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Nordic Naturals Challenger Presented by Santa Cruz County Bank

A USTA Pro Circuit Event Seascape Sports Club Aptos, CA Purse: $100,000 ​ Surface: Hard-Outdoor ​

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Nordic Naturals Challenger: Fountain of Youth

Taylor Fritz (USA) and (USA) battled it out in the quarterfinals of the $100,000 Nordic Naturals Challenger presented by Santa Cruz County Bank. Closing it out in straight sets, 19-year-old (USA) reached a career-high ranking of No. 53 last year in August and became the youngest American to reach an ATP final (Memphis) since in 1989. Also, in 2016 he competed in all four events and reached the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Acapulco.

Rewind to the beginning of the day, Alexandra Bublik (KAZ), also known as “Sasha” secured the first set of his match against (USA) in only 19 minutes, and went on to win the match 6-1, 6-4. 20-year-old (KAZ) is very close to breaking the top 100, and will go on to play (AUS) in the semi-finals of the Nordic Naturals Challenger. Directly following this match, (GBR) came through the qualifying rounds to defeat Raymond Sarmiento(USA) in the quarterfinals 6-4,6-4. This was a big match for 23-year-old Liam Broady (GBR) as he enters back into the top 300, and will now go on to play in his first semi-final of 2017 against Taylor Fritz (USA).

Another great match made its way to center court as two Australians battled it out for a spot in the semi-finals. (AUS), 20, who peaked at a career-high ranking of No. 160 in the world this July came up short against Sam Groth (AUS). This match was filled with aggressive serving and powerful groundstrokes by both parties, but Groth came out on top.

Tomorrow look out for some exciting semi-final doubles matches. One of them features 2015 Nordic Naturals doubles champion and this years’ No. 1 seed, Artem Sitak (NZL) who pairs with (NED) to take on Australian duo (AUS) and 23-year-old (AUS), who holds a current singles ranking of 78 in the world.

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NORDIC NATURALS CHALLENGER PRESENTED BY SANTA CRUZ COUNTY BANK - APTOS, CA, USA $100,000 RESULTS - AUGUST 11, 2017 Men's Singles - Quarterfinals [WC] T. Fritz (USA) d [6] T. Sandgren (USA) 75 76(1) [Q] L. Broady (GBR) d R. Sarmiento (USA) 64 64 A. Bublik (KAZ) d [WC] D. Novikov (USA) 61 64 S. Groth (AUS) d A. Santillan (AUS) 75 76(6)

ORDER OF PLAY - SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2017 CENTER COURT start 9:30 am PINK DAY 11:00 am [3] J. Erlich (ISR) / N. Skupski (GBR) vs [LL] R. Bemelmans (BEL) / J. De Loore (BEL) A. Bublik (KAZ) vs S. Groth (AUS) [WC] T. Fritz (USA) vs [Q] L. Broady (GBR) [1] W. Koolhof (NED) / A. Sitak (NZL) vs [4] A. Bolt (AUS) / J. Thompson (AUS)