Bopanna, Okun, Thompson, Marach, in main draw of US$125,000 Tashkent Challenger
13/10/2008 12:43
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13/10/2008 12:43
Rohan Bopanna of India , Naom Okun of Israel , Oliver Marach of Austria and Nathan Thompson of USA won in contrasting styles to make it to the main draw of the US$125,000 Tashkent Challenger, a ATP Challenger series event for being played at the Olympic Tennis School in Tashkent.
In the final round qualifying, top seed in the qualifying draw Bopanna outplayed Michael Kohlmann of Germany 6-3, 6-7(7-3),6-3 in a 2hour 15 tussle , while Ryan Young of USA accounted for fancied third seeded Kazakhstan’s Alexey Kedriouk 7-6(8-6),3-6,6-3 in a 2 hr 29 minute tussle.
Oliver Marach of Austria easily rallied past Ryan Young of USA 6-2 , 6-4, while Noam Okun did not have to put much effort registering a 6-2, 6-0 lopsided win against fourth seeded Danila Arsnov of Russia .
In the opening rounds of the Main draw played in the afternoon session all German players moved easily into the second round.
Daniel Brands scraped past Alexander Kudryavtsev of Russia 6-4,6-7(7-3),6-4 ,third seeded and 84th ranked Denis Gremelmayr had to use all his experience to defeat local Wildcard entrant Murad Inoyatov 7-6(7-5),6-2.
In the third match 105 ranked fourth seeded and fourth seed Michael Berrer won against Laurent Recouderc of France 7-6 (7-3), 6-0
Following are the results: Final Round Qualifying.
Oliver Marach (Aut) bt Ryan Young (USA ) 6-2, 6-4
Noam Okun (Isr) bt Danila Arsnov (Rus) 6-2, 6-0
Rohan Bopanna (Ind) bt Michael Kohlmann (Ger) 6-3,6-7(7-3),6-3
Nathan Thompson (USA) bt Alexey Kedriouk (Kaz) 7-6(8-6),3-6,6-3
Main Draw Singles (First Round)
Daniel Brands (Ger) bt Alexander Kudryavtsev (Rus) 6-4,6-7(7-3),6-4
S.3 Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) bt Murad Inoyatov (Uzb) 7-6(7-5),6-2
S.4 Michael Berrer (Ger) bt Laurent Recouderc( Fra) 7-6 (7-3), 6-0
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