Tuesday, August 21, 2012

TV schedule, calendar, pro rankings

TV SCHEDULE
(All times PDT)
    Monday -- U.S. OPEN, first round, Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (live); ESPN2, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (live). 
   Tuesday -- U.S. OPEN, first round, Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (live); ESPN2, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (live).  
   Wednesday -- U.S. OPEN, men's first round/women's second round; Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (live); ESPN2, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (live).  
   Thursday -- U.S. OPEN, second round, Tennis Channel, 10- a.m.-4 p.m. (live); ESPN2, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (live). 
   Friday -- U.S. OPEN, men's second round/women's third round, Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (live); ESPN2, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (live).  
   Saturday -- U.S. OPEN, third round, CBS, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (live); Tennis Channel, 4-8 p.m. (live).  
   Sunday, Sept. 2 -- U.S. OPEN, men's third round/women's fourth round, CBS, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. (live); Tennis Channel, 4-8 p.m. (live). 
   Monday, Sept. 3 -- U.S. OPEN, fourth round, CBS, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. (live); ESPN2, 4-0
CALENDAR
   Monday-Sept. 9 -- U.S. OPEN main draw, Flushing Meadows, N.Y., www.usopen.org.
   Sept. 9-16 -- $25,000 USTA Oak River Rehab Challenger, Sun Oaks Tennis & Fitness, 3452 Argyle Road, Redding, Calif., 96002, www.sunoakschallenger.com, (530) 227-3498.
   Sept. 14 -- World TeamTennis, Western Conference finals, Sacramento Capitals vs. Orange County Breakers, 3:30 p.m. PDT, Charleston, S.C.
   Sept. 15 -- WTT, Eastern Conference finals, Washington Kastles vs. New York Sportimes, 3:30 p.m. PDT, Charleston, S.C.
   Sept. 16 -- WTT Finals, Western Conference champion vs. Eastern Conference champion, 12:30 p.m. PDT, Charleston, S.C.
   Sept. 29-Oct. 7 -- Natomas Men's $100,000 Challenger, Natomas Racquet Club, 2450 Natomas Park Drive, Sacramento, Calif., 95833, www.natomaschallenger.com, (916) 649-0909.
   Oct. 6-14 -- First Republic Bank Men's $100,000 Challenger, Tiburon Peninsula Club, 1600 Mar West St., Tiburon, Calif., 94920, www.tiburon challenger.com, (415) 789-7900.
PRO RANKINGS
   Following are this week's world rankings of professional players with Northern California ties (change from last week in parentheses):
Men
   Kevin Anderson, Sacramento Capitals (2012) of World TeamTennis -- No. 35 in singles (-1), No. 94 in doubles (no change).
   Bob Bryan, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- No. 3 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Mike Bryan, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- No. 3 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Mardy Fish, Capitals (2012) -- No. 24 in singles (-4), No. 736 in doubles (+1).
   John Paul Fruttero, Cal All-American in 2001 and 2002 -- No. 96 in doubles (+1), unranked in singles.
   Artem Ilyushin, Granite Bay resident -- No. 863 in singles (+13), No. 1,240 in doubles (+13).
   Bradley Klahn, 2010 NCAA singles champion and 2011 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- Career-high No. 485 in singles (+4), No. 1,042 in doubles (+3). 
   Mark Knowles, Capitals (2001-07, 2009-12), three-time World TeamTennis Male MVP (2001, 2005 and 2007) -- No. 101 in doubles (-2), unranked in singles.
   Scott Lipsky, 2002 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- No. 34 in doubles (-2), unranked in singles.
   Sam Querrey, San Francisco native, Capitals (2012) -- No. 28 in singles (+1), No. 41 in doubles (+4).
   Ryan Sweeting, Capitals (2012) -- No. 130 in singles (-2), No. 849 in doubles (+6).
   Dmitry Tursunov, Folsom resident -- No. 143 in singles (+4), No. 182 in doubles (+2).
   Jimmy Wang, trains part-time in Granite Bay -- No. 182 in singles (+1), No. 348 in doubles (no change).
   Pedro Zerbini, All-Pacific-10 Conference first team at Cal (2009-11) -- No. 620 in singles (+6), No. 716 in doubles (no change).
Women
   Jana Juricova, NCAA singles (2011) and doubles (2009) champion from Cal -- No. 939 in singles (no change), unranked in doubles.
   Vania King, Capitals (2010-12) -- No. 8 in doubles (-3), No. 52 in singles (-1).
   Raquel Kops-Jones, 2003 NCAA doubles champion from Cal -- No. 20 in doubles (-1), No. 712 in singles (-2).
   Asia Muhammad, Capitals (2012) -- No. 220 in doubles (-1), No. 553 in singles (no change).
   Maria Sanchez, Modesto resident -- No. 156 in doubles (-1), career-high No. 214 in singles (+1).
   Yasmin Schnack, Elk Grove resident, Capitals (2011-12) -- No. 153 in doubles (-1), No. 459 in singles (no change).
   Romana Tedjakusuma, Tracy resident -- No. 468 in singles (no change), No. 1,130 in doubles (+5).
   CoCo Vandeweghe, Capitals (2009, 2012) -- No. 73 in singles (-1), No. 495 in doubles (+1).

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