NAPA CHALLENGER 2013, 23-29 Sept. Main thread - info & draw. Evans, Cox & Corrie. Milton, Smethurst

[Sallydaisy]

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NAPA VALLEY CHALLENGER
Napa Valley Tennis Club, 3385 Hagen Rd, Napa, CA 94558
http://www.napavalleychallenger.com/

$50K + Hospitality (i.e. free
Outdoor Hardcourt

EVENT SCHEDULE
September 6-Tournament Kick Off Party
September 20- Qualifying Sign-in 7PM-9PM-
September 21- Qualifying singles
September 22- Qualifying singles- 10AM- USTA League Day- free for all league members
September 22- Doubles Qualifying- 12:30PM
September 22- Men’s Pro Am 8AM-10AM, followed by tournament matches, and lunch
September 23- Main Draw Singles and Doubles begins 10AM
September 24- UC Berkeley Day- featuring Cal Berkeley #1
September 24- Player/Sponsor- Reception 6PM (by invitation only)
September 24-29th- Main Draw Singles and Doubles
September 25- USTA Day- USTA members may purchase General Admission tickets for $10.00- USTA membership ID required
September 25- Ladies Day Pro-Am 1PM
September 26- Golf Pro-Am
September 27- High School Day- Students and coaches free General Admission (student ID required)
September 28- Semi-Finals Day Singles and Doubles- USTA Kids Day- 9:30-11:30am-discounted admission USTA membership ID required- Wheelchair Demonstration
September 29- Exhibition Quickstart prior to Finals-4-6 Jr. players

[Sallydaisy]

California here we come ... Brits in Qualifying and Main Draws!!!

QUALIFYING DRAW
(1) Daniel Smethurst (GBR) d. Bye
Mico Santiago (USA) d. Bye
(WC) Robert Stineman (USA) vs. (WC) Matt Seeburger (USA)
(6) Greg Ouellette (USA) d. Bye

(2) Joshua Milton (GBR) d. Bye
(WC) Philip Holbrook (USA) vs. Mac Styslinger (USA)
Mitchell Frank (USA) vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)
(8) Andrew Harris (AUS) d. Bye

(3) Jesse Witten (USA) d. Bye
Dane Webb (USA) vs. Erik Elliott (USA)
(WC) Kiryl Harbatsiuk (BLR) vs. Alexis Klegou (BEN)
(7) Chris Wettengel (USA) d. Bye

(4) Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL) d. Bye
Vasile-Alexandru Ghilea (ROU) vs. (WC) Sean Alan Kolar (USA)
(WC) Jamin Ball (USA) vs. (WC) Anthony Tsodikov (USA)
(5) Alex Blumenberg (BRA) d. Bye

Sadly neither Dan Smethurst nor Josh Milton made it into the main draw:-

Mens Qualifying Singles - Second Round
Qualifying - M Santiago (USA) d D Smethurst (GBR) 75 61
Qualifying - J Milton (GBR) d M Styslinger (USA) 61 67(5) 64
Qualifying - J Witten (USA) d D Webb (USA) 36 76(2) 61
Qualifying - D Kutrovsky (BUL) d V Ghilea (ROU) 64 62
Qualifying - A Blumenberg (BRA) d [WC] A Tsodikov (USA) 36 63 64
Qualifying - G Ouellette (USA) d [WC] M Seeberger (USA) 75 26 63
Qualifying - [WC] K Harbatsiuk (BLR) d C Wettengel (USA) 76(4) 64
Qualifying - T Kokkinakis (AUS) d A Harris (AUS) 57 63 62

Mens Qualifying Singles - Third Round
Qualifying - T Kokkinakis (AUS) d J Milton (GBR) 63 64
Qualifying - J Witten (USA) d [WC] K Harbatsiuk (BLR) 64 61
Qualifying - D Kutrovsky (BUL) d A Blumenberg (BRA) 62 63
Qualifying - G Ouellette (USA) d M Santiago (USA) 61 63

