The annual Knoxville Challenger is a USTA Pro Circuit event and is part of the ATP Challenger Tour. Including the qualifying rounds, four current Vols and six VFLs are set to take the courts.
Shunsuke Mitsui, Blaise Bicknell, Pat Harper AND Martin Silver are the four representatives from the current Tennessee team. VFLs Hunter Reese, Tennys Sandgren, Giles Hussey, Adam Walton, Mikelis Libietis and Andrew Rogers each return to Knoxville to compete again at Rocky Top.
The daily schedule of events can be found HERE.
The Challenger singles main draw also includes nine ATP top 200 players:
- Michael Mmoh (ATP 115)
- Christopher Eubanks (ATP 120)
- Ben Shelton (ATP 128)
- Stefan Kozlov (ATP 159)
- Emilio Nava (ATP 172)
- Aleksandar Kovacevic (ATP 177)
- Enzo Couacaud (ATP 183)
- Juncheng Shang (ATP 184)
- Mitchell Krueger (ATP 197)
A designated free public parking area for the event is located in lot SC40 to the left of the light rail off Kingston Pike in front of the Kingston Pike Building (2309 Kingston Pike) on Metron Center Way. Additional parking information can be found HERE.
Tickets are available at the door for $20 per day. Children aged 12 and over receive free admission.
Vols in Action
Qualification for singles:
Giles Hussey (ATP 518) vs Patrick Kypson (ATP 569)
Inaki Montes-De La Torre (ATP 425) def. Martin Silver (ATP 885) 6-2, 6-2
Giles Hussey (ATP 518) def. Andrew Rogers (ATP 1156) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
Main singles draws (R32):
Adam Walton (ATP 431) vs. Zachary Svajda (ATP 262)
Tennys Sandgren (ATP 288) vs. Emilio Nava (ATP 172)
*Blaise Bicknell (ATP 772) vs. Prajnesh Gunneswaran (ATP 382)
Main Draw Doubles (R16):
Mikelis Libietis (ATP 450)/Luca Margaroli (ATP 176) vs Julian Cash (ATP 85)/Henry Patten (ATP 82)
*Pat Harper (ATP 1669T)/Shunsuke Mitsui (ATP 930) vs. Theo Arribage (ATP 151)/ Luke Johnson (ATP 225)
Hunter Reese (ATP 83)/Tennys Sandgren (ATP 468) vs. Abraham Asaba (ATP 436)/Ezekiel Clark (ATP 297)
Adam Walton (ATP 681)/Ethan Quinn (ATP 387) vs Giles Hussey (ATP 293)/Anirudh Chandrasekar (ATP 218)
*via wildcard
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