Iowa State Stuns Top Seed Texas at Women's Team Indoor; Ohio State Men Beat Virginia; Montgomery and Krueger Win Orlando Doubles Title; Cressy Reaches ATP 250 Final in France; Isner Faces Wu in Historic ATP Dallas Open Final

There were plenty of upsets yesterday in the round of 16 at ITA Women's National Team Indoor Championships in Seattle but nothing of the magnitude of Iowa State's 4-1 win over top seed Texas. The Cyclones, who had earned a 4-3 win Friday over No. 8 seed Vanderbilt with a 7-6 in the third win at line 6, had much less difficulty getting by the 2022 NCAA champions in tonight's quarterfinal. They took the doubles point from the Longhorns with no drama, then earned straight-sets wins at 5, 2 and 4 to emphatically announce their arrival on the national scene. This is the first appearance at the ITA Team Indoor in program history, and while their Kickoff Weekend wins over UCLA and Miami were impressive, this result is bound to start the comparisons with last year's Oklahoma team. 

Next up for Iowa State is Georgia, who advanced to the semifinals with a tense 4-2 win over Oklahoma. In the only quarterfinal between two seeded teams, No. 3 seed Texas A&M put away No. 6 seed Ohio State 4-0 in impressive fashion, with the Aggies yet to drop a point this weekend. They will play the winner of tonight's late match between No. 2 seed North Carolina and Michigan.

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Women's ITA National Team Indoor Championships

Quarterfinal results, February 11, 2023

Georgia 4, Oklahoma 2

Doubles
1. Mai Nirundorn and Guillermina Grant(UGA) d. Carmen Corley and Ivana Corley(OU) 6-3
2. Layne Sleeth and Alexandra Pisareva(OU) d. Mell Reasco and Meg Kowalski(UGA) 6-1
3. Ania Hertel and Anastasiia Lopata(UGA) d. Dana Guzman and Julia Garcia Ruiz(OU) 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles
1. Lea Ma(UGA) v Layne Sleeth(OU) 5-7, 6-3, 5-2, unfinished
2. Darja Vidmanova(UGA) d. Carmen Corley(OU) 6-2 7-6(7)
3. Meg Kowalski(UGA) d. Dana Guzman(OU) 6-0, 1-6, 6-3
4. Mell Reasco(UGA) d. Julia Garcia Ruiz(OU) 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-3
5. Emma Staker(OU) d. Ania Hertel(UGA) 2-6, 6-1, 7-5
6. Alexandra Pisareva(OU) d. Mai Nirundorn(UGA) 6-1, 6-3

Texas A&M[3] 4,  Ohio State[6] 0

Doubles

1. Carson Branstine and Mary Stoiana(TAMU) d. Sydni Ratliff and Irina Cantos Siemers(OSU) 6-4

2. Jayci Goldsmith and Salma Ewing(TAMU) d. Akanksha Bhan and Isabelle Boulais(OSU) 6-3

3. Danielle Willson and Kolie Allen(OSU) v Mia Kupres and Gianna Pielet(TAMU) 5-4, unfinished

Order of finish: 2, 1

Singles

1. Carson Branstine(TAMU) d. Sydni Ratliff(OSU) 6-2, 6-4

2. Mary Stoiana(TAMU) d. Irina Cantos Siemers(OSU) 6-1, 6-0

3. Salma Ewing(TAMU) v Isabelle Boulais(OSU) 6-4, 5-2, unfinished

4. Mia Kupres(TAMU) d. Kolie Allen(OSU) 6-2, 6-0

5. Shelly Bereznyak(OSU)v Jayci Goldsmith(TAMU) 0-6, 6-3, 3-1, unfinished

6. Daria Smetannikov(TAMU) v Lucia Marzal(OSU) 6-3, 3-4, unfinished

Order of finish: 2, 4, 1

Iowa State 4, Texas[1] 1 

Doubles

1. Thasaporn Naklo and Anna Supapitch Kuearum(ISU) d. Nicole Khirin and Charlotte Chavatipon(TEX) 6-2

2. Ange Oby Kajuru and Xinyi Nong(ISU) d. Taisiya Pachkaleva and Nicole Rivkin(TEX) 6-2

3. Miska Kadleckova and Sofia Cabezas(ISU) v Sabina Zeynalova and Marlee Zein(TEX) 4-4, unfinished

Order of finish: 1, 2

Singles

1. Nicole Khirin(TEX) v Thasaporn Naklo(ISU) 6-4, 6-5, unfinished

2. Ange Oby Kajuru(ISU) d. Charlotte Chavatipon(TEX) 6-2, 6-3 

3. Anna Supapitch Kuearum(ISU) v Sabina Zeynalova(TEX) 0-6, 6-2, 3-1, unfinished 

4. Miska Kadleckova(ISU) d. Malaika Rapolu(TEX) 6-3, 6-3 

5. Sofia Cabezas(ISU) d. Nicole Rivkin(TEX) 6-1, 6-4

6. Marlee Zein(TEX) d. Chie Kezuka(ISU) 6-2, 6-2

Order of finish: 6, 5, 2, 4

North Carolina[2] 4,  Michigan 1

Doubles

1. Reese Brantmeier and Elizabeth Scotty(UNC) v Jaedan Brown and Kari Miller(MICH) 5-4, unfinished

2. Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig(UNC) d. Andrea Cerdan and Nicole Hammond(MICH) 6-2