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SINGLES DRAW
[1] Denis KUDLA (USA) d. Edward CORRIE (GBR) 6-0 6-2
Peter POLANSKY (CAN) vs Salvatore CARUSO (ITA)
Tennys SANDGREN (USA) vs Marcelo AREVALO (ESA)
[Q] Dimitar KUTROVSKY (BUL) vs [6] Matthew EBDEN (AUS)

[4] Alex KUZNETSOV (USA) vs [WC] Ben MCLACHLAN (NZL)
Matt REID (AUS) vs Denys MOLCHANOV (UKR)
Robby GINEPRI (USA) vs Nicolas BARRIENTOS (COL)
Michael VENUS (NZL) d. [7] Steve JOHNSON (USA) 7-6(4) 6-4

[8] Donald YOUNG (USA) vs [Q] Greg OUELLETTE (USA)
[WC] Dennis NOVIKOV (USA) vs Samuel GROTH (AUS)
Bobby REYNOLDS (USA) vs Sanam SINGH (IND)
[3] Rhyne WILLIAMS (USA) d. [WC] Collin ALTAMIRANO (USA) 6-2 6-2

[5] Bradley KLAHN (USA) vs Daniel EVANS (GBR)
[Q] Thanasi KOKKINAKIS (AUS) vs [Q] Jesse WITTEN (USA)
Daniel COX (GBR) d. Benjamin MITCHELL (AUS) 7-6(2) 6-1
[2,WC] Tim SMYCZEK (USA) d. Vijayant MALIK (IND) 6-2 6-2

DOUBLES DRAW
[1] Samuel GROTH / Chris GUCCIONE (AUS) vs Steve JOHNSON / Tim SMYCZEK (USA)
Daniel COX / Joshua MILTON (GBR) vs Erik ELLIOTT / Matt SEEBERGER (USA)
[3] Bradley KLAHN / Michael VENUS (USA/NZL) vs Edward CORRIE / Daniel SMETHURST (GBR)
Denis KUDLA / Donald YOUNG (USA) vs Vijayant MALIK / Sanam SINGH (IND)

Bobby REYNOLDS / John-Patrick SMITH (USA/AUS) vs Salvatore CARUSO / Dimitar KUTROVSKY (ITA/BUL)
Alex KUZNETSOV / Peter POLANSKY (USA/CAN) vs [4] Denys MOLCHANOV / Matt REID (UKR/AUS)
Marcelo AREVALO / Nicolas BARRIENTOS (ESA/COL) vs Greg OUELLETTE / Jesse WITTEN (USA)
Thanasi KOKKINAKIS / Benjamin MITCHELL (AUS) vs [2] Tennys SANDGREN / Rhyne WILLIAMS (USA)

[Sallydaisy]

Nice win for Dan Cox in R1; his first main draw Challenger win for almost 2 years.
Shame he faces Smyczek next ...

Ed Corrie was up against a much higher ranked player and couldn't break through.

Evo has chance to avenge his Aptos Final defeat to Klahn in R1 here. Hope he takes it because he had championship points in Aptos and Klahn found a way to beat our lad.

Dan's in action at approx 12noon in Napa which is around 8pm UK time.
The British doubles R1 matches are played later in the day.
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Go for it Superdan!
:superman:

[Caro]

Oh 'eck, hope our party loving Evo is not tempted by the wonders of the Napa Valley grape ....... :laugh:

[Sallydaisy]

Oh 'eck, hope our party loving Evo is not tempted by the wonders of the Napa Valley grape ....... :laugh:
Just wait until the lads get to Tiburon ... they've a beer fest on their schedule!
Although it follows on from the Mens Final so Evo might have to stay there all week and win!
:sofa:

[Linda]

Added incentive for him! :thumbup:

[Jan]

Dan's match has just gone into a final set
Come on Dan!
:superman:

[david1610]

Thanks for the tip! Got it on stream now!
Eek! Dan broken in the third. Opponent serving 6-5 for the match. C'mon Dan!
And he loses 3-6 6-3 5-7
Bad stream but I am afraid Dan looked like a challenger player there....

[JAMES4578]

Tight match but a disappointment nonetheless.

[Linda]

:crying:

[Jan]

what a shame :sad:

[Caro]

Oh well, you can't win 'em all .... Onwards and upwards Evo!!