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It’s @Gibbsyyyy over Oudin @USTAProCircuit Carson CA

Posted by Admin on July 20, 2014
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NICOLE GIBBS DEFEATS MELANIE OUDIN TO CAPTURE USTA PLAYER DEVELOPMENT WOMEN’S $50,000 CLASSIC IN CARSON

Nicole Gibbs Carson

CARSON, July 20, 2014 – Nicole Gibbs moved another step closer to playing in her third consecutive US Open main draw, capturing the USTA Player Development Women’s $50,000 Classic with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Melanie Oudin on Sunday at the USTA Training Center – West at StubHub Center.

Gibbs, 21, is a two-time NCAA singles winner at Stanford and earned wild-card entry into the season’s final Grand Slam the past two years by way of those wins.

With one event remaining in the US Open Wild Card Challenge, Gibbs now leads in the standings with 88 points. She is followed by Julia Boserup (63 points), Oudin (48), Louisa Chirico (44) and Sanaz Marand (30).
The final of the three-event US Open Wild Card Challenge is the Lexington, Ky., $50,000 Challenger to be played this week.

It was a tight battle throughout in the final on Sunday with Gibbs holding a 4-2 lead in the second set, before the sole of her shoe came partially off. Admitting she started to “panic,” Gibbs fell down 4-all, 40-love with Oudin serving. Gibbs then played a solid point, was aided by an untimely Oudin double fault and ultimately broke back to serve for the match.

“Tennis is like that sometimes,” said Gibbs, who won this event last year when it was held in Yakima, Wash. Without a spare pair of tennis shoes, Gibbs contemplated wearing running shoes, but opted for a tape job instead, which seemed to do the trick.

Oudin’s first-round loss in US Open qualifying last year to Elena Baltacha ended a streak of five consecutive main draw appearances at the US Open, which of course included her quarterfinal run there in 2009.
“It’s one tournament,” said Oudin, who did not play in Sacramento last week but will play Lexington, of the US Open. “I’m not worrying about this wild card. It’s the last thing on my mind. If I play well I can qualify on my own. But if I do win this wild card that’s just an added bonus.”

Gibbs Oudin Carson

Gibbs, a nearby Marina Del Rey resident, said she loved playing so close to home. “Just the title of the tournament, ‘Carson $50,000,’ ” she said. “It’s so exciting to be at the place I train and have my community supporting me.”

USTA Player Development Women’s $50,000 Classic
A USTA Pro Circuit Event
Sunday, July 20
USTA Training Center – West at StubHub Center
Carson, Calif.
Purse: $50,000
Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Sunday, July 20 – RESULT
Singles – Final
(2) Nicole Gibbs (USA) def. (4) Melanie Oudin (USA), 6-4, 6-4

—S. Pratt, USTA

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Nakagawa, Bellis Capture 18s Singles Titles At USTA International Spring Championships

Posted by Admin on April 6, 2014
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Nakagawa, Bellis Capture 18s Singles Titles At USTA International Spring Championships

Naoki Nakagawa (JPN)

Naoki Nakagawa (JPN)

CARSON, Calif., (April 6, 2014) – At 5-all in a third-set tiebreaker, No. 2-seeded Naoki Nakagawa knew he had to play the final two points like he had been the entire match: “patient yet aggressive.”

And that’s exactly what the Bradenton, Fla., resident from Fukuoka, Japan, did on Sunday as he went the distance to beat top-seeded Francis Tiafoe to capture the Boys’ 18s singles title, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5), on the final day at the 10th annual USTA International Spring Championships, an ITF level Grade 1 event played at the StubHub Center.

“I was really tight but I knew I had to go for it,” said Nakagawa, who took a second serve from the forehand side for a cross-court winner to go up 6-5 in the breaker. He then hit a powerful serve down the “T” that Tiafoe could only manage to hit into the net.

Tiafoe said he played an “unbelievable” game at 5-all to break Nakagawa’s serve and then had a chance to serve out the match. But Nakagawa returned some tough Tiafoe first serves to break back sending the match into a tiebreaker, the first time it’s gone that far in the event’s 10-year history. In fact, in the first nine Boys’ 18s finals before Sunday, only twice had a match gone to three sets.

