The Winston-Salem Open is the last event of the Emirates Airlines U.S. The new seating is also being installed in preparation for the university to host the 2018 men’s and women’s NCAA tennis championships. “It provides confidence when the large money is participating, that we’re taking care of people and doing what we’ve set out to do.”Ĭonstruction for permanent seating for the event is being completed in several phases, though a firm time frame has yet to be set. “It provides stability for the event and the ability for us to continue to focus on other sponsors and opportunities to grow the event, and hopefully one of those will be permanent seating for the venue,” Oakes said in an interview with the Triad Business Journal. It was also recently announced that the tournament’s sponsors had recommitted to the event, ensuring its place at Wake Forest at least through 2020.īill Oakes, associate athletic director and director of the tournament, expressed optimism at the tournament’s outlook. This year, the entire event will be covered for 30 hours on ESPN 3 and for six hours on ESPN 2 later in the week. The tournament - which is expected to have an overall attendance of more than 40,000 people this year - has undergone significant growth since it first launched in 2011. 24 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and American Sam Querrey, currently ranked No. Other well-known participants include No. 15 Kevin Anderson of South Africa and No. This year, the field has included three top-20 players, including world No. 22 with one of its strongest player fields in the tournament’s five-year history. Ukrainian tenth seed Alexandr Dolgopolov rallied past eight seed Juan Monaco 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 and will face Lu Yen-hsun after the Taiwanese beat American Steve Johnson 6-3, 6-2.The Winston-Salem Open, the annual ATP 250 event held at Wake Forest, began on Aug. He next faces Fernando Verdasco after the seventh seed beat Robin Haase 6-4, 6-7 (8/10), 6-3.Īustrian veteran Jurgen Melzer put out French fifth seed Benoit Paire 6-4, 6-3 to set up a match with Russian Dmitry Tursunov, a winner over compatriot Alex Bogomolov 6-3, 7-5 That match will be a re-run of the 2012 Los Angeles final, claimed by Querrey over the number 126, who has won three consecutive matches for the first time this season.įrenchman Gael Monfils, who is seeded 15th, extended his recovery from this month’s ankle injury by beating Spanish fourth seed Tommy Robredo 7-6 (7/2), 4-6, 6-2 in a match that lasted over two hours. Querrey will bid for the semi-finals against Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania, who defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3, 6-3. “I felt better in this match than the first one and tomorrow I am hoping I’ll feel a bit better.” “It’s the first time in a long while I can remember squeezing out a long tough one, saving match points, getting through when it wasn’t pretty at times. “This is huge for my confidence,” said Querrey, who came from 6-3 down in the deciding tiebreak. Querrey, who had won just two matches over five ATP events from the end of the French Open until this week, hopes to kick-start his hardcourt season in time for the US Open. You want to take it one match at a time, but it’s hard not to know that in the back of my mind that, ‘Hey, I have got a good opportunity here,’” said Querrey, who is ranked no. He won his 21st match of the season, with his best showing an Auckland semi-final nearly nine months ago, and says he has his chances with the pair of major seeds missing. Querrey, 25, reached the semi-finals here a year ago, losing to eventual finalist Berdych. Isner was the top seed and two-time defending champion at Winston-Salem, but he and third seed Tomas Berdych withdrew, citing injury concerns a week ahead of the start of the US Open. Home-state hero Isner and Querrey have long been friendly rivals, with both standing over two meters tall and relying on huge serving games. Sixth seed Querrey beat 11th seed Jarkko Nieminen 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (12/10) a day after the 40th-ranked Finn had advanced when American Mardy Fish could not continue due to heat stroke. WINSTON-SALEM, United States/North Carolina:Īmerican Sam Querrey stepped up his rivalry with countryman John Isner yesterday, blasting 19 aces to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Winston-Salem Open.
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