Russell, Polansky, Young, Jenkins Advance to Quarterfinals @CVilleTennis; Thursday’s OOP
Fans at the Charlottesville Men’s Pro Tennis Challengers saw four straight setters on Wednesday. It was lightning-round tennis as the tournament became more streamlined and the singles field was whittled down to 12.
Michael Russell started things off with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Tennys Sandgren to advance to the quarters.
Peter Polansky followed up yesterday’s straight sets win with another one today. He dispatched 8 seed Rajeev Ram 7-5, 7-6(4) in what was actually the most competitive match on Wednesday.
Donald Young had no problem disposing of Cavalier Mitchell Frank, 6-3, 6-4.
Jarmere Jenkins is a quarterfinalist to the delight of the UVa fans, even if it came at the expense of another Wahoo by a 6-2, 7-6 count. Jenkins, whose NCAA trophy maintains its permanent home within the venue, eased past the top Greek and former UVa player Theodoros Angelinos. Angelinos actually hit a ball through the roof in frustration in this match. Jenkins played a sloppy second set against good friend Angelinos.
Tomorrow’s anticipated highlights include the all-Canadian battle of Uncle Jesse Levine and protégé Filip Peliwo.
We’ll also see whether it is Chase Buchanan or India’s #5 player, Saketh Myneni, who will capitalize on the colossal three set wins they achieved yesterday.
Looking ahead to Friday: Donald Young will meet Peter Polansky for a spot in the semis and Michael Russell gets Jarmere Jenkins. Given the recent form of Young and Polansky, I believe that the winner of that match ends up in the Charlottesville final.
ORDER OF PLAY – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2013
COURT 7 start 11:00 AM
[7] R Williams (USA) vs [Q] K King (USA)
Not Before 12:00 noon
D Molchanov (UKR) vs [2] S Devvarman (IND)
S Johnson (USA) / T Smyczek (USA) vs C Ball (AUS) / P Polansky (CAN)
Not Before 3:30 pm
A Kuznetsov (USA) / R Williams (USA) vs [WC] T Angelinos (GRE) / M Shabaz (USA)
Not Before 5:30 pm
S Devvarman (IND) / S Singh (IND) or [WC] M Frank (USA) / M Styslinger (USA) vs [2] A Krajicek (USA) / T Sandgren (USA)
S Myneni (IND) vs C Buchanan (USA)
COURT 9 start 12:00 noon
F Peliwo (CAN) vs J Levine (CAN)
Not Before 3:00 pm
J Levine (CAN) / D Molchanov (UKR) vs J Jenkins (USA) / D Young (USA) – After Appropriate Rest
—S. Fogleman
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