Winners All

by Savannah

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez hoists the winners trophy in Bangkok. He defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Christopher Kas and Victor Troicki won the doubles crown in Bangkok in straight sets over Jonathan Ehrlich and Jurgen Melzer.

Caroline Wozniacki defeated Elena Dementieva 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 to win the WTA Premier Mandatory event in Tokyo. If she does well in Beijing she could become the WTA #1.

Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova defeated the team of Shahar Peer and Peng Shuai 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 to take the doubles championship in Tokyo.

Mikhail Youzhny defeated Andrey Golubev 6-7(7), 6-2, 7-6(3) in Kuala Lumpur.

F Cermak and M Mertinak defeated M Fyrstenberg and M Matkowski 7-6(3), 7-6(5) becoming the doubles champions in Kuala Lumpur.

Other Results

The Junior Fed Cup and Davis Cup were also held over the weekend.

Junior Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final

JAPAN (3) defeated CANADA (2) 2-0

Kazuma Kawachi (JPN) d. Edward Nguyen (CAN) 76(4) 61
Kaichi Uchida (JPN) d. Filip Peliwo (CAN) 62 63
Doubles not played

Bronze medal match

FRANCE (1) d. GREAT BRITAIN (4) 2-1

Evan Hoyt (GBR) d. Gregoire Barrere (FRA) 64 26 61
Mathias Bourgue (FRA) d. Luke Bambridge (GBR) 75 62
Gregoire Barrere/Mathias Bourgue (FRA) d. Luke Bambridge/Kyle Edmund (GBR) 63 16 63

Note: The American boys did not qualify

Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final

RUSSIA (2) defeated CHINA (1) 2-1

Ran Tian (CHN) d. Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 46 63 75
Daria Gavrilova (RUS) d. Haochen Tang (CHN) 62 62
Daria Gavrilova/ Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) d. Ran Tian/Saisai Zheng (CHN) 75 64

Bronze medal match

UKRAINE (3) defeated USA (4) 2-0

Kateryna Kozlova (UKR)d. Kyle McPhillips (USA) 63 63
Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Krista Hardebeck (USA) 63 06 63
Doubles not played

The ITF made sure to make people aware of this event this year with daily emails of the results. Good work by the folks there.

End Notes

I managed to stay awake for the first set of Vera Zvonareva vs Dinara Safina in Beijing, a match Bepa won 6-4, 7-6(6). Dinara has a new service motion that is somewhat similar to Elena Dementieva's new motion but without the hitch for want of a better term. Dinara was arguing with people just off camera but who I assume were in her box almost the entire match. At one point she stopped to fix her hair (which looks very good now by the way) while arguing with the unseen forces. There were numerous shots of Bepa's coach/hitting partner but not very many of the virtually empty stadium. I should mention that the stadium for the final in Tokyo was not full but was more full than the one in Beijing last night/early this morning.

TennisTV starts its coverage on October 7 of both the men's and women's events in Beijing.Meanwhile there are live streams from China from the usual sources available if you can manage to stay up late and watch.

I didn't mention the uproar in the Swiss press about their Davis Cup Team's relegation and the lack of play by one Mr. Roger Federer. It was quite harsh but I felt I'd read it all before. Pete Sampras, late in his career, didn't make Davis Cup a priority and I have to say I understand this.Sampras faced similar criticism in the American press, criticism Andy Roddick isn't going to face and rightly shouldn't. Roddick has been Mr. Davis Cup for years and while I doubt we'll see him playing the event again should be commended for the giving of his time and effort to the cause.

As I write this there has still not been an announcement as to who the new Unites States Davis Cup captain will be.

I swear I was going to let it go but the fact that Caroline Wozniacki is a heartbeat away from assuming the number one ranking in the WTA is a travesty. I've said it before so I won't bore you with the details as to why I feel that way. If she does claim that ranking she will join Dinara Safina and Jelena Jankovic from the recent past, and Kim Clijsters, Lindsay Davenport and Amelie Mauresmo from the more distant past. Commentators were noting that it took Clijsters a long time to finally win a Slam. Oh well, I'm sure the folks at the WTA will appreciate the new look at the top.

