Gage Brymer Survives Luca Corinteli @asicseasterbowl 18s
Gage Brymer Survives Luca Corinteli at 46th Annual ASICS Easter Bowl
Gage Brymer (Photo: Dave Kenas)
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (April 14, 2013) – Just because he won four of his six ASICS Easter Bowl matches after dropping the first set and five total three-setters, doesn’t mean that Gage Brymer enjoys playing in them.
“No, I don’t really like them,” was Brymer’s response to a question posed by USTA First Vice President Katrina Adams, who was handling Tennis Channel on-court commentating duties following the unseeded Brymer’s 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, win over Luca Corinteli in the Boy’s 18s ITF singles final on the final day of the 46th annual event that took place for the first time at the Sunrise Country Club.
Adams called Brymer the “Marathon Man”, who later added in his post-match media interviews: “I wish I could get it done it two sets every match. It’s been quite a week, quite a grind.”
For the third straight year the boys’ 18s ITF singles was won by a UCLA Bruin recruit as Marcos Giron (2011), Mackenzie McDonald (2012) and now Brymer have captured the coveted title. It’s a junior title their coach Billy Martin, who many regard as one of the best junior players of all-time, never won.
“I don’t think it’s that I’m getting warmed up because I feel good when I go on the court and I’m hitting good,” Brymer said. “I think the other guy just really comes out pumped up and it takes a little bit of time to get into the match. It’s funny because this is the first tournament where it’s been the case. It’s not that I’m known for losing the first set. It’s just been this week. It’s not too disheartening now when I lose the first set because I know I can come back.
“I can’t put my finger on it. I guess it’s a good thing because I’ll never count myself out in the second set.”
Corinteli, the No. 3 seeded player from Alexandria, Va., who trains at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Md., played a solid first set and used his big serve to take the early lead. “Maybe I thought in my head I really wouldn’t face any adversity and that it’s kind of going to go as smooth as it has the first set and a half,” he said. “But tennis is never like that and this has happened to me before. A couple of times you pass by it and think you’ve overcome it and then it happens again. You never really know what to expect in this sport because I was in cruise control and then a couple different points go his way and it’s a different match.”
Brymer also won the ASICS Easter Bowl in 2011 in the boys’ 16s. “I don’t like getting second place,” he said. “I feel like once I get to the final I’m there to win it. A couple of weeks ago at the Claremont ITF I got second and that was my first second in a while. I really can’t remember the last time I got second place. I just hate it. I can’t stand going all that way and losing.”
Brymer said he got a little nervous up 5-0 and then 5-1 in the final set. “It’s definitely an incredibly tough place to be up 5-0, 5-1, 5-2. Some people say, you’re up by so much and you’ve got nothing to lose and you’ve got nothing to be worried about, but I don’t think that’s the case at all. It’s much harder to get up 5-0 and close it out then to get up 5-0.
Brymer doesn’t have much time to rest before he returns to play for his high school team, University High in Irvine, on Tuesday. Then it’s off to play the 113th Ojai Valley Championships Boys’ CIF Interscholastic division April 25-28. This year, Brymer is trying to be the first player since Bobby Riggs to win three straight high school titles at The Ojai since Bobby Riggs did it from 1934-36 playing for Franklin High School in Los Angeles.
Two 14-year-olds battled for the Girls’ 16s singles title as last year’s ASICS Easter Bowl finalist CiCi Bellis, the No. 8-seeded player from Atherton, Calif., defeated No. 7 Caroline Dolehide of Hinsdale, Ill., 6-4, 6-1.
“I thought about it a little bit before the match,” Bellis said of her finals loss last year. “It was pretty disappointing. I didn’t want to think about that before the match.”
Dolehide got down two breaks early in the match, but was able to come back and had game point at 4-all before Bellis was able close out the first set, 6-4.
“I missed a little bit too much to stay in the match,” Dolehide said. “I didn’t feel tired but I felt like I had to pick it up to stay with her. All her balls were going pretty deep.”
Dolehide said she wasn’t nervous playing in the final, just “excited.”
Dolehide later teamed with partner Brienne Minor to win the gold ball in doubles to go along with her singles silver as the pair beat Emma Higuchi and Rebecca Weissmann, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
In the Boys’ 16s final, top-seeded Sameer Kumar of Carmel, Ind., won his second straight USTA Supernational with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Kalman Boyd of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
“I just couldn’t hang with him,” Boyd said. “He was so fresh and mentally tough and I just got too tired after every point. I was just dead and trying to recover. I never played on Stadium and I never played in front of a crowd all week. So I think that was a factor. I’m already looking forward to my next tournament.”
Kumar said he and his coach actually hit on Stadium court late Saturday night just to get a feel for it. “We wanted to see how the conditions were,” said Kumar, who won the 16s Winternationals to start the year. “Today was tough, but obviously the scoreline doesn’t seem so. I played very well today.”
Not even paired together until the day before the tournament, Jordi Arconada and Spencer Papa beat JC Aragone and Mackenzie McDonald, 6-1, 7-5 to win the Boys’ 18s doubles.
Weekend ASICS Easter Bowl sightings: USTA First Vice President Katrina Adams, USTA Director of Coaching Jose Higueras and former Wimbledon quarterfinalist Kathy May Fritz.
The 18s singles draws can be found here: http://tennislink.usta.com/Tournaments/TournamentHome/Tournament.aspx?T=122977
For 16s and 14s go to TennisLink here:
http://tennislink.usta.com/Tournaments/TournamentHome/Tournament.aspx?T=122896
To keep up with all the ASICS Easter Bowl news, visit the website at http://www.easterbowl.com and check out the tournament on Facebook (www.facebook.com/EasterBowl) and Twitter (@easterbowl). For more information on ASICS, check out: http://www.ASICSAmerica.com and follow on Twitter @ASICSAmerica.
