INDIAN WELLS, March 1, 2019
US-American Donald Young became the first male player to clinch one of the two wild card spots into the 2019 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells awarded to the top points-getters over the course of the Oracle Challenger Series.
In addition to his third round appearance in the desert, Young was a quarterfinalist in Chicago and a semi-finalist in Newport Beach, which propelled him to the top of the Road to Indian Wells Leaderboard. The 29-year-old from Atlanta lost his match on Thursday to fifth-seeded South African Lloyd Harris 6-4, 6-2. The No. 1 seeds on both the men’s and the women’s sides cruised to easy victories – Kyle Edmund from Great Britain took down Lukas Rosol from the Czech Repuclic 6-3, 6-4, while Wang Qiang of China defeated US-American Claire Lui 6-1, 6-4.
.@lloydharris63 is through to the quarter finals. Solid 64 62 win over @BNPPARIBASOPEN Wild Card winner Donald Young. @OracleChallngrs @ATPChallenger #RoadtoIndianWells pic.twitter.com/JvOC5OAqXW
— OracleTennis (@OracleTennis) 28. Februar 2019
RESULTS – FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Women’s Singles – Third Round
[1] [WC] Q. Wang (CHN) d C. Liu (USA) 61 64
J. Brady (USA) d [2] A. Riske (USA) 63 76(4)
[6] S. Sorribes Tormo (ESP) d [10] J. Pegula (USA) 62 62
[11] Z. Diyas (KAZ) d [7] K. Kanepi (EST) 63 76(6)
[8] K. Pliskova (CZE) d K. Ahn (USA) 61 76(2)
N. Gibbs (USA) d [9] T. Townsend (USA) 61 61
[14] V. Golubic (SUI) d [WC] C. Mcnally (USA) 76(4) 61
F. di Lorenzo (USA) d T. Bacsinszky (SUI) 16 62 76(4)
Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
T. Townsend (USA) / Y. Wickmayer (BEL) d [2] N. Hibino (JPN) / O. Kalashnikova (GEO) 62 63
N. Gibbs (USA) / A. Muhammad (USA) d A. Danilina (KAZ) / I. Neel (USA) 36 63 13-11
K. Pliskova (CZE) / E. Rodina (RUS) d X. Han (CHN) / P. Hon (AUS) 62 16 11-9
V. Lapko (BLR) / M. Minella (LUX) d H. Carter (USA) / E. Shibahara (USA) 63 60
Men’s Singles – Third Round
[1] [WC] K. Edmund (GBR) d [16] L. Rosol (CZE) 63 64
[14] J. Jung (TPE) d [2] F. Krajinovic (SRB) 75 63
[13] A. Bolt (AUS) d [4] E. Donskoy (RUS) 63 36 75
[5] L. Harris (RSA) d D. Young (USA) 64 62
[7] A. Rublev (RUS) d [11] P. Polansky (CAN) 62 75
[8] Y. Maden (GER) d K. Majchrzak (POL) 62 75
S. Caruso (ITA) d [LL] Ma. Redlicki (USA) 76(8) 26 76(1)
D. Evans (GBR) d S. Giraldo (COL) 61 62