Speaking of JJ she hasn't been the same player since she "bulked up" and then "debulked" a couple of years ago. I was never a big fan of hers but she just seems to be going through the motions right now. Is it physical, mental, or a little of both with her?

Agnieszka Radwanska will be out for the rest of the year with a stress fracture in her foot. SOURCE

This and That

by Savannah

It's amazing what you get in your e-mail inbox relating to tennis these days. American tennis is obviously in a state of flux (that's better than saying it's in the shitter right?) but as the following show there is really trouble in River City.

The first mailing I received was regarding Ms Coco Vandeweghe. Her prior appearances on the main tour were underwhelming to say the least.

Yes Ms Vandeweghe is playing well right now but is it time for the USTA to send breathless out media alerts?

Playing arguably the best tennis of her young professional career, American teenager Coco Vandeweghe today advanced to the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open, a $2 million WTA Tour event in Tokyo. Vandeweghe’s straight-sets win against world No. 42 Julia Georges today was her fifth victory over a Top 100 player this week. Ranked No. 172 entering the qualifying tournament in Tokyo, Vandeweghe defeated No. 75 Tathiana Garbin and No. 41 Jarmilla Groth to qualify, and has knocked off, in order, No. 37 Klara Zakopalova, No. 18 Aravane Rezai and Goerges in the main draw. She faces world No. 11 Victoria Azarenka tomorrow for a spot in the semifinals.

Vandeweghe, the 2008 US Open girls’ singles champion, has taken significant steps forward in her professional career this year. The 18-year-old from Rancho Mirage, Calif., won a USTA playoff to earn a main draw wild card into the 2010 Australian Open, posted a 10-match winning streak on the USTA Pro Circuit while claiming her first two professional titles—at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson, Calif., and the $25,000 event in El Paso, Texas this spring—and reached the quarterfinals of the Olympus US Open Series event in San Diego, defeating 2010 Wimbledon and US Open runner-up Vera Zvonareva en route. Vandeweghe’s mom, Tauna, was an Olympic medalist in both swimming and volleyball, and her uncle is former NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe.

Is the United States tennis establishment this desperate?

Then there was this eye catching headline It's Time to Stop Rafael Nadal's Cheating
from The Bleacher Report by Greg Couch.

What is Greg talking about?

Time to crack down on Rafael Nadal's cheating. That's right, he's cheating. Everyone knows it and no one seems to care.

Now, it's so openly accepted and forgiven that he apparently has even admitted to it. The Spanish newspaper El Pais asked him about looking to his coaches box during the final of the U.S. Open, when he beat Novak Djokovic, and Nadal reportedly said this:

"It was in the last game, when I was serving for the match. ... I didn't know where to serve. Down the center, to the middle or to try the classic play of the wide serve and then try to hit the forehand. They told me to serve wide and that's where I served."

They told him? It is against the rules to receive coaching during a match. Nadal knows it, too.

"The rules are the rules," he said at Wimbledon, when Toni Nadal, his uncle and coach, was fined $2,000 for coaching Rafa in a match. A few years ago, too, Roger Federer grumbled that Uncle Toni was trying to give advice from the stands.

It might not seem like a big deal, but it is. You see players doing it all the time in tennis, as this is its open secret. But it's still wrong.

I don't accept it, and neither should tennis' governing bodies. It is time to suspend Uncle Toni, boot him from a major tournament. And hit Nadal with a big fine.

Plenty of people, even within the game, think the better plan is to simply dump the rule. They are wrong. This is not the jaywalking of tennis rules. It is a basic tenet of the game, the guts of what tennis is about.

(...)

The coaches have their time, and it's before the match. At some point, the players have to be able to think on their own.

I have two words for Greg. Justine Henin. When he shows me a blog post of similar outrage about her then I'll say he's being consistent. Otherwise to me this just sounds like someone saying "we can't beat him on any surface so let's make sure we find another way to make him lose."

To be fair he mentions the coaching received by WTA players in non majors and the coaching received by Darya Gavrilova who won the Junior Girls US Open.

