North Carolina and Georgia Meet for Women's Team Indoor Title Monday; Perez Alarcon Ends Jovic's Winning Streak; Boitan Earns First Pro Circuit Singles Title at Palm Coast $15K

North Carolina and Georgia will meet Monday for the ITA Women's National Team Indoor title in Seattle after both posted two tense 4-2 victories Sunday.

Georgia defeated Cinderella Iowa State in match that featured three straightforward two-set matches and three extremely close contests. Georgia won the doubles point easily, but after Iowa State found its form, the battle was on, and it took a three-set win from Guillermina Grant at line 6 to seal the first Indoor final since 2019 for the Bulldogs.

Georgia 4, Iowa State 2

Doubles
1. Mai Nirundorn and Guillermina Grant(UGA) d. Thasaporn Naklo and Anna Supapitch Kuearum(ISU) 6-2
2. Mell Reasco and Meg Kowalski(UGA) d. Ange Oby Kajuru and Xinyi Nong(ISU) 7-6(2)
3. Ania Hertel and Anastasiia Lopata(UGA) v Miska Kadleckova and Sofia Cabezas(ISU) 5-5, unfinished

Order of finish: 1, 2

Singles
1. Lea Ma(UGA) v Thasaporn Naklo(ISU) 6-2, 4-6, 5-4, unfinished
2. Darja Vidmanova(UGA) d, Ange Oby Kajuru(ISU) 6-1, 6-3
3. Anna Supapitch Kuearum(ISU) d. Mell Reasco(UGA) 7-5, 7-6(4)
4. Miska Kadleckova(ISU) d. Meg Kowalski(UGA) 6-0, 6-0
5. Anna Hertel(UGA) d. Sofia Cabezas 6-0, 6-3
6. Guillermina Grant(UGA) d. Chie Kezuka(ISU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

Order of finish: 4, 5, 2, 3, 6

No. 2 seed North Carolina dropped the doubles point to No. 3 seed Texas A&M without much resistance, and they are the only team all weekend who won a main draw match after losing the doubles point. The Tar Heels took four first sets in singles, so they had a pathway to victory, but the route got much more complicated, with four matches going to third sets. North Carolina did get straight-sets victories from Fiona Crawley at line 1 and Reese Brantmeier at line 2, and then three-set wins from Elizabeth Scotty at line 5 and the clinching victory from Carson Tanguilig at line 3, in a third-set tiebreaker over Salma Ewing. 

North Carolina has now reached the last nine National Team Indoor finals, a streak that borders on unbelievable. They will be playing for their fourth consecutive title Monday; no women's team has ever won four Indoor titles in a row. They'll be taking on the last team to beat them in an Indoor final, with Georgia winning the 2019 title over North Carolina in Seattle. The two teams played earlier this year, with UNC winning 5-2 in Chapel Hill.

North Carolina[2] 4, Texas A&M[3] 2

Doubles

1.Carson Branstine and Mary Stoiana(TAMU) d. Reese Brantmeier and Elizabeth Scotty(UNC) 6-1

2. Salma Ewing and Jayci Goldsmith(TAMU) d. Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig(UNC) 6-3

3. Mia Kupres and Gianna Pielet(TAMU) v Abby Forbes and Reilly Tran(UNC) 5-2, unfinished

Order of finish: 1, 2

Singles

1. Fiona Crawley(UNC) d. Carson Branstine(TAMU) 6-4, 6-1

2. Reese Brantmeier(UNC) d. Mary Stoiana(TAMU) 7-6(5), 6-4

3. Carson Tanguilig(UNC) d. Salma Ewing(TAMU) 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(2)

4. Mia Kupres(TAMU) v Abigail Forbes(UNC) 6-1, 6-7(3), 5-4, unfinished

5. Elizabeth Scotty(UNC) d. Jayci Goldsmith(TAMU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3

6. Daria Smetannikov(TAMU) d. Anika Yarlagadda(UNC) 6-1, 2-6, 6-0

Order of finish: 1, 6, 2, 5, 3

The final is scheduled for noon Pacific, with Cracked Racquets providing live coverage on their YouTube Channel.

Lucciana Perez Alarcon ended the 14-match winning streak of Iva Jovic Saturday night in Colombia, with the 17-year-old from Peru taking a 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory in the ITF Barranquilla J300 final. No. 2 Perez Alarcon, the No. 2 seed, had lost to top seed Jovic in the semifinals of the J300 in Ecuador the previous week.

In the boys final, another marathon, Oliver Bonding of Great Britain won the battle of 15-year-olds, beating Mees Rottgering of the Netherlands 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(3).

Jovic and partner Tyra Grant won the doubles title in Barranquilla, which was one of just two titles for Americans on the ITF Junior Circuit. The other was also a girls doubles title, with 15-year-old Sophia Cedeno partnering with Sam Grosjean of France to win the J60 in Mexico. The No. 5 seeds defeated the unseeded Mexican team of Daniela Garzon Martinez and Ximena Garzon Martinez 7-6(5), 0-6, 10-7 in the final. It's the third ITF Junior Circuit doubles title for Cedeno, all with different partners.

Former Baylor All-American Adrian Boitan won the title at the $15,000 USTA men's Pro Circuit tournament in Palm Coast Florida, the first of his career in singles. The unseeded 23-year-old from Romania defeated No. 3 seed Ignacio Monzon of Argentina 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 in today final. 

The singles title at the $60,000 USTA women's Pro circuit in Orlando went to No. 5 seed Kimberly Birrell of Australia, who beat No. 3 seed Rebecca Peterson of Sweden 6-3, 6-0.

Maxime Cressy(UCLA) was shut out in his two finals today at the ATP 250 in Lyon. The unseeded 25-year-old lost to No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy 7-6(3), 6-3 in the singles final and then fell in the doubles final, with partner Albano Olivetti of France. The wild cards were beaten by No. 4 seeds Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop of the Netherlands 7-6(4), 4-6, 10-6.

The ATP 250 Dallas Open final was a three-hour thriller, with Yibing Wu of China saving four match points to defeat John Isner 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 7-6(12) and enter the history books as the first Chinese man to win an ATP title.  Less than a year ago, the 23-year-old was outside the top 1000 in the ATP rankings; he is now up to 58.

Top seeds Jamie Murray of Great Britain and Michael Venus(LSU) of New Zealand won the doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Jackson Withrow(Texas A&M) and Nathaniel Lammons(SMU) 1-6, 7-6(4), 10-7.