VANCOUVER, August 21, 2015

Three-time Odlum Brown VanOpen champion Dudi Sela of Israel  moved  on  to  the  quarterfinals  with  a  win  over  qualifier  Guido  Andreozzi  of Argentina. The two men battled for just over two hours and Sela was leading the third set 1-0 when Andreozzi was forced to  retire due to illness. Others who won  on Thursday  to  advance  to  the  quarters  are  2014  Odlum  Brown  VanOpen  Finalist Farrukh Dustov of Uzbekistan, India’s Yuki Bhandri, and Estonia’s Jurgen Zopp.

Men’s  doubles  saw  the  team  of  North  Vancouver’s  Philip  Bester  and  Ruben Bemelmans  of  Belgium  fall  to India’s  Yuki  Bhambri  and  Michael  Venus  of  New Zealand, 7-6(4), 6-3.

Men’s Main Draw Singles Second Round

• Farrukh Dustov, Uzbekistan, def. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2,
• Yuki Bhambri, India, def. Marius Copil, Romania, 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2,
• Dudi Sela, Israel, def. (Q) Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, 6-7(4), 7-5, 1-0 retired,
• Jurgen Zopp, Estonia, def. Matteo Donati, Italy, 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-2.

Men’s Main Draw Doubles First Round

• Austin  Krajicek,  United  States,  and  Nicholas  Monroe,  United  States,  def.  Brydan
• Klein, Great Britain, and Andrew Whittington, Australia, 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 10-8,
• John  Millman,  Australia,  and  Luke  Saville,  Australia,  def.  Guido  Andreozzi, Argentina, and Dean O’Brien, South Africa, walkover,
• Yuki Bhambri, India, and Michael Venus, New Zealand, def. Philip Bester, Canada, and Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, 7-6(4), 6-3.