I won't be a real bitch and talk about Maria Sharapova. Just because Yuri isn't in her box so much anymore doesn't mean that the blatant coaching never happened. Remember the little brown bottle and the banana? I hope Greg was similarly outraged about that incident.

Like I said, show outrage about Justine then talk about Rafael.

Tennis.Com is reporting that Martin Damm of the Czech Republic will become the coach of American tennis hopeful Ryan Harrison. The report features comments by a variety of top men in the United States tennis establishment. These are the ones that stood out for me.

Lame duck U.S. Davis Cup captain Pat McEnroe recently told me that Ryan is a bit of a rarity among today's ball-banging youngsters in that he's a "student of the game." And Harrison, who's 18, talks—and acts—like he belongs on the main tour. He's astute, mature and confident, so the relationship with Damm is mostly likely to be a partnership, rather than a mentor-apprentice engagement.

Pat Harrison (Ryan's father) believes that the challenge for Ryan lies less in mastering specific strokes or strategies than in continuing to sharpen up his considerable and manifold skills. "He needs to be able to make six quality shots in a row in a rally, and then move on and get to the point where he can make eight, and so forth."

For his part, Bollettieri thinks Harrison could benefit from an improved understanding of "situational" tennis—what to do or avoid when he's in a position to win, or in danger. Remember that Harrison had a 6-3 lead in the fifth set tiebreaker in that epic second-round U.S. Open meeting with Sergiy Stakhovsky, but failed to close it out and ended up absorbing a heartbreaking loss.

I'm sure Martin Damm appreciates all the coaching from the stands given by these " éminence grises" of American tennis as to how to coach his pupil. I know I would. (Sarcasm alert)

End Notes

I'm going to have to bite the bullet and turn my life around to watch the tennis from China the next couple of weeks. Both the men and women will be in Beijing, (the women start Saturday 10/2/2010) and the ATP Masters in Shanghai is the following week.

I've been resisting watching live tennis up to now but next week I'll be up at some God forsaken hour watching as much as I can. Fortunately what usually happens is some boring match comes on and I get a chance to take a nap or two until someone I want to see is on court.

I also want to say that I miss the European indoor season. It got thrown under a bus as the tours followed the money to Asia where it's hoped tennis will grow as a sport. I read an account of how the ATP players in Kuala Lumpur are feted like demi gods and that the players enjoy coming there. I'm sure the same is true at all the Asian events where the governments spare no expense to show the players how welcome they are to their respective countries.

The thing is I rarely see sold out or even three quarter full stadiums. I'm used to seeing empty seats at WTA events but it's odd to see that at ATP matches. And I'm not talking matches between low ranked players either. I'm guessing that the money these venues pay the tours is enough to decimate the fall European season. It just looks bad when you can fire a shoulder held missile through a stadium and not hit a soul. Someone is making money somewhere but it's not quite clear to me where.

How are the players reacting? Kim Clijsters, when asked about playing in Beijing basically said that it was a long way to go for one tournament. She is skipping Beijing due to foot surgery. Serena Williams, still recovering from her accident, is not playing in Asia. Venus Williams, who used to play the Asian swing, is out of Beijing and it's rumored that she will have knee surgery.

With Serena out maybe for the rest of the year (she is supposed to play Fed Cup and may play the YEC) Caroline Wozniacki can become the WTA number one. Chew on that for a while.

All of the top men, with the exception of Roger Federer, are already in Asia and all will have played at least one warm up tournament leading up to Beijing and Shanghai.

I'll be paying attention to the butts in the seats during the tournaments coming up to see if the attendance improves. I'll also be looking at the quality of the tennis. I watched the match between Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka last night, early this morning from Tokyo. It's on the list for worst match of 2010. No one would believe this was professional tennis played by two of the top ten women. It's got to get better.

Seen and Heard Around Wimbledon Day 5

by Savannah


I admit it. I fell asleep and missed most of today's play. At some point during Victoria Azarenka's match against Sorana Cirstea I dozed off. That I woke up too late to see Serena Williams singles match made it even worse.