Sunday’s Scores
Boys’ 18s Singles (Final)
Gage Brymer, Irvine, CA def. Luca Corinteli (3), Alexandria, VA 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Boys’ 18s Doubles (Final)
Jordi Arconada / Spencer Papa (2) def. JC Aragone / M. Mackenzie. McDonald (4) 6-1, 7-5
Boys’ 16s Singles (Final)
Kalman Boyd (17), Rancho Santa Fe, CA def. Sameer Kumar (1), Carmel, IN 6-0, 6-0
Boys’ 16 Singles (Playoff)
Taylor Fritz (3) Rancho Santa Fe, CA def. Emil Reinberg (17) Atlanta, GA 6-3, 6-4
Girls’ 16s Singles (Final)
Catherine Bellis (8), Atherton, CA def. Caroline Dolehide (7), Hinsdale, IL 6-4, 6-1
Girls’ 16 Singles (Playoff)
Emma Higuchi (4) Los Angeles, CA def. Hanna Chang Fontana, CA 6-4; 6-4
Girls’ 16 Doubles (Final)
Caroline Dolehide / Brienne Minor (1) def. Emma Higuchi / Rebecca Weissmann (3) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Girls’ 16 Doubles (Playoff)
Jessie Aney / Alexis Nelson (6) def. Jada Hart / Stephanie Hazell 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
—S. Pratt
Mackenzie McDonald Attempts to Become First Repeat @EasterBowl Champ in 41 Years
Mackenzie McDonald (Photo: Bob Kenas)
MCDONALD ATTEMPTS TO BE 1ST REPEAT WINNER OF ASICS EASTER BOWL SINCE 1971-72
UCLA Recruit Will Face Strong Field In Boys’ 18s; New Venue Highlights
Year of Change for Iconic USTA Junior Spring Nationals Starting Sunday
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (April 6, 2013) – UCLA recruit Mackenzie McDonald will attempt to become the first boys’ 18s back-to-back winner since Grey King in 1971-72 as the 46th annual ASICS Easter Bowl, the nation’s elite junior tennis tournament, begins on Sunday.
The ASICS Easter Bowl will be played for the first time at the Sunrise Country Club just down the road from its former home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The ASICS Easter Bowl is a USTA National Spring Championships in boys’ and girls’ 14s and 16s and an International Tennis Federation Grade 1 level tournament in the 18s.
McDonald is also attempting to become a three-time winner of the event, having previously won the boys’ 14s in 2009. In recent years, Donald Young did the same, winning the 14s and then the boys’ 18s twice in 2004 and 2006. In 2005, US Davis Cup player Sam Querrey took home the 18s title.
In last year’s 18s final, McDonald defeated Alexios Halebian in straight sets. On the girls’ side, ITF world No. 1 junior Taylor Townsend took home the singles title in the 18s.
Once again this year, the winner of the boys’ and girls’ 18s this year will receive a wild card into the main draw at the US Open Juniors and a USTA Pro Circuit Futures event.
ASICS America is a popular athletic footwear, apparel and accessories company headquartered in Irvine, Calif., ASICS has made a huge leap with its involvement into tennis by offering award-winning tennis footwear and apparel, launching a collection of tennis rackets, and sponsoring some of the top professional tennis athletes in the world such as WTA former No. 1 Samantha Stosur of Australia. The U.S. ASICS tennis team features former Easter Bowl standouts Steve Johnson and Irina Falconi, both currently making huge waves on the national and international stages.
Laurel Springs School, an accredited, online private school, has signed on as a major sponsor of the event and like ASICS will be on-site all week during the tournament. On Monday night, Laurel Springs will host an informational gathering and Coaches Seminar as Laurel Springs School founder Marilyn Mosley Gordanier will be on hand to answer questions and share information about Laurel Springs. The event begins at 5 p.m. at the Sunrise Country Club. Coaching legends Larry Stefanki (John McEnroe, Marcelo Rios and Andy Roddick) and USC men’s coach Peter Smith will entertain questions. More than 60 Easter Bowl players attend Laurel Springs.
Here are the top three seeded players in each division:
Boys’ 18s: Noah Rubin (Rockville Centre, N.Y.); Stefan Kozlov (Pembroke Pines, Fla.); Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont, Calif.)
Girls’ 18s: Jamie Loeb (Ossing, N.Y.); Louisa Chirico (Westchester, N.Y.), Marika Akkerman (Toronto, Canada)
Boys’ 16s: Sameer Kumar (Carmel, Ind.); Kyle Seelig (Hatfield, Pa.); Taylor Fritz (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.)
Girls’ 16s: Francesca Dilorenzo (New Albany, Ohio); Ena Shibahara (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.); Meredith Xepoleas (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Boys’ 14s: John McNally (Cincinnati); Connor Hance (Torrance, Calif.); Zeke Clark (Tulsa, Okla.)
Girls’ 14s: Claire Liu (Thousand Oaks, Calif.); Kelly Chen (Cerritos, Calif.); Jaeda Daniel (Port Charlotte, Fla.).
Another significant change at this year’s ASICS Easter Bowl is that Lornie Kuhle has taken over as tournament chairman, seeking to continue a tradition started in 1968 by New Yorker and tournament founder Seena Hamilton.
First played in 1968, the ASICS Easter Bowl has been noted not only for the hospitality given to players and parents, but for its far-reaching media exposure and for keeping all the game’s important issues in public view.
Sponsors include ASICS America, Laurel Springs School, Advantage Tennis Academy and the Southern California Tennis Association.
The 18s ITF page for the 2013 event can be found here: http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100028051
For 16s and 14s go to TennisLink here:
http://tennislink.usta.com/Tournaments/TournamentHome/Tournament.aspx?T=122896
To keep up with all the ASICS Easter Bowl news, visit the website at http://www.easterbowl.com and check out the tournament on Facebook (www.facebook.com/EasterBowl) and Twitter (@easterbowl). For real deal coverage, follow @zootennis!
—S. Pratt
Qualifier Yee Surprises, Tiafoe-Kozlov Showdown Set @USTA_ISC Spring Championships
Kimmie Yee
Photo: Cynthia Lum/USTA
Qualifier Yee Turns Tables On Porter
At USTA International Spring Championships
Tiafoe, Kozlov Headed for Showdown
CARSON, Calif., (Friday, April 5, 2013) – Getting stronger and stronger as each round progresses, Las Vegas qualifier Kimberly Yee won her seventh match in seven days on Friday, exacting some revenge against Dallas’ Peggy Porter in convincing fashion, 6-1, 6-2, to advance to the girls’ 18s semifinals at the USTA International Spring Championships being played at the Home Depot Center.
