Day 2 Qualifier Results – How they did in the Main Draw

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Day 2 Qualifier Results - How they did in the Main Draw

epa03372396 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia reacts as she plays Elina Svitolina of Ukraine during their match on the second day of the 2012 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 28 August 2012. The US Open runs through Sunday 09 September 2012. EPA/PETER FOLEY  |

By: Chris McMillen

Only four qualifiers of the ten in first round matches on day 2 of the US Open survived to the 2nd round of play.

 

 

 

Jimmy Wang, Lara Arruabarrena-vecino, Olga Puchkova and Tatjana Malek cashed in on 2nd round money and big tour points and take their four match streaks into the next round.

 

 

 

Here is the breakdown of the days matches with 2nd round previews of the survivors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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#12 seed (12) Ana Ivanovic d. (164) Elina Svitolina (UKR) 63 62

 

 

 

(Despite Ivanovic having a tough time with her first serve Svitolina could never mount a serious threat

 

to her sevice game not once forcing a break point. Canít win without breaks.)

 

 

 

 

 

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#5 seed (6) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. (370) Karol Beck (SVK) 63 61 76(2)

 

 

 

(Playing in front of a overflowing Grandstand crowd Beck seemed tight but didnít back off his full

 

octane game. Made a game of it in the third set but with only breaking Tsonga once throughout the

 

match took its toll.)

 

 

 

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(105) Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. (155) Nastassja Burnett (ITA) 60 63

 

 

 

(Dushevinaís serve was on and this one was over in less than an hour. Again no breaks against the

 

Main Draw opponent for this one.)

 

 

 

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(58) Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. (145) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 63 62

 

 

 

(The good news, Kudryavtseva was able to break Soler-Espinosaís serve 3 times. The bad news, her

 

serve was broken 8. Another qualie goes down.)

 

 

 

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(183) Jimmy Wang (TPE) d. (75) Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 76(4) 67(8) 61 64

 

 

 

(Wangís solid game overcame the big serve from the big man from Croatia. Down a mini break in the

 

first tie breaker Wang responded with four straight points to steal the first set. Got fired up after

 

letting the second set get away by crushing Karlovic in the second set 6-1.)

 

 

 

2nd Round Opponent – #16 Seed (17) Gilles Simon – 1st meeting

 

 

 

(Simon looking to get back to the round of 16 for the second straight year and was tested in his first

 

round match against Michael Russell. Wang is still playing with house money. Should be another

 

outer court chess match.)

 

 

 

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#11 (117) Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP) d. (62) Shahar Peer (ISR) 64 76(5)

 

 

 

(Arruabarrena-Vecino continued her solid defensive style of play to outlast another opponent.

 

Even with a large crowd rooting for Peer at Court 8, the 20 year old Spaniard was able to convert

 

on 5 of 6 break opportunities and commit on 3 errors to move on to the 2nd round for the 1st time

 

in a Grand Slam)

 

 

 

2nd Round Opponent – #30 seed (27) Jelena Jankovic

 

 

 

(A real test here. Her only other Slam attempt against a seeded opponent was at the 2012 French

 

where she was hammered by Ana Ivanovic. Letís see if she can build on that against Jankovic. It

 

will be hard to do since Jankovic has found her form as of late with a good run at the Texas Open

 

last week and a easy first round match here.)

 

 

 

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(79) Ekaterina Makarova d. (LL)(105) Eleni Daniilidou 61 64

 

 

 

(Despite dropping on the final day of qualies to Samantha Crawford she got in a main draw on a

 

withdrawal but could not capitalize falling in straight sets to Makarova.)

 

 

 

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(39) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. (118) Matthias Bachinger (GER) 62 46 64 67(10) 76 (5)

 

 

 

(Bachinger gave Baghdatis all he could handle but in the end dropped his fourth straight meeting

 

with the #39 ranked player in the world. Not as loud and crazy as the Monaco – Garcia Lopez

 

five setter in the Grandstand but played out very much the same. With improbable breaks, clutch

 

saves of serve and a mix of shots that made the price of admission worth while. One of my

 

favorite matches of the day made even crazier with Court 4 going nuts in the background

 

as Sock / Johnson knocked off the #1 doubles team of Mirnyi /Nestor at the same time as

 

this set was headed to its final tie-breaker)

 

 

 

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(142) Tatjana Malek (GER) d. (121) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 46 62 64

 

 

 

(Sandwiched between the Tomic /Berlog 4 setter on Court 13 and the Gabashvilli / Dutra Silva

 

5 setter on Court 15 in the tight back outer courts many werenít paying attention to court 14

 

where Malek game back from a set down to overtake Amanmuradova . Pushing 50% in

 

receiving points won coupled with converting 70% of her 1st serves for points Malek controlled

 

the match and makes it through to the second round. )

 

 

 

2nd Round Opponent – (44) Sloane Stephens (USA) – 1st meeting

 

 

 

(Difficult opponent for Malek coupled with the prospect of playing in one of the three feature

 

courts. Will have to keep her cool just to keep it close.)

