Wild-Card McNally Shocks Top-Seeded Arconada @ASICSEasterBowl
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Caty McNally (Photo: David Kenas)
– The young and precocious shined brightest Wednesday at the 48th annual ASICS Easter Bowl.
Wild-card entry and 13-year-old Caty McNally of Cincinnati shocked top-seeded Usue Arconada of College Park, Md., 6-4, 7-5, in the second round of the ITF Girls’ 18s singles being played at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Just one year ago, McNally was 12 and competing in the 14s at the ASICS Easter Bowl, losing in the quarterfinals and placing sixth overall. She then watched her brother John win the Boys’ 16s.
McNally said it probably would be a day or so for the upset to sink in. “I just beat the No. 6 girl in the world, so it feels pretty good,” she said. “It hasn’t sunk in yet. Maybe it will tomorrow morning when I wake up.
“I’m just really happy,” she continued. “She’s a really good player. I just had to keep fighting and had to go for the win. I got a really good lead in the first set and she was a little tight.”
The finals of the USTA boys’ and girls’ 12s and 14s singles were completed on Wednesday with both 14s finals producing memorable matches. In the boys’ 14s final, 13-year-old No. 3-seed Adam Neff of Bradenton, Fla., came back from down 1-6, 1-4, to beat No. 10-seeded Jaycer Calleros of San Antonio, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Adam Neff (Photo: David Kenas)
“He was playing unbelievable in the first set, and you have to give him credit for the way he played,” Neff said. “I’m not sure what happened at 1-4 in the second. Something just clicked and I was able to get the victory. I just told myself to not miss. I just tried to change the game plan and grind and tried to not out-hit him. That ended up working.”
Incredibly, Neff broke his strings in five of his Wilson rackets during the match and had to borrow a racket from someone in the stands at one point. He was actually leading 2-1 in the third with the borrowed stick before his coach scrambled to have more rackets strung.
Neff said it was “extra special” to make his largest comeback in an ASICS Easter Bowl final the way he did.
Neff said he wasn’t aware of any other 14s winners in the iconic event, but said, “I’m thinking Andy Roddick won the 14s maybe.”
Past 14s winners at the ASICS Easter Bowl include: Gene Mayer (1969), John McEnroe (1973), Vince Spadea (1988) and Justin Gimelstob (1991). Roddick did win the 16s Easter Bowl title back in 1998.
The Girls’ 14s final went down to the very end as No. 14 Whitney Osuigwe of Bradenton, Fla., came back from down 5-2 in the final set and saved two match points to beat top-seeded Alexa Noel of Summit, N.J., 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (4).
Osuigwe, who won the 12s at the Junior Orange Bowl in December, said at last year’s ASICS Easter Bowl she was up 5-2 in the third set only to lose in the 12s quarterfinals to eventual champion Kacie Harvey.
“It feels great to win the Easter Bowl,” said Osuigwe, 12, whose father is a trainer at the IMG Academy in Bradenton.
Hunter Heck, the No. 6-seed from New Brighton, Minn., beat Jameson Corsillo, No. 2 from Boca Raton, Fla., to win the Boys’ 12s singles, 6-3, 6-2.
“I had a lot of nerves before the match but it goes away once I start playing,” said Heck, a 12-year-old seventh-grader who plays for his local high school tennis team.
In the Girls’ 12s singles final, top-seeded Gabriella Price of Montebello, N.Y., took out unseeded Emma Jackson of La Grange Park, Ill., 6-1, 6-2.
“It feels amazing,” Price said after the match. “The best thing in the world.”
Price took advantage of several Jackson double faults in the match. “I wasn’t nervous,” she said. “I was more excited than nervous.”
Just last month, Price had her name in lights as she participated in an exhibition at the BNP Paribas World Tennis Day celebration at Madison Square Garden. She took on Coco Gauff before the Monica Seles-Gabriela Sabatini exhibition “(Today) was kind of the same as that,” she said. “Because they had my name up there.”
Price is currently working full-time in Florida with renowned coach Rick Macci in Florida.
You can catch all the action on Wednesday live on http://www.easterbowl.com. Sponsors include: ASICS, Laurel Springs School, Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the Dent Junior Academy, the tennis website 10sBalls.com, USTA, The Old Spaghetti Factory, SCTA and Mind Matters Tennis.