Just last week, Yee fell to Porter in the quarterfinals of the Claremont ITF. “I just felt more confident today, I was the attacker,” said Yee, 16. “She was making a few more errors but it was because I was forcing them.”
Yee feels fortunate just to be alive in the tournament as she has won two third-set tiebreaks, including one in the quarterfinals on Thursday where she faced a match point, and in her second-round qualifying match last Sunday when she overcame two match points. Later that day she qualified for the main draw with a straight-set win before a much needed day of rest on Monday.
Yee will next face No. 5 seeded Jamie Loeb of Ossining, N.Y., who needed nearly three hours to defeat No. 2-seeded Victoria Rodriguez of Weston, Fla., 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
In the other 18s semifinal, top-seeded Christina Makarova will face unseeded Mayo Hibi of Irvine, as both were easy straight-set winners on Friday.
In the boys’ 18s, two 16-year-olds and a pair of 15-year-olds all won big matches Friday to make the Final Four weekend. Henrik Wiersholm, 16, of Kirkland, Wash., upset top-seeded top Noah Rubin of Rockville Centre, N.Y., 6-4, 6-3. Just like Yee’s revenge win, the same was true for Wiersholm, who fell to Rubin in their only other meeting at the ITF Pan American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., last fall.
“The ’97 and ’98s (years born) are coming through here,” Wiersholm said. “We all train together and push each other a lot so when we come to big events like this it really shows.”
Wiersholm is a former winner of Les Petits As, a prestigious Under-14 event played in France, and he’s joined in the semifinals by another former Les Petits As victor, 15-year-old Francis Tiaofe of College Park, Md.
Tiafoe, the No. 14 seed who is No. 114 in the ITF world rankings, won his second consecutive third-set tiebreak match, and said afterward that he doesn’t fear anyone in the draw, including his semifinal opponent, fellow 15-year-old Stefan Kozlov.
“He’s considered the best from ’98 in the U.S., and I put myself at No. 2,” Tiafoe said of Kozlov. “He’s an unbelievable player, Top 15 in the world. I’ve never been able to beat him and he’s gotten the better of me the three or four times we’ve played.”
Tiafoe said his confidence level is at an all-time high. “I know I can beat anyone in the draw,” he said. “You can never be too confident. Every match I play I believe I can win.”
In the girls’ 16s final, 12-year-old Claire Liu of Thousand Oaks will face No. 13-seeded Ena Shibahara of Rancho Palos Verdes. It’s a home match for Liu, a seventh-grader who trains three days a week at the Carson site which is the home for the USTA Training Center West. Shibahara beat No. 12-seeded Samantha Martinelli of Denver, Colo., 6-2, 6-1.
In the boys’ 16s final, No. 7-seeded Catalin Mateas of Braintree, Mass., will face No. 4-seeded Jake Devine of Boca Raton, Fla.
For a complete run down of Friday’s scores and updated draws, log onto the website at www.usta.com/isc.
Boys’ 18 Singles (Quarterfinals)
Stefan Kozlov (2), Pembroke Pines, FL def. Spencer Papa (6), Edmond, OK 6-2, 6-2
Naoki Nakagawa (4), Japan def. Alexander Zverev (11), Wesley Chapel, FL 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Henrik Wiersholm, Kirkland, WA def. Noah Rubin (1), Rockville Centre, NY 6-4, 6-3
Francis Tiafoe (14), College Park, MD def. Daniel Kerznerman (10), Brooklyn, NY 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)
Boys’ 18 Doubles (Semifinals)
Tommy Mylnikov / Naoki Nakagawa (2) def. Walker Duncan / John Mee 6-2, 6-2
Spencer Papa / Alexander Zverev (3) def. Luca Corinteli / Martin Redlicki (1) 3-6, 6-4, 10-4
Girls’ 18 Singles (Quarterfinals)
Christina Makarova (1), San Diego, CA def. Madison Bourguignon (8), Boynton Beach, FL 6-3, 6-2
Mayo Hibi, Irvine, CA def. Alejandra Cisneros Gomez (3), Mexico 6-1, 6-1
Kimberly Yee, Las Vegas, NV def. Peggy Porter, Dallas, TX 6-1, 6-2
Jamie Loeb (5), Ossining, NY def. Victoria Rodriguez (2), Weston, FL 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Girls’ 18 Doubles (Semifinals)
Mayo Hibi / Denise Starr (7) def. Alejandra Cisneros Gomez / Victoria Rodriguez (1) 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
Jamie Loeb / Maegan Manasse def. Brooke Austin / Kimberly Yee 6-2, 6-1
Boys’ 16 Singles (Semifinals)
Catalin Mateas (7), Braintree, MA def. Kalman Boyd, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 7-6(3), 6-1
Jake Devine (4), Boca Raton, FL def. Kyle Seelig (12), Hatfield, PA 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-1
Boys’ 16 Doubles (Semifinals)
Chase Colton / Kyle Seelig (5) def. Grayson Broadus / Jean Thirouin (2) 6-2, 6-4
Taylor Fritz / Daniel Gealer (8) def. Emil Reinberg / Brian Tsao (6) 6-3, 2-6, 10-8
Girls’ 16 Singles (Semifinals)
Claire Liu, Thousand Oaks, CA def. Caroline Dolehide (14), Hinsdale, IL 7-5, 6-0
Ena Shibahara (13), Rancho Palos Verdes, CA def. Samantha Martinelli (12), Denver, CO 6-2, 6-1
Girls’ 16 Doubles (Semifinals)
Caroline Dolehide / Alexis Nelson (8) def. Madison Appel / Rebecca Weissmann (1) 6-1, 6-3
Ena Shibahara / Savannah Slaysman def. Paulina Ferrari / Jada Hart (6) 6-1, 6-2
—S. Pratt
Loeb, Tiafoe Advance @USTA_ISC Spring National Championships
Tight Matches Rule the Day At
USTA International Spring Championships
CARSON, Calif., (Thursday, April 4, 2013) – It’s safe to say that if you make it to Friday of the USTA International Spring Championships you are considered one of the best junior tennis players in the world.
