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Women’s Singles

All four American women who started qualifying were unseeded facing seeded opponents in the first round. The US went 2-2 in those matches with Madison Brengle beating Romina Oprandi 6-4, 6-1 and Allie Kiick with an impressive 6-3, 6-0 win over Mandy Minella. They both need wins on Tuesday to reach the main draw. 18-year-old Kiick seemingly has the better chance as her opponent, An-Sophie Mestach, was also unseeded.

Men’s Singles

Things will get underway for the men on Tuesday with qualifying beginning with 12 spots up for grabs. There are 14 American men involved and ten of the 12 spots have an American among the four men who could grab it. There are three potential USA-USA matchups in the second round of qualifying but there’s also one in the first round as #23 seed Bobby Reynolds takes on Clay Thompson. Other than Reynolds only two other Americans are seeded, Alex Kuznetsov (#11) and Wayne Odesnik (#12). Five of the US men are wildcard entries into the field.

Perhaps the most interesting story belongs to Robert Kendrick. Kendrick is a former top 70 player in the world who was banned for a year after a positive drug test at the 2011 French Open. He came back after that and played for about a year before retiring. He did play in a tournament in Sacramento in September losing 6-7 (5), 3-6 in the first round. He’s a player who once nearly beat Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon in 2006 but lost in five sets when Nadal was ranked #2. If he could get through qualifying it’d be interesting to see if he could make some noise in the main draw. He is now 34 so time is certainly ticking on any career he may hope to have.

WeSupportTheUS.com will have coverage of the BNP Paribas Open all tournament long. The women’s singles main draw starts play on Wednesday with 12 Americans already in it and the potential for two more. Check back tomorrow morning for an update on men’s qualifying and a preview of the women’s first round.

Schedule:

• March 4th
  • Women’s Qualifying
    • Approx. 4 PM ET – Madison Brengle vs. #5 Camila Giorgi
    • Approx. 6 PM ET – Allie Kick vs. An-Sophie Mestach
  • Men’s Qualifying
    • 2 PM ET – Stefan Kozlov vs. #22 Samuel Groth
    • 2 PM ET – Daniel Kosakowski vs. #16 Thiemo De Bakker
    • 2 PM ET – Greg Ouellette vs. #15 Jimmy Wang
    • 2 PM ET – Nicolas Meister vs. #20 Illya Marchenko
    • Approx 4 PM ET – Jesse Witten vs. #8 Evgeny Donskoy
    • Approx. 8 PM ET – #23 Bobby Reynolds vs. Clay Thompson
    • Approx. 8 PM ET – Raymond Sarmiento vs. #10 Paul-Henri Mathieu
    • Approx. 8 PM ET – Austin Krajicek vs. #17 Damir Dzumhur
    • Approx. 8 PM ET – #12 Wayne Odesnik vs. John-Patrick Smith
    • Approx. 8 PM ET – Robert Kendrick vs. #24 Rik De Voest
    • Approx. 10 PM ET – Robby Ginepri vs. #9 Jan Hajek
    • Approx. 10 PM ET – #11 Alex Kuznetsov vs. Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela
    • Approx. 10 PM ET – Marcos Giron vs. #4 Stephane Robert