Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship Apr 4-10

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NextGen Star Chung Prevails In Houston Opener

NextGen star Hyeon Chung kicked off the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship main draw with a win over Victor Estrella Burgos on Monday. The 19 year old is making his second tournament appearance (reached the second round last year, l. to Verdasco).

Chung, who was last year’s ATP World Tour Most Improved Player of the Year, fired seven aces as he beat the 35-year-old Dominican 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-0 to reach the second round, where he awaits the winner of eighth seed Paolo Lorenzi and wild card Tommy Paul.

Read more http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/chung-kudla-monaco-houston-2016-monday

 

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Aussie Barton advances in Houston tennis

Australian qualifier Matthew Barton has won through to the second round of the US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston.

The 24-year-old defeated Argentine seventh seed Guido Andreozzi 6-3 6-4 without conceding a break of serve.

Read more http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/04/06/aussie-barton-advances-houston-tennis

 

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Verdasco advances at US men's clay court championships

Former champion Fernando Verdasco of Spain became the last player to advance to the second round of the U.S. men's clay court championships Tuesday night with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Argentina's Carlos Berlocq.

Read more http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/04/05/verdasco-advances-at-us-men-clay-court-championships.html

 

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John Isner ousts Denis Kudla at U.S. men's clay court championships

Top-seeded John Isner had a two-set tournament-record 24 aces to knock out fellow American Denis Kudla 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) in the second round of the U.S. men's clay court championships on Wednesday night.

Read more http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...udla-at-us-clay-court-championships/82734710/

 

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Jack Sock tops John Isner, to play Juan Monaco for clay court title

Fourth-seeded defending champion Jack Sock beat top-seeded John Isner 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Saturday in an all-American semifinal in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship.

Read more http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/i...er-reach-us-men-clay-court-championship-final

 

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Monaco defeats Sock for U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship title

Ten years ago to the day Sunday, a then 22-year-old Juan Monaco failed to take home the winner's trophy in the River Oaks Invitational, but he had practically killed himself trying, spending more than eight hours over a two-day span in the same stadium where, at 32, he found a way to close the deal in the 2016 Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship.

The affable Argentine Monaco has been through a lot during the past decade, including a previous ATP World Tour title in Houston in 2012 but also a major operation on his right wrist nine months ago that would have ended his career had it gone badly. Nonetheless, the apparently indefatigable young man who exhibited so much grit and moxie on that long-ago weekend in his debut here was back once more this day, defeating defending champion Jack Sock 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 on a breezy, predictably humid afternoon.

Read more http://www.houstonchronicle.com/spo...ats-Sock-for-U-S-Men-s-Clay-Court-7240285.php