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Qualifying Concludes (and Begins) Sunday @CitiOpen
Steve Fogleman in Washington

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It was easily the coolest day at Citi Open in five years. Rain started and stopped all day at the Citi Open in Washington yesterday, sending players on a scramble to get on and off of courts all day. In the end, all women’s qualifying matches were cancelled, setting up a frenetic Sunday full of double-headers. As a fan, I loved it. A plethora of main draw entrants running around the grounds and no throng of crowds to stop them always makes for a great day at this site.

The men’s qualifying matches were completed. Marinko Matosevic was a 6-1, 6-1 victor over Patrick Kypson. He’ll meet Ramkumar Ramanthan today. Also one step closer to a spot in the draw is Liam Broady, whose 6-2, 6-4 win over Frank Moser came just as the day’s first rain delay began. “It feels good,” he told me and knew the notorious DC summer heat would return to Rock Creek Park soon enough. Broady returns to Rock Creek Park today to face Yuki Bhambri.

American Akexios Halebian was in good spirits after beating Wil Spencer in three sets, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, and will face Australian Marc Polmans. The other remaining American men in qualifying will meet each other today after Sekou Bangoura dispatched a comeback effort by young Ryan Goetz and Austin Krajicek easily handled fellow American Connor Farren, 6-2, 6-2.

Yesterday’s rain has given way to beautiful skies and temperatures which will feel unseasonably pleasant today. That will help ease the burden of WTA qualifiers with matches starting at 10:00 am. Winners will square off again after 3:00 p.m. to book their ticket into the main event with main draw play commencing tomorrow.

RESULTS – JULY 29, 2017

Mens
Qualifying Singles – First Round

Qualifying – [3] M. Polmans (AUS) d [Alt] N. Reyes (USA) 61 63

Qualifying – [4] A. Krajicek (USA) d C. Farren (USA) 62 62

Qualifying – [5] E. Leshem (ISR) d [Alt] A. Rybakov (USA) 62 76(6)

Qualifying – [6] J. Sorgi (BRA) d [WC] D. Gooch (RSA) 46 61 62

Qualifying – [7] S. Bangoura (USA) d [WC] R. Goetz (USA) 62 67(2) 60

Qualifying – [8] A. Bega (ITA) d [WC] D. Thomas (USA) 76(3) 63

Qualifying – [9] L. Broady (GBR) d [PR] F. Moser (GER) 62 64

Qualifying – [10] A. Gonzalez (COL) d [WC] U. Blanch (USA) 63 64

Qualifying – [11] M. Matosevic (AUS) d [Alt] P. Kypson (USA) 61 61

Qualifying – A. Halebian (USA) d [12] W. Spencer (USA) 61 57 64

Mens
Qualifying Doubles – First Round

Qualifying – [1] J. Cerretani (USA) / M. Polmans (AUS) d [WC] U. Blanch (USA) / D. Thomas (USA) 75 63

Qualifying – [2] R. Bemelmans (BEL) / D. Medvedev (RUS) d T. Fabbiano (ITA) / D. Sela (ISR) 76(5) 64

ORDER OF PLAY – SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2017

STADIUM start 10:00 am

WTA – Qualifying – [1] H. Watson (GBR) vs E. Sema (JPN)

Not Before 11:00 am

ATP – Qualifying – [1] R. Ramanathan (IND) vs [11] M. Matosevic (AUS)

ATP – Qualifying – [4] A. Krajicek (USA) vs [7] S. Bangoura (USA)

WTA – After Rest – Qualifying – [1] H. Watson (GBR) or E. Sema (JPN) vs S. Aoyama (JPN) or [6] U. Arconada (USA)

GRANDSTAND 1 start 10:00 am

WTA – Qualifying – S. Aoyama (JPN) vs [6] U. Arconada (USA)

Not Before 11:00 am

ATP – Qualifying – [2] Y. Bhambri (IND) vs [9] L. Broady (GBR)

ATP – Qualifying – [3] M. Polmans (AUS) vs A. Halebian (USA)

WTA – After Rest – Qualifying – [2] J. Loeb (USA) or [WC] S. Morton (USA) vs S. Chang (USA) or [8] D. Khazaniuk (ISR)

GRANDSTAND 2 start 10:00 am

WTA – Qualifying – [2] J. Loeb (USA) vs [WC] S. Morton (USA)

WTA – Qualifying – [WC] C. Morra (USA) vs [5] V. Grammatikopoulou (GRE)

ATP – Qualifying – [6] J. Sorgi (BRA) vs [8] A. Bega (ITA)

WTA – After Rest – Qualifying – [3] D. Aiava (AUS) or S. Xu (CHN) vs [WC] C. Morra (USA) or [5] V. Grammatikopoulou (GRE)

COURT 1 start 10:00 am

WTA – Qualifying – S. Chang (USA) vs [8] D. Khazaniuk (ISR)

WTA – Qualifying – [4] L. Chirico (USA) vs O. Rogowska (AUS)

ATP – Qualifying – [5] E. Leshem (ISR) vs [10] A. Gonzalez (COL)

WTA – After Rest – Qualifying – [4] L. Chirico (USA) or O. Rogowska (AUS) vs J. Lu (CHN) or [7] N. Abduraimova (UZB)

COURT 2 start 10:00 am

WTA – Qualifying – [3] D. Aiava (AUS) vs S. Xu (CHN)

WTA – Qualifying – J. Lu (CHN) vs [7] N. Abduraimova (UZB)

ATP – Qualifying – [1] J. Cerretani (USA) / M. Polmans (AUS) vs [2] R. Bemelmans (BEL) / D. Medvedev (RUS)