{"id":317308,"date":"2022-11-29T17:39:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T01:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=317308"},"modified":"2022-11-29T19:44:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T03:44:21","slug":"mens-top-seeds-advance-to-4th-round-of-usta-national-40-hard-court-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/mens-top-seeds-advance-to-4th-round-of-usta-national-40-hard-court-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s top seeds advance to 4th round of USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Men\u2019s Singles top seeds posted impressive straight-set wins on Tuesday to advance to the fourth round of the USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.
\nNo. 1 seeded Henry Choi of Vancouver, Canada eliminated Michael Bucher of San Diego 6-2, 6-2, while second-seeded Wojtek Bratek of San Antonio cruised past Michael Kropko of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., 6-2, 6-0. Third-seeded Stuart Ross Duncan of Aliso Viejo blanked David Kirsch of Bedford Hills, N.Y., 6-0, 6-0.
\nFifth-seeded Jeff Greenwald (above) also advanced to the fourth round with a dominating 6-0, 6-1 victory in one hour and 16 minutes over Alexandre Kral of San Juan Capistrano. He will meet ninth-seeded Andre Cury of Henderson, Nev., on Wednesday at noon for a spot in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
\nThe 56-year-old Greenwald won the tournament singles title in 2009, 2016, and 2017. He is among the oldest competitors in this year\u2019s Men\u2019s Singles draw.
\nFollowing his third-round win, Greenwald was asked what motivates him to keep playing at the USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships. \u201cThe La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club is my favorite place to be. Great people and great memories. It\u2019s part vacation, part competition. I still enjoy running, fighting, and figuring out how to win points,\u201d he responded.
\n\u201cI always feel like I have a shot when I come here. I have good results every year. I\u2019m still moving well. I love the challenge and it\u2019s still fun to play,\u201d Greenwald added. \u201cI feel very good vibes here. It\u2019s a really great feeling. It\u2019s a wonderfully-run tournament, they run it so well. You really can’t replicate it elsewhere.\u201d
\nDefending five-time women\u2019s singles champion and top-seed Hiromi Sasano of San Diego received a first-round bye and will play her second-round match Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. against Quynh Le of Irvine.
\nTo view draws for each tournament division, click aqu\u00ed<\/a>.
\nLa Jolla Beach & Tennis Club da la bienvenida a los espectadores de tenis al torneo con entrada gratuita. El estacionamiento en el lugar est\u00e1 disponible por una tarifa nominal.
\nThe USTA National Father\/Son and Grandfather\/Grandson Hard Court Doubles Championships will also be played at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club with matches beginning Friday, Dec. 2, and concluding Sunday, Dec. 4.
\nRadioTennis.com<\/a> will air live audio coverage of the USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships during the final weekend of the tournament. Tennis broadcaster Ken Thomas will provide live commentary from Court 1 at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 10:15 a.m. and Sunday, Dec. 4 at 11:15 a.m. Fans can tune in to the broadcast at https:\/\/radiotennis.com<\/a>.
\nStarting times for each day of the tournament will be as follows: Wednesday, Nov. 30 through Friday, Dec. 2 \u2014 8 a.m.; Saturday, Dec. 3 and Sunday, Dec. 4 \u2014 9 a.m.
\nThe USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships are part of the International Tennis Federation World Tennis Masters Tour. Formerly known as the ITF Seniors Tour, the recently rebranded Masters Tour includes individual and team singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events across various grade levels for each five-year age increment from 30+ to 90+. Approximately 27,500 players worldwide aged 30-plus to 90-plus compete in Masters Tour events each year.
\nDesignated one of the Top 100 Tennis Resorts in the world by Tennis Resorts Online, the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club’s reputation as a top tennis destination started in 1942, when it attracted its first major tournament, the Pacific Coast Men’s Doubles Championship. The Club will be hosting the 133rd edition of this popular tournament March 2-5, 2023, as well as both the\u00a0 USTA National Hard Court Championships for Women\u2019s 50-90 age groups and the 50th Annual Men\u2019s Senior Championships May 15-21, 2023.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Men\u2019s Singles top seeds posted impressive straight-set wins on Tuesday to advance to the fourth round of the USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club. No. 1 seeded Henry Choi of Vancouver, Canada eliminated Michael Bucher of San Diego 6-2, 6-2, while second-seeded Wojtek Bratek of San […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1496,"featured_media":317309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11553","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11553],"tags":[13156,14690],"class_list":["post-317308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-la-jolla-beach-tennis-club","tag-usta-national-40-hard-court-championships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}