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Denis Kudla in Australian Open debut pushes Germany’s Tommy Haas to 3 sets

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Arlington, Virginia teen, Denis Kudla, 19, playing his first Australian Open Tennis pushes veteran Tommy Haas to three sets. Kudla is currently ranked 276 in the world in men’s singles tennis. Kudla, right handed, 5’11” and 165 lbs, trained at the Junior Champions Tennis Center in College Park, MD.

Kudla lost the first set in a tie break, but won the second set, 6-3. Haas won the third set at love, and the deciding set, 7-5.

Haas, 34, is a 16 year veteran of the ATP tour. He hits right handed and at 6’2” and 185 lbs, can still intimidate opponents. In 2002 he was ranked number 2 in the world. Slowly winding down his career, he is currently ranked at 190. He has won more than $10 million in career prize money.

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Denis Kudla of the United States celebrates in his round one match against Tommy Haas of Germany during day one of the 2012 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 16, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
Denis Kudla of the United States celebrates in his round one match against Tommy Haas of Germany during day one of the 2012 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 16, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
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Joe Hight, a tennis journalist, has covered the Legg Mason tournament in DC, Hall of Fame Tennis in Newport, RI, Davis Cup, and Fed Cup. Joe has written on tennis for tennisserver.com, the Chronicle Newspapers, and for a tennis newsletter for Annandale Sport & Health tennis. He is founder of the...

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