 

 

 

 

 

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(205) Johanna Konta (GBR) d. (59) Timea Babos (HUN) 62 75

 

 

 

(Konta came out firing and took the first set in just 34 minutes. Babos got her act together and

 

went up 5-1 in the second set before Konta came storming back taking five straight games for the

 

victory. With Judy Murray and SKY Sports looking on Konta proved for the second straight

 

match that no lead is safe. Whether it be hers or her opponents.)

 

 

 

2nd Round opponent – (67) Olga Govortsova (BLR)

 

 

 

(No reason to think Konta canít win this one too. She plays like a top 100 and is riding high

 

knowing her game can handle it.)

 

 

 

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(112) Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) d. (155) Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 46 64 67(5) 63 75

 

 

 

(Battling for well over 4 hours on Court 15 Gabashvili finally succumbed to the young man from

 

Brazil after some line calls did not go his way and with no review on this outer court lost his

 

edge. )

 

 

 

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(144) Olga Puchkova (RUS) d. (111) Irina Falconi (USA) 67(5) 76(2) 63

 

 

 

(Battling back from a tough tiebreaker loss in the first set and overcoming a very pro Falconi

 

crowd at feature Court #17. Puchkova showed great poise in taking this in three sets repeating

 

the result of their first meeting.)

 

 

 

2nd Round opponent – (74) Kiki Bertens (NED) – 2nd meeting

 

 

 

(The two met at the French Open in the second round of qualifiers and Bertens won handily 62

 

60. Both are coming off 1st round victories over Americans in feature stadiums. Iím pretty sure

 

its back to the outer courts with no video review for this one.)

 

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2-27-2012 Day 1 Qualifier Results – How they did in the Main Draw

 

 

On day one 16 qualifiers went into 1st round Main Draw matches and 7 moved on to the second round. Compare that to the dayís wild card entries where 8 of the 11 free passes fell to defeat. Only Jack Sock and James Blake on the Mensís side and Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic took advantage of their (W) status. Not bad for those getting here the hard way.

 

 

 

Going in we knew two qualies would make it through and two would go home with Tim Smyczek outlasting Bobby Reynolds and Edina Gallovits-Hall getting by Stefanie Voegele.

 

 

 

The biggest upset by a qualie definitely went to Kristyna Pliskova, who helped along a horrible day for the German women, by ousting the #9 seed Julia Goerges in straight sets.

 

 

 

Daniel Brands, Magdalena Rybarikova, Kirsten Flipkens and Anastasia Rodionova rounded out remaining survivors.

 

 

 

Here are the results of all 14 matches and previews of the 2nd round opponents for those remaining.

 

 

 

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(106) Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. #6 (112) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 62 63

 

 

 

(1st qualifier to go down. Casey Dellacqua continues her solid play with a easy win over

 

Tsurenko. Dellacqua entered the main draw on record when three of the top seeds withdrew.

 

That also allowed fellow Australian Olivia Rogowska to move from qualifiers to the reciprocal

 

Wild card in a scratch my back Iíll scratch yours agreement between the organizers of the US

 

and Australian open)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(126) Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) d. #9 seed (21) Julia Goerges (GER) 76(4) 61

 

 

 

(After a rain delay Pliskova won the breaker and Goerges never recovered. Great win for a

 

qualie. Easily the upset of the day)

 

 

 

 

 

2nd Round opponent – (79) Mandy Minella (LUX) – 2nd Meeting

 

 

 

(Mandy Minella behind a boisterous Luxembourg crowd on court #15 knocked out the wild card

 

from Australia Olivia Rogowska. Pliskova and Minella met early in there careers in 2007 on clay

 

and Minella won in straight sets. Another good draw for the 20 year old now in a bracket with 2

 

seeded players gone after day one.)

 

 

 

 

 

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#17 seed (18) Kei Nishikori d. (221) Guido Andreozzi (ARG) 61 62 64

 

 

 

(Hishikoriís game was way too polished for Andreozzi and even with a rain delay was never

 

in it. A nice run for the 21 year old who doubled his pay for the year on getting 4 matches here.)

 

 

 

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(179) Tim Smyczek (USA) d. (149) Bobby Reynolds (USA) 16 64 62 46 64

 

 

 

 

 

(6th time was the charm for Smyczek as he outlasted Reynoldís in one of the more thrilling matches

 

of the day. Pushed off on court #6 the match featured 11 total breaks of serve and

 

and only 6 unforced errors between the two in a opening round battle with $37, 000 and the

 

chance to face the Kei Nishikori)

 

 

 

2nd Round opponent – #17 seed (18) Kei Neshkoro – 4th meeting

 

 

 

(Nishikori must of felt good realizing he might get all the way to the round of 16 only facing

 

qualifiers. A favorable draw indeed, except for the fact he has a losing record against Tim

 

Smyczek. Their last meeting was back in 2011 in San Jose where Tim beat him in three sets on a

 

hard surface. Smyczek has never lost to Kei on hard court with his only loss to the top twenty

 

player coming on clay back in 2010 at a Challenger event in Florida.)

