Hovde Advances to Quarterfinals at Arcadia $60K; Women's Division III Team Indoor, Pacific Coast Doubles Tournaments Begin Friday; Korda and Fritz Lead USA Against Colombia in Davis Cup Singles Friday

Sixteen-year-old Liv Hovde, who beat No. 3 seed Harriet Dart of Great Britain in Tuesday's first round action at the $60,000 USTA Women's Pro Circuit tournament in Arcadia California, is through to Friday's quarterfinals after defeating qualifier Kayla Day 6-3, 6-2. 

Hovde will face unseeded Alycia Parks, who defeated No. 6 seed Katie Volynets 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Other Americans advancing to the quarterfinals are qualifier Ellie Douglas(TCU), who beat No. 4 seed Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia 6-1, 6-2, Louisa Chirico, who defeated No. 2 seed Maddison Inglis of Australia 6-3, 7-5.

The last of the six ITA National Team Indoor events gets underway Friday at the Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville Kentucky, with the Division III Women's Championships.  2021 NCAA champion Emory is the top seed, with Pomona Pitzer, who won the last Division III Team Indoor, in 2020, seeded No. 2. Centre College, located in Danville Kentucky, is serving as the host school.

Friday's schedule:

9 a.m. Pomona-Pitzer[2] vs Kenyon[7]

9 a.m. Chicago[3] vs MIT[6]

1 p.m. Emory[1] vs Centre College[8]

1 p.m. Clarmont-Mudd-Scripps[4] vs Carnegie Mellon[5]

Live streaming and live scoring can be found at the ITA's tournament page.

College teams featured in this weekend's Pacific Coast Doubles

The 132nd Men's Pacific Coast Doubles Championships kicks off Friday at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, with teams from the following schools scheduled to compete: 

Boston College, Ball State, California Lutheran University, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS), College of the Desert, Nebraska, Pepperdine, Pomona Pitzer, San Diego Christian College, San Diego State University, Stanford, Southern Methodist University, UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of San Diego, University of Southern California and Villanova.

In addition, non-college teams are also competing, with brothers Brandon and Bryce Nakashima of nearby San Diego the top seeds of the independent group. All teams are in the same draw, but the top seeds in each of the two groups are at the top and bottom.  The top four seeds in each group:

Independent:
1. Brandon Nakashima/Bryce Nakashima
2. Tassilo Schmid/Martin Redlicki
3. Jayson Amos/Alex Michelsen
4. Blaine Hovenier/Clay Thompson

College:
1. Arthur Fery/Alexandre Rotsaert, Stanford
2. Carl Emil Overbeck/Yuta Kkuchi, Cal
3. Stefan Dostanic/Wojtek Marek, Southern Cal
4. Patrick Zahraj/Bryce Pereira, UCLA

Draws and results can be found here.

The US Davis Cup team takes the court Friday in Reno Nevada, taking on Colombia in a World Group qualifier. Sebastian Korda and Taylor Fritz were tapped for singles by Captain Mardy Fish, with Jack Sock, Rajeev Ram and Tommy Paul also on the team. Colombia's Nicolas Mejia will play Korda and Alejandro Gonzalez will take on Fritz. With neither Colombian inside the Top 200, the US is heavily favored, although strange things happen in Davis Cup every year. Doubles should be more competitive, with Colombia's team of Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal among the best in the world.  

For a local perspective on the tie, see this Reno Gazette Journal article.