Sixteen was cut to eight in the boys’ and girls’ 18s division on Thursday as some very close three-set matches highlighted the day of play at the Home Depot Center on Thursday.
In one of the straight-set matches, Jamie Loeb, the No. 5 seeded player from Ossining, N.Y., used her experience to defeat 14-year-old Maria Shishkina, the No. 11 seed from Bradenton, Fla., 6-3, 6-4.
The 18-year-old Loeb is headed to the University of North Carolina on a full-ride tennis scholarship in the fall, but first would like to use her positive results in Carson and possibly next week at the Easter Bowl to qualify for the main draw of the junior French Open, Wimbledon and US Open over the next five months.
“I’m going to try and get into all the remaining junior Grand Slams,” said Loeb, who trains at the John McEnroe Academy on Randall’s Island in New York. “I really haven’t thought much about it, that this is it for my junior career; my last Carson and Easter Bowl. But, you know, it’s time to move on.”
Frances Tiafoe
Moving on is what 15-year-old Francis Tiafoe, the No. 14 seed from College Park, Md., did taking out No. 3 seeded Mackenzie McDonald of Piedmont, Calif., 7-6 (4), 1-6, 7-6 (3) in two hours and 26 minutes in one of the day’s most competitive matches.
Similarly, Las Vegas qualifier Kimberly Yee pulled out a nearly three-hour marathon, also needing a three-set tiebreak to down Nicole Frenkel of Winchester, Mass., 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (6).
“I couldn’t just keep it in and get it back because I knew she would put away everything if I did,” said Yee, who battled a mid-afternoon wind. “It can get windy in Las Vegas so I’m used to it.”
With his grandmother loyally watching him all week, No. 6-seeded Spencer Papa of Edmond, Okla., beat Tommy Mylnikov, the No. 9 seed from Bradenton, Fla., 7-5, 6-4, to advance to the quarterfinals on Friday.
He next meets friend and USTA National Training partner for the past two years Stefan Kozlov, the No. 2 seed.
“It’s always nice to have someone in your family at your matches,” said Papa, whose father’s family is from nearby Orange County. His grandmother Sharon Tisdale Papa resides in Laguna Niguel.
Papa, 17, is a junior in school, but still has no plans for college. “I’ve always wanted to turn pro,” he said. “I have no idea where I’d go if I had to decide tomorrow.”
Loeb later teamed with Maegan Manasse of Redondo Beach to make the semifinals of the doubles with a straight-set win over Usue Arconada and Jessica Cortes, 6-4, 6-3.
Manasse’s singles run ended earlier in the day as she fell to Dallas’ Peggy Porter, 6-1, 6-2.
In the biggest upset of the day in the boys’ 16s, top-seeded William Blumberg of Greenwich, Conn., fell to No. 7 Catalin Mateas of Braintree, Mass., 6-4, 6-2.
For a complete run down of Thursday’s scores and updated draws, log onto the website at www.usta.com/isc.
Boys’ 18 Singles (Round of 16)
Naoki Nakagawa (4), Japan def. AJ Catanzariti, Pittsburgh, PA 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Francis Tiafoe (14), College Park, MD def. Mackenzie McDonald (3), Piedmont, CA 7-6(4), 1-6, 7-6(3)
Spencer Papa (6), Edmond, OK def. Tommy Mylnikov (9), Bradenton, FL 7-5, 6-4
Stefan Kozlov (2), Pembroke Pines, FL def. Alex Rybakov, Coral Springs, FL 6-1, 7-5
Henrik Wiersholm, Kirkland, WA def. Ciro Riccardi, Los Angeles, CA 6-0, 6-3
Daniel Kerznerman (10), Brooklyn, NY def. Grant Solomon, Dallas, TX 6-1, 6-0
Alexander Zverev (11), Wesley Chapel, FL def. Andres Alfonso, Paredes, Venezuela, 6-0, 6-2
Noah Rubin (1), Rockville Centre, NY def. JC Aragone, Yorba Linda, CA 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Boys’ 18 Doubles (Quarterfinals)
Luca Corinteli / Martin Redlicki (1) def. Justin Butsch / Lucas Gomez (6) 7-5, 7-6(6)
Spencer Papa / Alexander Zverev (3) def. JC Aragone / Mackenzie. McDonald (5) 6-2, 6-0
Walker Duncan / John Mee def. Michael Mmoh / Francis Tiafoe (4) 2-6, 7-6(4), 10-7
Tommy Mylnikov / naoki nakagawa (2) def. Jordi Arconada / Tommy Paul 6-4, 7-5
Girls’ 18 Singles (Round of 16)
Jamie Loeb (5), Ossining, NY def. Maria Shishkina (11), Bradenton, FL 6-3, 6-4
Victoria Rodriguez (2), Weston, FL def. Adeliya Zabirova, Pembroke Pines, FL 7-5, 6-1
Madison Bourguignon (8), Boynton Beach, FL def. Ellie Halbauer (12), Daniel Island, SC 6-4, 3-0 Ret.
