Open Singles

Group 1: Peter-Paul, Tran, Roberts, Lim

Two players advance from each Round Robin Group to Open Singles Quarterfinals. Top Seed Pradeeban Peter-Paul had no trouble in going 2-0, dropping Courtney Roberts and Phillip Lim in straight games. Tran also went 2-0, besting Lim 2,3,7, -5, 3 and Courtney in a barn-burner, 10,10,9,-7,8. That left Praddy and John to figure out who was first, which took seven games before the Canadian pulled it out, 6,12,-14,5,-8,-9,6. Way to fight, John!

Group 2: Therien, Le, Lee, Huang

Xavier beats Richard Lee in four straight and Tuan Le controls Jeff Huang 4-1. Things certainly get interesting when Jeff plays Xavier, however, taking a three games to one lead! Xavier is cool and poised and stays unbeaten, 7,-7,-8,-6, 5, 7, 6 in a match that dashed Huang’s fans hopes. When Tuan Le meets Xavier to determine the first and second seeds, it’s another roller coaster before Therien finds the two he needs at the end, -7,6,-5,4,-9,5,5.

Group 3: Owens, Chiu, Ngo, Mahat

No upsets at all in this group, with Eric Owens dropping not a single game! Carlos Chiu has to fend off Loc Bao Ngo, -6,-10, 4,7,5,6 to make the second spot, and Sandeep Mahat and Loc Bao Ngo decide not to play the now meaningless match that remains.

Group 4: Gombos, Zajac, Phan, Kranjac

Gombos foreshadows his difficulties by dropping his first game to Tung Phan, but rights himself, -10, and 6,5,4,6.

This is a group with everything up in the air! Peter Zajac is stunned by the Qualifier, Dinko Kranjac, -5,6,11,6,9, who promptly drops to 1 and 1 when he loses a tough six gamer to Gombos, 11,9,-6,-8,-5,-11.

Meanwhile, Zajac and Tung Phan are going at it hammer and tongs, with Phan pulling off the upset from down 3 games to 1! Peter drops to 0-2 as Phan wins, -9, 9,-8,-9, 7, 3, 9! Kranjac allows no such reversal, and vanquishes Phan 4, 6,-8, 5, 9 to finish 2 and 1. Zajac is playing for pride against Gombos, but Gombos is too strong and takes the top slot 2, 4, 5,-12,-11, 5. Kranjac becomes one of the few Qualifiers to reach the Quarterfinals with his fine performance.