Oracle Challenger Series Houston – Tuesday Results
(November 12, 2019) The Oracle Challenger Series Houston,is being held at the George R. Brown Tennis Center at Rice University from November 10-17.
A brisk Tuesday began with the resumption of five in-progress matches that had been halted Monday evening due to weather. American Bethanie Mattek-Sands finished off a tidy 6-3, 6-4 victory over Danielle Lao, while Collin Altamirano completed a 6-2, 7-6(5) victory over Gage Brymer. Other notable names walked away victorious as well – wild card CoCo Vandeweghe polished off Sachia Vickery 7-5, 6-3; University of Southern California senior Brandon Holt defeated Colin Sinclair 6-1, 7-5; and 20-year-old CiCi Bellis continued her incredible comeback with a gutsy 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5) victory over Varvara Lepchenko to book her spot in the third round. Canadian Eugenie Bouchard also advanced with a 6-2, 3-1 win when No. 8 seed Francesca DiLorenzo was forced to retire.
Play begins at 10 am on Wednesday, as No. 1 seeds Danielle Collins and Tennys Sandgren kick off their Oracle Challenger Series campaigns. Americans Marcos Giron and No. 2 seeds Bradley Klahn and Taylor Townsend are also in action. Players will be made available for interviews after each of their matches should you be interested in speaking with them.
Wednesday Order of Play
WTA Qualifying Draw
WTA Main Draw
WTA Doubles Draw
ATP Qualifying Draw
ATP Main Draw
RESULTS – NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Women’s Singles – Second Round
[3] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d Hailey Baptiste (USA) 36 63 76(4)
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d [8] Francesca di Lorenzo (USA) 62 31 Retired
[13] Anne Li (USA) d Olga Danilovic (SRB) 61 75
[14] Caroline Dolehide (USA) d Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 75 64
[WC] CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) d [15] Sachia Vickery (USA) 75 63
[Q] CiCi Bellis (USA) d [16] Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 64 46 76(5)
Women’s Singles – First Round
Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) d Grace Min (USA) 63 64
[WC] Katarina Jokic (SRB) d [LL] Kayla Day (USA) 64 62
Dalma Galfi (HUN) d Jamie Loeb (USA) 61 75
Irina Falconi (USA) d Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 64 61
[WC] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d Danielle Lao (USA) 63 64
Anna Danilina (KAZ) d Olga Govortsova (BLR) 62 46 63
Women’s Doubles – First Round
[2] Ellen Perez (AUS) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) d Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Ingrid Neel (USA) 62 06 10-8
[4] Fanny Stollar (HUN) / Taylor Townsend (USA) d Olga Govortsova (BLR) / Mandy Minella (LUX) 64 64
Jacqueline Cako (USA) / Olga Danilovic (SRB) d Gabriela Ce (BRA) / Jessica Ponchet (FRA) 63 63
Men’s Singles – Second Round
[3] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) d Liam Caruana (ITA) 75 64
Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) d [7] Darian King (BAR) 76(3) 75
[8] Mitchell Krueger (USA) d Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (BRA) 62 62
[15] Michael Redlicki (USA) d Govind Nanda (USA) 63 63
[16] Sekou Bangoura (USA) d Peter Heller (GER) 06 64 62
Men’s Singles – First Round
Nick Chappell (USA) d Sebastian Fanselow (GER) 61 36 76(5)
[WC] Brandon Holt (USA) d Colin Sinclair (NMI) 61 75
Gonzalo Villanueva (ARG) d Rafael Matos (BRA) 76(3) 64
Diego Hidalgo (ECU) d Alexander Sarkissian (USA) 61 61
Daniel Nguyen (USA) d [WC] Sumit Sarkar (USA) 61 60
[Q] Alexis Galarneau (CAN) d Gerardo Lopez Villasenor (MEX) 63 63
Collin Altamirano (USA) d Gage Brymer (USA) 62 76(5)
Filip Jianu (ROU) d [Q] Alafia Ayeni (USA) 64 62
Men’s Doubles – First Round
[1] Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Santiego Gonzalez (MEX) d [WC] Jamie Bendeck (USA) / Brandon Holt (USA) 61 62
[WC] Sekou Bangoura (USA) / Govind Nanda (USA) d [WC] Michael Redlicki (USA) / Alexander Ritschard (USA) 62 62