Melanie Oudin is on the comeback trail but narrowly avoided disaster today against Silvia Soler Espinosa. Oudin was off of her game in the first and barely pieced together a second set win before confidently cruising in the third for a final of 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. As a result of her win today, tournament organizers wisely decided to move her match against Alexa Glatch at noon tomorrow to Stadium Court. The contest will mark the 2012 Inaugural match on Stadium and will be an all-American affair. Stay tuned.
NEW HAVEN OPEN AT YALE PRESENTED BY FIRST NIAGARA – NEW HAVEN, USA
$ 637,000.00
AUGUST 17 – AUGUST 25, 2012
RESULTS – AUGUST 18, 2012
Qualifying Singles – Second Round
Qualifying – T Babos (HUN) d A Amanmuradova (UZB) 63 64
Qualifying – [WC] N Gibbs (USA) d L Dominguez Lino (ESP) 63 63
Qualifying – O Govortsova (BLR) d O Savchuk (UKR) 60 63
Qualifying – G Muguruza (ESP) d L Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP) 26 75 62
Qualifying – [WC] S Vickery (USA) d A Rodionova (AUS) 63 00 Retired
Qualifying – V Dushevina (RUS) d C Castano (COL) 46 60 63
Qualifying – M Oudin (USA) d [WC] S Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 26 64 63
Qualifying – A Glatch (USA) d C Hsu (USA) 61 64
ORDER OF PLAY – SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012
STADIUM start 12:00 noon
Qualifying – M Oudin (USA) vs A Glatch (USA) – WTA
Not Before 1:00 PM
[8] L Safarova (CZE) vs V Lepchenko (USA) – WTA
S Stephens (USA) vs T Paszek (AUT) – WTA
[5] M Bartoli (FRA) vs [WC] L Robson (GBR) – WTA
GRANDSTAND start 12:15 pm
Qualifying – T Babos (HUN) vs [WC] S Vickery (USA) – WTA
Not Before 1:30 PM
Qualifying – [WC] N Gibbs (USA) vs G Muguruza (ESP) – WTA
A Szavay (HUN) vs C Suarez Navarro (ESP) – WTA
N Pluskota (USA) or [4] S Roma (SWE) vs J Abaza (USA) or [2] A Mueller (USA) – USONP Women
COURT 1 start 11:00 am
C Reix (FRA) vs N Kryvonos (USA) – USONP Men
Not Before 1:00 PM
Qualifying – V Dushevina (RUS) vs O Govortsova (BLR) – WTA
E Hechtman (USA) vs N Meister (USA) – USONP Men
[1] M Hibi (JPN) vs [3] N Kukharchuk (RUS) or M Weatherholt (USA) – USONP Women
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