STANFORD, Calif. — Yanina Wickmayer beat Kai-Chen Chang 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 on Monday in a first-round match of the Bank of the West Classic.
No. 5 Wickmayer advances
at Bank of the West
STANFORD, Calif. — Yanina Wickmayer beat Kai-Chen Chang 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 on Monday in a first-round match of the Bank of the West Classic.
Wickmayer, a native of Belgium who is ranked 37th in the world and reached the third round at Wimbledon, is looking for her first WTA title this year and the fourth of her career.
She reached the quarterfinals at Stanford two years ago.
Chang, from Chinese Taipei, played her first main-draw match in a month. She qualified for the Australian Open and won her first-round match before losing to Jelena Jankovic.
In other matches, sixth-seeded Chanelle Scheepers beat qualifier Grace Min 6-4, 6-4, and Michelle Larcher De Brito defeated Jarmila Gajdosova 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.
Russell ousts fellow
American Young
NEWPORT, R.I. — Michael Russell beat fellow American and seventh-seeded Donald Young 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 Monday in the opening round at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
Young, the 57th-ranked player in the world coming into the week, is part of the U.S. Olympic team.
Top seed, defending champ and U.S. Olympian John Isner, the 11th ranked player in the world, is slated to face qualifier Sergei Bubka of the Ukraine today.
France’s Nicolas Mahut, a 2007 Newport runner-up, beat Switzerland’s Marco Chiudinelli 6-0, 7-6 (2).
In other first-round play, American Jack Sock won his first ever match on grass, beating Russian Igor Kunitsyn 7-5, 1-6, 6-4; Belgian Olympian Olivier Rochus beat Japan’s Go Soeda 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; and Israel’s Dudi Sela beat Canadian Frank Dancevic 6-0, 6-2.
U.S. Olympian and sixth-seeded Ryan Harrison outlasted Belgian Ruben Bemelmans 7-6 (8), 6-7 (5), 7-5.
2-time champion Robredo tops Ungur at Swedish Open
BASTAD, Sweden — Two-time champion Tommy Robredo of Spain defeated eighth-seeded Adrian Ungur of Romania in the first round of the Swedish Open on Monday.
Robredo, a winner here in 2006 and 2008 who was given a wildcard to play in his 12th consecutive edition of the tournament, beat Ungur 6-4, 6-2.
Later on the clay courts of the Bastad Tennis Stadium, home favorite Christian Lindell was knocked out by Jurgen Zopp of Estonia, who cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win, and Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic beat Federico Delbonis of Argentina 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Residents in bid to stop
Olympic missiles on roof
LONDON — Residents of a London apartment tower went to court Monday in a bid to stop their rooftop from being used as a missile base during the Olympic Games, saying the deployment in a densely-populated area could make the building a terrorist target.
The British military plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles at six sites around London as part of a vast security operation for the July 27-Aug. 12 games. But residents of the 17-story Fred Wigg Tower in Leytonstone, east London, say they were not consulted about the move.
Judge Charles Haddon-Cave said he would rule Tuesday on whether residents can seek a judicial review of the plans to put the missiles on their roof.
Ex-NFL WR Rison sentenced
in child support case
PHOENIX — Former NFL receiver Andre Rison was sentenced on Monday in federal district court in Phoenix to five years’ probation and more than $300,000 in restitution for not paying child support.
The Arizona Republic reported the indictment accused Rison of failing to pay more than $10,000 between August 2008 to August 2011.
The indictment says the due date for his payments had passed about three years ago. Court documents say his 13-year-old child lived in Phoenix at the time the payments were due.
A federal official says Rison also is expected to continue monthly child support payments of close to $2,350.
Rison played 13 seasons in the NFL with seven teams.
Most of his best seasons came with the Atlanta Falcons. He made five Pro Bowl appearances.
By wire sources