Iva Jovic has put together a remarkable run in Central and South America these past three weeks, with one loss total in singles and doubles in the three ITF J300 tournaments in Costa Rica, Ecuador and this week in Colombia. The 15-year-old from Torrance California, seeded No. 1, will play for her third singles title tomorrow, facing No. 2 seed Lucianna Perez Alarcon of Peru in the final. Jovic lost her only set in the past three weeks to Perez Alarcon in the semifinals last week in Ecuador, taking a 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2 victory.
Jovic defeated No. 5 seed Valeria Ray 6-4, 6-1 in today's semifinals; Perez Alarcon defeated No. 7 seed Isabelle Lacy of Great Britain 6-2, 6-3.
In addition to being the only player to take a set from Jovic, Perez Alarcon is also responsible for Jovic's only loss this year, in the first round of doubles last week in Ecuador. Perez Alarcon and Kaitlin Quevedo, the top seeds, beat Jovic and Tyra Grant in the first round 5-7, 6-2, 10-8 after losing to Jovic and Grant in the quarterfinals 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 in the quarterfinals in Costa Rica the week before. Jovic and Grant won the doubles title in Costa Rica and another one today in Colombia, with the No. 4 seeds beating No. 2 seeds Lacy and Hephzibah Oluwadare of Great Britain 6-3, 6-3. They did not come close to dropping a set this week.
Jovic and Grant, who also won the J500 Orange Bowl title in December, are 13-1 as a team since their loss in the first round at the Eddie Herr J300.
The boys final Saturday will feature two unseeded players, which was determined even before today's semifinals, with no seeds making the final four.
Fifteen-year-old Oliver Bonding of Great Britain defeated qualifier Matthias Uwe Kask of Canada 7-6(3), 6-1 to reach his first J300 final. He'll play Mees Rottgering of the Netherlands, also 15 years old, for the title after Rottgering beat 17-year-old Lasse Poertner of Germany 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
The boys doubles champions are top seeds Petr Brunclik and Denis Petak of the Czech Republic, who beat No. 2 seeds Luca Pow and Phoenix Weir 6-4, 6-4 in today's final.
With the ITA Women's National Team Indoor Championships in Seattle this year, I won't be able to provide results for the two late matches, and on this first day of round of 16 competition, that includes the top two seeds. No. 1 Texas plays host Washington and No. 2 North Carolina has a tough opener with Pepperdine. I'll add the box scores tomorrow for those matches. The results are available here.
But even without those results, there was plenty of action from today, with four of the eight seeds sent to the consolation draw today. Georgia kicked off the day with a 4-2 win over No. 5 Stanford; Oklahoma beat No. 4 Duke 4-2 and Michigan hung on to defeat No. 7 Virginia 4-2. In the only 4-3 match of first six played Friday, Iowa State, playing in its first Team Indoor ever, took out No. 8 seed Vanderbilt, with the match decided in a third set tiebreaker at line 6.
No. 3 seed Texas A&M and No. 6 seed Ohio State were 4-0 winners earlier in the day.
Cracked Racquets will be providing its CrossCourt coverage throughout the tournament at their YouTube channel.
