Wild card Mackenzie McDonald goes through to the semifinals due to opponent default, setting up a showdown on Saturday with #1 seed Denis Kudla, who played what is his match of the tournament so far by ousting Blaz Rola in straight sets. “It’s going to be a cracker, with players in great form,” said Tournament Director, Brendan Curry.
In the doubles semifinal, Johan Brunstrom of Sweden and Frederik Nielsen of Denmark dispatched American Dennis Novikov and Julio Peralta of Chile in a nail-biter third-set match tiebreak to move into the finals. They will play the winner of Saturday’s match between Americans Mackenzie McDonald and Deiton Baughman on Sunday.
Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
[1] D. Kudla (USA) d [7] B. Rola (SLO) 64 63
[3] T. Smyczek (USA) d M. Michalicka (CZE) 63 61
[WC] M. McDonald (USA) d [6] B. Fratangelo (USA) 40 Retired
Q. Halys (FRA) d M. Krueger (USA) 64 63
Men’s Doubles – Semifinals
[1] J. Brunstrom (SWE) / F. Nielsen (DEN) d [3] D. Novikov (USA) / J. Peralta (CHI) 46 76(3) 10-5
Quarterfinals
[WC] D. Baughman (USA) / M. McDonald (USA) d P. Bester (CAN) / P. Polansky (CAN) 64 61
ORDER OF PLAY – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2015
CENTER start 11:00
[1] D. Kudla (USA) vs [WC] M. McDonald (USA)
WHEELCHAIR TENNIS EXO 20 Minutes
[3] T. Smyczek (USA) vs Q. Halys (FRA)
SPECIAL OLYMPICS EXHIBITION 20 minutes
[4] C. Ball (AUS) / M. Reid (AUS) vs [WC] D. Baughman (USA) / M. McDonald (USA)
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