Townsend Continues Roll, Upsets Görges
Taylor Townsend made it three at a row (including two qualifying wins) at this year's
Citi Open, battling back from a set down to defeat
Julia Görges 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 before a raucous Grandstand 1 crowd at
Rock Creek Park Tennis Center last night. Townsend, a doubles finalist at last year's tourney moves on to the second round, where she'll most likely face top seed
Lucie Šafářová on Wednesday. Šafářová won't have an easy time of it herself vs.
Kristina Mladenovic, a two-time Grand Slam winner (in mixed doubles) later today.
Görges wasn't the
only favorite on the women's side to lose yesterday. #3 seed
Alizé Cornet fell to American wild card
Shelby Rogers 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in a 2 hour, 6-minute tussle. In men's action, qualifier
Robby Ginepri won again, sweeping Columbian
Alejandro Falla in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. Ginepri's prize? A Wednesday match-up with #1 seed
Tomáš Berdych. Some
prize,
right?
College Park, Maryland resident (and top-10 Junior) Francis Tiafoe made his ATP debut on Stadium Court, but lost to Russian
Evgeny Donskoy 6-4, 6-4. Tiafoe looked right at home, and gave Donskoy (ranked #111 in the world) all he could handle. Expect to see a lot more of Tiafoe for
years to come.
Other notable winners on the men's side included
Lukáš Lacko, a 7-5, 6-3 winner over wild card
Filip Peliwo, Australian
Bernard Tomic (a 6-3, 6-2 winner over
Alejandro Gonzalez on Stadium Court) and crowd favorite
Donald Young, who needed three sets to get past qualifier
Yuichi Sugita 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Today's big matches? How about #7 seed
Kevin Anderson (vs. Donskoy) #11
Radek Štěpánek (vs.
Malek Jaziri) and #14
Lleyton Hewitt (vs. Marinko Matosevic.)
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| Evgeny Donskoy vs. Francis Tiafoe |
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| Filip Peliwo |
