Groth kicks off US season in Atlanta
Sam Groth will turn his attention to North American hard courts with his appearance at the ATP 250 event in Atlanta.
Melbourne VIC, Australia, 27 July 2015 | tennis.com.au
Sam Groth will turn his attention to North American hard courts with his appearance at the ATP 250 event in Atlanta.
The first event of the US Open Series, the Atlanta tournament features a 32-player draw and his headed by top seed and two-time defending champion John Isner.
Groth takes on American wildcard Francis Tiafoe, a highly-rated junior talent.
Should he win that match, a likely showdown with fifth seed Marcos Baghdatis awaits.
He sits in the bottom half of the draw, anchored by No.2 seed Vasek Pospisil of Canada.
Marinko Matosevic stands one win away from main draw after winning his second-round match in qualifying.
The world No.150, who beat Andrew Carter 6-3 6-2, next faces qualifying top seed Denis Kudla in a battle for a main-draw berth.
> view the Atlanta qualifying draw
In Brazil, Queenslander Ajla Tomljanovic is the second seed at the WTA’s Brasil Tennis Cup in Florianopolis.
The 69th-ranked Tomljanovic takes on qualifier Laura Pous Tio in her first-round match, and has a projected quarterfinal meeting with fifth seed Bethanie Mattek-Sands.