14-Jan-2012 - Straight Sets: Victories for American Women and Men

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MELBOURNE, Australia–Second-round qualifying action from Melbourne Park saw more Americans find NFL shop jerseys success in the continually brisk and breezy conditions.California-born Carsten Ball (who still resides in California but plays for Australia) toughed out a 7-6(7), 6-4 win over Canadian No. 2 Vasek Pospisil, beating the ninth-seed with his effective serve and net game. Ball, who made the final of the A.T.P. tournament in Los Angeles in 2009 but needed a wild card to enter qualifying, is the lone Australian left in the qualifying draw.American women saved their best for late on Day 3, with both Alison Riske and Jamie Hampton coming back from dropping the first set and winning their third sets 6-0 over respective opponents Naomi Broady and Olga Puchkova. Fellow American Julia Boserup won a three-hour, eleven-minute marathon against Kristina Mladenovic of France, outlasting the combative Frenchwoman 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-2.American men also performed well Friday, with Denis Kudla of Virginia and Pennsylvanian Alex Kuznetsov both winning nike nfl jerseys in straight sets to put themselves a match away from an appearance in the Grand Slam main draw. It would be Kudla’s first, and Kuznetsov’s first since 2007.Amer Delic, a Bosnian who played for the U.S. up until 2009, had some of the most vocal crowd support of the day, with dozens of Bosnian fans waving flags, clapping, chanting, and stomping in his support. Though he managed to get NHL jerseys his third set back on serve at 4-4 with a break of Belgian Yannick Mertens, he was broken back the very next game, eventually falling 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4 in front of the appreciative partisan crowd.

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