No. 6 qualifying seed John Lamble of Saratoga in the San Francisco Bay Area routed No. 1 Tucker Vorster of South Africa 6-2, 6-0 Sunday to reach the main draw of the $100,000 Nordic Naturals Challenger at the Seascape Sports Club in Aptos, Calif.
Saratoga is a 40-minute drive north of Aptos, which is situated on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
Lamble, a 24-year-old ex-Santa Clara University star, will play wild card Clay Thompson, a 6-foot-6 (1.98-meter) former UCLA All-American, in the first round on Tuesday.
Also advancing to the main draw were No. 2 qualifying seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain, and No. 3 Eric Quigley and No. 4 Raymond Sarmiento of the United States.
Main-draw matches begin today at 11 a.m. In the featured match at 6 p.m., top-seeded Daniel Evans of Great Britain will face 6-foot-5 (1.96-meter) wild card Tom Fawcett, who will be a junior at Stanford in the fall.
The Aptos tournament, in its 29th year, is the longest-running Challenger in the United States.
Here are the singles, doubles and qualifying draws and today's schedule.
Veteran journalist Paul Bauman, based in Sacramento, covers Northern California professional, collegiate and junior tennis. Contact him at norcaltennisczar@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @norcaltenczar.
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