 

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(48) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d. (152) Guido Pella (ARG) 75 36 64 62

 

 

 

(Unlike his fellow Argentinian qualifier Andreozzi, Pella was able to steal a set from his top fifty

 

player. Like his fellow countryman he leaves with a lot more confidence in his game and some

 

funds to continue on the South American Challenger circuit.)

 

 

 

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(135) Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU) d. (137) Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 75 64

 

 

 

(A repeat of their first meeting, but this time on the hard courts, with Gallovits-Hall winning in

 

straight sets.)

 

 

 

2nd Round opponent – #7 seed (7) Samantha Stosur (AUS)

 

 

 

(Despite each player approaching 400 career matches the two have never faced in a WTA event.

 

Stosur looking to keep it short and sweet like her first round thrashing of Petra Martic (61 61). With

 

any luck Stosur could another qualie in round three before facing off against the upper half of this

 

killer quarter of the draw.)

 

 

 

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(118) Ivan Dodig (CRO) d. (229) Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 60 61 62

 

 

 

(Despite a brutal 12 months for Dodig which has seen him slide out the top 40 Moriya proved to be

 

no problem.)

 

 

 

 

 

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(91)Laura Robson (GBR) d. (394) Samantha Crawford (USA) 63 76(6)

 

 

 

(Crawfordís magical run has come to an end. Despite pushing the second set to a tie breaker Double

 

faults and an inability to score on her second serve in the first set were to much to overcome vs. the

 

more seasoned teenager of the pair. Robsonís experience at the Open showed with no unforced

 

errors or double faults allowing her to move on to the 2nd round for the second straight year.)

 

 

 

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#25 Seed (28) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) vs. (163) Julia Glushko (ISR) 75 62

 

 

 

(Wickmayer continues her solid year with a workman like win over Glushko. No reason to think

 

she wonít get by her next opponent only to gamely drop to Kvitova later in the week.)

 

 

 

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(161) Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) d. (W)(101) Julia Cohen (USA) 63 60

 

 

 

(Cohen was one of 5 American women wild cards who bowed out in the 1st round. Understandable

 

when you draw a Clijsters or Safarova respectively as Duval and Oudin did, but harder to explain

 

when your opponent is a lower ranked qualifier.)

 

 

 

2nd Round opponent – #31 seed (32) Varvara Lepchenko – 3rd meeting

 

 

 

(The first time they met was 12 years ago in Tashkent where Rodionova won in straight sets against

 

a the then unranked 14 year old Lepchenko. 9 years later that met again to the same result.

 

However, Lepchenko is arguably playing the best tennis of her career coming into the Open with

 

her highest ranking ever. Still, Varvara will need to play low error tennis to get by the seasoned

 

veteran in Rodionova.)

 

 

 

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(123) Daniel Brands (GER) d. (84) Adrian Ungur (ROU) – 76(4) 64 76(4)

 

 

 

(With big serves and big winners Brands finds himself in the second round of a slam for the first

 

time since 2010 Wimbledon where he defeated then #5 in the world Nikolay Davydenko and made

 

it all the way to the round of 16 where he fell to Tomas Berdych. Looking to repeat that run here in

 

Flushing.)

 

 

 

2nd Round opponent – #12 seed (13) Marin Cilic – 3rd Meeting

 

 

 

(Maybe third timeís the charm for Brand dropping both previous meetings in straight sets. The last

 

Time was back in July at Umag in the second round 61 76(8). Cilic went on to win that clay court

 

tournament.)

 

 

 

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(136) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. (60) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 63 36 63

 

 

 

 

 

(Flipkens made it three out of four with this three set win over Strycova. Only 5 points separated the

 

two in this tightly contested match which saw 9 breaks of service and only 2 total winners over the 2

 

hour and 15 minute match. )

 

 

 

2nd Round opponent – #1 seed (1) Victoria Azarenka – 1st meeting

 

 

 

(Azarenka is a women on a mission. Definitely seeming slighted by being pushed to Louis Armstrong

 

Stadium over Arthur Ashe she destroyed Alexandra Panova 60 61 in just 50 minutes with 20 winners

 

and allowing her opponent only 18 total points for the match. And this was against a solid top 100

 

opponent. Flipkens needs a miracle to go any further.)

 

 

 

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(83) Bjorn Phau (GER) d. (195) Maxime Authom (BEL) 62 46 64 76(6)

 

 

 

(Authom was able to win a set and played a spirited mathc but the higher ranked player prevailed.

 

Still a great run for the 25 year player bfrom Belgium.)

 

 

 

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(67) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. (57) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 63 26 63

 

 

 

(Rybarikova finds herself one more win from getting to the third round for the third time and for the

 

first time since 2009. However, she has now gone the distance in three of her four matches here.

 

And in each one could be seen struggling with the humidity. No quit in the #1 seed out of qualifiersí

 

though and no reason to expect anything next in her 2nd round match.

 

 

 

2nd Round opponent – #28 seed (28) Jie Zheng – 3rd meeting

 

 

 

(Jie Zheng has never beaten Rybarikova losing both times in straight sets. Both are seasoned veterans

 

though and neither meeting was in a Grand Slam event. Both are trying to return to the 3rd round for

 

the first time since 2009.)

 

 

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