My USTA National Open Recap and Results from Around the Country; Jenkins and Embree Named ITA Players of the Year

I was fortunate to be able to cover a National Open just a few miles from my home last week, with the Boys and Girls 16s and the Girls 18s finals taking place at Kalamazoo College's Stowe Stadium last Friday. My recap is available today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, and below are the results from the other National Open tournaments around the country.

B12s
Steven Sun(1) def. Richter Jordaan(4) 6-1, 6-1
Ronan Jachuck(2) def. Cannon Kingsley(1) 6-3, 6-2
Thomas Yu(1) def. Tristan Boyer(2) 6-2, 6-0
Kevin Zhu(1) def. Zane Khan(2) 6-3, 7-5

B14s
William Howells(5) def. Vasil Kirkov(3) 6-1, 7-5
Ivan Thamma(2) def. Roscoe Bellamy(8) 7-6, 6-4
Andrew Fenty(3) def. Trent Bryde(1) 6-4, 6-2
Brian Shi(8) def. Bryan Yoshino 6-4, 6-4

B16s
Tommy Paul(1) def. Robert Levine(2) 6-4, 6-4
Nathan Ponwith(1) def. Joshua Pompan(6) 6-3, 6-2
Jake DeVine(1) def. Reilly Opelka(5) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
John McNally(7) def. Gianni Ross 6-3, 6-1

B18s
John Mee(2) def. William Little(1) 6-4, 6-1
Hampton Drake def. Christopher Vrabel(1) 7-6(6), 7-6(4)
Gage Brymer(1) def. William Griffith(3) 6-3, 7-5
Ronnie Schneider(1) def. Jack Murray(2) 6-4, 6-2

G12s
Lahari Yelamanchili(1) def. Addison Brown(6) 6-4, 6-2
Emma Navarro(1) def. Brianna Shvets(5) 6-4, 6-4
Julia Haynes def. Amy Huang(2) 6-3, 6-2
Katelyn Thomas(1) def. Oghenesuvweh Ogbevire 6-1, 6-1

G14s
Kariann Pierre-Louis(4) def. Rachel Papavasilopoulos(3) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(8)
Annette Goulak(7) def. Jenna Moustafa(6) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
Meredith Roberts(1) def. Taylor Bridges 6-3, 6-2
Elysia Bolton(4) def. Marybeth Hurley(1) 6-2, 6-3

G16s
Raveena Kingsley(6) def. Jessica Livianu(4) 6-2, 6-2
Jessica Failla(3) def. Ryan Peus 6-3, 6-4
Jenna Friedel(2) def. Jaclyn Switkes(1) 6-2, 6-1
Kayla Day def. Sophia Abelson 6-2, 6-2

G18s
Karina Traxler (3) def. Chuyang Guan(2) 6-3, 6-1
Kaitlyn McCarthy(1) def. Rachel Pierson(2) 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
Gabrielle Smith(6) def. Alexandra Letzt(2) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Kennedy Shaffer def. Meghan Kelley 6-2, 6-1

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its ITA Players of the Year today, with Florida's Lauren Embree and Virginia's Jarmere Jenkins receiving the awards.  Both finished at the top of the singles rankings and will be honored this weekend at the ATP Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island.

Southern Cal's Sabrina Santamaria and Kaitlyn Christian were named the women's doubles team of the year, and Duke's Henrique Cunha and Raphael Hemmeler were named the men's doubles team of the year.  Of the four year-end awards, only Santamaria and Christian won the NCAA championships.  They also will not be able to attend the Hall of Fame ceremony, since they are representing the US in the World University Games in Kazan, Russia.

For the complete release on the career achievements of Embree and Jenkins--and there are many--see the ITA website.