Big Matchups Set For 2nd Round; Orange Bowl Round 1 Recap

Sorry again for not having a post yesterday on this, but until Friday I won't be getting on here much. I've been studying Physics since 3:30 and had a dinner break and am getting back to it shortly after this. 8:30 AM final that I am not looking forward to at all. But anyways, a lot of close,  3 set matches took place in the boys 18s first round and there weren't nearly as many first round surprises as Eddie Herr, as Benjamin Bonzi of France was the only seed out of the 16 seeds to get knocked out in the first round (Weigiang Zheng of China knocked him out). Top seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany

                                               Alexander Zverev (GER) via @zootennis

won his first round, after losing the first round of Eddie Herr to American Sameer Kumar, Zverev defeated Gabriel Hocevar (Brazil) 6-3, 7-6. Duke Commit Martin Redlicki (USA) had a slow start and finished strong against qualifier Marko Osmakcic as he won 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. He will take on 12th seed Andrey Rublev (RUS) in the 2nd round, which is destined to be a very great matchup. Argentinian qualifier Matias Zukas could not build upon his quarterfinal run at Eddie Herr, as he lost first round to Wildcard William Blumberg (USA). Fajing Sun (CHN) had the same fate after an Eddie Herr quarterfinal run, as he lost to American Henrik Wiersholm in straight sets. 11 Americans advanced to the 2nd round. Joining Blumberg, Wiersholm, Redlicki are Stefan Kozlov (4th seed), Michael Mmoh (6th seed), Francis Tiafoe (13th seed), Deighton Baughman, Reilly Opelka, Aron Hiltzik, Daniel Kerznerman and Carter Lin. This is Hiltzik's first Grade A tournament after receiving a wildcard. The Illinois commit took out Poland's Jan Zielinski in 3 sets. Deighton Baughman and Australian Omar Jasika played a very close match, but Baughman toughed it out winning 7-6 (9), 6-7 (3), 6-4. Some big potential 2nd round match ups include the aforementioned match of Redlicki and Rublev, and also the All-American battle of IMG Bollettieri Student Michael Mmoh and Deighton Baughman.

On the doubles side, Andrey Rublev and Alex Zverev are once again the top seeds (like Eddie Herr). They won their first round matchup over them American team of Daniel Kerznerman and Spencer Papa in 3 sets. The ITF Pan American champs Francis Tiafoe and Michael Mmoh won their first round match, as well as a newly formed team on Henrik Wiersholm and Stefan Kozlov (who train together). It is strange that Kozlov and Australian Omar Jasika went to the finals of Eddie Herr and split up (unless the Wiersholm-Kozlov was made before Eddie Herr). Jasika is teamed with Mexican Rogeilo Siller. The American-Polish team of Martin Redlicki (USA)/Kamil Majchrzak (POL) are



joining forces again after hoisting the US Open Junior Doubles trophy from this September and are the 5 seeds. The Eddie Herr Champs Miedler and Baldi will try to win back to back as they are the 2 seeds.

Here are all of the seeded doubles teams:
1. Rublev (RUS)/Zverev (GER)
2. Baldi (ITA)/Miedler (AUT)
3. Mmoh (USA)/Tiafoe (USA)
4. Safiullin (RUS)/Serdarusic (CRO)
5. Majchrzak (POL)/Redlicki (USA)
6. Nagal (IND)/Nakagawa (JPN)
7. Hong (KOR)/Kang (KOR)
8. Hocevar (BRA)/Matos (BRA)

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