Michael McClune and Ashley Weinhold, who won USTA 18s titles a few weeks ago and earned their wildcards into the US Open main draws, couldn't continue their junior streaks today in Flushing Meadows. McClune lost to No. 20 seed Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 while Weinhold also came up short against a seed, dropping a 6-1, 6-1 decision to No. 6 seed Anna Chakvetadze of Russia.
After all the excitement of Monday's wins by Donald Young and John Isner, things were a bit more subdued today in the Next Big Thing Dept. In addition to McClune and Weinhold, wildcard Madison Brengle also went out in straight sets to fellow American Bethanie Mattek 6-4, 6-1, and Jamea Jackson lost in three, leaving Ahsha Rolle, who upset No. 17 seed Tatiana Golovin of France last night, as the only women's wildcard still in the draw.
Wayne Odesnik did pull out a fifth set tiebreaker today against Thailand's Danai Udomchoke to become the third American male wildcard to reach the second round. Ryan Sweeting hasn't played his first round match yet, nor has Australian wildcard Alun Jones, who has the unenviable task of facing Nadal Wednesday.
Steve Tignor of Tennis.com had some interesting comments after watching wildcard Alex Kuznetsov's match Monday. I really admire Tignor's ability to dissect a player's game and I also appreciated his observation about the difference in the atmospheres between Kuznetsov's match and Isner's.
And for more on the new USTA Evert training center in Boca Raton, the New York Times has a story on Chris Evert's role in and thoughts on the project.
After all the excitement of Monday's wins by Donald Young and John Isner, things were a bit more subdued today in the Next Big Thing Dept. In addition to McClune and Weinhold, wildcard Madison Brengle also went out in straight sets to fellow American Bethanie Mattek 6-4, 6-1, and Jamea Jackson lost in three, leaving Ahsha Rolle, who upset No. 17 seed Tatiana Golovin of France last night, as the only women's wildcard still in the draw.
Wayne Odesnik did pull out a fifth set tiebreaker today against Thailand's Danai Udomchoke to become the third American male wildcard to reach the second round. Ryan Sweeting hasn't played his first round match yet, nor has Australian wildcard Alun Jones, who has the unenviable task of facing Nadal Wednesday.
Steve Tignor of Tennis.com had some interesting comments after watching wildcard Alex Kuznetsov's match Monday. I really admire Tignor's ability to dissect a player's game and I also appreciated his observation about the difference in the atmospheres between Kuznetsov's match and Isner's.
And for more on the new USTA Evert training center in Boca Raton, the New York Times has a story on Chris Evert's role in and thoughts on the project.
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