“It could have gone either way,” said Tiafoe, the ITF world-ranked No. 7 player from College Park, Md. “I hit a bad second serve and for him to go for that at 5-all was pretty clutch, and you got to give that to him. Then he hits a big serve at match point so there’s nothing you can do there.”

Nakagawa, 17, is in his fifth year training at IMG Bolettieri Academy in Bradenton, Fla. He calls current world ATP Tour Top 20 player Kei Nishikori a good friend. “Yeah, we train together and sometimes I go to his house and we play games,” said Nakagawa.

Tiafoe headed straight for the desert two hours east after his match where he will take tomorrow off before his first match in the ASICS Easter Bowl. He said he won’t dwell on the loss for long, and that there is no pressure on him this coming week. “It’s not like it’s going to matter to me to play the Slams this summer,” he said. “It obviously hurts because I wanted to win but it’s not going to carry over to this week.”

In the girls’ 18s final contested at the same time, No. 5-seeded and 14-year-old CiCi Bellis of Atherton, Calif., made short work of 15-year-old and No. 9 Raveena Kingsley of Fulton, Md., 6-3, 6-0. Kingsley had beaten Bellis in their only prior meeting at the 12s USTA Spring Nationals back in 2011.

Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA)

Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA)

Kingsley, who trains out of the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Md., had a tough three-set semifinal on Saturday and said she felt mentally and physically tired before the final. “And it’s my first Grade 1 final, so maybe that helped her confidence, that she’s been here before,” said Kingsley, who was coached by Frank Salazar all week.

Bellis was cheered on by her hitting partner and one of her coaches Jelena Pandzic, a former junior prodigy from Split, Croatia, who reached as high as No. 135 in the WTA World Tour rankings.

“I will rest the rest of today and maybe have a light hit tomorrow,” said Bellis, who turns 15 on Tuesday. “I really want to win the Easter Bowl. It’s going to be really hard because everyone in the draw is really good.”

In 2012, Bellis was a finalist in the Girls’ 14s at the ASICS Easter and last year she won the Girls’ 16s.

For a complete look at all the final draws, log onto the website at www.usta.com/isc.

SUNDAY’S FINAL SCORES

Boys’ 18 Singles

Naoki Nakagawa (2) (Japan) def. Francis Tiafoe (1) (College Park, MD) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5)

Girls’ 18 Singles

CiCi Bellis (5) (Atherton, CA) def. Raveena Kingsley (9) (Fulton, MD) 6-3, 6-0

—Steve Pratt

Qualifier Yee Surprises, Tiafoe-Kozlov Showdown Set @USTA_ISC Spring Championships

Posted by Admin on April 5, 2013
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Kimmie YeePhoto: Cynthia Lum/USTA

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

Posted by Admin on April 4, 2013
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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

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

Posted by Admin on April 3, 2013
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Stefan Kozlov
Photo: Cynthia Lum/USTA

Kozlov Outlasts Escobedo To Advance
At USTA International Spring Championships
 
 CARSON, Calif., (Tuesday, April 2, 2013) – If past results are any indication, the future of American tennis is on display this week at the ninth annual USTA International Spring Championships being played at the Home Depot Center.

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)