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Boys’ 18 Singles (Round of 32)
Taylor Fritz (1) (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) def. Connor Hance (Torrance, CA) 6-2, 6-1
Patrick Kypson (Greenville, NC) def. Zeke Clark (15) (Tulsa, OK) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Cameron Klinger (Elk Grove, CA) def. Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, FL) 7-5, 6-0
John Jorgeson (Bradenton, FL) def. Agustin Moreno 6-4, 6-2
Nathan Ponwith (4) (Scottsdale, AZ) def. Chase Colton (Pompano Beach, FL) 6-2, 6-1
Vasil Kirkov (16) (Tampa, FL) def. Tyler Schick (Short Hills, NJ) 6-0, 6-2
Catalin Mateas (8) (Braintree, MA) def. Riley Smith (Long Beach, CA) 6-3, 6-1
Nicholas Borchenko (Studio City, CA) def. Robert Levine (11) (Bedford, NY) Wo (inj)
Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (13) (London, Surrey) def. Oliver Sec (New York, NY) 6-0, 6-2
William Blumberg (2) (Greenwich, CT) def. Alexander Keyser (Danville, CA) 6-0, 6-2
Jeffrey Wolf (Cincinnati, OH) def. Anudeep Kodali (12) (Durham, NC) 6-2, 6-3
Hady Habib (7) (Bradenton, FL) def. Trent Bryde (Suwanee, GA) 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-2
Jacob Brumm (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) def. Emil Reinberg (5) (Atlanta, GA) 6-1, 7-5
Mwendwa Mbithi (10) (Deerfield Beach, FL) def. Alex Ross (La Grange, IL) 6-3, 6-1
Sam Riffice (14) (Roseville, CA) def. Kyrylo Tsygura (North Potomac, MD) 6-4, 6-3
Ulises Blanch (3) (Deerfield Beach, FL) def. Sami Kirberg (Ft Lauderdale, FL) 6-1, 6-1
Boys’ 18 Doubles (Round of 16)
Taylor Fritz (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) / Catalin Mateas (1) (Braintree, MA) def. Alafia Ayeni (San Diego, CA) / Nicholas Borchenko (Studio City, CA) 6-1, 6-3
Jake DeVine (Los Altos Hills, CA) / Patrick Kypson (Greenville, NC) def. Connor Hance (Torrance, CA) / Alexander Lebedev (Island Park, NY) 3-6, 6-2, 14-12
Cameron Klinger (Elk Grove, CA) / Nathan Ponwith (Scottsdale, AZ) def. John McNally (Cincinnati, OH) / Gianni Ross (La Grange, IL) 6-3, 6-4
Zeke Clark (Tulsa, OK) / Nathan Perrone (7) (Bluffton, SC) def. Pedro Fernandez del Valle (Wesley Chapel, FL) / Agustin Moreno 6-3, 6-4
Trent Bryde (Suwanee, GA) / Emil Reinberg (5) (Atlanta, GA) def. Zac Brodney (Los Angeles, CA) / Pietro Rimondini (Boca Raton, FL) 7-5, 6-7(3), 12-10
Alex Ross (La Grange, IL) / Eric Rutledge (Fort Worth, TX) def. Mwendwa Mbithi (Deerfield Beach, FL) / Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (4)
(London, Surrey) 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-5
Vasil Kirkov (Tampa, FL) / Sam Riffice (6) (Roseville, CA) def. Emanuel Llamas (El Paso, TX) / Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, FL) 6-0, 6-2
Ulises Blanch (Deerfield Beach, FL) / Liam Caruana (2) (New Braunfels, TX) def. Caleb Chakravarthi (Irvine, CA) / William Genesen (Tulsa, OK) 7-5, 6-3
Girls’ 18 Singles (Round of 32)
Caty McNally (Cincinnati, OH) def. Usue Arconada (1) (Rio Piedras, PR) 6-4, 7-5
Helen Altick (Monroe, LA) def. Carson Branstine (Orange, CA) 7-6(1), 1-6, 4-2 Ret (inj)
Claire Liu (12) (Thousand Oaks, CA) def. Chiara Lommer (skokie, IL) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
Ingrid Neel (7) (Bradenton, FL) def. Raquel Pedraza (Claremont, CA) 6-2, 7-5
Raveena Kingsley (4) (Fulton, MD) def. Christina Rosca (Princeton, NJ) 6-3, 6-1
Caroline Lampl (Bluemont, VA) def. Meghan Kelley (Falmouth, ME) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Emma Higuchi (Los Angeles, CA) def. Michaela Gordon (5) (Saratoga, CA) Wo (inj)
