Straus Stadium
Chris Guccione def. Kevin Kim 6-1, 6-4
Torrance native Kim is eliminated by Australian Guccione, who will face second-seed American Mardy Fish in the second round.
Jesse Levine def. Bobby Reynolds 6-2, 6-3
The 21-year-old American eliminated American Reynolds, a six-year ATP veteran. Levine will face top-seed Tommy Haas of Germany in the second round.
Match of the day:
Robert Kendrick def. Vincent Spadea 6-0, 6-0
In the third double bagel (two 6-0 sets) in LATO history, Kendrick, the former Washington Husky and Fresno native, easily takes fellow American Spadea. The only other two were in 1969 when former Bruin Arthur Ashe defeated Joaquin Loyo-Mayo in the second round and John Frawley took down Mel Purcell in the second round of the 1984 tournament. Kendrick will face fourth-seed Dudi Sela of Israel. Kendrick’s win is also the fourth double bagel on the ATP tour this year. There were none in 2008.
Grandstand Court
Carsten Ball def. Donald Young 6-3, 6-0
Ball, the Newport Beach native who competes for Australia, defeats 20-year-old American Young in a qualifying match.
Josselin Ouanna def. Dusan Vemic 6-3, 6-2
In the first match without an American, the French Ouanna eliminates Serbia’s Vemic in straight sets to also qualify for the singles draw.
Ryan Sweeting def. Prakash Amritraj 7-5, 7-6
In the longest match of the day, the United States’ Sweeting struggles to defeat former Trojan and NCAA Champion Amritraj of India in a qualifying match.
Alex Bogomolov Jr. def. Somdev Devvarman 7-5, 6-2
The American “Bogie” struggles in the first set but eventually takes down India’s Devvarman in a qualifying match.
Check back tonight for updates on the Pete Sampras versus Marat Safin exhibition followed by the Baghdatis/Sela versus Kunitsyn/Safin first round doubles match.
Compiled by Farzad Mashhood, Bruin Sports senior staff.