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June 8, 2007

Better weather on tap in Atlanta
Defending champs to play during night session
By Monique Moyal / AVP.com

ATLANTA — Day 2 of both the men's and women's main draw continues tomorrow
with contender's bracket teams aiming to on in do-or-die action.

While Friday's play fluctuated throughout the morning and evening with heavy
humidity, brief rainstorms and temperatures reaching the 90s, Saturday's
conditions don't appear to cause reason for a break in action — for now. The
predicted precipitation is around 6 a.m., four hours before play gets
underway at Atlantic Station.

No. 3 Dianne DeNecochea and Barbara Fontana are still in the winner's
bracket. They take on No. 7 Annett Davis-Jenny Johnson Jordan in the last
match of the day session.

In the men's winner's bracket — all of which takes place during Saturday's
night session — No. 1 Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser will play No. 4 Karch
Kiraly-Kevin Wong in one of two night matches.

The second contest of the evening is between No. 3 Mike Lambert-Stein
Metzger and last week's champion in Tampa, No. 2 Jake Gibb-Sean Rosenthal.

For everyone else, there is still hope.

The day's play begins for both genders at 10 a.m. EDT, with the first half
of Round 2 in the contender's bracket. The teams that are eliminated in that
round will finish in 13th place.

Some notable teams still intact and fighting for the chance to move on
include: No. 10 Anthony Medel-Fred Souza, No. 6 Matt Olson-Jason Ring, No.
11 Ashley Ivy-Heather Lowe and No. 19 Michelle More-Suzanne Stonebarger.

The other half of contending play is scheduled for 11 a.m. That means that
half of Round 3 can commence at noon, with the other half closing out at 1
p.m. Still alive in that half are No. 20 Jason Lee-Austin Rester, No. 8 Matt
Fuerbringer-Sean Scott, No. 8 Angela Lewis-Priscilla Lima and No. 12 Lauren
Fendrick-Paula Roca.

Although that list does not include all that half's teams, two of the
aforementioned pairs are finding success as partners for the first time this
year. They are Lee-Rester and Fendrick-Roca.

Finally, because they lost in the last round of day action on Friday, many
of the higher seeds in the contender's bracket have to wait for the third
round of play. The teams will have to win every match from here on out in
order to make Sunday's semifinals round.

That group includes: No. 5 Holly McPeak-Logan Tom, No. 9 Angie Akers-Brooke
Hanson, No. 2 Tyra Turner-Rachel Wacholder and No. 6 Carrie Dodd-Tatiana
Minello for the women. The men's brackets hold No. 5 Dax Holdren-Jeff
Nygaard, No. 9 Casey Jennings-Mark Williams, No. 7 John Hyden-Brad Keenan
and No. 11 George Roumain-Larry Witt. Each team is guaranteed a share of
ninth place at the least.

If you're in the area and don't have any plans this weekend, come check out
the day's events!

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Friday's highlights: Ageless Karch Kiraly is at it again. Kiraly and partner
Kevin Wong took care of business on Friday to advance to the winner's
bracket semifinals as a No. 4 seed. Kiraly is looking to add to his all-time
record of 148 wins.

Match of the day: The women's No. 4 versus No. 5 match in the winner's
bracket was supposed to be a back-and-forth tussle. It was just that. After
dropping the first game, Jennifer Boss and April Ross roared back to defeat
Logan Tom and Holly McPeak, 17-21, 21-18, 15-11.

Upset of the day: Rachel Wacholder came to Atlanta as the tournament's
defending champion, but she'll have to get it done through the contender's
bracket now. No. 2 Wacholder and Tyra Turner were upset by No. 7 Annett
Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan in the final match on Friday night.

Weather forecast: The Atlanta forecast for Saturday calls for a partly
cloudy sky and a high of 92 degrees. There's a 20 percent chance of
precipitation.
As they have in many tournaments, things are progressing as planned for the
top women's seeds. No. 1 Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh are still alive
in the winner's bracket and are waiting until the final night session of the
weekend, when they will face No. 4 Jen Boss and April Ross.

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