Peggy Porter, Dallas, TX def. Maegan Manasse, Redondo Beach, CA 6-1, 6-2
Kimberly Yee, Las Vegas, NV def. Nicole Frenkel, Winchester, MA 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(6)
Mayo Hibi, Irvine, CA def. Spencer Liang, Potomac, MD 6-2, 6-4
Alejandra Cisneros Gomez (3), Mexico def. Ellyse Hamlin, Fairfield, CT 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
Christina Makarova (1), San Diego, CA def. Ines Vias, Germantown, MD 6-0, 6-4
Girls’ 18 Doubles (Quarterfinals)
Brooke Austin / Kimberly Yee def. Tornado Ali Black / Sandra Samir (3) 6-2, 6-1
Mayo Hibi / Denise Starr (7) def. Nicole Frenkel / Rianna Valdes (4) 6-3, 3-6, 12-10
Alejandra Cisneros Gomez / Victoria Rodriguez (1) def. Mingxiu DU / Johnnise Renaud 6-3, 2-6, 10-6
Jamie Loeb / Maegan Manasse def. Usue Arconada / Jessica Cortes (8) 6-4, 6-3
Boys’ 16 Singles (Round of 8)
Kalman Boyd, Rancho Santa Fe, CA def. Robert Levine (5), Bedford, NY 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3
Kyle Seelig (12), Hatfield, PA def. Jean Thirouin (2), Houston, TX 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Jake Devine (4), Boca Raton, FL def. Alexander Lebedev, Island Park, NY 6-3, 6-0
Catalin Mateas (7), Braintree, MA def. William Blumberg (1), Greenwich, CT 6-4, 6-2
Boys’ 16 Doubles (Quartefinals)
Chase Colton / Kyle Seelig (5) def. Michael Genender / James Wasserman 6-3, 3-6, 10-7
Taylor Fritz / Daniel Gealer (8) def. Hady Habib / Max Pham 6-1, 6-3
Grayson Broadus / Jean Thirouin (2) def. Jake Gabay / Alan Sweet (7) 6-3, 6-3
Emil Reinberg / Brian Tsao (6) def. Robert Levine / Evan Zhu (4) 7-5, 6-2
Girls’ 16 Singles (Quarterfinals)
Caroline Dolehide (14), Hinsdale, IL def. Angela Kulikov, Sun Valley, CA 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Claire Liu, Thousand Oaks, CA def. Sydney Van Alphen, Laguna Beach, CA 6-4, 6-1
Ena Shibahara (13), Rancho Palos Verdes, CA def. Kylie McKenzie (7), Anthem, AZ 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Samantha Martinelli (12), Denver, CO def. Jada Robinson (2), Reisterstown, MD 6-4, 6-4
Girls’ 16 Doubles (Quarterfinals)
Madison Appel / Rebecca Weissmann (1) def. Aliya Alenikov / Kalani Soli 6-4, 2-6, 10-3
Ena Shibahara / Savannah Slaysman def. Abigail Chiu / Madison Tedford 6-1, 6-1
Caroline Dolehide / Alexis Nelson (8) def. Marjorie Antohi / Rylie Cox 6-0, 6-0
Paulina Ferrari / Jada Hart (6) def. Alexa Corcoleotes / Vanessa Nommensen (2) 6-2, 6-4
—S. Pratt
Florida’s Stefan Kozlov Advances @USTA_ISC Spring Championships
Stefan Kozlov
Photo: Cynthia Lum/USTA
Sam Querrey, Vania King, Melanie Oudin and Sloane Stephens are just a few of the players who made stopovers at this event as juniors before enjoying success soon after on the pro tour.
Two young pro prospects who may someday follow that same path as those listed met in the first round on Tuesday in the Boys’ 18s and battled for more than two and a half hours before No. 2-seeded Stefan Kozlov, 15, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., pulled away from 16-year-old wild-card Ernesto Escobedo from West Covina, winning 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Kozlov was a finalist here last year as a 14-year-old, a year before he turned professional. He currently trains at the USTA National Training Center in Boca Raton, Fla.
“I really like playing here, the conditions fit my game great,” Kozlov said. “I had never played Ernesto before but he has a big game. I’ve seen forehands like that in the juniors, but not that often.
Just two weeks ago, Kozlov made the final of an ITF Grand A event at the Copa Gerdau tournament in Porto Alegre, Brazil, losing to the top-seeded player from Italy in the final.
Escobedo, 16, is currently ranked in the 900s on the ATP Tour and was playing in his first ITF junior event of the year. He has instead decided to concentrate on ITF Pro Futures level events playing in four of them already this year, including two in Southern California.
In the top Girls’ 18s matchup on the day, Peggy Porter of Dallas beat Tornado Ali Black, 7-5, 7-5. Porter had beaten Black in the only other time they played back in 2011 in an ITF event in Waco, Texas.
“We played once before and I won in three sets,” Porter said. “We’ve both developed so much since then. I knew she had a big forehand.
Porter will next play Laguna Niguel, CA’s Alyssa Smith in the second round. Porter has beaten Smith in both their meetings, including in the final of the USTA Hardcourt 16s Nationals in 2011 in San Diego and again last week in the semifinals of the Claremont ITF event.
Torrance, CA’s Connor Hance, the No. 15 seed in the boys’ 16s, opened with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Evan Zhu. He next takes on top-seeded William Blumberg. Hance’s sister Kenadi also had a nice win on Tuesday, upsetting No. 8-seeded Alexa Corcoleotes of Hillsborough, Calif., in the Girls’ 16s, 6-1, 6-3.
In an 18s matchup on Wednesday of last year’s Easter Bowl winners in the 18s and 16s, respectively, No. 3-seeded Mackenzie McDonald takes on wild-card and UCLA recruit Joseph DiGiulio.
For a complete run down of Tuesday’s scores and updated draws, log onto the website at www.usta.com/isc.
Boys’ 18 Singles (Round of 64)
Gage Brymer, Irvine, CA def. Aidan Jiang, Ojai, CA 7-6(7), 7-6(5)
Boys’ 18 Doubles (Round of 32)
Anudeep Kodali / Lamar Remy def. Ciro Riccardi / Santiago Sierra 6-3, 6-1
Girls’ 18 Singles (Round of 64)
Christina Makarova (1), San Diego, CA def. Maia Magill, Studio City, CA 6-0, 6-2
Girls’ 18 Doubles (Round of 32)
Usue Arconada / Jessica Cortes (8) def. Maddie Pothoff / Claudia Wiktorin 4-6, 6-4, 10-6
Boys’ 16 Singles (Round of 32)
Robert Levine (5), Bedford, NY def. Maxwell Cancilla, Huntington Beach, CA 6-2, 6-1
Jake Devine (4), Boca Raton, FL def. Daniel Gealer, Los Angeles, CA 6-2, 6-3
Boys’ 16 Doubles (Round of 32)
Girls’ 16 Singles (Round of 32)
Sydney Van Alphen, Laguna Beach, CA def. Tiffany Huber (4), West Bloomfield, MI 6-2, 6-7(1), 6-1
Girls’ 16 Doubles (Round of 32)
Marjorie Antohi / Rylie Cox def. Sarah Hu / Elizabeth Yao 6-0, 7-6(4)
—S. Pratt
BARBADOS’ DARIAN KING BEATS HOMETOWN FAVORITE PRAKASH AMRITRAJ @CALABASASTENNIS
BARBADOS’ DARIAN KING BEATS HOMETOWN FAVORITE PRAKASH AMRITRAJ @CALABASASTENNIS
CALABASAS, Calif., (March 12, 2013) – Down 4-2 after splitting sets with former USC All-American and hometown favorite Prakash Amritraj, Darian King knew he had to change his game-plan and start playing more aggressively.