3. Reilly Tran and Abby Forbes(UNC) d. Bayley Sheinin and Julia Fliegner(MICH) 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 2

Singles

1. Fiona Crawley(UNC) d. Jaedan Brown(MICH) 6-1, 6-3

2. Reese Brantmeier(UNC) v Kari Miller(MICH) 6-3, 3-6, 5-4, unfinished

3. Julia Fliegner(MICH) d. Carson Tanguilig(UNC) 6-2, 7-5

4. Abby Forbes(UNC) v Andrea Cerdan(MICH) 7-5, 6-7(5), unfinished

5. Reilly Tran(UNC) d. Nicole Hammond(MICH) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

6. Anika Yarlagadda(UNC) d. Bayley Sheinin(MICH) 6-3, 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 3, 6, 5

The reigning men's NCAA champions also suffered a loss today, with No. 1 Ohio State traveling to Charlottesville and coming away with a 4-1 victory over Virginia. The Buckeyes again lost the doubles point, as they did Thursday at Wake Forest, but even without Cannon Kingsley for the third straight match, Ohio State dominated in singles, getting points from Robert Cash at line 6, James Trotter at line 4, Jack Anthrop at line 5 and Justin Boulais at line 2. For a recap of the match, see this article from OhioStateBuckeyes.com.

At the $60,000 USTA women's Pro Circuit tournament in Orlando, 18-year-olds Robin Montgomery and Ashlyn Krueger won their second doubles title at that level, with the 2021 US Open girls and USTA National 18s doubles champions getting through their four matches this week without dropping a set. Montgomery and Krueger, the No. 4 seeds, defeated No. 2 seeds Arienne Hartono(Mississippi) and Eva Vedder of the Netherlands 7-5, 6-1 in today's final.

Krueger, the No. 8 seed in singles, lost to No. 5 seed Kimberly Birrell of Australia 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Birrell will play No. 3 seed Rebecca Peterson of Sweden in Sunday's final after Peterson saved two match points in her 6-7(5), 7-6(9), 6-2 win over qualifier Sabine Lisicki of Germany.

At the men's $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Palm Coast Florida, former Baylor All-American Adrian Boitan of Romania will face No. 3 seed Ignacio Monzon of Argentina in the final, after both recorded straight-sets victories today. The unseeded Boitan, who is 0-3 in his previous appearances in Pro Circuit finals, defeated wild card Mac Kiger(North Carolina) 6-1, 6-4 in the semifinals, while Monzon took out 18-year-old Gonzalo Bueno of Peru, the No. 6 seed, 6-2, 6-2.

Kiger did get his second Pro Circuit title of the year and his career Friday in doubles, partnering with George Goldhoff(Texas) for the title. Kiger and Goldhoff, seeded No. 2, defeated top seeds Monzon and Francisco Comesana of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 to take their first title as a team without loss of a set.

Maxime Cressy(UCLA) has advanced to his fourth ATP Tour final at the 250 tournament in Montpellier France. The unseeded 25-year-old defeated top seed Holger Rune of Denmark 7-5, 6-7(3), 7-6(4) in a semifinal that featured just two break points in its two-hour 36-minute duration, with Cressy not facing any and converting one of two in the first set. Cressy, who was born in France, will face No. 2 seed Jannick Sinner of Italy in Sunday's final. Sinner ended the run of 2020 Orange Bowl champion Arthur Fils of France 7-5, 6-2. Cressy has also reached the doubles final, as part of a wild card team with Albano Olivetti of France.

Another former collegian will play for the ATP 250 title at the Dallas Open, with No. 5 seed John Isner(Georgia) defeating JJ Wolf(Ohio State) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(4). Isner, who has lived in Dallas for several years, had 31 aces in the match, including 13 in the final set. In his 31st ATP final, Isner will face 2017 US Open boys champion Yibing Wu of China, who upset top seed Taylor Fritz 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-4. The 23-year-old Wu, who just broke into the ATP Top 100 this month after a steady climb through the Challenger Circuit last year, is the first Chinese player to reach an ATP final. After years spent patiently waiting to get healthy, Wu is now fulfilling the potential he displayed as the ITF's No. 1 junior.