Serena Williams
I guess the gods knew what was right though because I did see the end of the fourth and all of the fifth set of Tommy Haas vs Marin Cilic easily the match of the tournament so far. The match was called due to darkness and will be resumed at six all tomorrow. If the expressions on the guys pictured up top are any indication I missed some good tennis.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Apparently Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wishes he could start the day over. Ivo Karlovic outplayed Jo and moves on into the second week of play. I'm guessing Ivo did more than serve to get his win. Tsonga has looked uncomfortable on the grass beginning during his warm up play.

Congratulations Ivo.

Francesca Schiavone
Outside of Fed Cup play Francesca Schiavone has not had much to celebrate lately. Her win over Marion Bartoli today had to give her the confidence to start winning the matches she should win.

Dudi Sela
I'm sure there are some who thought Israel's Dudi Sela would make it to the second week outside of his family and friends. His is the surprise win of the day.

Saturday Order of Play

Singles

CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Venus Williams (USA) [3] 33 vs Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39
2. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [26] 25 vs Andy Roddick (USA) [6] 32
3. Andy Murray (GBR) [3] 33 vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) [30] 40

COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) [12] 17 vs Tomas Berdych (CZE) [20] 24
Tommy Haas (GER) [24] 73 vs Marin Cilic (CRO) [11] 80 T/F 7/5 7/5 1/6 6/7(3) 6/6 0-0*
2. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26 vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [5] 32
3. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) [10] 49 vs Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 53

COURT 2 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [18] 41 vs Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [13] 48
Andreas Seppi (ITA) 66 vs Igor Andreev (RUS) [29] 72 T/F 1/6 6/7(5) 6/4 5/5 0-0*
2. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 3 vs Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6
3. Dinara Safina (RUS) [1] 1 vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7

COURT 3 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Melanie Oudin (USA) 58 vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [6] 64
2. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [17] 9 vs Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [15] 16
3. Victor Hanescu (ROU) [31] 57 vs Gilles Simon (FRA) [8] 64

COURT 4 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [9] 17 vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [20] 24
2. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [19] 41 vs Jesse Levine (USA) 47

COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Radek Stepanek (CZE) [23] 9 vs David Ferrer (ESP) [16] 16
2. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [11] 49 vs Na Li (CHN) [19] 56

Doubles Order of Play

COURT 3 - SHOW COURT

4. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) and Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [16] 41 vs Samantha Stosur (AUS) and Rennae Stubbs (AUS) [3] 48

COURT 4 - SHOW COURT

3. Leander Paes (IND) and Cara Black (ZIM) [1] 1 vs Michal Mertinak (SVK) and Mara Santangelo (ITA) 4

COURT 5 - 12.00 NOON START

1. Julie Ditty (USA) and Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR) 54 vs
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) and Nadia Petrova (RUS) [10] 56
2. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) and Sania Mirza (IND) [15] 57 vs
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) and Monica Niculescu (ROU) 60
3. Daniel Nestor (CAN) and Elena Vesnina (RUS) [5] 49 vs James Auckland (GBR) and Elena Baltacha (GBR) 52
4. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) and Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 34 vs
Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) and Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 36

COURT 7

Not before 1.00 pm

2. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) [11] 9 vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) and Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 11
3. Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) and Iveta Benesova (CZE) [15] 41 vs Eric Butorac (USA) and Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 43
4. Marcelo Melo (BRA) and Shuai Peng (CHN) [14] 57 vs
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) and Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 60
5. James Cerretani (USA) and Sybille Bammer (AUT) 54 vs Mark Knowles (BAH) and Anna- Lena Groenefeld (GER) [9] 56

COURT 8

Not before 1.00 pm
2. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) and Vania King (USA) [12] 25 vs Kaia Kanepi (EST) and Ipek Senoglu (TUR) 31
3. Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) and Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) [4] 17 vs Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) and Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 19
4. Simon Aspelin (SWE) and Paul Hanley (AUS) 37 vs Travis Parrott (USA) and Filip Polasek (SVK) [10] 40

