The US Open continued today with both John Isner (Georgia ’07) and Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) moving on to the third round while Stanford commit CiCi Bellis beat her second top 100 opponent to move into the third round.
#21 [20] John Isner (Georgia ’07) def. #125 [WC] Frances Tiafoe 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3)
#35 [23] Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) def. #86 Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
#227 [Q] Jan Satral def. #412 [WC] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16) 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
#48 Jiri Vesely def. #143 [Q] Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) 7-6(5), 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
Men’s First Round (Tuesday)
#67 Daniel Evans def. #105 [WC] Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
#7 [6] Kei Nishikori def. #97 Benjamin Becker (Baylor ’05) 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
#22 [19] Steve Johnson (USC ’12) def. #79 Evgeny Donskoy 4-6, 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-3
Men’s Second Round (Wednesday)
#21 [20] John Isner (Georgia ’07) def. #106 Steve Darcis 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3
#35 [23] Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) def. #123 Vasek Pospisil 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-4
Men’s Second Round (Thursday)
#22 [19] Steve Johnson (USC ’12) vs. #142 Juan Martin Del Potro
Men’s Third Round (Friday)
#21 [20] John Isner (Georgia ’07) vs. #84 Kyle Edmund
#35 [23] Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) vs. #11 [9] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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Women’s First Round (Monday)
#102 Evgeniya Rodina def. [WC] Danielle Collins (Virginia ’16) 6-1, 6-2
#67 Cagla Buyukakcay def. #74 Irina Falconi (Georgia Tech ’10) 6-2, 6-1
#158 [Q] Catherine Bellis (’17 Stanford cmt) def. #65 Viktorija Golubic 6-2, 6-3
Women’s First Round (Tuesday)
#49 Shuai Zhang def. #723 [WC] Ellen Perez (Georgia Jr) 6-1, 6-1
#69 Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13) def. #153 [Q] Aleksandra Krunic 6-1, 6-0
Women’s Second Round (Wednesday)
#158 [Q] Catherine Bellis (’17 Stanford cmt) def. #49 Shelby Rogers 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
Women’s Second Round (Thursday)
#69 Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13) vs. #27 [28] Laura Siegmund
Women’s Third Round (Friday)
#158 [Q] Catherine Bellis (’17 Stanford cmt) vs. #2 Angelique Kerber
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The men’s NCAA Champions Mackenzie McDonald and Martin Redlicki had a set point in the first set tiebreak up 7-6* but couldn’t convert and then faded in the second set before falling 7-6(8), 6-1 to the top seeds Herbert/Mahut.
The biggest upset of the day, in the men’s doubles draw, came when Nick Monroe (UNC ’04) and Donald Young stunned the second seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo 7-5, 7-6(2). Monroe and Young trailed 5-2 in the opening set before winning 22 of the next 32 points to take the set 7-5. Monroe and Young led 4-2 in the second but Dodig and Melo broke back and held to even it at 4-4. The set eventually went to a tiebreak with Monroe and Young cruising to a 7-2 win.
US Open Men’s Doubles – First Round (Wednesday)
[1] P-H Herbert/N Mahut def. Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16)/Martin Redlicki (UCLA Jr) 7-6 (8), 6-1
Jeremy Chardy/Sam Groth def. [13] Robert Farah (USC ’10)/Juan Sebastian Cabal 6-1, 7-6(5)
Michael Venus (LSU ’09)/Mate Pavic def. Julio Peralta/Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 6-4
[5] Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02)/Horia Tecau def. Julian Knowle/Florian Mayer 6-1, 6-3
C Guccione/A Sa def. John McNally (’17 Ohio St commit)/JJ Wolf (’17 Ohio St commit) 6-4, 6-4
[3] Bob & Mike Bryan (Stanford ’08) def. Martin Klizan/Adil Shamasdin 6-1, 6-3
Daniel Evans/Nick Kyrgios def. Daniel Nguyen (USC ’12)/Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15) 6-3, 6-3