Jake Stefanik, Coral Springs, FL   def.  Michael Mmoh (12), Temple Hills, MD   6-3, 6-2
Ciro Riccardi, Los Angeles, CA   def.  John Mee, Dallas, TX   6-2, 7-5
Terrance Whitehurst, Tallahassee, FL   def.  Jose Pablo Gil, Honduras  6-2, 6-2
Daniel Kerznerman (10), Brooklyn, NY   def.  Gregory Garcia, Poway, CA   6-2, 6-1
Mackenzie McDonald (3), Piedmont, CA   def.  Justin Butsch, Miami Beach, FL   6-1, 6-2
Spencer Papa (6), Edmond, OK   def.  Steven Chen, San Diego, CA   6-3, 6-3
Diego Omar Felix, Mexico  def.  Anudeep Kodali, Durham, NC   6-4, 6-0
Naoki Nakagawa (4), Japan  def.  William Griffith, Fresno, CA   6-4, 7-6(2)
Thomas Mayronne, Monroe, LA   def.  Javier Restrepo, Miami, FL   6-4, 5-7, 6-1
Sameer Kumar, Carmel, IN   def.  Justin Byrd, Union City, GA   6-4, 6-1
Stefan Doehler, Santa Ana, CA   def.  Gerardo Lopez, Villasenor Mexico  6-4, 6-1
Logan Smith, Carlsbad, CA   def.  Luca Corinteli (5), Alexandria, VA   0-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(2)
Alexander Zverev (11), Wesley Chapel, FL Germany  def.  Mac Roy, San Antonio, TX   6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3
Stephen Watson, Orlando, FL   def.  Lucas Gomez (7), San Ysidro, CA   0-6, 6-4, 6-2
Stefan Kozlov (2), Pembroke Pines, FL   def.  Ernesto Escobedo, West Covina, CA   4-6, 6-4, 6-3

Boys’ 18 Doubles (Round of 32)

Anudeep Kodali / Lamar Remy  def.  Ciro Riccardi /  Santiago Sierra  6-3, 6-1

Jordi Arconada / Tommy Paul  def.  Daniel Kerznerman / Henrik Wiersholm (7)  3-6, 6-3, 10-7
Tommy Mylnikov / Naoki Nakagawa (2)  def.  Joseph DiGiulio / Logan Smith  6-3, 6-7(2), 10-2
Santiago Cevallos / Jake Stefanik  def.  Justin Byrd /  Stephen Watson  6-4, 6-4
Farzin Amiri / Gerardo Lopez Villasenor  def.  Sterling Galli /  Shane Monroe  7-5, 6-2
Luca Corinteli / Martin Redlicki (1)  def.  Milen Ianakiev /  Dennis Uspensky  6-3, 6-1
Stefan Doehler / Tyler Lu  def.  Luke Gamble /  Jose Pablo Gil  6-3, 6-3
Justin Butsch / Lucas Gomez (6)  def.  Sameer Kumar / Alex Rybakov  6-2, 6-3
Christian Langmo / Javier Restrepo  def.  Andres Alfonso Paredes /  Nathan Ponwith  6-2, 6-4
Michael Mmoh / Francis Tiafoe (4)  def.  Terrance Whitehurst / Terrell Whitehurst  7-6(5), 7-6(3)
Andrew Li Hei Yin / Arkadijs Slobodkins  def.  Alexandru Gozun /  Carter Lin  6-4, 3-6, 11-9
Spencer Papa / Alexander Zverev (3)  def.  Sunay BHAT /  Dylan Nunez  6-2, 6-2
Walker Duncan / John Mee  def.  Diego Omar Nunez Felix / Adrian Ortiz (8)  4-6, 6-3, 10-8
JC Aragone / M. Mackenzie. McDonald (5)  def.  William Bushamuka / Toshiki Matsuya  6-3, 4-6, 18-16
Nicholas Crystal / Mac Roy  def.  Gregory Garcia /  Ilya Vasilyev  6-4, 6-4
Deiton Baughman / Robbie Bellamy  def.  AJ Catanzariti /  Thomas Mayronne  6-4, 3-6, 10-6

Girls’ 18 Singles (Round of 64)

Christina Makarova (1), San Diego, CA   def.  Maia Magill, Studio City, CA  6-0, 6-2