COURT 12

3. Rogier Wassen (NED) and Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 30 vs Max Mirnyi (BLR) and Nadia Petrova (RUS) [8] 32
4. Stephen Huss (AUS) and Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) [12] 25 vs Bruno Soares (BRA) and Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 28

COURT 14 - 12.00 NOON START

1. Gisela Dulko (ARG) and Shahar Peer (ISR) 22 vs Zi Yan (CHN) and Jie Zheng (CHN) [13] 24
2. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) and Ai Sugiyama (JPN) [6] 49 vs
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) and Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 51
3. Arnaud Clement (FRA) and Marc Gicquel (FRA) 46 vs James Blake (USA) and Mardy Fish (USA) 47
4. Andre Sa (BRA) and Ai Sugiyama (JPN) [11] 9 vs Kenneth Skupski (GBR) and Katie O'Brien (GBR) 12

COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

3. Andy Ram (ISR) and Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 21 vs Igor Andreev (RUS) and Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 22

MATCHES TO BE ARRANGED
Not before 5.00 pm
Colin Fleming (GBR) and Sarah Borwell (GBR) 6 vs Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) and Sania Mirza (IND) [13] 8
Jamie Murray (GBR) and Liezel Huber (USA) 38 vs Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) and Zi Yan (CHN) [10] 40

With all that happened yesterday I forgot to do the seed watch for Day 5. Here is seed watch for Day 6.

Carla Suarez Navarro is ranked #34
Jurgen Melzer is ranked #30
Victor Troicki is ranked #31
Tomas Berdych is ranked #20
Sabine Lisicki is ranked #41
Juan Carlos Ferrero is ranked #70
Lleyton Hewitt is ranked #56
Philipp Petzschner is ranked #55
Kirsten Flipkens is ranked #110
Melanie Oudin is ranked #124
Victor Hanescu is ranked #28

Junior Wimbledon play begins tomorrow. Here is the draw and the order of play for Day 1.

Boys' Singles Draw

[1] BERTA, Daniel SWE v REUTER, Yannik BEL
WIRLEND, Dominik AUT (Q) v THOMSON, David GBR
DOMIJAN, Alexander USA (Q) v BROADY, Liam GBR (Q)
VAN OVERBEEK, Johannes Robert USA v [13] HSIEH, Cheng Peng TPE

[10] OBRY, Julien FRA v CARRENO-BUSTA, Pablo ESP
FERNANDES, Tiago BRA v EHRAT, Sandro SUI
LAVIE, Sebastian NZL (W) v CARPENTER, Jack GBR
BRITTON, Devin USA v [7] SEKIGUCHI, Shuichi JPN

[4] VELOTTI, Agustin ARG v SCHOLTZ, Nikala RSA
ALCANTARA, Francis Casey PHI v NEUCHRIST, Maximilian AUT
HORANSKY, Filip SVK (W) v MARSALEK, James GBR
PUGET, Adrien FRA v [15] SANDGREN, Tennys USA

[11] SOUTO, David VEN v (W) BURTON, Lewis GBR
GEORGOUDAS, Alexandros-Ferd GER (Q) v COX, Jordan USA (Q)
VASILEVSKI, Andrei BLR v DRAGANJA, Marin CRO
GAIO, Federico ITA v [8] URIGUEN, Julen GUA

[5] COLLARINI, Andrea ARG v BOLUDA-PURKISS, Carlos ESP
KOVALIK, Jozef SVK vFRANK, Mitchell USA
HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues FRA (W) v GABB, Richard GBR
URBANEK, Radim CZE v [9] SCHULZ, Dominik GER

[16] KING, Evan USA v DE GREEF, Arthur BEL
(Q) BEGA, Alessandro ITA v (W) FARQUHARSON, Tom GBR
MAAMOUN, Karim-Mohamed EGY v SITARAM, Sudarwa IND (W)
MORGAN, George GBR v [3] TOMIC, Bernard AUS

[6] MINA, Gianni FRA v (W) GOLDING, Oliver GBR
KUZNETSOV, Andrey RUS v WEISSBORN, Tristan-Samuel AUT (Q)
KRAWIETZ, Kevin GER v CLEZAR, Guilherme BRA
EHARA, Hiroyasu JPN v [12] KUDLA, Denis USA