Nicholas Monroe (North Carolina ’04)/Donald Young def. [2] Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo 7-5, 7-6(2)
Men’s Doubles – First Round (Thursday)
Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13)/Denis Kudla vs. Robin Haase/Artem Sitak
Andreas Siljestrom (MTSU ’07)/Jiri Vesely vs. Dominic Thiem/Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
[10] John Peers (Baylor ’11)/Henri Kontinen vs. Federico Delbonis/Guido Pella
Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi vs. Carlos Berlocq/Albert Ramos-Vinolas
Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03)/Jurgen Melzer vs. Alexandr Dolgopolov/Sergiy Stakhovsky
[9] Treat Huey (Virginia ’08)/Max Mirnyi vs. Nicolas Almagro/Victor Estrella Burgos
Steve Johnson (USC ’12)/Sam Querrey vs. Fabio Fognini/Andreas Seppi
[7] Rajeev Ram (ILL ’03)/R Klaasen vs. Eric Butorac (Gust Adolphus ’03)/Scott Lipsky (Stanf ’03)
Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M ’11)/Ryan Harrison vs. [8] Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez
Andre Begemann (Pepperdine ’08)/Leander Paes vs. Dudi Sela/Stephane Robert
Nick Meister (UCLA ’12)/Eric Quigley (Kentucky ’12) vs. [12] Lukas Kubot/Alexander Peya
Dominic Inglot (Virginia ’09)/Marin Draganja vs. [15] Oliver Marach/Fabrice Martin
Men’s Doubles – Second Round (Friday)
[5] Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02)/Horia Tecau vs. Michael Venus (LSU ’09)/Mate Pavic
[3] Bob & Mike Bryan (Stanford ’08) vs. Jonathan Erlich/Santiago Gonzalez
Nicholas Monroe (North Carolina ’04)/Donald Young vs. Dusan Lajovic/Viktor Troicki
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Caitlin Whoriskey (Tenn ’10) and Ashley Weinhold, US Open National Playoff Runner-Ups, gave the No. 10 seed Vania King and Monica Niculescu a strong run but ultimately fell 7-5 in the third.
US Open Women’s Doubles – First Round (Wednesday)
Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13)/Nao Hibino def. Monica Puig/Mariana Duque-Marino 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
[7] Sania Mirza/Barbora Strycova def. Jada Hart (UCLA Fr)/Ena Shibahara (UCLA Fr) 6-3, 6-2
[10] Vania King/Monica Niculescu def. Caitlin Whoriskey (Tenn ’10)/Ashley Weinhold 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
Women’s Doubles – First Round (Thursday)
[9] Abigail Spears (UCLA ’00)/Raquel Atawo (Cal ’04) vs. Heather Watson/Michaella Krajicek
Maria Sanchez (USC ’11)/Mirjana Lucic-Baroni vs. Belinda Bencic/Kirsten Flipkens
Jacqueline Cako (Arizona State ’13)/Danielle Lao (USC ’13) vs. Louisa Chirico/Alison Riske
Brooke Austin (Florida Jr)/Kourtney Keegan (Florida Sr) vs. Asia Muhammad/Taylor Townsend
Catherine Bellis (’17 Stanford commit)/Julia Boserup vs. [3] Timea Babos/Yaroslava Shvedova
Women’s Doubles – Second Round (Friday)
Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13)/Nao Hibino vs. TBD
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US Open Mixed Doubles – First Round (Wednesday)
Dominic Inglot (UVA ’09)/M Krajicek def. [4] Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02)/Raquel Atawo (Cal ’04) 7-6(4), 5-7, 1-0 (4)
Robert Farah (USC ’10)/Anna-Lena Groenefeld def. Treat Huey (Virginia ’08)/A Klepac 7-5, 6-4
US Open Mixed Doubles – First Round (Thursday)
[7] Rajeev Ram (ILL ’03)/Coco Vandeweghe vs. Juan Sebastian Cabal/Anastasia Rodionova
Noah Rubin (Wake ’15)/Jamie Loeb (UNC ’15) vs. Rohan Bopanna/Gabriela Dabrowski
Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13)/Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) vs. Marc Lopez/Arantxa Parra Santonja
Abigail Spears (UCLA ’00)/Santiago Gonzalez vs. Horia Tecau/Bethanie Mattek-Sands
[8] Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03)/Lucie Hradecka vs. Scott Lipsky (Stanford ’03)/A. Kudryavtseva
Evan King (Mich ’13)/Emina Bektas (Mich ’15) vs. Eric Butorac (Gust Adolphus ’03)/Timea Babos
US Open Mixed Doubles – Second Round (Friday)
Dominic Inglot (UVA ’09)/Michaella Krajicek vs. Robert Farah (USC ’10)/Anna-Lena Groenefeld
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