Round of 16 results, Women's Team Indoor February 10, 2023
Georgia 4, Stanford[5] 2
Doubles
1. Angelica Blake and Alexis Blokhina(STAN) d. Guillermina Grant and Mai Nirundorn(UGA) 6-2
2. Mel Reasco and Meg Kowalski(UGA) d. Valencia Xu and Alexandra Yepifanova(STAN) 7-5
3. Ania Hertel and Anastasiia Lopata(UGA) d. Connie Ma and Sara Choy 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles
1. Lea Ma(UGA) d. Connie Ma(STAN) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
2. Darja Vidmanova(UGA) d. Alexandra Yepifanova(STAN) 6-1, 7-6(6)
3. Angelica Blake(STAN) d. Mell Reasco(UGA) 6-0, 6-2
4. Meg Kowalski(UGA) d. Alexis Blokhina(STAN) 6-3, 7-5
5. Valencia Xu(STAN) v Ania Hertel(UGA) 7-5, 4-6, 5-4, unfinished
6. Sara Choy(STAN) d. Guillermina Grant(UGA) 7-5, 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 2, 4, 6, 1
Ohio State[6] 4, Auburn 0
Doubles
1. Sydni Ratliff and Irina Cantos Siemers(OSU) d. Ariana Arseneault and Carolyn Ansari(AUB) 6-4
2. Angella Okutoyi and Adeline Flach(AUB) v Akanksha Bhan and Isabelle Boulais 5-4, unfinished
3. Kolie Allen and Danielle Willson(OSU) d. DJ Bennett and Kaitlyn Carnicella(AUB) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1
Singles
1. Ariana Arseneault(AUB) v Sydni Ratliff(OSU) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0, unfinished
2. Carolyn Ansari(AUB) v Irina Cantos Siemers(OSU) 7-6(4), 5-3, unfinished
3. Isabelle Boulais(OSU) d. DJ Bennett(AUB) 6-4, 6-2
4. Kolie Allen(OSU) d. Kaiylyn Carnicella(AUB) 6-4, 6-1
5. Shelly Bereznyak(OSU) d. Angella Okutoyi(AUB) 6-0, 7-6(5)
6. Danielle Willson(OSU) d. Adeline Flach(AUB) 6-4, 6-5, unfinished
Order of finish: 4, 3, 5
Texas A&M[3] 4, San Diego 0
Doubles
1. Carson Branstine and Mary Stoiana(TAMU) d. Elizabeth Goldsmith and Kailey Evans(USD) 6-3
2. Salma Ewing and Jayci Goldsmith(TAMU) d. Victoria Kalaitzis and Filippa Bruu-Syversen 6-2
3. Claudia De Las Heras and Jordyn McBride(USD) v Mia Kupres and Gianna Pielet(TAMU) 4-3, unfinished
Order of finish: 2, 1
Singles
1. Carson Branstine(TAMU) d. Soymar Colling(USD) 6-3, 6-3
2. Mary Stoiana(TAMU) v Claudia De las Heras(USD) 4-6, 6-3, 4-3, unfinished
3. Salma Ewing(TAMU) v Elizabeth Goldsmith(USD) 2-6, 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
4. Mia Kupres(TAMU) d. Abigail Desiatnokov(USD) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
5. Jayci Goldsmith(TAMU) v Kailey Evans(USD) 6-2, 5-7, 3-3, unfinished
6. Daria Smetannikov(TAMU) d. Jordyn McBride(USD) 7-5, 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 6, 4
Oklahoma d. Duke[4] 4-2
Doubles
1. Chloe Beck and Cameron Morra(DUKE) v Carmen Corley and Ivana Corley(OU) 4-2, unfinished
2. Layne Sleeth and Alexandra Pisareva(OU) d. Ellie Coleman and Karolina Berankova(DUKE) 6-1
3. Dana Guzman and Julia Garcia Ruiz(OU) d. Emma Jackson and Iuliia Bryzgalova(DUKE) 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 2
Singles
1. Chloe Beck(DUKE) d. Layne Sleeth(OU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Carmen Corley(OU) v Cameron Morra(DUKE) 6-2, 4-6, 5-1 unfinished
3. Dana Guzman(OU) d. Georgia Drummy(DUKE) 6-4, 6-4
4. Emma Jackson(DUKE) d. Julia Garcia Ruiz(OU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Emma Staker(OU) d. Ellie Coleman(DUKE) 7-6(7), 6-4
6. Alexandra Pisareva(OU) d. Iuliia Bryzgalova(DUKE) 6-4, 6-2
Order of finish:
1, 6, 3, 4, 5
