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Post by janie on May 17, 2011 7:06:00 GMT -5
Every year it takes me by surprise when they start!
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Post by janie on May 17, 2011 7:30:26 GMT -5
And already Gianni Mina and P. Polansky have bit the dust. Dang, bad start to men's qualies!
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Post by lexpretend on May 17, 2011 10:19:10 GMT -5
Andrey Kuznetsov vs. Alex Kuznetsov match-up  |
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Post by Brinyi on May 18, 2011 10:24:11 GMT -5
Day 1 emotions: Falla! Hernych!  Julinho! Dave Stebe! Frankie! Schwankster!  Ouanna. Estrella. Jerzy the Pole. Gio. De Schepper. Chucho. Mina. Polansky.  Korolev. Guccione (lost to fellow GBS (giant bug server) Schoorel)  Ignatik losing 3 & 1 to DMDLN.  Russian Kuznetsovs are better than the pale USA imitations. |
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Post by Brinyi on May 18, 2011 10:26:54 GMT -5
Frankie-Schwankie coming up on court 8.  |
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Post by Brinyi on May 18, 2011 13:52:34 GMT -5
Frankie-Schwankie coming up on court 8. Frank Dancevic(CAN) def. Eduardo Schwank(ARG) 7-6(3) 7-6(5) Simon Greul(GER)[27] def. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe(GER) 6-4 6-0 Lukasz Kubot(POL)[11] def. Julio Silva(BRA) 6-4 6-1 Only one match still in progress -- 5-5 in the 3rd between DMDLN and R.Harrison.  |
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Post by Brinyi on May 19, 2011 8:29:30 GMT -5
Only one match still in progress -- 5-5 in the 3rd between DMDLN and R.Harrison. Men's Qualifying Singles - 2nd Round Ryan Harrison(USA)[18] def. Daniel Munoz-De La Nava(ESP) 6-7(0) 6-4 8-6 |
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Post by Brinyi on May 19, 2011 8:36:13 GMT -5
Too bad, last year's jr champ Augie Velotti lost to useless Eric Prodon. Jan Hernych(CZE) def. Laurent Rochette(FRA) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 7 ft. 3 in.Schoorel (as per the RG biography) def. Nielsen. The Dutchie has been rampant at the Challenger level, and is tall (although not Manute Bol tall). |
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Post by janie on May 20, 2011 6:49:21 GMT -5
Dancin' Frank qualified!
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Post by Brinyi on May 20, 2011 8:04:18 GMT -5
Jan Hernych did not, but at least lost to a Mayer. Generally speaking, that's a motley collection of qualifiers. The women's are much more interesting, I guess because of the has-beens combined with genuine RNCs like Watson. |
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Post by Brinyi on May 20, 2011 8:07:52 GMT -5
One of the few genuine non-distaff RNCs, R.Harrison, lost to Javier Marti, who is just 19yo himself
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Post by Brinyi on May 20, 2011 8:17:02 GMT -5
I meant RNS.  |
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Post by Brinyi on May 20, 2011 8:28:04 GMT -5
Oh right. "See the tree how big it's grown." Thanks for the memories, Janie.  |
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Post by Brinyi on May 20, 2011 9:57:31 GMT -5
Falla is on his way to a heroic 3-set qualification over Di Mauro. |
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