Aug. 1, 2000
August 2000
Aug. 1, 2000
August 2000

Top Seed Philip King Advances

The rain and thunderstorms held off and top seed in the 18's Philip King advanced to the fifth round with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Evan Austin. Fourth seed Bo Hodge of Austin, Texas needed three sets to defeat Roger Gubser, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. In the 16's, number one seed Rajeev Ram took just over an hour to send his doubles partner Jonathan Stokke packing, 6-4, 6-2. The biggest upset of the day was third seed in the 16's, Douglas Stewart falling straight sets to unseeded Robert Yim of Glendale, California, 6-2 and 6-2. Tuesday also saw hometown favorite, Eric Hodgman, lose to the 12th seed Suhkwa Young, 6-3 and 6-1. Fifth round action on Wednesday has 16's top seed Ram taking on 24th seed Chris Kwon. The 16's fifth round gets underway at 10:00 a.m. and the 18's start around 12:30 p.m. Quarterfinals in doubles in both divisions are at 4:30 p.m.

Source: Blake Driver (AM 590 WKZO News)