US Open qualifying August 25-September 7, 2008 Singles Seeds: (cut: Catalin Gard - 296) 1. Sergey Stakhovsky 2. Kevin Anderson 3. Benjamin Becker 4. Robert Kendrick 5. Brian Dabul 6. Philipp Petzschner 7. Alejandro Falla 8. Jan Hernych 9. Nicolas Massu 10. Andreas Beck 11. Kei Nishikori to main draw 12. Paul Capdeville 13. Kristian Pless 14. Go Soeda 15. Gilles Muller 16. Stephane Bohli 17. Pablo Cuevas 18. Bjorn Phau 19. Thiago Alves 20. Thierry Ascione 21. Leonardo Mayer 22. Flavio Cipolla 23. Kevin Kim 24. Simon Stadler 26. Joseph Sirianni 25. Jesse Huta Galung 27. Rik de Voest 28. Xavier Malisse 29. Ilija Bozoljac 30. Santiago Giraldo 31. Robert Smeets 32. Andrei Goloubev First Round (1)Sergey Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Stefano Galvani (ITA) 5-7 7-5 6-3 (WC)Ricardas Berankis (LTU) d. David Marrero (ESP) 5-7 6-3 7-5 (WC)Jean-Yves Aubone (USA) d. Melle van Gemerden (NED) 6-4 6-1 (18)Bjorn Phau (GER) d. Jesse Witten (USA) 6-3 6-4 Giovanni Lapentti (ECU) d. (2)Kevin Anderson (RSA) 7-6(3) 6-4 Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. (WC)Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-3 6-2 Jan Minar (CZE) d. Josselyn Ouanna (FRA) 6-3 3-6 6-2 Victor Estrella (DOM) d. (28)Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6-4 6-2 Gianluca Naso (ITA) d. (3)Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-4 5-7 7-6(6) Hugo Armando (USA) d. Adam Feeney (AUS) 7-6(7) 6-4 Matwe Middelkoop (NED) d. Jean-Christophe Faurel (FRA) 2-6 7-5 6-4 (31)Robert Smeets (AUS) d. Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS) 7-6(5) 6-2 (4)Robert Kendrick (USA) d. Dusan Vemic (SRB) 7-6(4) 4-6 6-2 Caio Zampieri (BRA) d. (WC)Travis Helgeson (USA) 6-7(5) 7-5 6-1 Peter Polansky (CAN) d. Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-3 2-6 7-6(3) (24)Simon Stadler (GER) d. Jaroslav Pospisil (CZE) 6-4 6-2 (5)Brian Dabul (ARG) d. Carlos Poch (ESP) 6-4 3-6 6-3 Bjorn Rehnquist (SWE) d. Frederic Niemeyer (CAN) 6-4 6-4 Tomas Zib (CZE) d. Sebastien de Chaunac (FRA) 7-6(5) 6-0 Michael Yani (USA) d. (30)Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-4 6-2 (6)Philipp Petzschner (GER) d. Andrea Stoppini (ITA) 3-6 6-4 7-6(3) Karol Beck (SVK) d. (WC)Alex Clayton (USA) 6-4 6-2 Martin Fischer (AUT) d. (WC)Bryan Koniecko (USA) 6-3 6-4 (19)Thiago Alves (BRA) d. Matthias Bachinger (GER) 6-4 6-1 Diego Hartfield (ARG) d. (7)Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-4 6-1 Joshua Goodall (GBR) d. Miguel Angel Lopez-Jaen (ESP) 6-3 6-3 Ryler DeHeart (USA) d. Nick Monroe (USA) 6-1 6-4 Woong-Sun Jun (KOR) d. (26)Joseph Sirianni (AUS) 6-3 6-4 (8)Jan Hernych (CZE) d. Ti Chen (TPE) 7-6(2) 6-3 Ricardo Hocevar (BRA) d. (WC)Chase Buchanan (USA) 1-6 6-3 7-6(8) Aisam Qureshi (PAK) d. Ricardo Mello (BRA) 6-1 1-6 6-3 (21)Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d. Brydan Klein (AUS) 6-2 6-2 (9)Nicolas Massu (CHI) d. Andre Miele (BRA) 6-2 6-3 Rui Machado (POR) d. Eric Nunez (USA) 6-4 6-4 Lukas Lacko (SVK) d. Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) 7-6(6) 6-4 (22)Flavio Cipolla (ITA) d. Dawid Olejniczak (POL) 7-5 6-2 (10)Andreas Beck (GER) d. Benedikt Dorsch (GER) 6-3 7-6(4) Harel Levy (ISR) d. Marsel Ilhan (TUR) 6-4 6-3 Franco Skugor (CRO) d. (WC)Michael McClune (USA) 6-3 6-4 (20)Thierry Ascione (FRA) d. Michael Quintero (COL) 6-4 6-1 Todd Widom (USA) d. (ALT)Catalin Gard (ROU) 6-1 4-6 6-4 [Gard replaces Nishikori] Filip Prpic (SWE) d. (PR)Ivo Heuberger (SUI) 6-1 6-4 Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 6-1 6-2 (27)Rik de Voest (RSA) d. Alberto Brizzi (ITA) 6-3 6-3 (12)Paul Capdeville (CHI) d. Gary Lugassy (FRA) 6-0 6-1 Daniel Munoz de la Nava (ESP) d. (WC)Ryan Harrison (USA) 3-6 6-4 6-3 K.J. Hippensteel (USA) d. Alexander Slabinsky (GBR) 6-4 6-3 (25)Jesse Huta Galung (NED) d. Francesco Piccari (ITA) 6-2 6-2 (13)Kristian Pless (DEN) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) 6-3 6-3 Ryan Sweeting (USA) d. Prakash Amritraj (IND) 6-3 6-4 Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) d. Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3 (23)Kevin Kim (USA) d. Colin Ebelthite (AUS) 6-4 6-4 Alex Kuznetsov (USA) d. (14)Go Soeda (JPN) 7-6(4) 7-6(8) Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) d. Izak van der Merwe (RSA) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 Nicolas Coutelot (FRA) d. Alexander Peya (AUT) 2-6 6-0 6-3 (17)Pablo Cuevas (URU) d. Richard Bloomfield (GBR) 6-7(7) 6-3 6-4 (15)Gilles Muller (LUX) d. Lamine Ouahab (ALG) 6-7(11) 7-6(6) 7-5 Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. Zack Fleishman (USA) 7-6(2) 6-3 Samuel Groth (AUS) d. Adrian Menendez (ESP) 7-6(4) 6-4 Tobias Kamke (GER) d. (29)Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-3 (16)Stephane Bohli (SUI) d. Martin Slanar (AUT) 6-3 6-1 Alexandre Koudriavtsev (RUS) d. Ivo Klec (SVK) 7-6(4) 6-1 Michal Przysiezny (POL) d. Daniel Brands (GER) 5-7 6-4 7-6(8) (32)Andrei Goloubev (KAZ) d. Joao Souza (BRA) 6-2 6-4 Second Round (WC)Ricardas Berankis (LTU) d. (1)Sergey Stakhovsky (UKR) 1-6 6-4 6-4 (18)Bjorn Phau (GER) d. (WC)Jean-Yves Aubone (USA) 6-2 6-4 Giovanni Lapentti (ECU) d. Lukas Rosol (CZE) 6-2 7-6(1) Jan Minar (CZE) d. Victor Estrella (DOM) 3-6 6-2 6-2 Gianluca Naso (ITA) d. Hugo Armando (USA) 4-6 7-5 7-6(4) (31)Robert Smeets (AUS) d. Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 2-6 6-4 6-3 (4)Robert Kendrick (USA) d. Caio Zampieri (BRA) 6-4 6-2 (24)Simon Stadler (GER) d. Peter Polansky (CAN) 6-2 6-4 (5)Brian Dabul (ARG) d. Bjorn Rehnquist (SWE) 4-6 6-1 6-3 Tomas Zib (CZE) d. Michael Yani (USA) 6-3 7-5 (6)Philipp Petzschner (GER) d. Karol Beck (SVK) 6-4 6-3 (19)Thiago Alves (BRA) d. Martin Fischer (AUT) 6-2 6-3 Diego Hartfield (ARG) d. Joshua Goodall (GBR) 6-4 6-2 Ryler DeHeart (USA) d. Woong-Sun Jun (KOR) 6-1 6-7(4) 7-5 (8)Jan Hernych (CZE) d. Ricardo Hocevar (BRA) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 Aisam Qureshi (PAK) d. (21)Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6-4 7-6(9) Rui Machado (POR) d. (9)Nicolas Massu (CHI) 6-2 3-6 6-3 (22)Flavio Cipolla (ITA) d. Lukas Lacko (SVK) 2-6 6-4 6-1 (10)Andreas Beck (GER) d. Harel Levy (ISR) 7-6(7) 1-6 6-3 (20)Thierry Ascione (FRA) d. Franco Skugor (CRO) 7-6(5) 6-1 Filip Prpic (SWE) d. Todd Widom (USA) 7-5 6-2 (27)Rik de Voest (RSA) d. Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 4-6 6-3 6-4 (12)Paul Capdeville (CHI) d. Daniel Munoz de la Nava (ESP) 6-4 7-6(5) (25)Jesse Huta Galung (NED) d. K.J. Hippensteel (USA) 6-2 6-1 Ryan Sweeting (USA) d. (13)Kristian Pless (DEN) 6-3 6-4 (23)Kevin Kim (USA) d. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 2-6 6-3 6-2 Alex Kuznetsov (USA) d. Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) 7-6(7) 7-6(5) (17)Pablo Cuevas (URU) d. Nicolas Coutelot (FRA) 6-3 7-5 (15)Gilles Muller (LUX) d. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 7-6(2) 7-5 Tobias Kamke (GER) d. Samuel Groth (AUS) 6-4 7-5 (16)Stephane Bohli (SUI) d. Alexandre Koudriavtsev (RUS) 6-2 6-3 (32)Andrei Goloubev (KAZ) d. Michal Przysiezny (POL) 7-5 2-6 6-4 Qualifying Round (18)Bjorn Phau (GER) d. (WC)Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 4-6 6-4 6-2 Jan Minar (CZE) d. Giovanni Lapentti (ECU) 2-6 7-5 7-6(1) (31)Robert Smeets (AUS) d. Gianluca Naso (ITA) 6-3 7-6(8) (4)Robert Kendrick (USA) d. (24)Simon Stadler (GER) 7-6(5) 6-3 Tomas Zib (CZE) d. (5)Brian Dabul (ARG) 7-6(2) 6-1 (19)Thiago Alves (BRA) d. (6)Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6-3 7-6(0) Ryler DeHeart (USA) d. Diego Hartfield (ARG) 4-6 7-5 7-6(3) (8)Jan Hernych (CZE) d. Aisam Qureshi (PAK) 6-4 6-3 Rui Machado (POR) d. (22)Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 7-6(5) 6-3 (10)Andreas Beck (GER) d. (20)Thierry Ascione (FRA) 7-6(5) 6-1 (27)Rik de Voest (RSA) d. Filip Prpic (SWE) 6-1 6-2 (12)Paul Capdeville (CHI) d. (25)Jesse Huta Galung (NED) 7-5 7-6(0) Ryan Sweeting (USA) d. (23)Kevin Kim (USA) 2-6 6-3 6-2 (17)Pablo Cuevas (URU) d. Alex Kuznetsov (USA) 6-3 4-6 6-4 (15)Gilles Muller (LUX) d. Tobias Kamke (GER) 6-3 4-6 6-2 (16)Stephane Bohli (SUI) d. (32)Andrei Goloubev (KAZ) 6-4 6-3