Muhammed Wins $10K; Albanese and Nishikori Finalists in $50K in Carson
The Houston Chronicle posted this story on the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event and somehow neglected to mention that both finalists--Asia Muhammed and Jelena Pandzic--were qualifiers. Muhammed has not yet turned pro, although there was discussion about that earlier this year, and if she's still not entertaining the notion after this win, it may be a while. For those of you who remember last year's ITA Individual Indoor in Columbus, Pandzic was the NAIA player from Fresno Pacific who took Audra Cohen to three sets in the final. My story on that match is here.
The combined challenger in Carson received a lot of attention on usta.com. Here's the finals story, detailing Jessica Kirkland's win over Lauren Albanese and Alex Bogomolov's victory over Kei Nishikori.
The startling news today from the French Open juniors is that the doubles are being played in the shortened scoring format that is now invoked on the ATP and WTA tours, but hasn't been used in a Grand Slam that I can remember. I'm checking to see if I can find out if this is weather-related or a new ITF preference. For complete junior draws, see rolandgarros.com.
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