Kayla Day (9) (Santa Barbara, CA) def. Andie Daniell (Douglasville, GA) 6-2, 6-3
Meible Chi (Weston, FL) def. Jessie Aney (Rochester, MN) 6-1, 6-3
Katie Swan (2) (Wichita, KS) def. Morgan Coppoc (Tulsa, OK) 6-1, 6-0
Ena Shibahara (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA) def. Alaina Miller (Saratoga, CA) 6-2, 7-5
Caroline Dolehide (8) (Hinsdale, IL) def. Alexis Nelson (Saint Paul, MN) 6-2, 6-0
Francesca Dilorenzo (6) (New Albany, OH) def. Jessica Failla (Ramona, CA) 6-2, 6-3
Kylie McKenzie (Anthem, AZ) def. Jessica Ho (11) (Naples, FL) 6-2, 6-3
Sofia Sewing (14) (Doral, FL) def. Taylor Russo (Deerfield Beach, FL) 7-5, 6-1
Sofia Kenin (3) (Pembroke Pines, FL) def. Maddie Pothoff (Tucson, AZ) 6-3, 6-2
Girls’ 18 Doubles (Round of 16)
Sofia Kenin (Pembroke Pines, FL) / Katie Swan (1) (Wichita, KS) def. Kenya Jones (Memphis, TN) / Ndindi Mwaruka 6-0, 6-3
Meghan Kelley (Falmouth, ME) / Gabriella Pollner (6) (Boca Raton, FL) def. Summer Dvorak (Laguna Beach, CA) / Gabrielle Schuck
(Colorado Springs, CO) 6-1, 7-6(7)
Jessica Failla (Ramona, CA) / Jada Hart (Colton, CA) def. Jade Lewis (Hilton Head Island, SC) / caty mcnally (Cincinnati, OH) 4-6, 6-4,
10-8
Morgan Coppoc (Tulsa, OK) / Alexandra Sanford (8) (Westerville, OH) def. Meible Chi (Weston, FL) / Taylor Russo (Deerfield Beach, FL)
6-4, 7-6(6)
Annette Goulak (Oak Park, CA) / Alaina Miller (Saratoga, CA) def. Carson Branstine (Orange, CA) / Kylie McKenzie (Anthem, AZ) Wo
(inj)
Caroline Dolehide (Hinsdale, IL) / Ena Shibahara (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA) def. Caroline Lampl (Bluemont, VA) / Melissa Lord
(Bloomfield, CT) 7-5, 6-1
Andie Daniell (Douglasville, GA) / Emma Higuchi (Los Angeles, CA) def. Hanna Chang (Fontana, CA) / Risa Nakagawa (Rancho Palos
Verdes, CA) 6-1, 6-3
Usue Arconada (Rio Piedras, PR) / Francesca Dilorenzo (2) (New Albany, OH) def. Jessie Aney (Rochester, MN) / Ingrid Neel (Bradenton,
FL) 6-2, 6-2
Boys’ 16 Singles (Round of 16)
Oliver Crawford (1) (Spartanburg, SC) def. Paul Barretto (12) (Tiburon, CA) 6-3, 6-2
Danny Thomas (Pickerington, OH) def. Matthew Lord (5) (Bloomfield, CT) 7-5, 6-0
Daunte Harris (Lomita, CA) def. Ajai Shekhera (16) (Campbell, CA) 1-6, 7-6(8), 6-2
Jason Lui (7) (Bellevue, WA) def. William Woodall (Washington, DC) 6-2, 6-3
Abhijeet Joshi (6) (Millington, NJ) def. Bryce Pereira (San Gabriel, CA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
Sean Sculley (3) (Hilton Head Island, SC) def. Jackson Suh (15) (Bellevue, WA) 6-0, 6-3
Chambers Easterling (Spartanburg, SC) def. Sam Turchetta (14) (Pound Ridge, NY) 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3
Brian Cernoch (11) (North Bethesda, MD) def. Austen Huang (2) (Elk Grove, CA) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Boys’ 16 Singles (Quarterfinal Round)
Oliver Crawford (1) (Spartanburg, SC) def. Danny Thomas (Pickerington, OH) 6-0, 6-1
Jason Lui (7) (Bellevue, WA) def. Daunte Harris (Lomita, CA) 6-3, 6-1
Brian Cernoch (11) (North Bethesda, MD) def. Chambers Easterling (Spartanburg, SC) 3-1 Ret (inj)
Sean Sculley (3) (Hilton Head Island, SC) def. Abhijeet Joshi (6) (Millington, NJ), 6-1, 6-1
Girls’ 16 Singles (Round of 16)
Stephanie Schrage (Millburn, NJ) def. Taylor Bridges (Mesa, AZ) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(1)
Anna Brylin (Short Hills, NJ) def. Tatum Rice (Hot Springs, AR) 6-3, 6-4
Victoria Flores (4) (Fort Dodge, IA) def. Nicole Mossmer (La Jolla, CA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Natasha Subhash (Fairfax, VA) def. Hannah Zhao (8) (San Diego, CA) 6-1, 6-0
