Ginepri Returns To Defeat Haas – Atlanta Tennis Championships

Written by: Staff on 20th July 2011

Ginepri Returns To Defeat Haas - Atlanta Tennis Championships |

Former top-15 player and local hero Robby Ginepri made a triumphant return to the ATP World Tour as he defeated Tommy Haas 6-4, 7-5 in the first round. After suffering a severe elbow injury when he avoided hitting a squirrel while mountain biking last fall,

Ginepri’s game looked to be in good shape as he hit nine aces against the German and former World No. 2. This win for Ginepri puts him into a match against the 6’4” lefty from Luxembourg Gilles Muller.

Hass is also coming back from an injury and is competing in only his fifth tournament of the year.

Former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt won 89 percent of his first serve points to dismiss American qualifier Phillip Simmonds 6-4, 6-4. Hewitt was down a break early in the first set but won it back quickly and only faced one more break point the entire match.

Two seeds fell to qualifiers.Rajeev Ram took out fifth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria. Marinko Matosevic toppled Igor Kunitsyn 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-5.

ATLANTA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS – ATLANTA, USA
$ 531,000.00
JULY 16 – JULY 24, 2011

RESULTS – JULY 19, 2011
Men’s
Singles – First Round
[Q] R Ram (USA) d [5] G Dimitrov (BUL) 64 64
[Q] M Matosevic (AUS) d [6] I Kunitsyn (RUS) 67(3) 62 75
N Mahut (FRA) d R Berankis (LTU) 76(5) 62
R Harrison (USA) d [Q] Y Sugita (JPN) 61 76(5)
L Hewitt (AUS) d [Q] P Simmonds (USA) 64 64
Y Lu (TPE) d M Bachinger (GER) 75 76(4)
[WC] R Ginepri (USA) d [WC] T Haas (GER) 64 75

Men’s
Doubles – First Round
J Blake (USA) / J Isner (USA) d [2] M Melo (BRA) / J Murray (GBR) 64 62
S Devvarman (IND) / T Huey (PHI) d [3] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) 64 75
I Kunitsyn (RUS) / M Russell (USA) d M Berrer (GER) / Y Lu (TPE) 67(7) 64 10-5
A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) / M Ebden (AUS) d A Fisher (AUS) / S Huss (AUS) 76(5) 75

ORDER OF PLAY – WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2011
STADIUM COURT start 4:00 pm
M Russell (USA) vs [2] K Anderson (RSA)
G Muller (LUX) vs [WC] R Ginepri (USA)

Not Before 7:00 PM
J Blake (USA) vs [3] J Isner (USA)
[1] S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) vs [WC] D Bernstein (USA) / K King (USA)

COURT 1 start 4:00 pm
M Bachinger (GER) / F Moser (GER) vs [WC] R Harrison (USA) / D Young (USA)

Not Before 5:30 PM
[Q] M Matosevic (AUS) vs Y Lu (TPE)
[4] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) vs G Dimitrov (BUL) / R Sweeting (USA)
N Mahut (FRA) / G Muller (LUX) vs R Berankis (LTU) / X Malisse (BEL)

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