As I spent three days attending the qualifying tournament, I have become invested in the outcome and where my boys will place. I am happy to see that a recovered Ryan Harrison has made it through to the main draw. I’m eager to see how far he will go; fingers crossed he doesn’t get too high a seeded player in the first round. Eleven (11) of the lucky 16 have already been decided as I write this note:
Noam Okun ISR vs. Ivan Dodig CRO (23)
I.Dodig (6-4, 6-3)
Dusan Lojda CZE vs. Robert Farah COL
D.Lojda (7-5, 6-4)
Julio Silva BRA vs. Nicolas Mahut FRA (sad to see marathon Mahut go out, it was a great story while it lasted)
Julio Silva (6-4, 3-6, 6-4)
Simone Vagnozzi ITA vs. Martin Klizan SVK
M.Klizan (6-2, 6-4)
Ricardas Berankis LTU (9) vs. Kevin Kim USA (25)
R.Berankis (6-1, 6-3)
Ryan Harrison USA vs. Ricardo Hocevar BRA
R.Harrison (4-6, 6-3, 6-4)
Tatsuma Ito JPN 3 3 vs. Robert Kendrick USA (22)
R.Kendrick (6-3, 6-3)
Frank Dancevic CAN vs. Kei Nishikori JPN (24)
K.Nishikori (6-4, 6-1)
Michael Lammer SUI 6 4 1 vs. Adrian Mannarino FRA (26)
A.Mannarino (1-6, 6-4, 6-1)
Ilija Bozoljac SRB (14) vs. Rik De Voest RSA
R.De Voest (6-3, 7-6 (10))
Marc Gicquel FRA vs. Ruben Bemelmans BEL 6 66 3
M.Gicquel (4-6, 7-6(8), 6-3)
Still awaiting their fate:
Igor Sijsling NED vs. Benoit Paire FRA (32)
David Guez FRA (8) vs. Milos Raonic CAN
Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT vs. Daniel Munoz-De La Nava ESP (21)
John Millman AUS Peter Polansky CAN
Yuichi Sugita JPN vs. Lukas Rosol CZE