Record crowds at the Tiburon Peninsula Club filled the stands to see American Tommy Paul face Germany’s Benjamin Becker. Becker prevailed in two sets to move on to the next round. Paul will partner with Canadian Denis Shapovalov in a doubles match against Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Julio Peralta of Chile in an afternoon match on Wednesday.
Great Britain’s Brydan Klein took on last year’s Challenger champion Tim Smyczek (USA), but had to retire after suffering an injury. Tennys Sandgren also retired and ceded to Michael Mmoh (USA).
Men’s Singles – First Round
[1] Benjamin Becker (GER) d Tommy Paul (USA) 76(1) 62
Darian King (BAR) d Yuki Bhambri (IND) 62 36 63
[WC] Brian Baker (USA) d Austin Krajicek (USA) 64 63
Dennis Novikov (USA) vs. [WC] Robbie Bellamy (USA) 63 62
John-Patrick Smith (AUS) d Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) 63 36 63
[WC] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) d Peter Polansky (CAN)
[Q] Salvatore Caruso (ITA) d [7] Ernesto Escobedo (USA) 63 26 63
Sam Groth (AUS) d Daniel Nguyen (USA) 64 64
[3] Tim Smyczek (USA) d [Q] Brydan Klein (GBR) 64 21 Ret’d
[Q] Michael Mmoh (USA) d Tennys Sandgren 46 76(5) 20 Ret’d
Joris De Loore (BEL) d [Q] Lloyd Glasspool 62 76(8)
Men’s Doubles – First Round
Matt Reid (AUS)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS) d Stefan Kozlov (USA)/Austin Krajicek (USA) 46 76(4) 10-5
(WC) Sekou Bangoura (USA)/Mitchell Krueger (USA) vs. Bjorn Fratangelo (USA)/Tim Smyczek (USA) 36 60 13-11
ORDER OF PLAY – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
Center Court start 11 a.m.
[8] Quentin Halys (FRA) vs. Mitchell Krueger (USA)
[Q] Blaz Rola (SLO)/Grega Zemlja (SLO) vs. Frederik Mielse (DEN)/Noah Rubin (USA)
Not before 3 p.m.
Sam Groth (AUS) vs. [3] Tim Smyczek (USA)
Not before 4:30 p.m.
[1] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/Julio Peralta (CHI) vs. [WC] Tommy Paul (USA)/Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
Court 1 start 11 a.m.
Steven De Waard (AUS/Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) vs. Guilherme Clezar (BRA)/Brydan Klein (GBR)
Joris De Loore (BEL) vs. [2] Bjorn Fratangelo (USA)
[6] Stefan Kozlov (USA) vs. [Q] Michael Mmoh (USA)
Court 4 start 11 a.m.
[WC] Mackenzie McDonald (USA)/Ben McLachlan (NZL) vs. Yuki Bhambri (IND)/[PR] John Paul Fruttero (USA)
Darian King (BAR)/Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs. Philip Bester (CAN)/[4] Peter Polansky (CAN)
Quentin Halys (FRA)/Dennis Novikov (USA) vs. Miguel AngelReyes-Varela (MEX)/[2] Max Schnur ((USA)