That’s exactly what the 20-year-old Barbados Davis Cup player did as he held his serve, broke the 29-year-old Amritraj, and then won another service game at love to record a 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 victory and a spot in the second round of the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas, a $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit event, played on Tuesday at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center.
“I just kept my intensity up but knew I had to play better,” King said after the match. “I practiced with Prakash all last week so we know each other’s game.”
King said he loved playing in “his kind of weather” on a gorgeous 78-degree Southern California day. A year and a half ago, King advanced to the Claremont $10,000 Pro Circuit final losing to Steve Johnson in the final. “I just love it here,” said King, who was watched by his coach Roger Smith on Tuesday. “I’m still training in Florida with Martin Blackman, but when I’m out here it’s great to have Roger working with me.”
King is the No. 1 Davis Cup player for a country that is one-fourth the size of Ventura County where the tournament is taking place. “We have about 200,000 people there,” said King, whose country will next play Puerto Rico in a Group II Americas Relegation Playoff and is currently ranked No. 64 in the world Davis Cup standings. “It does feel good to be the No. 1 player from somewhere though.”
On Wednesday night, former world No. 9 player Nicolas Massu of Chile will take on Matheson Klein of Australia not before 6:30 p.m., in his first-round match. Now 33-years-old, Massu made it all the way to No. 9 in the world rankings during his successful career and is a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
In 2004, Massu became the only male player to win both the singles and doubles gold medals during the same Olympic Games. Massu also reached the final of the 2003 Madrid Masters and won six ATP singles titles.
“I can’t recall a Top 10 player ever coming back to play at this level ($15,000),” said longtime USTA Pro Circuit Tour Supervisor Pete Kasavage.
In a well-played doubles match pitting two current UCLA players against a former Bruin, Marcos Giron and Dennis Novikov defeated Daniel Kosakowski and former NCAA singles champion from Stanford Bradley Klahn, 6-4, 6-4.
Admission is free to the general public until Friday. Beginning then through the finals on Sunday, tickets will be $10 for adults and kids under 14-and-under free.
Community events include:
· Adult pro-am drill Friday, March 15, from 9 to 11 a.m.
· Community Tennis Association & USTA League appreciation night on Friday, March 15, starting at 6 p.m.
· Kids’ Day with a Tennis Carnival will take place Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Check the tournament’s Twitter feed @calabasastennis. Check the tournament website for draws and scores at the official website, http://www.calabasasprotennis.com.
Tuesday’s Singles Results
Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) def. Joshua Milton (GBR) [8], 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (1)
Darian King (BAR) def. Prakash Amritraj (IND), 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR) def. Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan (CHI), 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Sanam Singh (IND) [6] def. Ji Sung Nam (KOR), 6-4, 6-3
Tuesday’s Doubles Results
Bjorn Fratangelo (U.S.) / Mitchell Krueger (U.S.) def. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) / Michael Venus (NZL), 7-6 (6), 6-4
Kevin King (U.S.) / Dennis Nevolo (U.S.) def. Joshua Milton (GBR) / Andrew Whittington (AUS), 6-4, 6-4
Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR) [4] / Ji Sung Nam (KOR) def. Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) / Alexios Halebian (U.S.), 6-0, 6-7 (7), 10-7
Saketh Myneni (IND) / Sanam Singh (IND) def. Carsten Ball (AUS) / Tennys Sandgren (U.S.) [1], 6-2, 6-0
Marcos Giron (U.S.) / Dennis Novikov (U.S.) def. Bradley Klahn (U.S.) / Daniel Kosakowski (U.S.), 6-4, 6-4
Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) [2] / Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan (CHI) def. Alan Chang (U.S.) / Andy Chang (U.S.), 6-4, 6-3
Marek Michalicka (CZE) / Alexander Satschko (GER) [3] def. Keith-Patrick Crowley (RSA) / Matheson Klein (AUS), 6-2, 6-4
Sekou Bangoura (USA) / Nicolas Meister (USA) def. Mauricio Astorga (MEX) / Juan Carlos Saez (CHI), 6-4, 6-3
—S. Pratt
Tommy Haas, James Blake Added to Loaded
LA Tennis Challenge Field on March 4
Justin Gimelstob and Mardy Fish-Hosted Exhibition at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion
Will Feature World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras and Bryan Brothers
Westwood, Calif., (Feb. 20, 2013) – It would be unfair to say that Tommy Haas’ best tennis is still ahead of him, but there’s no denying the fact that the 34-year-old ATP World Tour veteran is still managing to play some of the best tennis of his career having reached the final of last week’s SAP Open in San Jose.
The current world-ranked No. 18-player Haas and former world-ranked No. 4 James Blake have been added to the already stacked lineup card for the inaugural Los Angeles Tennis Challenge featuring World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Mardy Fish, Pete Sampras and Bob and Mike Bryan to be played March 4 at newly renovated Pauley Pavilion.
On Sunday, the former world No. 2 and Olympics silver medalist Haas was beaten by Canadian Milos Raonic, 6-4, 6-3. “I have always loved playing in L.A. and have had some of my best results there winning the LA Open in 2004 and 2006,” Haas said. “It is sad that the LA ATP event is leaving but I am ecstatic that the LA Tennis Challenge can help showcase professional tennis in one of the most important markets in the world.”
The LA Tennis Challenge is being promoted by Tennis Channel broadcaster Justin Gimelstob and ATP World Tour star Mardy Fish. Sponsors include Audi, Esurance, K-Swiss, 10sBalls.com and the Los Angeles Daily News.
