Monday's Matches at Atlanta Tennis Championships

Monday's action at the Racquet Cub of the South will include the final four qualifying maches and the main draw gets underway.

Should be good weather again on Monday as more intense heat begins to build that will be coming later in the week.

Qualifying:

Matthew EBDEN (AUS) vs. Rajeev RAM (USA)
Tim SMYCZEK (USA) vs. Phillip SIMMONDS (USA)
Marinko MATOSEVIC (AUS) vs. Denis KUDLA (USA)
Yuichi SUGITA (JAP) vs. Olivier SAJOUS (HAI)

Main Draw:

Ryan SWEETING (USA) vs. Somdev DEVVARMAN (IND)
Donald YOUNG (USA) vs. Michael RUSSELL (USA)
James BLAKE (USA) vs. Ernests GULBIS (LAT)  *  Night feature match
Alex BOGOMOLOV JR (USA) vs. Gilles MULLER (LUX)
Michael BERRER (GER) vs. Tatsuma ITO (JAP)

Atlanta Tennis Championships Sunday's Qualifying Matches

The tennis gets kicked up a notch on Sunday as the second round of qualifying is played.

All the top seeds in qualifying are in action along with Saturday's winners.

Pay special attention to the first qualifying on Stadium as Nicolas Massu takes on Rajeev Ram.  Massu was sloppy and erratic on Saturday against GA Tech player Kevin King.  Ram has points to defend from his play here in 2010.  Look for a spirited match.

Here are Sunday's matches.

Nicolas MASSU (CHI) vs. Rajeev RAM (USA)
Austin SMITH (USA) vs. Denis KUDLA (USA)
Tim SMYCZEK (USA) vs. Gabriel TOWNES (USA)  
Olivier SAJOUS (HAI) vs. Wil SPENCER (USA)
Phillip SIMMONDS (USA) vs. Greg JONES (AUS)
Marinko MATOSEVIC (AUS) vs. Mac STYSLINGER (USA)
Matthew EBDEN (AUS) vs. Daniel KOSAKOWSKI (USA)
Yuichi SUGITA (JAP) vs. Haydn LEWIS (BAR)

Photos from Atlanta Tennis Championships Qualifying Day 1

Not too much drama in Satuday's qualifying action, but Sunday looks much better.

Kudos to University of Georgia and Georgia Tech players who played well and put up some good fights today against some veteran pro players.

Here are today's shots:

Nick Lindahl of Australia

Nick LindahlOne of University of Georgia player Wil Spencer

The Stadium Court

Former top-10 player and Olympic gold medalist Nicolas Massu

Nicolas MassuMassu

Georgia Tech player Kevin King

American Denis Kudla

Denis KudlaBritish Davis Cupper, Colin Fleming

Colin Fleming

Atlanta Tennis Championships Qualifying Saturday Order of Play

Qualifying play begins at 10 a.m. sharp today (Saturday) at the Racquet Club of the South in Norcross, GA for the 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships.

Notable names in action today include young American Denis Kudla, former top-10 player Nicolas Massu and college players from the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech.

ORDER OF PLAY – SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2011
CENTER COURT start 10:00 am
Qualifying – [WC] W Spencer (USA) vs N Lindahl (AUS)
Qualifying – N Massu (CHI) vs [WC] K King (USA)
Qualifying – C Fleming (GBR) vs D Kudla (USA)
Qualifying – J Anton (USA) vs [WC] M Spyslinger (USA)
COURT 1 start 10:00 am
Qualifying – H Lewis (BAR) vs [WC] D Bernstein (USA)
Qualifying – [WC] G Gomez (ESP vs P Simmonds (USA)
Qualifying – [WC] G Townes (USA) vs E Graves (USA)
COURT 2 start 10:00 am
Qualifying – O Sajous (HAI) vs A Krywacz (BRA)
Qualifying – K Lejnieks (LAT) vs D Kosakowski (USA)
Qualifying – A Smith (USA) vs N Schnugg (USA)

Atlanta Tennis Championships Entry List Released

A solid, but not spectacular entry list was just released for the 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships to be held this July.

1 Fish, Mardy USA 9
2 Querrey, Sam USA 26
3 Raonic, Milos CAN 28
4 Anderson, Kevin RSA 39
5 Malisse, Xavier BEL 40
6 Isner, John USA 45
7 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 53
8 Nishikori, Kei JPN 60
9 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 64
10 Sweeting, Ryan USA 66
11 Devvarman, Somdev IND 67
12 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 70
13 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 72
14 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 73
15 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 78
16 Berrer, Michael GER 79
17 Bogomolov Jr., Alex USA 81
18 Russell, Michael USA 91
19 Bachinger, Matthias GER 92

A good crop of Americans, no Roddick.  Atlanta tennis fans will want to see Canadian newcomer Milos Raonic.  No Donald Young getting direct entry.  With challenger points coming off his ranking, he is now #124 on the computer.  Ryan Harrison is now ahead of Young at #122.

Qualifying spots and wildcards to be determined.