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LEXUS
OF RED ROCK COUNTRY
CLUB * SEPT. 27-OCT. 2, 2011 Site: Red Rock Country Club, Surface: Hard/Outdoor Prize Money:
$50,000 Website: (www.lexuslvopen.com) Who: Top American and international
women’s players Tournament Co-Directors: Tyler
Weekes, Tyler@CourtThink.com Jordan Butler, 801.808.3258, Jordan@agentatleta.com Tournament
Press Contact: Steve Pratt, 310.408.4555, Sprattt@aol.com |
FORMER
USC ALL-AMERICAN MARIA SANCHEZ WINS FIRST-ROUND
AT $50,000 LEXUS OF |
She added, “I felt like it went well in
both singles and doubles today. I had never played Monica in singles but I
stayed calm and got off to a quick start and that helped. Then, it got close in
the second set and I hung tough. I was
happy with the way everything went.” Later in the day, Sanchez teamed with former UCLA star Yasmin Schnack to upset the No. 2 seeded doubles team of Irena Pavlovic (France) and Kathrin Woerle (Germany), 6-4 6-3. Also winning first-round main-draw singles matches on Tuesday were defending champion Varvara Lepchenko, the No. 3 seeded player, No. 8 seeded American Jamie Hampton, and USTA wild-card entry (and NCAA team champion) Allie Will from the University of Florida. On
Wednesday, 2009 US Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin will open up play with a
first-round singles match against Sessil Karatantcheva of In
doubles on Tuesday, Muhammad teamed with Alexandra Mueller but the pair fell to
No. 3 seeded Alexa Glatch and Mashona Washington, 6-4, 6-1. Ironically,
Muhammad and Glatch won last weekend’s $75,000 Pro Circuit doubles event in In
the final round of qualifying, 17-year-old American Krista Hardebeck defeated
fellow American Shelby Follow on Twitter for live results at @lvprocircuit. Also, visit the tournament website at: www.lexuslvopen.com. Tuesday’s Singles Scores (Final-round Qualifying) Ying-Ying
Duan ( Vasilisa
Bardina ( Krista
Hardebeck ( Gabriela
Dabrowski ( Main Draw Maria
Sanchez ( Jamie
Hampton ( Timea
Babos ( Allie
Will ( Valeria
Savinykh ( Varvara
Lepchenko ( Kurumi
Nara ( Tuesday’s Doubles Scores Gabriela
Dabrowski (Canada) / Laura Siegemund (Germany) def. Angelina Gabueva (Russia) /
Eva Hrdinova (Czech Republic), 6-4, 7-6 (3) Maria
Sanchez ( Macall
Harkins ( Alexa
Glatch ( USTA Pro Circuit With
94 tournaments throughout the country and prize money ranging from $10,000 to
$100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level
competition for aspiring tennis players and a frequent battleground for
established professionals. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more
than 70 countries competed on the USTA Pro Circuit for approximately $3.2
million in prize money and valuable ATP and WTA Tour ranking points. Maria
Sharapova, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Lindsay Davenport, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and
Jelena Jankovic are among the top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro
Circuit. The USTA Pro Circuit is world-class tennis administered on the local
level and played on local tennis courts as part of the fabric of communities
nationwide — an opportunity for current and new fans to experience the
excitement and intensity of the professional game in their neighborhood. |
Main Draw Singles 9/27 Wednesday Schedule |
Photo Credit is Craig Glover |