USO Girls Doubles Champions Montgomery and Krueger Claim First Pro Title at Arcadia $60K, Parks Falls in Final; Santamaria and Harrison Win First WTA Doubles Title; UCLA's Hoogmartens and Baird Take Pacific Coast Doubles Championships; Chicago Dominates Singles to Earn ITA Women's D-III Indoor Championship

Doubles is the theme of tonight's post with notable results in California and Mexico, while getting swept in doubles didn't prove fatal to the University of Chicago women.

US Open girls doubles champions Robin Montgomery and Ashlyn Krueger won their first pro title as a team without having to play a point in the final, with the 17-year-olds getting a walkover from No. 2 seeds Harriet Dart of Great Britain and Giuliana Olmos(USC) of Mexico at the $60,000 USTA Women's Pro Circuit tournament in Arcadia California. It's Montgomery's third pro doubles title, and the first for Krueger. The pair now head to Indian Wells, where Montgomery received a main draw wild card and Krueger a qualifying wild card in singles.

In the Arcadia singles final, Alycia Parks lost to No. 5 seed Rebecca Marino of Canada 7-6(0), 6-1.  

In another notable result in ITF World Tennis Tour action, recent North Carolina State graduate Adriana Reami won her first title above the $15K level today at the $25,000 tournament in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic. The unseeded 24-year-old Floridian defeated Joanne Zuger of Switzerland 6-3, 7-5 in the final, dropping only one set along en route.

Two former collegiate rivals teamed up for their first WTA title today, with USC star Sabrina Santamaria and UCLA standout Catherine Harrison capturing the WTA 250 in Monterrey Mexico. After receiving a walkover into the final, the unseeded pair played Xinyu Hand of China and Yana Sizikova, also unseeded, in the final, taking a 1-6, 7-5, 10-6 decision. I spoke to both Santamaria and Harrison last fall at the Dow Tennis Classic 125, and although they played together there, reaching the semifinals, neither suggested that they would be a team going forward. They lost in the first round last week in WTA 250 in Guadalajara, but maybe this result will keep them together, now that Harrison will move into the Top 100 in the WTA doubles rankings for the first time.

The final of the Men's Pacific Coast Doubles tournament this afternoon was an all-UCLA affair, with No. 9 seeds Drew Baird and Alexander Hoogmartens defeating teammates Stefan Leustian and Bryce Pereira, the No. 4 seeds, 6-2, 6-4.  Hoogmartens and Baird had defeated the top seeds Arthur Fery and Alexandre Rotsaert of Stanford in the semifinals earlier today 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Leustian and Pereira had advanced to the semifinals when Brandon and Bryce Nakashima, the top independent seeds, elected to withdraw late last night after several rain delays. Leustian and Pereira defeated unseeded Victor Moreno and Nic Weidenhorn of Nebraska 6-3, 7-5 in their semifinal. 

When a Division III team drops all three doubles matches, each of which is worth a point, it's difficult to come back. When the score gets to 4-0, the lead that Emory had on Chicago today in the final of the ITA Women's Team Indoor, there is absolutely no margin for error. But No. 3 seed Chicago ran the table after that winning at 1,2,3,4 and 5 singles to defeat the 2021 NCAA champions 5-4. Chicago won three of those in straight sets, but had to come from a set down at lines 2 and 3, with Claudia Ng defeating Emma Carledge of Emory 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 to clinch for the Maroon. It's Chicago's first win over Emory since 2012. For more on the final and quotes from coach Jay Tee, see this article from the Chicago website.