjorn [Frantangelo] last year and we had a dog fight, I’m expecting the same, he’s played some really good tennis and he’s got a good game and I’m ready for that.”
Marco Baghdatis, No 3 seed in the tournament won his first round match against Marcos Giron 6-3, 6-2. When asked how he felt about his game today he said, “I felt good, I think I did everything very simple from the beginning. I broke really early, maybe lost concentration at 3-1 when I was serving and he broke me back and from that point on I kept concentration and won the match.”
Doubles match postponed with a start of not before 1:30 p.m. tomorrow Broady and Thompson are leading by one set against Peralta and Seeberger, 7-6(5).
Play begins tomorrow at 11 a.m. tickets are available at napavalleychallenger.com
ORDER OF PLAY – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
CENTER start 11:00 AM
B Fratangelo (USA) vs [2] T Smyczek (USA)
A Kuznetsov (USA) vs L Broady (GBR)
Not Before 13:30
[1] P Polansky (CAN) / A Shamasdin (CAN) vs [WC] B Fratangelo (USA) / M Giron (USA)
J Donaldson (USA) vs W Odesnik (USA)
TBA – Pending Results – [WC] J Peralta (CHI) / M Seeberger (USA) or L Broady (GBR) / J Thompson (AUS) vs [2] B Klahn (USA) / T Smyczek (USA)
COURT 7 start 11:00 AM
D Kudla (USA) / M Russell (USA) vs W Koolhof (NED) / E Ymer (SWE)
[Q] D Nguyen (USA) vs [Q] J Lenz (GER)
A Bolt (AUS) / F Dancevic (CAN) vs [3] S Bangoura (USA) / V Mirzadeh (USA)
J Cluskey (IRL) / J McGee (IRL) vs A Kuznetsov (USA) / N Langer (GER)
RESULTS – SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
Men’s Singles – First Round
[1] [WC] S Querrey (USA) d [Q] F Nielsen (DEN) 76(5) 63
[2] T Smyczek (USA) d [Q] N Langer (GER) 63 61
[3] M Baghdatis (CYP) d [WC] M Giron (USA) 63 62
A Bolt (AUS) d [5] P Polansky (CAN) 63 62
[6] M Russell (USA) d [PR] T Sandgren (USA) 46 64 62
[Q] D Nguyen (USA) d [8] F Dancevic (CAN) 63 67(6) 63
E Ymer (SWE) d J McGee (IRL) 75 63
R Williams (USA) d J Thompson (AUS) 76(6) 16 75
[PR] J Millman (AUS) d M Reid (AUS) 61 62
[WC] D Novikov (USA) d [WC] M Seeberger (USA) 62 62
[Q] J Lenz (GER) d J Smith (AUS) 63 26 64
J Donaldson (USA) d R Harrison (USA) 63 75
ORDER OF PLAY – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
CENTER start 11:00 AM
B Fratangelo (USA) vs [2] T Smyczek (USA)
A Kuznetsov (USA) vs L Broady (GBR)
Not Before 13:30
[1] P Polansky (CAN) / A Shamasdin (CAN) vs [WC] B Fratangelo (USA) / M Giron (USA)
J Donaldson (USA) vs W Odesnik (USA)
[WC] J Peralta (CHI) / M Seeberger (USA) vs L Broady (GBR) / J Thompson (AUS) 67(5) 00
COURT 7 start 11:00 AM
D Kudla (USA) / M Russell (USA) vs W Koolhof (NED) / E Ymer (SWE)
[Q] D Nguyen (USA) vs [Q] J Lenz (GER)
A Bolt (AUS) / F Dancevic (CAN) vs [3] S Bangoura (USA) / V Mirzadeh (USA)
J Cluskey (IRL) / J McGee (IRL) vs A Kuznetsov (USA) / N Langer (GER)
Topics: Marco Baghdatis, Napa Valley Tennis Challenger, Sam Querrey, Tennis Results
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