Michigan 4, Virginia[7] 2
Doubles
1. Jaedan Brown and Kari Miller(MICH) d. Julia Adams and Melodie Collard(UVA) 6-1
2. Natasha Subhash and Annabelle Xu(UVA) d. Julia Fliegner and Lily Jones(MICH) 6-0
3. Nicole Hammond and Andrea Cerdan(MICH) d. Elaine Chervinsky and Sara Ziodato(UVA) 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles
1. Jaedan Brown(MICH) d. Natasha Subhash(UVA) 6-2, 6-2
2. Kari Miller(MICH) d. Elaine Chervinsky(UVA) 6-2, 6-3
3. Julia Fliegner(MICH) d. Sara Ziodato(UVA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
4. Annabelle Xu(UVA) d. Lily Jones(MICH) 6-4, 7-5
5. Gala Mesochoritou(MICH) v Hibah Shaikh(UVA) 3-6, 6-2, 5-5, unfinished
6. Melodie Collard(UVA) d. Andrea Cerdan(MICH) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish:1, 2, 6, 4, 3
Iowa State 4, Vanderbilt[8] 3
Doubles
1. Thasaporn Naklo and Anna Supapitch Kuearum(ISU) d. Anna Ross and Holly Staff(VAN) 6.2
2. Ange Oby Kajuru and Xinyi Nong(ISU) d. Bridget Stammel and Marcella Cruz(VAN) 6-3
3. Celia-Belle Mohr and Anessa Lee(VAN) v Miska Kadleckova and Sofia Cabezas(ISU) 4-4, unfinished
Order of finish: 1, 2
Singles
1. Celia-Belle Mohr(VAN) d. Thasaporn Naklo(ISU) 1-6, 6-1, 6-1
2. Ange Oby Kajuru(ISU) d. Anna Ross(VAN) 6-1, 6-0
3. Holly Staff(VAN) d. Anna Supapitch Kuearum(ISU) 4-6, 6-3,
6-1
4. Miska Kadleckova(ISU) d. Bridget Stammel(VAN) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Anessa Lee(VAN) d. Sofia Cabezas(ISU) 6-4, 6-3
6. Chie Kezuka(ISU) d. Amy Stevens(VAN) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)
Order of finish: 2, 5, 1, 3, 4, 6
Texas[1] 4, Washington 0
Doubles
1. Nicole Khirin and Charlotte Chavatipon(TEX) v Astrid Olsen and Erika Matsuda(WASH) 4-4, unfinished
2. Taisiya Pachkaleva and Nicole Rivkin(TEX) d. Hikaru Sato and Zehra Suko(WASH) 6-4
3. Sabina Zeynalova and Marlee Zein(TEX) d. Sarah-Maude Fortin and Jennifer Kerr(WASH) 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 2
Singles
1. Nicole Khirin(TEX) d. Hikaru Sato(WASH( 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
2. Sabina Zeynalova(TEX) d. Sarah-Maude Fortin(WASH) 6-1, 6-3
3. Malaika Rapolu(TEX) d. Astrid Olsen(WASH) 6-1, 6-3
4. Jennifer Kerr(WASH) v Taisiya Pachkaleva(TEX) 6-2, 3-6, 6-5, unfinished
5. Melissa Sakar(WASH) v Nicole Rivkin(TEX) 6-1, 3-6, 6-5, unfinished
6. Marlee Zein(TEX) v Erika Matsuda(WASH) 6-7(6), 6-1, 4-1, unfinished
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
North Carolina[2] 4, Pepperdine 2
Doubles
1. Reese Brantmeier and Elizabeth Scotty(UNC) d. Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen(PEPP) 6-2
2. Lisa Zaar and Bunyawi Thamchaiwat(PEPP) d. Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig(UNC) 7-6(6)
3. Reilly Tran and Abby Forbes(UNC) d. Nikki Redelijk and Anna Campana(PEPP) 7-6(2)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
1. Reese Brantmeier(UNC) d. Janice Tjen(PEPP) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
2. Lisa Zaar(PEPP) d. Carson Tanguilig(UNC) 7-6(3), 6-1
3. Savannah Broadus(PEPP) d. Abby Forbes(UNC) 7-5, 6-3
4. Elizabeth Scotty(UNC) d. Bunyawi Thamchaiwat(PEPP) 7-5, 6-4
5. Reilly Tran(UNC) v Nikke Redelijk(PEPP) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0, unfinished
6. Anika Yarlagadda(UNC) d. Carolyn Campana(PEPP) 6-2, 6-0
Order of finish: 6, 2, 3, 4, 1
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