[14] ARGUELLO, Facundo ARG v MARCAN, Dino CRO
MCLACHLAN, Riki NZL v POPLAVSKYY, Stanislav UKR
FOWLER, Harry USA (Q) v MOLINA, Emanuele ITA (W)
HEWITT, Ashley GBR v [2] HUANG, Liang-Chi TPE

Girls' Singles Draw

[1] MLADENOVIC, Kristina FRA v (Q) BOUCHARD, Eugenie CAN
(Q) VICKERY, Sachia USA v (Q) KUMKHUM, Luksika THA
CEPELOVA, Jana SVK (Q) v OMAE, Akiko JPN
JAMES, Hannah GBR v [15] GAVRILOVA, Daria RUS

[10] SILVA, Camila CHI v YSIDORA, Grace Sari INA
ISSARA, Khunpak THA (W) v WALKER, Alexandra GBR
HOLLAND, Isabella AUS (L) v VAN DER MEET, Angelique NED
(W) RAE, Jocelyn GBR v [7] STEPHENS, Sloane USA

[3] BOGDAN, Ana ROU v LINETTE, Magda POL
SAENYAUKHOT, Natchanok THA v HOGENKAMP, Richel NED
TREVISAN, Martina ITA v (W) VICKERS, Samantha GBR
SUSANYI, Zsofia HUN v [16] EIKERI, Ulrikke NOR

[12] WATSON, Heather GBR v SOLOVIEVA, Valeria RUS
INOUE, Miyabi JPN v AL NABHANI, Fatma OMA
CAPRA, Beatrice USA v (Q) MESTACH, An-Sophie BEL
CUROVIC, Tamara SRB v [8] TOMLJANOVIC, Ajla CRO

[5] ROGOWSKA, Olivia AUS v KERKHOVE, Lesley NED
KIRILLOVA, Ksenia RUS v CEPEDE ROYG, Veronica PAR
CORNISH, Stephanie GBR v KRUNIC, Alexandra SRB
GIBBS, Nicole USA v [11] NJIRIC, Silvia CRO

[13] (W) HENDLER, Tamaryn BEL v MUTAGUCHI, Emi JPN
SKAMLOVA, Chantal SVK v (Q) STOICA, Ilinca ROU
(W) REN, Jennifer GBR v KOLAR, Nastja SLO
GRANILLO, Alejandra MEX v [4] LERTCHEEWAKARN, Noppawan THA

[6] BABOS, Timea HUN v (W) MOORE, Tara GBR
JUHASZOVA, Vivien SVK v (W) GEORGE, Nicola GBR
ISHIZU, Sachie JPN v LERTPITAKSINCHAI, Nicha THA
BUCHINA, Yana RUS v [9] MCHALE, Christina USA

[14] SIMMONDS, Chanel RSA v ZANEVSKA, Maryna UKR
LEYKINA, Polina RUS v LEMOINE, Quirine NED
(Q) EJDESGAARD, Malou DEN v (Q) PEERS, Sally AUS
PALIIVETS, Katarena CAN v [2] ROBSON, Laura GBR

Junior Day 1 Order of Play

COURT 6 - 11.00 AM START

1. Camila Silva (CHI) [10] 9 vs Grace Sari Ysidora (INA) 10 GS
2. Jozef Kovalik (SVK) 35 vs Mitchell Frank (USA) 36 BS
3. Nicole Gibbs (USA) 39 vs Silvia Njiric (CRO) [11] 40 GS
4. Sachie Ishizu (JPN) 53 vs Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA) 54 GS
5. Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI) 19 vs Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT) 20 BS

COURT 7 - 11.00 AM START

1. George Morgan (GBR) 47 vs Bernard Tomic (AUS) [3] 48 BS

COURT 8 - 11.00 AM START

1. Ksenia Kirillova (RUS) 35 vs Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) 36 GS

COURT 9 - 11.00 AM START

1. Natchanok Saenyaukhot (THA) 19 vs Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 20 GS
2. Radim Urbanek (CZE) 39 vs Dominik Schulz (GER) [9] 40 BS
3. Yana Buchina (RUS) 55 vs Christina McHale (USA) [9] 56 GS
4. Agustin Velotti (ARG) [4] 17 vs Nikala Scholtz (RSA) 18 BS

