good times local news media events catalyst santa cruz california metro silicon valley news local events san jose weekly aptos, capitola, soquel, local news events paper gilroy dispatch local news events garlic festival santa cruz media events local california weekly king city rustler newspaper media local events car sales buy new car media
47.3 F
Watsonville
English English Español Español
April 2, 2023

Nordic Naturals Challenger defending champ Thanasi Kokkinakis eliminated

The 32nd annual Nordic Naturals Challenger will have a new champion this year after defending champ Thanasi Kokkinakis was dethroned on Wednesday.

Egor Gerasimov of Belarus, the No. 6 seed, defeated Kokkinakis of Australia, 7-6, 6-4, in the Round of 32 at Seascape Sports Club.

Kokkinakis, ranked No. 171 in the ATP World rankings, came into the tourney unseeded. 

No. 1 seed Damir Dzumhur, a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team, defeated American qualifier Keegan Smith, 6-4, 6-4.

American Steve Johnson, the No. 2 seed and ranked No. 93 in the ATP World rankings, got past Ecuadorian Roberto Quiroz, 6-1, 6-2.

Other notable wins include 23-year-old Ernesto Escobedo out of Los Angeles  eliminating No. 11 seed and fellow American Mitchell Krueger, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-2.

Lukas Lacko, a 31-year-old of Slovakia, edged American Christopher Eubanks, the No. 13 seed, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5).

Great Britain’s Liam Broady, a 2017 Nordic Naturals finalist, eliminated No. 14 seed Ramkumar Ramanathan of India, 7-6, 6-4, while Ecuadorian Emilio Gomez, the No. 12 seed, slipped past Akira Santillan, a Japanese-born Australian, 7-6, 7-5.

In doubles action, No. 4 seed Jamie Cerretani of the United States and Jonathan Erlich of Israel defeated Americans Maxime Cressy and Keegan Smith, 6-3, 6-1, in the Round of 16. 

No. 1 seed Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela of Mexico are moving on to the semifinals after getting past Andre Goransson of Sweden and American Hunter Reese, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

The action continues today at 10 a.m. beginning with No. 3 seed Taro Daniel of Japan taking American Michael Redlicki at Center Court.

••• 

Wednesday’s results

Singles; Round of 32

No. 1 Damir Dzumhur def. Keegan Smith, 6-4, 6-4

No. 2 Steve Johnson d. Roberto Quiroz, 6-1, 6-2

No. 5 Bjorn Fratangelo def. Jannik Sinner, 7-6 (6), 6-3

No. 6 Egor Gerasimov def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, 7-6, 6-4

Ernesto Escobedo def. No. 11 Mitchell Krueger, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2

No. 12 Emilio Gomez def. Akira Santillan, 7-6, 7-5

Lukas Lacko def. No. 13 Christopher Eubanks, 7-6, 7-6

Liam Broady def. No. 14 Ramkumar Ramanathan, 7-6, 6-4

 

Doubles

Quarterfinals

No. 1 Marcelo Arevalo/Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela def. Andre Goransson/Hunter Reese, 7-6 (4), 6-3

Evan Hoyt/Bernardo Saraiva def. Egor Gerasimov/Zhe Li, 6-3, 4-6, 11-9

Round of 16

Ruben Bemelmans/Robert Lindstedt d. Alejandro Gomez/Junior A. Ore, 6-7, 6-3, 10-7

Nathaniel Lammons/Alex Lawson d. JC Aragone/Brandon Holt,  6-4, 6-7, 10-7

No. 4 Jamie Cerretani/Jonathan Erlich def. Maxime Cressy/Keegan Smith, 6-3, 6-1

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

ARTS & CULTURE

pajaro valley arts

Pajaro Valley Arts’ ‘Art To Go!’ now on display

WATSONVILLE—The 10th annual “Take Aways: Art to Go!” exhibition has opened at Pajaro Valley Arts in downtown Watsonville. More than 900 works, spanning a...