Johnson, Lock, and Cid Win Titles on the Tour + USONP Update

Saturday was a great day for former collegians with Steve Johnson, Benjamin Lock, and Roberto Cid each winning pro singles titles.

ATP 250 Nottingham, Great Britain (Grass) – Steve Johnson (USC ’12) won his first-ever ATP level singles title after knocking off #25 Pablo Cuevas in straight sets. There were no breaks of serve in the opening set but Cuevas got the first mini-break in tiebreak and led 3-1. Johnson took the next four points to go up 5-3 and would end up taking the tiebreak 7-5. Johnson opened up a 4-2 lead in the second set but Cuevas fought off a break point to hold in a two-deuce game, broke from 30/40, and then held at love to go up 5-4. Johnson then held from 40/15, broke from 15/40, and then served it out in a one-deuce game to win it 7-6, 7-5 in 1 hour and 33 minutes.

$25K Tulsa, OK, USA F21 (Hard) – TCU’s Cameron Norrie advanced his third career Futures final after picking up a 6-2, 1-0 ret. win over former Tennessee Vol Tennys Sandgren. Norrie will meet former Stanford Cardinal Ryan Haviland who advanced to his first career final after outlasting Georgia’s Paul Oosterbaan 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Oosterbaan went up an early break in the third set at 2-1 but Haviland took the next four games to go up 5-2 and would finish it two games later. 

#640 Cameron Norrie (TCU Rising Jr) def. [3] #329 Tennys Sandgren (Tennessee ’11) 6-2, 1-0 ret.

#1070 Ryan Haviland (Stanford ’02) def. [Q] Paul Oosterbaan (Georgia Rising Jr) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3

Lammons (left)/Webb (right) – (Photo Philip Farmer FB)

Dane Webb (Oklahoma ’15) and Nate Lammons (SMU ’16) won the doubles title at the $25K Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA F21 Futures with a 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (12-10) win over Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) and Rikus de Villiers (Fresno State ’11). Webb/Lammons jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third set supertiebreak but Thompson/de Villiers fought off a match point at 9-8 and won both points on serve to go up 10-9. Webb/Lammons won both points on their serve to go up 11-10 and then got the mini-break to win it 12-10. It was the first career pro title for both Webb and Lammons.

$10K Rochester, NY, USA F20 (Clay) – Former Baylor Bear Juan Benitez Chavarriaga advanced to his first career final after coming from behind to defeat Ohio State’s Mikael Torpegaard in three sets. Torpegaard looked like he was in good shape when he led Benitez 6-4, 5-3 plus he had a pair of match points on Benitez’s serve. Benitez fought off both match points and ended up taking the second set in a tiebreak by a 7-1 score. The third set stayed on serve until Benitez broke Torpegaard at love to go up 6-5 and then he served it out in a two-deuce game to take it 7-5. Benitez will meet Kaichi Uchida in the finals after Uchida pulled away from Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwiatkowski by winning in three sets.

#994 Juan Benitez Chavarriaga (Baylor ’15) def. [7] #905 Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio St Rising Jr) 4-6, 7-6(1), 7-5

[2] #411 Kaichi Uchida def. [WC] #1101 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia Rising Sr) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

$25K Richmond, Canada, F3 (Hard) – Jason Jung advanced to his 10th career Futures final after defeating Finn Tearney in straight sets. Tearney served for the first set up 5-4 and had a pair of set points but Jung managed to break for 5-5 and then he held at love and broke at love to steal the opening set 7-5. Jung jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the second set and cruised to a 7-5, 6-1 win. Jung will meet Peter Polansky in the finals on Sunday. Polansky broke Ray Sarmiento’s 4-4 service game in both the first and second sets and then held to take it 6-4, 6-4. 

[1] #289 Jason Jung (Michigan ’11) vs. [4] #363 Finn Tearney (Pepperdine ’13) 7-5, 6-1

[5] #356 Peter Polansky def. #561 Ray Sarmiento (USC ’14) 6-4, 6-4

Former Illinois teammates Farris Gosea (’15) and Tim Kopinski (’15) came up short in the doubles final falling to the top seeds Philip Bester and Peter Polansky 7-6(2), 6-2. 

$10K Harare, Zimbabwe, F1 (Hard) – Benjamin Lock (Florida State ’16) won his second career Futures singles title with a come from behind three sets win over #568 Marc Polmans. Polmans jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the opening set before Lock took four of the next five games to even it at 5-5. Polmans held from 40/30 and then broke from 30/40 to take the opening set 7-5.

Polmans led 3-1 in the second before Lock broke from 30/40 and held from 40/30 to even it at 3-3. Neither player would face another break point the rest of the set although Lock went up a mini-break in the tiebreak at 3-2. Polmans fought off a set point on Lock’s serve to pull within 6-5 but Lock took the tiebreak on the next point for a 7-6(5) set.

Polmans broke from 15/40 to go up 2-1 in the third but Lock broke back and then held at love to go up 3-2. Lock broke from 15/40 to take a 4-2 lead but Polmans broke back on a one-deuce game and then held on a three-deuce game to even it at 4-4. Lock held at love for 5-4, Polmans held at 40/15 for 5-5, Lock held at love for 6-5, and then Lock broke from 30/40 to win it 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-5 in 3 hours and 35 minutes.

Benjamin and his brother Courtney (UNLV Jr) came up short in an attempt to win a doubles title for the second week in a row after falling to Hugo Nys and Andrea Vavassori 6-3, 6-3

Roberto Cid (Fedecoltenis)

$10K Barranquilla, Colombia, F2 Futures – Roberto Cid (South Florida ’16) won his first career pro singles title with a straight set win over the No. 2 seed #377 Facundo Mena. Cid broke Mena from 15/40 to go up 3-1 in the first and then broke him again at love to go up 5-1. Cid held in a one-deuce game to take the set 6-1. Cid broke Mena in a one-deuce game to go up 3-2 in the second and then broke him again in a two-deuce game to go up 5-2. Cid served out the championship in a two-deuce game to win it 6-1, 6-2.

$25K Palma Del Rios, Spain, F18 (Hard) – Remi Boutillier (Fresno State ’12) lost in the finals for the second week in a row after suffering a straight sets defeat to #365 Akira Santillan.  Santillan broke Boutillier from 30/40 to take the opening set 7-5 and then he broke at love to take a 3-1 lead in the second. Boutillier wasn’t able to recover and would fall 7-5, 6-3.

M: [3] Logan Staggs (UCLA Jr) def. [1] Gage Brymer (UCLA Sr) 6-4, 6-2
W: Sara Choy (HS Class of ’18) def. Jada Hart (’16 UCLA Commit) 7-6(4), 6-0
MD: Brian Battistone & Dann Battistone
WD: Jada Hart (’16 UCLA Commit) & Ena Shibahara (’16 UCLA Commit)
MXD: Kaitlyn Christian (USC ’14) & Rudolf Siwy (Fresno St ’09)

The other section that isn’t done yet is the Northern which is being held in Minneapolis. Click here for a list of all the sectional winners and their college affiliations.