Preston Reaches Orlando W35 Final, Penickovas Win Third W35 Doubles Title; Gaines and Colombo Claim First Pro Circuit Title at Hilton Head M15; Kozlov v Mayo in Charlottesville Challenger Final; ITA Division II Singles and Doubles Finals Set
Since reaching the final of August's USTA National 18s Championships in San Diego, 16-year-old Janae Preston has gone 10-2 on the USTA Pro Circuit, reaching the final of the W50 in Berkeley, and now the final of this week's W35 in Orlando.
Today she defeated wild card Ashton Bowers, a junior at Auburn, 6-1, 6-4 and will face Oklahoma sophomore Evialina Laskevich of Belarus in the final. Laskevich beat No. 3 seed Whitney Osuigwe 6-2, 6-4 in the semfinals.
US Open girls doubles champions Annika and Kristina Penickova won the Orlando doubles title, their third this year at the W35 level and the fifth pro doubles title they've won as a pair. The No. 2 seeds defeated top seeds Julia Adams(Furman, Virginia) and Romania's Briana Szabo 6-4, 6-1 in the final.
Junior players were not able to advance to the finals at the W15 and M15 in Hilton Head, put did pick up a second USTA Pro Circuit doubles title today.
Emery Combs' eight match winning streak was snapped by Aya El Aouni(UCF, LSU) of Morocco, who advanced to the women's singles final with a 6-3, 6-3 victory. El Aouni will face former Pepperdine All-American Ashley Lahey, the No. 3 seed, who defeated No. 8 seed Jantje Tilbuerger(UCF) 7-6(1), 6-1.
Top seeds Ava Catanzarite(UCLA, Oklahoma) and Kate Sharabura(Georgia Tech) won the doubles title, beating El Aouni and Yael Saffar 1-6, 6-4, 11-9 in today's final.
Eighteen-year-old wild card Gavin Goode lost to qualifier William Mirarchi(Georgia Southern) of Italy 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-2 in a three-hour 41-minute semifinal today. Mirarchi will play No. 3 seed Dragos Cazacu(Tennessee, Oklahoma) of Romania, who beat qualifier Max Sheldon(Michigan State) 7-5, 7-6(3).
Seventeen-year-olds Kayden Colombo and Jerrid Gaines Jr won their first professional titles today, taking the doubles championship. They defeated Cazacu and Oklahoma teammate Johan Rodriguez of Colombia 7-6(5), 6-1 in the final between two unseeded teams.
At the M25 in Harlingen Texas, two current collegians will meet for the singles title. No. 6 seed Bor Artnak of Slovenia, a junior at Texas A&M, will face qualifier Connor Van Schalkwyk of Namibia, a senior at Baylor. Artnak defeated No. 7 seed Kaylan Bigun 6-4, 6-2 and Van Schalkwyck picked up his sixth win of the week, beating Keaton Hance 6-4, 6-4.
In the all-Baylor doubles final, recent graduates Alex Chirita of Romania and Zsombor Velcz of Hungary beat current teammates Van Schalkwyk and Erik Schiessl of Germany 2-6, 6-4, 10-5.
Qualifier Aidan Mayo and unseeded Stefan Kozlov will meet in Sunday's final at the ATP Challenger 75 in Charlottesville Virginia. Kozlov defeated No. 5 seed Clement Chidekh(Washington) of France 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 and Mayo advanced to the final with a 6-1, 3-1, ret. win over Andy Andrade(Florida) of Ecuador.
No. 4 seeds Jarno Jans of the Netherlands and Joran Vliegen(East Carolina) won their second straight Challenger title, with the Sioux Falls champions defeating Daniel Milavsky(Harvard) and Braden Shick(NC State) 6-4, 6-4 in today's final.
In Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup competition today in Egypt, the US teams both won their placement matches, with the US girls defeating Australia 2-1 and the US boys beating Morocco 3-0. The US girls will play Romania, whom they beat 2-1 in group play, for fifth place Sunday; the US boys will face Hungary for ninth place. Like the US boys, Hungary finished in a three-tie for two spots in group play so did not advance to the quarterifnals.
Both Czech teams will play for titles tomorrow. The boys, seeded No. 7, will play No. 8 seed France; the top-seeded girls will face No. 4 seed Japan.
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