The second round (the round of 64) for everyone kicked off today and we saw Bartholomew Pole, Rodrick Uppatin, and the pair of Carter Kanasaw and Anna Humpford in action for Kohnhead.
Kika Dovan (CEN) 6 6 7
Rodrick Uppatin (KHD) 2 4 5
I mean this is always going to be a very difficult and almost unwinnable matchup for Rodrick Uppatin taking on 20th ranked Kika Dovan who gets the added benefit of playing in front of the home crowd here in Ceni. This is Uppatin's third major and once again he will go out in the round of 64, he has talent sure but he was never going to beat Kika Dovan. His nerves were on full display early on as he lost the first two sets 6-2 and 6-4 and by that point he was down by so much we know a comeback wasn't going to happen. To Uppatin's credit he only lost the third set 7-5 and at least made that set competitive.
Bartholomew Pole (KHD) 6 6 7 6
Davi Malakkar (ACS) 3 7 6 1
Taking on the 139th in the World Davi Malakkar from Acastanha, Pole was the large favorite to advance. He did so however it wasn't the easiest win in four sets, and will be moving on to the third round. Pole took the first set 6-3 but Malakkar battled back to take the long second set 7-6 winning on the tiebreak. The third set would also be highly contested and go to a tiebreak again as Pole won 7-6. This could have been a very different story if Malakkar manages to win both of the tiebreak sets but with a loss in the third set he went down 2-1 and just collapsed and let the floodgates open allowing Pole to take the fourth and final set 6-1. Despite the fact that it's the round of 32, Pole gets another lower ranked opponent this time in Paula Suárez the 182nd ranked player out of Aqual. Suárez is coming off of a dominant 3-0 win against Jason Gordon of Britonisea which shows she is definitely not a pushover. The seeded player Pole could have played in this round, Donat Kis actually went down against Jason Gordon in the first round which is why this is an easier draw.
Anna Humpford/Carter Kanasaw (KHD) 6 7
Margie Brown/Nelly Cooke (GRU) 2 6
The only Kohnhead doubles team in action today was Anna Humpford and Carter Kanasaw who took on a Grearish Union pairing in Margie Brown and Nelly Cooke who we were projected to beat. Humpford and Kanasaw did in fact win taking the first set 6-2 and the second 7-6 in much closer fashion but it got the job done. Kanasaw has never actually made it this far in a tounament and will have a chance to get even futher although it's quite unlikely considering they have a match against the 11th ranked duo in the Xals of Ceni, Elia Xal and Fia Xal. It will definitely be a challenge for these two and an upset would be extraordinary.
Tomorrow we see the rest of the second round of singles with Mindy Waterford, Grady Maccay, and Chad Cilsertin to take the court for us. On the doubles side we get our first season 7 looks at the duo of Marcus Hathwar and Spencer Kohnhead who are still the best mixed double duo to date by far and come in as the 4th seeded duo in the tournament. Riley Dovatin and Melissa Turnface are back following their poor performance at the Diamond Trophy, and the newfound duo of Bradley Kohnface and Erin Maldry look to build off of a great Diamond Trophy.