Harry Wendelken comfortably qualified to join Anton Matusevich and Jacob Fearnley in the main draw of the main warm-up event for the US Open. Jacob and Harry could earn themselves a Special Exempt with good performances here, but the field is strong. All three are due on court this afternoon
Great start with 3/3 today, but the seeds lie in wait, with first round byes. Harry gets the Dutchman who beat George but lost to Anton in the last 2 slams
R1 (L48)
(Q) Harry Wendelken d. Tyler Zink (USA) 6-3 6-2
Anton Matusevich d. Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 6-4 6-2
Jacob Fearnley d. (Q) Francesco Passarro (ITA) 6-2 6-1
R2
(10) Deney Wassermann (NED) v (Q) Harry Wendelken
(9) Drew Baird (USA) v Anton Matusevich
Jacob Fearnley v (2) Naoki Tajima (JPN)
Super win for Jacob against the JWR9 in the one singles match with British involvement scheduled today. Tajima was a quarter-finalist at the US Open last year and has won a smattering of Futures matches
R2
(10) Deney Wassermann (NED) v (Q) Harry Wendelken
(9) Drew Baird (USA) v Anton Matusevich
Jacob Fearnley d. (2) Naoki Tajima (JPN) 3-6 6-3 6-1
Turning into a great tournament for the boys, as all 3 upset seeds. The Italian who Harry plays next may be familiar, having lost to Jack Draper in the quarters at both Roehampton and Wimbledon
R2
(Q) Harry Wendelken d. (10) Deney Wassermann (NED) 4-6 6-1 3-0 rtd
Anton Matusevich d. (9) Drew Baird (USA) 6-3 6-2
Jacob Fearnley d. (2) Naoki Tajima (JPN) 3-6 6-3 6-1
R3
(Q) Harry Wendelken v (5) Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
Anton Matusevich v (WC) Taha Baadi (CAN) or (8) Dalibor Svrcina (CZE)
Emilio Nava (USA) v Jacob Fearnley
Two excellent results, including a clutch one from Harry.
With adult singles interest conspicuous by its absence, well done the kids !
R3
(Q) Harry Wendelken def. (5) Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 6-1 5-7 7-6(5)
Anton Matusevich def. (8) Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) 6-3 6-3
Harry now gets the top seed, Gaston (FRA), who is one of the FFT's super-funded young 'stars', JWR 4 and ATP 1238.
Anton will play a Japanese player, Ichikawa, JWR 61, ATP 1456
Is Svrcina the guy who beat Jack out in the east twice in March?
Yes - and the Australian Open to boot. Sadly Harry retired from his quarter-final today. Hope he will be okay for US Open qualifying which starts tomorrow, or it will tarnish his best tournament so far in terms of quality of opposition
QF
(1) Hugo Gaston (FRA) d. (Q) Harry Wendelken 6-1 2-0 rtde
