Oracle Challenger Series Houston – Friday Results
(November 15, 2019) The Oracle Challenger Series Houston is being held at the George R. Brown Tennis Center at Rice University from November 10-17.
On a sunny and mild Friday that featured both singles third round and quarterfinal play due to Thursday’s inclement weather, wild card CoCo Vandeweghe led the way for the Americans, convincingly defeating Anhelina Kalinina 6-3, 6-3 and then dispatching Mandy Minella 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals. She will take on No. 7 seed Stefanie Voegele, who took down American Usue Arconada 6-1, 6-2 and then emerged victorious from a hard-fought 7-5, 6-1 victory over No. 4 seed Katarina Zavatska. The other women’s semifinal will pit No. 3 seed Kirsten Flipkens against American Irina Falconi, two players who have been playing nearly flawless tennis this week in Houston.
On the men’s side, two Americans – No. 4 seed Marcos Giron and No. 8 Mitchell Krueger – will compete for a spot in Sunday’s final. Giron battled through both of his matches on Friday, needing three sets to defeat Jenson Brooksby 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the third round, as well as Jason Jung in the quarterfinals, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2. Meanwhile, his opponent Krueger captured straight set victories over Pedja Krstin 7-6(4), 6-4 and fellow American Michael Redlicki 6-4, 6-4. The second semifinal will feature 40-year-old veteran and all-time ATP Tour ace leader Ivo Karlovic against Australian Christopher O’Connell, who advanced to the semifinals when American Michael Mmoh retired from their quarterfinal match after only five games.
Saturday Order of Play
WTA Qualifying Draw
WTA Main Draw
WTA Doubles Draw
ATP Qualifying Draw
ATP Main Draw
RESULTS – NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals
Irina Falconi (USA) d [2] Taylor Townsend (USA) 75 61
[3] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d [6] Catherine Mcnally (USA) 75 46 62
[7] Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d [4] Katarina Zavatska (UKR) 75 61
[WC] CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) d [10] Mandy Minella (LUX) 61 64
Women’s Singles – Third Round
[2] Taylor Townsend (USA) d [14] Caroline Dolehide (USA) 57 62 63
[3] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d [Q] CiCi Bellis (USA) 64 64
[4] Katarina Zavatska (UKR) d [13] Ann Li (USA) 63 63
[6] Catherine Mcnally (USA) d Dalma Galfi (HUN) 60 26 63
[7] Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d [11] Usue Arconada (USA) 61 62
[10] Mandy Minella (LUX) d Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 21 Retired
[WC] CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) d Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 63 63
Irina Falconi (USA) d [WC] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 61 63
Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
[1] Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Ena Shibahara (JPN) d [PR] Irina Falconi (USA) / Catherine Mcnally (USA) 64 63
[2] Ellen Perez (AUS) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) d Usue Arconada (USA) / Caroline Dolehide (USA) 75 64
Beatrice Gumulya (INA) / Jessy Rompies (INA) d [4] Fanny Stollar (HUN) / Taylor Townsend (USA) walkover
Hayley Carter (USA) / Jamie Loeb (USA) d Jacqueline Cako (USA) / Olga Danilovic (SRB) 75 64
Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
[3] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) d [Q] Alexis Galarneau (CAN) 76(3) 76(7)
[4] Marcos Giron (USA) d [5] Jason Jung (TPE) 61 26 62
[6] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) d [14] Michael Mmoh (USA) 50 Retired
[8] Mitchell Krueger (USA) d [15] Michael Redlicki (USA) 64 64
Men’s Singles – Third Round
[15] Michael Redlicki (USA) d [1] Tennys Sandgren (USA) 67(5) 64 64
[14] Michael Mmoh (USA) d [2] Bradley Klahn (USA) 57 76(5) 76(5)
[3] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) d [16] Sekou Bangoura (USA) 76(5) 26 64
[4] Marcos Giron (USA) d [13] Jenson Brooksby (USA) 62 46 63
[5] Jason Jung (TPE) d [9] Alexey Vatutin (RUS) 75 62
[6] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) d [11] Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 76(3) 64
[8] Mitchell Krueger (USA) d [12] Pedja Krstin (SRB) 76(4) 64
[Q] Alexis Galarneau (CAN) d Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) 63 63
Men’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
[1] Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) d N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) 62 76(4)
[2] Luke Bambridge (GBR) / Nathaniel Lammons (USA) d [PR] Nathan Pasha (USA) / Max Schnur (USA) 61 64
[3] Ariel Behar (URU) / Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) d [WC] Sekou Bangoura (USA) / Govind Nanda (USA) 75 63
[PR] Treat Huey (PHI) / Sem Verbeek (NED) d [4] Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) / Fernando Romboli (BRA) 63 61
