NEW HAVEN, September 6, 2019
The top two seeds booked their spot in the quarterfinals of the Oracle Challenger Series in New Haven. The tournament’s No. 1 Andreas Seppi fought past Peter Polansky from Canada 6-7(7), 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday afternoon at the Yale Tennis Center.
Seppi struck 14 aces and won 79 per cent of his first-service points to prevail after two hours and 27 minutes. The World No. 77 from Italy will next tak on US-American Noah Rubin, who dispatched No. 7 seeded Swiss Henri Laaksonen 6-2, 6-2 in just under an hour.
🇮🇹Andreas Seppi has found his form on Day 4, knocking out Peter Polansky 6-7(7), 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the QF.#RoadtoIndianWells pic.twitter.com/6RAaNkQQVj
— Oracle Challenger Series (@OracleChallngrs) September 5, 2019
Brayden Schnur, No. 2 seed at the $125,000 ATP Challenger hard-court event, also had to overcome a slow start to defeat Darian King of Barbados. The 24-year-old from Canada outpointed his opponent 92-87 to secure a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory in two hours and 11 minutes. Schnurr will next play No. 9 seed Marcos Giron from the United States, who registered a comeback win over No. 8 seed Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-3.
Into the quarter-finals in New Haven @OracleChallngrs… @marcos_giron93 💪
Saves 2 MP to advance past Istomin 26 76(1) 63. pic.twitter.com/YUBDDoD9XU
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) September 5, 2019
No. 4 seed and Oracle Challenger Series Houston Champion Bradley Klahn finished up his second round match against Ulises Blanch first thing this morning after the action was suspended due to darkness last night, and then followed that up with a tough, three-set tiebreak victory over Christopher Eubanks later in the day to advance to the quarterfinals.
Friday’s play will feature the single’s quarterfinals, as well as the doubles semifinals.
Thurday Results
Men’s Singles – Third Round
[1] A. Seppi (ITA) d [16] P. Polansky (CAN) 67(7) 61 63
[2] B. Schnur (CAN) d [14] Da. King (BAR) 26 63 64
[3] D. Dzumhur (BIH) d R. Shane (USA) walkover
[4] B. Klahn (USA) d [15] C. Eubanks (USA) 36 63 76(4)
[6] T. Paul (USA) d S. Bangoura (USA) 61 75
N. Rubin (USA) d [7] H. Laaksonen (SUI) 62 62
[9] M. Giron (USA) d [8] D. Istomin (UZB) 26 76(1) 63
M. Mmoh (USA) d [11] E. Gomez (ECU) 63 06 64
Men’s Singles – Second Round
[4] B. Klahn (USA) d [Alt] U. Blanch (USA) 76(7) 57 76(6)
Men’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
[1] S. Gille (BEL) / J. Vliegen (BEL) d G. Duran (ARG) / R. Quiroz (ECU) 61 67(7) 10-6
N. Monroe (USA) / M. Reid (AUS) d [WC] M. Giron (USA) / D. Novikov (USA) 76(5) 46 10-7
R. Galloway (USA) / N. Lammons (USA) d [WC] J. Bendeck (USA) / S. Lah (SLO) 46 75 10-3
T. Paul (USA) / P. Polansky (CAN) d M. Daniell (NZL) / T. Huey (PHI) 64 76(4)
Men’s Doubles – First Round
[1] S. Gille (BEL) / J. Vliegen (BEL) d R. Maytin (VEN) / M. Reyes-Varela (MEX) 64 75
M. Daniell (NZL) / T. Huey (PHI) d [2] D. Molchanov (UKR) / A. Sitak (NZL) 63 62
N. Monroe (USA) / M. Reid (AUS) d H. Reese (USA) / B. Schnur (CAN) 64 16 10-3
