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You are here: Home / Front Page News / Nishikori to Face Novikov on Tuesday in First Round of Oracle Challenger Series in Newport Beach

Nishikori to Face Novikov on Tuesday in First Round of Oracle Challenger Series in Newport Beach

January 22, 2018 by Tennis Panorama News

Kei Nishikori

 

NISHIKORI TO FACE NOVIKOV IN FIRST ROUND ON TUESDAY
AT ORACLE CHALLENGER SERIES IN NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF.
American Women Win First Round Matches at Newport Beach Tennis Club

Newport Beach, Calif. – (January 22, 2018) – Top-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan will play his much-anticipated first-round match at the Oracle Challenger Series on Tuesday at the Newport Beach Tennis Club. He will take on American qualifier Dennis Novikov in the second match scheduled on Court No. 1.

Nishikori has won five career ATP Challenger Tour titles, with four coming in the United States. His most recent victory was on the hard courts of Knoxville, Tenn., in 2010. He won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in 2008 at the age of 18 in Bermuda. That title helped him move inside the Top 100 for the first time.  Nishikori is currently ranked No. 24 in the world.

American women highlighted play on Monday as Kayla Day, Victoria Duval, qualifier Amanda Anisimova and wild card entrants Danielle Collins and Claire Liu captured straight set matches to move into the second round.

Collins, a two-time NCAA singles champion at the University of Virginia, overcame a tough challenge against qualifier Marie Bouzkova of Czech Republic before advancing with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) win in one-hour and 50 minutes on Court No. 7.

“There were a lot of ups and downs during the match and changes of momentum, but luckily I was able to stay positive and go for it at the right time,” said Collins, who is ranked No. 162 in the WTA singles rankings. “I made sure I was 110 percent on each point and not giving her any free points.”

In men’s first-round singles action, 18-year-old Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia ousted second-seeded Frances Tiafoe of the United States 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in one-hour and 58 minutes. Americans Noah Rubin, Stefan Kozlov, Mitchell Krueger and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski scored straight-set victories to advance to the second round.

The Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach is free to spectators. Matches begin at 10 a.m. each day of the tournament. General Admission tickets will be distributed on a first come, first served basis at the Newport Beach Tennis Club starting at 9 a.m. Tickets will not be available in advance. Individual spectators will be permitted up to two tickets at the time of entry.

Ticket availability updates during the tournament, are available on Twitter at @OracleChallngrs and Facebook at www.facebook.com/OracleChallngrs/

For Tuesday’s men’s Order of Play, click here.
For Tuesday’s women’s Order of Play, click here.
For men’s singles main draw, click here.
For women’s singles main draw, click here.
For men’s doubles main draw, click here.
For women’s doubles main draw, click here.
For men’s singles qualifying draw, click here.
For live scoring, go to: http://oraclechallengerseries.com/

 

Oracle Challenger Series
Newport Beach Tennis Club
Newport Beach, Calif.
Monday’s Results

Men
Singles
First Round
M. Kecmanovic (SRB) d [2] F. Tiafoe (USA) 64 36 63
F. Peliwo (CAN) d H. Laaksonen (SUI) 76(9) 62
[WC] T. Kwiatkowski (USA) d M. Arevalo (ESA) 64 64
N. Rubin (USA) d T. Smyczek (USA) 76(5) 62
M. Krueger (USA) d G. Oliveira (POR) 76(5) 62
S. Kozlov (USA) d G. Clezar (BRA) 62 63

Final Qualifying Round
[3] D. Novikov (USA) d [7] D. Galan (COL) 63 61
[WC] T. Fawcett (USA) d [8] M. Giron (USA) 62 36 64
G. Olaso (ESP) d J. Aragone (USA) 63 26 76(6)
C. Garin (CHI) d J. Hiltzik (USA) 64 63

Doubles
First Round
[WC] T. Fritz (USA) / R. Opelka (USA) d A. Bublik (KAZ) / A. Siljestrom (SWE) 61 63
A. Bury (BLR) / H. Peng (TPE) d A. Krajicek (USA) / J. Withrow (USA) 64 64

Women
Singles
First Round
[Q] M. Hibi (JPN) d [2] A. Riske (USA) 63 64
S. Jang (KOR) d [5] S. Kenin (USA) 76(6) 63
K. Day (USA) d [8] M. Duque-Mariño (COL) 63 76(4)
[WC] D. Collins (USA) d [Q] M. Bouzkova (CZE) 64 76(4)
[WC] C. Liu (USA) d S. Voegele (SUI) 64 75
[Q] S. Zhuk (RUS) d [WC] J. Cako (USA) 61 63
[WC] V. Duval (USA) d M. Doi (JPN) 62 61
[Q] A. Anisimova (USA) d I. Falconi (USA) 61 30 Retired

Doubles
First Round
[4] T. Townsend (USA) / Y. Wickmayer (BEL) d A. Hesse (FRA) / V. Rodriguez (MEX) 64 62
J. Loeb (USA) / R. Peterson (SWE) d J. Boserup (USA) / E. Hrdinova (CZE) 63 64
F. Stollar (HUN) / C. Zhao (CAN) d N. Gibbs (USA) / C. Mchale (USA) 76(10) 64

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