COURT 11 - 11.00 AM START

1. Polina Leykina (RUS) 59 vs Quirine Lemoine (NED) 60 GS
2. Andrea Collarini (ARG) [5] 33 vs Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP) 34 BS
3. Tamaryn Hendler (BEL) [13] 41 vs Emi Mutaguchi (JPN) 42 GS
4. Adrien Puget (FRA) 23 vs Tennys Sandgren (USA) [15] 24 BS

COURT 12 - 11.00 AM START

1. Hannah James (GBR) 7 vs Daria Gavrilova (RUS) [15] 8 GS

COURT 15 - 11.00 AM START

1. Evan King (USA) [16] 41 vs Arthur De Greef (BEL) 42 BS
2. Zsofia Susanyi (HUN) 23 vs Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) [16] 24 GS
3. Federico Gaio (ITA) 31 vs Julen Uriguen (GUA) [8] 32 BS
4. David Souto (VEN) [11] 25 vs Lewis Burton (GBR) 26 BS
5. Chanel Simmonds (RSA) [14] 57 vs Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 58 GS

COURT 17 - 11.00 AM START

1. Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 51 vs Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 52 BS
2. Isabella Holland (AUS) 13 vs Angelique Van Der Meet (NED) 14 GS
3. Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) 51 vs Nicola George (GBR) 52 GS
4. Sebastian Lavie (NZL) 13 vs Jack Carpenter (GBR) 14 BS

COURT 19 - 11.00 AM START

1. Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) 55 vs Denis Kudla (USA) [12] 56 BS
2. Martina Trevisan (ITA) 21 vs Samantha Vickers (GBR) 22 GS
3. Stephanie Cornish (GBR) 37 vs Alexandra Krunic (SRB) 38 GS
4. Ashley Hewitt (GBR) 63 vs Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) [2] 64 BS
5. Daniel Berta (SWE) [1] 1 vs Yannik Reuter (BEL) 2 BS

Miscellany

That empty space in the ATP World Tour has been filled.

The ATP World Tour’s strengthened fall Asian swing will begin in South-East Asia after the governing body of men’s professional tennis today confirmed that Kuala Lumpur will host an ATP World Tour-level tournament.

The tournament was officially launched by Prime Minister of Malaysia, Yang Amat Berhormat Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak and will be known as the Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur. The ATP World Tour 250 event will be held indoors at the 16,000-seat Putra Stadium at the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex, commencing on Monday 28 September.

“There is great demand for cities to host ATP World Tour events and in particular within the Asian region. Kuala Lumpur presented a very strong application to become part of the ATP World Tour. This, combined with their excellent tournament facilities, management team and the support of the Malaysian Government, we are confident that Kuala Lumpur is the right venue to continue developing tennis within South-East Asia,” said Brad Drewett, CEO, ATP International.

“Asian tennis fans have demonstrated that they are among the best in the world and we are excited that tennis fans across Malaysia now have the opportunity to see some of the world’s best players battling it out in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.”

The Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, supported by the Government of Malaysia, will be organized by leading international management company IMG and headed by Tournament Director Nick Freyer, Senior Vice President IMG and Head of Tennis, Asia.

“I warmly thank the Prime Minister for his belief and support of this project from the very start, to all those people, many of whose contributions remain private but deeply appreciated, people whose advice and counsel was invaluable and who worked so many hours during the bid process and more recently during the event launch phase,” said Nick Freyer.

“Our great appreciation extends to the ATP World Tour Board and Brad Drewett for the support and trust they showed in us and to our friends at the Putra Stadium and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel for their confidence and contributions, the Ministries of Sport and Tourism, the National Sports Council and of course to the ATP World Tour players who have so readily accepted the Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur as a tournament to play and be part of.”

The Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, will be one of five events in the strengthened Asian swing, that will culminate with the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 presented by Rolex.