Novikov, Fratangelo Reach ATP Newport Quarterfinals; Adams Beats Top Seed Saville in Champaign Futures; Stockton $60K Kicks Off Women's US Open Wild Card Challenge; Ewing Ousts Top Seed in Austria Grade 1

Two Americans reached their first ATP quarterfinal today at the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open in Newport Rhode Island.  2011 French Open boys champion Bjorn Fratangelo is generally considered a bigger threat on clay than on other surfaces, but he has won two matches on the grass this week, beating No. 8 seed Illya Marchenko of Ukraine 7-6(2), 1-6, 6-4 in the opening round and today advancing to his first AT quarterfinal with a 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-1 over Akira Santillan of Australia, last week's Winnetka Challenger champion.  Santillan had played for Australian as a junior, then changed to Japan, and, as of this week, is back with Australia.   Fratangelo will face No. 4 seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert of France in the quarterfinals.

2012 Kalamazoo champion Dennis Novikov has recorded two straight-sets wins this week to reach his first ATP final, beating Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland 6-1, 6-3 in the first round and qualifier Frank Dancevic of Canada 6-3, 6-2 in today's second round.  Former UCLA star Novikov will face top seed John Isner in the quarterfinals.

At the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Champaign Illinois, former Texas A&M standout Harrison Adams, a qualifier, took out top seed Luke Saville of Australia 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 to advance to a Futures quarterfinal for the third time.  Rising sophomores Brandon Holt(USC) and Zeke Clark(Illinois), both of whom received wild cards, also have advanced to the quarterfinals. Recent Valparaiso graduate Jeffrey Schorsch, a qualifier, picked up his first ATP point yesterday and advanced to the quarterfinals with a 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 win over No. 7 seed Dennis Nevolo today.

The women's event this week on the USTA Pro Circuit is a $60,000 tournament in Stockton California, which is the first tournament in the US Open wild card challenge for the women.  The men's wild card race began last week in Winnetka, with Tommy Paul currently in the lead, and extends an extra week past the women's event, with tournaments the week of August 7 counting for the men.  

In Stockton, Kristie Ahn is the top seed, with Jamie Loeb seeded No. 2. Caroline Dolehide and Amanda Anisimova have advanced to the second round, with Dolehide meeting Loeb Thursday and Anisimova facing No. 6 seed Grace Min.  Wild card Ashley Kratzer, No. 4 seed Sonya Kenin, No. 7 seed Usue Arconada, Francesca Di Lorenzo and China's Shilin Xu are other teenagers who have moved into the second round.

The ATP Challenger in Gatineau, a $75,000 tournament, has attracted several Americans, with Alex Sarkissian, Marcos Giron, Sekou Bangoura and recent Virginia graduate JC Aragone still alive.  A $25,000 ITF Women's Pro Circuit tournament is also being played this week in Gatineau, with Danielle Lao, the No. 2 seed, the only American still remaining in the singles draw.

Three Americans are through to the third round of the ITF Grade 1 this week in Austria.  No. 7 seed Andrew Fenty and unseeded Tomas Kopczynski are in the final 16 of the boys draw, while unseeded Salma Ewing defeated top seed Viktoria Morvayova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-3 today to advance.