Ines Vias, Germantown, MD   def.  Megan McCray, Oceanside, CA 6-3, 6-4
Alexa Anton-Ohlmeyer, Calabasas, CA   def.  Ndindi Ndunda, Burke, VA   6-4, 6-4
Monica Robinson, Valley Center, CA   def.  Christine Maddox, Santa Monica, CA   6-2, 6-2
Peggy Porter, Dallas, TX   def.  Tornado Ali Black (14), Miami, FL   7-5, 7-5
Nicole Frenkel, Winchester, MA   def.  Devin Chypyha, Richmond Hill, Canada  6-2, 6-2
Raquel Pedraza, Claremont, CA   def.  Kyra Wojcik, Goodyear, AZ   6-7(0), 6-1, 4-0  Ret (inj)
Madison Bourguignon (8), Boynton Beach, FL   def.  Kristina Hovsepyan, Danville, CA   6-3, 6-1
Sandra Samir (4), Egypt  def.  Hadley Berg, Greenbrae, CA   6-1, 6-0
Kimberly Yee, Las Vegas, NV def.  Jessica Cortes, Mexico  6-2, 6-4
Ellyse Hamlin, Fairfield, CT   def.  Meghan Kelley, Falmouth, ME   6-3, 6-2
Dasha Ivanova (7), Beaverton, OR   def.  Madison Westby, Tulsa, OK   6-4, 6-4
Usue Arconada (10), Rio Piedras, PR   def.  Michaela Gordon, Los Altos Hills, CA   7-6(3), 2-6, 6-4

Girls’ 18 Doubles (Round of 32)

Usue Arconada / Jessica Cortes (8)  def.  Maddie Pothoff /  Claudia Wiktorin  4-6, 6-4, 10-6

Chloe Ouellet-Pizer / Monica Robinson  def.  Gabriela Knutson / Ines Vias    Wo (inj)
Dasha Ivanova / Christina Makarova (2)  def.  Ilana Oleynik / Raquel Pedraza  6-1, 6-4
Alejandra Cisneros Gomez / Victoria Rodriguez (1)  def.  Ellyse Hamlin /  Meghan Kelley  6-7(5), 6-2, 10-2
Alexandra Bourguignon / Madison Bourguignon  def.  Jessica Ho / Spencer Liang  0-6, 6-1, 12-10
Ndindi Ndunda / Maria Shishkina  def.  Alexandria Stiteler / Kyra Wojcik    Wo (inj)
Nicole Frenkel / Rianna Valdes (4)  def.  Josie Kuhlman /  Peggy Porter  6-4, 7-6(2)
Mayci Jones / Alyssa Smith  def.  Raveena Kingsley /  Adeliya Zabirova  6-2, 5-7, 10-3
Mayo Hibi / Denise Starr (7)  def.  Hadley Berg / Madison Westby  7-6(3), 6-3
Brooke Austin / Kimberly Yee  def.  Kaitlyn McCarthy / Marie Norris (5)  7-6(2), 6-3
Cassandra Vazquez / Camila Wesbrooks  def.  Andie Daniell /  Cassidy Spearman  7-5, 6-1
Tornado Ali Black / Sandra Samir (3)  def.  Elysse Graci / Taylor Shukow  6-1, 7-6(6)
Mary Haffey / Emma Higuchi  def.  Teertha Iska /  Anita Safronenka  6-4, 6-2
Jamie Loeb / Maegan Manasse  def.  Constanza Gorches / Jessica Hinojosa  6-3, 6-4
Ayla Aksu / Emma Critser  def.  Lauren Proctor / Sydney Riley  7-5, 6-2
Mingxiu DU / Johnnise Renaud  def.  Ellie Halbauer /  Alexandra Morozova (6)  6-4, 6-2