Middle-level general admission tickets and reserved seating are now available starting at $35 and can be purchased at http://www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling the UCLA Central Ticket Office at 310-825-2101 Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by calling the event directly at 310-824-1010, ext. 251.
“Tommy and James are two of the most talented tennis players of this generation,” Gimelstob said. “Their shot-making and variety will surely entertain the fans at Pauley Pavilion on March 4th. We feel adding Tommy and James will complement an already exceptional field.
“The buzz is certainly building for the first LA Tennis Challenge, and we are confident this is shaping up to be a premiere event on both the sports and social calendar in the years to come.”
Haas has won one singles title since 2009, beating Roger Federer in Halle last year. Blake is a former world-ranked No. 4.
“I’m excited to join the already incredible field at the LA Tennis Challenge,” Blake said. “I’ve been spending a lot more time in LA, and as an American tennis player the loss of the ATP World Tour event is a huge disappointment. We need to start building a new event in Los Angeles and the LA Tennis Challenge is a positive step in that direction. This is a tremendous opportunity to watch some competitive and entertaining tennis, while raising some important funds for great causes. I am really looking forward to both being there and to participating.”
Added Haas: “Justin Gimelstob and Mardy Fish are two of my best friends, and when they asked me to support the event I jumped at the opportunity to help raise money for their foundations. In addition, being able to compete and get some intense match practice against one of my friends and rivals, James Blake, leading into one of my favorite events, the BNP Paribas Open, is ideal.
Three exhibition pro-set matches will take place beginning at 7 p.m. Haas will face Blake in the opening singles match while Djokovic will take on Los Angeles resident Fish in singles followed by a doubles match pitting Djokovic and his childhood idol Sampras against Southern California natives Bob and Mike Bryan.
“The field for a first-year event is incredible,” Haas concluded. “With guys like Djokovic and Sampras and the Bryan Brothers, and now adding James and me, we will make Pauley Pavilion the place to be the night of March 4th. I can’t wait to be there.”
It has also been announced that longtime and respected Southern California Tennis Association Executive Director Henry Talbert will be honored March 4 with the Gussy Moran Humanitarian Award that has been named for the 2007 SCTA Hall of Fame inductee who recently passed away.
The LA Tennis Challenge will be broadcast by Tennis Channel in the United States.
To learn more about the LA Tennis Challenge go to http://www.LATennisChallenge.com. Like the event on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/LATennisChallenge and follow on Twitter at @LA10sChallenge. For more information you can email: info@latennischallenge.com.
Audi, Esurance, K-Swiss Sign On As Major Sponsors For @LA10sChallenge
Audi, Esurance and K-Swiss Sign On As Major Sponsors For Los Angeles Tennis Challenge on March 4
Justin Gimelstob and Mardy Fish-Hosted Exhibition at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion
Will Feature World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras and Bryan Brothers
Bryans Will Share the LA Marquis with Djokovic
Not exactly east coast news, but LA Tennis has had such a rough year with the loss of the Farmer’s Classic that I’m happy to see a bit of good news. At least this exo should be funded for future years.–Ed.
Westwood, Calif., (Feb. 8, 2013) – Audi, Esurance and K-Swiss have each signed on as major sponsors for the inaugural Los Angeles Tennis Challenge featuring World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras and Bob and Mike Bryan to be played March 4 at newly renovated Pauley Pavilion.
Middle-level general admission tickets and reserved seating are now available starting at $35 and can be purchased at http://www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling the UCLA Central Ticket Office at 310-825-2101 Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by calling the event directly at 310-824-1010, ext. 251.
“The LA Tennis Challenge is proud to partner with one of the world’s leading carmakers in the premium and supercar segment,” Gimelstob said. “We look forward to building and growing the LA Tennis Challenge into one of the best sporting and social events in Los Angeles.”
Added Fish: “Having Audi, Esurance and K-Swiss as sponsors is a major step in achieving our goals.”
Three exhibition pro-set matches will take place beginning at 7 p.m. Djokovic will take on Los Angeles resident Mardy Fish in singles followed by a doubles match pitting Djokovic and his childhood idol Sampras against Southern California natives Bob and Mike Bryan. An opening singles match between two marquee players will be announced shortly.
Both Djokovic and the Bryan Brothers are coming off huge wins last month in Melbourne Park solidifying each as No. 1 in the world in singles and doubles. Djokovic won his fourth Australian Open singles title while the Bryans captured their all-time best 13th doubles Grand Slam.
“They’re going to be tough,” Mike said of facing the team of Djokovic and Sampras in a first to eight –game pro-set. “Winning a Grand Slam is great, but we have to win in our hometown of L.A. We have to prove to our friends and family that we’re the best.”
Players will be playing for charity with proceeds from the event benefiting the Justin Gimelstob Children’s Fund, the Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation, the Novak Djokovic Foundation, Call to Cure and the Southern California Tennis Association’s community tennis initiatives.
“We hope to make the LA Tennis Challenge an annual event, which brings together the community, celebrities and tennis fans to raise money for some very worthy charities and foundations,” Fish said. “It will also grow and promote the sport in Southern California. We hope to establish the LA Tennis Challenge as one of the most important social and sporting events of the year.”
The LA Tennis Challenge will be broadcast by Tennis Channel in the United States.
To learn more about the LA Tennis Challenge go to http://www.LATennisChallenge.com. Like the event on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/LATennisChallenge and follow on Twitter at @LA10sChallenge. For more information you can email: info@latennischallenge.com.
–S. Pratt
Kosakowski to Meet Unseeded Amritraj at Claremont CA Final
KOSAKOWSKI TO MEET UNSEEDED AMRITRAJ ON FINAL DAY OF
17th ANNUAL POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER USTA PRO CLASSIC
Kosaskowski
CLAREMONT, Calif., (Sept. 15, 2012) – Winning eight singles matches in nine days finally proved too much for Haythem Abid to overcome, as the 27-year-old veteran Tunisia Davis Cup player came out flat and fell to 28-year-old and unseeded Prakash Amritraj, 6-2, 6-1, on Saturday in the semifinals at the 17th annual Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Pro Classic, a $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit men’s event.