Salma Ewing (Long Beach, CA) def. Isabella Lorenzini (10) (Clarendon Hills, IL) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Hannah Lairmore (14) (Mobile, AL) def. Delaney Nothaft (Tempe, AZ) 6-0, 6-0
Victoria Emma (12) (Naples, FL) def. Carolyn Campana (Hillsborough, CA) 6-4, 6-1
Samantha Martinelli (2) (Denver, CO) def. Taylor Johnson (Redondo Beach, CA) 6-3, 7-6(5)
Girls’ 16 Singles (Quarterfinal Round)
Stephanie Schrage (Millburn, NJ) def. Anna Brylin (Short Hills, NJ) 6-2, 6-3
Natasha Subhash (Fairfax, VA) def. Victoria Flores (4) (Fort Dodge, IA) 0-6, 6-4, 6-3
Hannah Lairmore (14) (Mobile, AL) def. Salma Ewing (Long Beach, CA) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3
Samantha Martinelli (2) (Denver, CO) def. Victoria Emma (12) (Naples, FL) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
Boys’ 14 Singles (Final Round)
Adam Neff (3) (Bradenton, FL) def. Jaycer Calleros (10) (San Antonio, TX) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Boys’ 14 Singles Consolation (Semifinal Round)
William Grant (14) (Santa Barbara, CA) def. Jenson Brooksby (8) (Carmichael, CA) 6-3, 6-1
Govind Nanda (1) (Redlands, CA) def. Daniel Baturyn (San Leandro, CA) 6-3, 6-2
Boys’ 14 Singles (Playoff Final)
Garrett Johns (Atlanta, GA) def. Cannon Kingsley (6) (Northport, NY) 7-6(5), 1-6, 10-7
Boys’ 14 Singles (Playoff)
Joshua Xu (5) (Chandler, AZ) def. Brandon Nakashima (2) (San Diego, CA) Wd (inj)
Girls’ 14 Singles (Final Round)
Whitney Osuigwe (14) (Bradenton, FL) def. Alexa Noel (1) (Summit, NJ) 4-6, 6-0, 7-6(4)
Girls’ 14 Singles Consolation (Semifinal Round)
Naomi Cheong (Las Vegas, NV) def. Chloe Beck (Watkinsville, GA) 6-1, 6-2
Abigail Forbes (3) (Raleigh, NC) def. Jillian Taggart (8) (Fair Oaks, CA) 7-5, 6-4
Girls’ 14 Singles Consolation (Final Round)
Naomi Cheong (Las Vegas, NV) def. Abigail Forbes (3) (Raleigh, NC) 6-1, 6-4
Girls’ 14 Singles (Playoff Final)
Lea Ma (5) (Dix Hills, NY) def. Imani Graham (St Johns, FL) 6-2, 6-2
Girls’ 14 Singles (Playoff)
Kacie Harvey (6) (Braintree, MA) def. Katie Volynets (4) (Walnut Creek, CA) 6-4, 6-2
Boys’ 12 Singles (Final Round)
Hunter Heck (6) (New Brighton, MN) def. Jameson Corsillo (2) (Boca Raton, FL) 6-3, 6-2
Boys’ 12 Singles Consolation (Final Round)
Hugo Hashimoto (4) (San Jose, CA) def. Dominick Cuchran (Bloomingdale, IL) 6-2, 7-6(2)
Boys’ 12 Singles Consolation (Semifinal Round)
Hugo Hashimoto (4) (San Jose, CA) def. Tauheed Browning (Philadelphia, PA) 6-1, 7-5
Dominick Cuchran (Bloomingdale, IL) def. JC Roddick (5) (San Antonio, TX) 6-3, 6-3
Boys’ 12 Singles (Playoff Final)
Sam Feldman (3) (Brookline, MA) def. Benjamin Kittay (7) (Potomac, MD) 5-7, 7-6(2), 10-7
Boys’ 12 Singles (Playoff)
Aidan Mayo (1) (Roseville, CA) def. Martin Damm (Bradenton, FL) Wo (inj)
Girls’ 12 Singles (Final Round)
Gabriella Price (1) (Montebello, NY) def. Emma Jackson (LA Grange Park, IL) 6-1, 6-2
Girls’ 12 Singles Consolation (Semifinal Round)
Skyler Grishuk (15) (Newport Beach, CA) def. Kenadee Semenik (4) (Las Vegas, NV) 6-1, 6-3
Bridget Stammel (13) (Dallas, TX) def. Jacque Dunyon (12) (South Ogden, UT) 6-7(5), 6-3, 11-9
Girls’ 12 Singles Consolation (Final Round)
Skyler Grishuk (15) (Newport Beach, CA) def. Bridget Stammel (13) (Dallas, TX) 6-2, 6-0
Girls’ 12 Singles (Playoff Final)
Jennifer Kida (8) (Wilmington, CA) def. Muskan Mahajan (San Ramon, CA) 6-2, 6-0
Girls’ 12 Singles (Playoff)
Nina Gulbransen (3) (Boca Raton, FL) def. Savannah Broadus (2) (Carrollton, TX) 6-1, 6-2
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