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

Charles Pei, San Diego, CA   def.  Johnathan Small (14), Midland, MI   2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Alexander Lebedev, Island Park, NY   def.  Spencer Furman (6), Woodinville, WA   6-4, 0-6, 7-5
Catalin Mateas (7), Braintree, MA   def.  Michael Genender, Los Angeles, CA   6-2, 6-2
Ethan Young-Smith, Ojai, CA   def.  Brian Tsao (9), Sparks Glencoe, MD   3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Taylor Fritz (13), Rancho Santa Fe, CA   def.  James Wasserman, New York, NY   6-0, 6-2
Kalman Boyd, Rancho Santa Fe, CA   def.  Jack VanSlyke (3), Toronto, Canada  6-3, 6-1
Jake Gabay (11), Safety Harbor, FL   def.  David Goulak, Oak Park, CA   6-0, 6-1
William Blumberg (1), Greenwich, CT   def.  Vasil Kirkov, Tampa, FL   6-0, 6-2
Chase Colton (8), Davie, FL   def.  Jacob Brumm, Rancho Santa Fe, CA   7-6(4), 6-1
Kyle Seelig (12), Hatfield, PA   def.  Liam Caruana, New Braunfels, TX   6-4, 6-3
Jean Thirouin (2), Houston, TX   def.  Emil Reinberg, Atlanta, GA   7-6(2), 6-1
Grayson Broadus (16), Carrollton, TX   def.  Ryan Shen, Newbury Park, CA   1-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)
Sam Riffice (10), Roseville, CA   def.  Steven Christie, New Braunfels, TX   2-6, 6-1, 6-2
Connor Hance (15), Torrance, CA   def.  Evan Zhu, Greenbelt, MD   6-4, 6-4

Boys’ 16 Doubles (Round of 32)

Hady Habib / Max Pham  def.  Steven Christie /  Fernando Ramirez  6-3, 6-2
Kalman Boyd / Konrad Kozlowski  def.  David Goulak /  Brandon Lam  6-1, 7-5
Max Liu / Charles Pei  def.  Jacob Brumm /  Justin Lee  6-4, 7-5
Zac Brodney / Connor Hance  def.  Peter Shin / Eric Wagner  6-2, 6-1
Michael Genender / James Wasserman  def.  Ninan Kumar / Cotter Wilson  6-0, 6-2
Maxwell Cancilla / Victor Miglo  def.  Alexander Lebedev /  Oliver Sec    Wo (inj)
Ethan Young-Smith / Andy Zhou  def.  Alex Ross / Gianni Ross  6-0, 6-4

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

Ena Shibahara (13), Rancho Palos Verdes, CA   def.  Ryan Peus, Carpinteria, CA   6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Jessica Failla, Ramona, CA   def.  Gaby Pollner (10) Scarsdale, NY   6-1, 4-6, 7-6(7)
Kylie McKenzie (7), Anthem, AZ   def.  Abigail Desiatnikov, Gates Mills, OH   4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Claire Liu, Thousand Oaks, CA   def.  Jada Hart (6), Colton, CA   7-6(3), 6-2
Rebecca Weissmann (3), Loveland, CO   def.  Andrea Kevakian, Glendale, CA   6-2, 4-6, 6-1
Marjorie Antohi, El Paso, TX   def.  Jacqueline Pelletier (15), Huntington Beach, CA   6-3, 6-4
Jada Robinson (2), Reisterstown, MD  def.  Sarah Hu, Oakland, CA   7-6(7), 6-4, 6-3
Kenadi Hance, Torrance, CA   def.  Alexa Corcoleotes (8), Hillsborough, CA   6-1, 6-3
Angela Kulikov, Sun Valley, CA   def.  Hada Chang (11), Trophy Club, TX   6-1, 6-0
Caroline Dolehide (14), Hinsdale, IL   def.  Jaeda Daniel, Port Charlotte, FL   6-3, 6-1
Alexis Nelson, Saint Paul, MN   def.  Vanessa Nommensen (9), San Jose, CA   6-0, 4-6, 6-3
Jessica Livianu, Brooklyn, NY   def.  Madison Appel (5), Delray Beach, FL   6-3, 6-4
Ashley Lahey, Hawthorne, CA   def.  Abigail Chiu (16), Austin, TX   6-4, 6-3
Ally Miller-Krasilnikov (1), Boca Raton, FL   def.  Paulina Ferrari, San Diego, CA   6-4, 6-1
Samantha Martinelli (12), Denver, CO   def.  Deepa Dhore, Monte Sereno, CA   6-2, 6-2

Girls’ 16 Doubles (Round of 32)

Marjorie Antohi / Rylie Cox  def.  Sarah Hu / Elizabeth Yao  6-0, 7-6(4)

