COLLEGE STATION – Former Texas A&M men's tennis All-American Austin Krajicek is set to compete in both the singles and doubles draw at the US Open Championship held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York starting Monday morning .
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The left-hander will face off against Santiago Giraldo of Columbia Tuesday, match times for Tuesday's matches will be posted by Monday afternoon. Krajicek and his doubles partner, fellow American Nicholas Monroe, are set to face Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea in the doubles draw
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Krajicek enters the major ranked 117 on the ATP World Tour rankings, just four places off his career high of 113 set two weeks ago. The 25-year old sits at 67 in doubles, just six places of his career high set in April of this year. In doubles action, Krajicek has picked up at least one win in each of the last four tournaments he has competed in, all four were played alongside Monroe.
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Three weeks ago Krajicek raced to the finals of the Comerica Bank Challenge, falling to John Millman in three sets. The lefty dispatched of Bjorn Fratangelo, Malek Jaziri, Mischa Zverev and Dennis Novikov en route to the championship match appearance.
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The Bradenton, Florida native featured in the maroon and white from 2008 through 2011, completing his career atop the doubles dual victories charts for A&M and sixth in singles wins.
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For complete information on the US Open visit USOpen.org. To follow Texas A&M Tennis log on to 12thMan.com or follow @AggieMTen on twitter.
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The left-hander will face off against Santiago Giraldo of Columbia Tuesday, match times for Tuesday's matches will be posted by Monday afternoon. Krajicek and his doubles partner, fellow American Nicholas Monroe, are set to face Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea in the doubles draw
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Krajicek enters the major ranked 117 on the ATP World Tour rankings, just four places off his career high of 113 set two weeks ago. The 25-year old sits at 67 in doubles, just six places of his career high set in April of this year. In doubles action, Krajicek has picked up at least one win in each of the last four tournaments he has competed in, all four were played alongside Monroe.
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Three weeks ago Krajicek raced to the finals of the Comerica Bank Challenge, falling to John Millman in three sets. The lefty dispatched of Bjorn Fratangelo, Malek Jaziri, Mischa Zverev and Dennis Novikov en route to the championship match appearance.
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The Bradenton, Florida native featured in the maroon and white from 2008 through 2011, completing his career atop the doubles dual victories charts for A&M and sixth in singles wins.
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For complete information on the US Open visit USOpen.org. To follow Texas A&M Tennis log on to 12thMan.com or follow @AggieMTen on twitter.