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Brzezicki leads field of familiar names

Get ready, here is the entry list. Full of familiar names of the past. Keep in mind, as in the past... the draw will change from this list with at least a few additions and subtractions.  Wild cards have been very fruitful in the past, and no reason to think otherwise this year.

Main Draw Entrants

Name

Country

Rank

Name

Country

Rank

1

Juan Pablo

Brzezicki

ARG

105

12

Dusan

Vemic

SRB

232

2

Bobby

Reynolds

USA

133

13

Richard

Bloomfield

GBR

234

3

Kevin

Kim

USA

143

14

Lukas

Rosol

CZE

235

4

Noam

Okun

ISR

153

15

Jesse

Witten

USA

244

5

Nathan

Healey

AUS

166

16

Jamie

Baker

GRB

246

6

Bruno

Echagaray

MEX

167

17

Alex Jr.,

Bogomolov

USA

259

7

David

Guez

FRA

169

18

Scott

Oudsema

USA

267

8

Ilia

Bozoljac

SRB

171

19

Marco

Crugnola

ITA

274

9

Rajeev

Ram

USA

185

20

Brendan

Evans

USA

280

10

Sam

Warburg

USA

194

21

Kyu Tae

Im

KOR

285

11

Sweeting

Ryan

USA

230

22

Nick

Lindahl

AUT

286

Player Highlights:

Top of the list Brzezicki- Tough name to get out there, but you should recognize it. He made the 3rd round of the French this year and has had great success on the Challenger circuit this year. He's been around a while, redefining the "slow and steady improvement". You look at his rankings chart, and it is slow and steady moving in the right direction. Based on his Challenger results this year, he'll be taking some good shots at the next level.

Bobby Reynolds Been here before, but still a good American name. Top collegiate in 2003; qualified and reached 3rd round of '05 Australian Open; reached career best ranking at 92 in Dec '05. Binghamton participant in '04 and '05 (SF).

Our defending champ, Scott Oudsema, is returning. Scott hasn't done much impressive since last August here at Rec Park.

Other usual suspects include Kim, Ram, Vemic, Witten, Bogo. We also have some favorites, like Nathan Healey (recall his qualifying run to the SFs a couple of years ago), former Champ Noam Okun, Sam Warburg, Richard Bloomfield and Jamie Baker. Ryan Sweeting joins us, one of the promising youth in the last few years who won the US Open juniors in '05.

Alternates

Name Country Rank

Name Country Rank

1. Capkovic, Kamil SVK 302

22. Biasella, Adriano ITA 484

2. Stoppini, Andrea ITA 304

23. Jones, Greg AUS 495

3. Anderson, Kevin RSA 310

24. Wolmarans, Fritz RSA 511

4. Wilson, Brian USA 317

25. Stolt, Phil USA 516

5. Simmonds, Philip USA 322

26. Ghedin, Riccardo ITA 545

6. Ianni, Stefano ITA 327

27. Jorquera, Manuel ITA 554

7. Monroe, Nicholas USA 333

28. Bourgeois, Luke AUS 566

8. Jenkins, Scoville USA 334

29. Thompson, Nathan USA 580

9. Niland, Connor IRL 339

30. Marx, Philipp GER 582

10. Jun, Woong-Sun KOR 342

31 Novak, David CZE 586

11. Rhenquist, Bjorn SWE 352

32. Skugor,Franko CRO 589

12. Rastogi, Karan IND 363

33. Hasek, Jakub CZE 602

13. Ebelthite, Colin AUS 380

34. Sipaeya, Sunil Kumar IND 624

14. Mamiit, Cecil PHI 381

35. Colangelo, Fabio ITA 628

15. Terachi, Takahiro JPN 383

36. Statham, Jose (Rubin) NZL 662

16. Marcaccio, Gustavo ARG 407

37. Popovic, Petar FRA 664

17. Van der Merwe, Izak RSA 412

38. Elizondo, Juan-Manuel MEX 787

18. King, Phillip USA 413

39. Motti, Alessandro ITA1507

19. De Heart, Ryler USA 416

40. Ratiwatana, Sanchai THA 1507

20. Kryvonos, Nikita USA 438

41. Thomas, Kiantki USA 1507

21. Levene, Jesse USA 440

42. Kaneko, Hijiri JPN

Alternate interest includes Kryvonos, a New Yorker; and Jones, a junior Grand Slam finalist this year doing very well on the junior big stage this year.