Ashley Lahey / Ryan Peus  def.  Deepa Dhore / Felicity Maltby  7-5, 6-4
Abigail Chiu / Madison Tedford  def.  Jennifer Lu / Ally McKenzie  6-0, 6-4
Ena Shibahara / Savannah Slaysman  def.  Jaeda Daniel /  Jessica Livianu  6-0, 7-5
Kelly Chen / Annette Goulak  def.  Claire Liu /  Riley McQuaid  6-3, 6-4
Yuki Asami / Risa Nakagawa  def.  Julia Goldberg /  Andrea Kevakian  6-3, 6-4

—S. Pratt

Krueger and Kiick Complete Winning Runs at #USTA International Spring Championships

Posted by Admin on April 8, 2012
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Krueger and Kiick Complete Winning Runs at
USTA International Spring Championships
 
CARSON, Calif., (Sunday, April 8, 2012) – Mitchell Krueger and Allie Kiick recorded resounding Easter Sunday straight-set victories on the final day of the USTA International Spring Championships at the Home Depot Center.
 
The top-seeded 18-year-old Krueger of Aledo, Texas, needed just under two hours to beat 14-year-old Stefan Kozlov of Pembroke Pines, Fla., 6-3, 6-4, in a very close, competitive and entertaining match in the boys’ 18s final.
 
The girls’ 18s final finished first between two 16-year-olds from Florida as No. 7-seeded Allie Kiick of Plantation, Fla., got off to a strong start and then finished off No. 3 Chalena Scholl of Pompano Beach, Fla., 6-0, 6-2.
 
Kozlov refused to go down without a fight, playing big on the crucial points and staving off four match points before Krueger served himself out of some trouble and converted for the victory in the important ITF Grade 1 junior event which brought together some of the world’s top-ranked junior players.
 
“He played some good points on those match points,” Krueger said. “The way he plays is really unique and very different. He plays very slowly and it’s easy to get into the trap of playing exactly the way he wants you to.”
 
Krueger continued: “I wasn’t feeling that I was hitting it all that cleanly today. He definitely makes you think because he plays such a different game. I don’t even know how to describe it; just lots of slices, lots of drop shots, lots of lobs. A lot of older guys who play him are going to come out tight because they’re not going to be able to hit out from the start. He doesn’t miss much. It was an interesting match.”
 
Kozlov felt like he was the victim of some tough line calls at crucial stages of the match, but didn’t make any excuses afterward. “It doesn’t bother me,” he said. “I played well and didn’t expect to get this far. I had my chances. I had a chance to go up 3-0 and 5-2 on break points but couldn’t convert. I had nothing to lose. Win or lose it didn’t matter to me.”
 
Krueger was impressed with Kozlov, who he has seen him play but had never met in a match.
 
“He’s got incredible potential,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a player so good at his age; except maybe Donald Young. I think he has a chance to do some of the things Donald has done. If he keeps going I think he has a great future.”
 
Kiick and Scholl renewed their rivalry from their days playing Florida section events after both started playing tennis. “We’ve played so many times,” Scholl said. “I can’t even remember how many times we’ve played each other.”
 
The tournament victory was Kiick’s first at a Grade 1-level ITF event. She beat Scholl in the final of the Amelia Island Pro Circuit tournament last October but lost to Scholl at the ITF Grade B1 Pan American Championships in Tulsa.
 
“It’s really exciting since this is one of my last junior tournaments,” said Kiick, who has been training at the USTA Training Center in Boca Raton, Fla., and is coached by Kathy Rinaldi, who was on site Sunday, and Troy Hahn. “I’ll play Easter Bowl and then the French Open and Wimbledon and Nationals in San Diego.”
 
“I’m going to be playing more pro events,” she added. “My goal is to be top 200 (WTA) by the end of the year.”
 
For final draws log onto the website at www.usta.com/isc.
 
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Boys’ 18 Singles (Final)
Mitchell Krueger (1) Aledo, TX  def.  Stefan Kozlov Pembroke Pines, FL  6-3, 6-4
 
Girls’ 18 Singles (Semifinals)
Allie Kiick (7) Plantation, FL  def. Chalena Scholl (3) Pompano Beach, FL  6-0, 6-2

–Steve Pratt