Kwiatkowski Knocks Out Top Seed At Tiburon Challenger

Thai Son Kwiatkowski (photo: Natalie Kim)

TIBURON/STARNBERG, October 6, 2023

Thai Son Kwiatkowski has reached the quarterfinals of the $80,000 Tiburon Challenger presented by Raymond James Financial. The US-American qualifier upset the tournament’s top seed Alex Michelson from the United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday.

Up next for Kwiatkowski will be Tristan Schookate of Australia.

THURSDAY – RESULTS

Men’s Singles Second Round

[Q] T. Kwiatkowski (USA) d [1] A. Michelsen (USA) 46 64 63T. Schoolkate (AUS) d [7] R. Peniston (GBR) 63 64B. Tomic (AUS) d M. Lajal (EST) 76(1) 63A. Walton (AUS) d [WC] L. Tien (USA) 62 64

Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals

[1] W. Blumberg (USA) / L. Martinez (VEN) d A. Lawson (USA) / C. Puttergill (AUS) 64 64[2] L. Johnson (GBR) / S. Mansouri (TUN) d R. Gonzales (PHI) / N. Moreno De Alboran (USA) 75 63[WC] P. Kypson (USA) / E. Quinn (USA) d E. King (USA) / M. Krueger (USA) 46 76(1) 13-11G. Goldhoff (USA) / A. Perez (USA) d M. Kiger (USA) / B. Sigouin (CAN) 64 76(3)

FRIDAY – ORDER OF PLAY 

GROSSMAN-KENNEDY STADIUM start 11 a. m.B. Tomic (AUS) vs A. Walton (AUS) [1] W. Blumberg (USA) / L. Martinez (VEN) vs [WC] P. Kypson (USA) / E. Quinn (USA) Not Before 2 p.m.[Q] T. Kwiatkowski (USA) vs T. Schoolkate (AUS) [Q] N. Basavareddy (USA) vs [3] Z. Svajda (USA)

Court 1 start 1 p.m.

G. Goldhoff (USA) / A. Perez (USA) vs [2] L. Johnson (GBR) / S. Mansouri (TUN) [5] A. Galarneau (CAN) vs A. Ritschard (SUI)