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January
28, 2007
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Teimuraz
Gabashvili of Russia beat two-time Delray Beach winner
Jan-Michael Gambill in the opening match of Gambill's return
to the ATP Tour.
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 Delray
Beach, FL (January 28,
2007)—Former
two-time singles champion Jan-Michael Gambill was eliminated from the
main draw of the Delray Beach ITC as the qualifying tournament ended and the
main draw 16-player playoff began at the Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis Center
Sunday.
Jesse Levine of Boca Raton, FL led four
qualifiers who earned spots in the playoff along with former national junior
champion Scoville Jenkins of Atlanta, Sergiy Stakhovsky of the
Ukraine and Dusan Vemic of Serbia
Gambill, the 2001 and 2003 Delray Beach
champion who was returning to ATP play after a year layoff, went down to
Russia’s Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-6(4), 6-4. "I can't thank Mark Baron
enough for giving me the opportunity to play this event. You never really
deserve anything and I don't expect anything. Unfortunately I didn't win but I
gave it my all and I had fun." In the other playoff match Sunday, Romania’s
Andrei Pavel won 6-3, 1-0 when Ilia Bozoljac of
Serbia retired with a stomach ailment. Both Gabashvili and Pavel advanced to the main draw’s round robin competition, which begins Monday, along
with remaining playoff matches.
Boca Raton’s Vince Spadea, who is
making his 10th
appearance in this tournament, will play Germany’s Simon Greul in round
robin play in Monday’s 7:00 pm feature match, followed by another round robin
match between Germany’s Benjamin Becker and American Kevin Kim.
Ticket packages to the 2007 event are now on sale and can be
purchased by calling 561-330-6000. The Reserved Series
package for all tournament sessions is $250 while the
Weekender package—including the quarterfinals, semifinals
and finals—is $200. Box seat packages range from $980 for
two seats to $2,200 for four seats.
For more
information on the 15th annual tournament and its ancillary
events, visit
www.YellowTennisBall.com. |
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