Happy New Year! Shelton Siblings Advance to Semifinals at USTA Winter National 18s; Semifinals Also Set for 12s, 14s Divisions in Tucson
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The semifinals are set for Thursday at the 12s and 14s in Tucson, where the weather has improved after a cold few days to the tournament. The top two seeds girls 12s were eliminated in today's quarterfinals, with No. 6 seed Sabrina Lin beating No. 1 seed Mia Yamakita 7-5, 7-6(4) and No. 5 seed Maya Iyengar defeating No. 2 seed Alexis Nguyen 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(4). The top seed in the boys 14s, Carson Baker, lost to unseeded Callum Markowitz 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and No. 2 seed Alexander Frusina retired against No. 17 seed Daniel Kong trailing 3-0 in the first set.
Girls 12s semifinals:
Sabrina Lin[6] v Emerey Gross[12]
Elena Zhao[3] v Maya Iyengar[5]
Girls 14s semifinals:
Ava Bruno[10] v Emily Novikov[17]
Susanna Maltby[3] v Alexia Harmon[2]
Boys 12s semifinals:
Tristan Dussault[17] v Gray Kelley[4]
Dominick Mosejczuk[3] v Roman Sancilio[2]
Boys 14s semifinals:
Callum Markowitz v Humza Noor[10]
Zhengqing Ji v Daniel Kong[17]
At the 16s and 18s in Lake Nona, the semifinals are set for the 18s, with the 16s scheduled to play both their quarterfinals and semifinals on Thursday. Emma Shelton, a freshman at the University of South Carolina, and Ben Shelton, her younger brother, both reached the semifinals with wins today. Emma, a No. 17 seed, defeated Florida State recruit Lara Schneider, the No. 15 seed, 6-1, 6-4. Ben, the No. 8 seed, took out No. 2 seed Leighton Allen 1-6, 6-0, 6-2. Emma and Ben's father is Bryan Shelton, the men's head coach at Florida. Ben, a junior in high school, has committed to the Gators for 2021.
The only two No. 1 seeds remaining in any of the eight divisions are in the 18s, with Logan Zapp and Sarah Hamner reaching the semifinals with wins today.
Boys 18s semifinals:
Logan Zapp[1] v Keshav Chopra[12]
Benjamin Koch[4] v Ben Shelton[8]
Boys 16s quarterfinals:
Michael Ross[17] v Vignesh Gogineni
Masato Perera[17] v Ethan Quinn[6]
Yannik Rahman v Michael Zheng[3]
Kurt Miller[5] v Eric Li[16]
Girls 18s semifinals:
Sarah Hamner[1] v Katherine Hui
Emma Staker[5] v Emma Shelton[17]
Girls 16s quarterfinals:
Eileen Wang v Gavriella Smith[17]
Lucinda Gatsiounis[17] v Tomi Main[10]
Stephanie Yakoff[5] v Kida Ferrari[4]
Ann Guerry[8] v Katie Codd[2]
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