Amritraj will play No. 2-seeded fellow Southern Californian Daniel Kosakowski, who beat qualifier Daniel Nguyen, 7-6 (3), 6-3, on a scorching day at the Claremont Club. The final is set for 10 a.m.
Abid has played more than 50 Davis Cup ties for Tunisia, a country led by world Top 100 player Malek Jaziri, and which currently competes in the Euro African World Group II. “We’ve played some teams like Ghana, Zimbabwe and India,” said the former UCLA Bruin Abid, who lives in Westwood and trains at the Weil Academy in Ojai. “For me, playing Davis Cup has really just kept the competitive juices flowing.”
Abid’s highest career singles ranking was No. 360, and the lefty has been hampered by a bum left wrist, which he had surgery on in 2008 and 2010. “It doesn’t feel 100 percent but I’ll go with 90,” he said earlier in the week. He also played doubles with young Bruin Dennis Novikov but the pair lost in the second round.
Nguyen, 21, played Kosakowski, 20, tight in the first set, before Kosakowski went up 4-1 in the second and then continued serving well to pull out the match and make his fifth career ITF Futures final. His only Futures victory came in 2011 when he won the $15,000 Sacramento title. A runner-up at the $10,000 Irvine tournament in 2010, Kosakowski also fell in the Calabasas Futures final back in March of this year.
Kosakowski played doubles this week with his brother and coach Marcin, a former UC Santa Barbara standout who is now 31, as the two were the last to gain direct entry acceptance. He said the Bryan and Harrison brothers don’t have too much to worry about. “It didn’t go so well,” he said, of the 6-1, 6-2 loss to Jason Jung and Mark Verryth.
“I think my brother’s best days are behind him,” he laughed. “Maybe we’ll try it again someday, but yeah, he’s a little bit past his prime.”
For more information, check on the web at:www.procircuit.usta.com, www.claremontclub.com; Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Claremont-Club/236147226396
Saturday’s Semifinal Singles Results
WC: Wild card; Q: Qualifier
Daniel Kosakowski, U.S. (2), def. Daniel Nguyen, U.S. (q), 7-6 (3), 6-3
Prakash Amritraj, India, def. Haythem Abid, Tunisia (q), 6-2, 6-1
Friday’s Final Doubles Result
Devin Britton, U.S.-Reid Carleton, U.S. (1), def. Jeff Dadamo, U.S.-Kyle McMorrow, U.S. (2), 4-6, 7-5, 10-6
Top Seeds Advance @USTA Claremont CA Pro Classic
POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER USTA PRO CLASSIC
CLAREMONT, CA * SEPTEMBER 8-16, 2012
Site: The Claremont Club, Claremont, CA Main Draw: (32 singles, 16 doubles)
Surface: Hard/Outdoor Prize Money: $10,000
Website: (www.procircuit.usta.com)
TOP 1, 2, 4, 5 AND 6 SEEDED PLAYERS ADVANCE TO FINAL EIGHT AT
17th ANNUAL POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER USTA PRO CLASSIC
CLAREMONT, Calif., (Sept. 14, 2012) – A five-week layoff because of an ailing back didn’t seem to bother top-seeded Alex Bogdanovic of Great Britain, who beat a determined Mark Verryth of Australia in a tough three-set match on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the 17th annual Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Pro Classic, a $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit men’s event being played this week at the Claremont Club.
Bogdanovic downed Verryth, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3, in the second round of play, and the current world No. 311-ranked player said afterward that he’s set to play the three SoCal Futures events in Claremont, Costa Mesa and Irvine before playing USTA Pro Circuit events in Sacramento and Tiburon.
“We’ll see how the body reacts,” Bogdanovic said.
Bogdanovic will play qualifier and former UCLA standout Haythem Abid of Tunisia in the quarterfinals on Friday. Abid, now 27 and recovering from wrist surgery on his left hand, beat fellow American and No. 7-seeded Reid Carleton, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Abid, who played Davis Cup matches for Tunisia this year, is driving 45 miles back and forth each day from his home in West Los Angeles. He is currently training at the Weil Tennis Academy and hoping for a full 2013 tour campaign.
A fellow Bruin alum, No. 2-seeded Daniel Kosakowski, also won his match on Thursday and will next face fellow Southern Californian Jason Jung, who beat wild card – and yet another Bruin – Dennis Novikov in straight sets on Thursday.
“I’ve never faced Jason but he’s playing well,” said Kosakowski, who beat American Ryan Rowe, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Kosakowski said he’s been working out with Taylor Dent and some others in Orange County recently.
In the doubles final on Friday scheduled for 4 p.m., Devin Britton and Reid Carleton of the United States will face fellow former collegiate standouts Jeff Dadamo and Kyle McMorrow.
For more information, check on the web at:www.procircuit.usta.com, www.claremontclub.com; Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Claremont-Club/236147226396
Thursday’s Second-Round Singles Results
WC: Wild card; Q: Qualifier
Dennis Lajola, U.S. (4), def. Boris Bakalov, Bulgaria, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Daniel Nguyen, U.S. (q), def. Chris Wettengel, U.S., 6-2, 6-3
Haythem Abid, Tunisia (q), def. Reid Carleton, U.S. (7), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Prakash Amritraj, India, def. Devin Britton, U.S. (3), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Jason Jung, U.S. (6), def. Dennis Novikov, U.S. (wc), 6-0, 7-6 (3)
Daniel Kosakowski, U.S. (2), def. Ryan Rowe, U.S., 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Jeff Dadamo, U.S. (5), def. Finn Tearney, New Zealand (wc), 6-2, 6-0
Alex Bogdanovic, Great Britain (1), def. Mark Verryth, Australia, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3
Thursday’s Semifinal Doubles Results
Devin Britton, U.S.-Reid Carleton, U.S. (1), def. Daniel Nguyen, U.S.-Ryan Rowe, U.S. (3), 7-5, 4-6, 10-6
Jeff Dadamo, U.S.-Kyle McMorrow, U.S. (2), def. Nicholas John Andrews, U.S.-Dennis Nevolo, U.S., 6-4, 5-7, 10-7
Note: Doubles final will take place on Friday at 4 p.m.
–S. Pratt
