On Monday in Newport, No. 7 seed Steve Johnson opened the tournament action with a center court win over Michael Berrer. Next up, John-Patrick Smith and Bernard Tomic went head-to-head in an Aussie battle. Smith, current wold No. 156, notched his first Tour level win with a big upset over Tomic, the tournament’s No. 3 seed and the current world No. 25. No. 2 seed Ivo Karlovic survived a close call, prevailing over Illya Marchenko 7-6(4), 6-7(6), 6-4 after two hours and 23 minutes. Bill Talbert Center Court was electric in the last match of the day when Rhode Islander Jared Donaldson overcame Austin Krajicek in three sets to advance to Round 2.
RESULTS – JULY 13, 2015
Singles – First Round
[2] I. Karlovic (CRO) d I. Marchenko (UKR) 76(4) 67(6) 64
J. Smith (AUS) d [3] [WC] B. Tomic (AUS) 63 75
[7] S. Johnson (USA) d M. Berrer (GER) 67(6) 61 62
J. Donaldson (USA) d A. Krajicek (USA) 67(5) 63 62
T. Ito (JPN) d [WC] N. Rubin (USA) 63 67(7) 64
A. Falla (COL) d A. Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 61 75
Doubles – First Round
A. Bury (BLR) / A. Siljestrom (SWE) d D. Brown (GER) / J. Smith (AUS) 63 36 12-10
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