“I felt like I was serving well today,” Kwiatkowski said. “I was focusing on having a high first-serve percentage, which was a strength for me today. It was very hot out there, so I wanted to get the first strike in there because if you are out there running around a lot, it was going to be super-tough. It is really cool to have Virginia win both the men’s and the women’s titles. The women’s program at UVA is one of the best in the country. When you have two of the eight people in the field, with Julia Elbaba losing a tough one in the semis yesterday, it could have been an all-UVA final, just as it could have been an all-UVA final on the men’s side. It shows what a powerhouse Virginia tennis is, which is a credit to [Virgina women’s tennis] Coach Guilbeau and [Virginia men’s tennis] Coach Boland.”
“I think having the experience of having played here last year as well as having been here a couple of weeks ago during U.S. Open qualifying helped me to find a routine, which I wasn’t able to find in my past experiences,” Kwiatkowski said. “There is a lot going on, which makes it hard to really focus. I think in the last three days, I was able to really focus on just playing tennis.”
Collins won a whopping 58% of the points on Yurovsky’s serve and converted six of seven break points to wrap up the women’s title.
Colette Lewis has a lengthy recap of both matches with plenty of post-match quotes from all four competitors so I recommend checking out her post at Zoo Tennis.
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UCLA incoming freshmen Jada Hart and Ena Shibahara won the US Open Junior Doubles Championship by defeating Kayla Day and Caroline Dolehide 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11). Hart and Shibahara actually won one less point in the match (65 to 64) but they won the last two in the third set supertiebreak and that was all that mattered
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Fall Tournament Results
Palmas Del Mar – Puerto Rico – Georgia, Florida State, Mercer, and Illinois.
Doubles
Aron Hiltzik/Aleksandar Kovacevic (Illinois) def. Emil Reinberg/Nathan Ponwith (UGA), 6-3
Jan Zielinski/Robert Loeb (UGA) def. Julian Childers/Gui Gomes (Illinois), 6-4
Wayne Montgomery/Walker Duncan (UGA) def. Schmidt/Singh Bhullar (FSU), 7-6
Alex Phillips/Andy Martinez (UGA) def. Fernando Guardia/Nicolas Guillon (Mercer), 6-3
Jose Gracia/Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) def. Sam Philip/Olivier Stuart (Mercer), 6-3
Alex Knaff/ Guy Orly Iradukunda (FSU) def. Ruben Vanoppen/Efstathios Tsirandis (Mercer), 7-5
Jake Albo/Jack Haffey (FSU) def. Sam Fried/Sachin Khurana (Mercer), 6-4
Singles
Wayne Montgomery (UGA) def. Julian Childers (Illinois), 6-2, 6-2
Emil Reinberg (UGA) def. Gui Gomes (Illinois), 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
Aron Hiltzik (Illinois) def. Walker Duncan (UGA), 7-6, 6-4
Aleksandar Kovacevic (Illinois) def. Nathan Ponwith (UGA), 7-6, 6-4
Jan Zielinski (UGA) def. Guy Iradukunda (FSU), 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
Robert Loeb (UGA) def. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU), 6-4, 6-3
Alex Phillips (UGA) def. Fernando Guardia (Mercer), 6-3, 0-6, 1-0
Andy Martinez (UGA) def. Sachin Khurana (Mercer), 6-1, 6-2
Samuel Dromsky (UGA) def. Jordan Mark (Mercer), 6-1, 6-1
Jose Gracia (FSU) def. Nicolas Guillon (Mercer), 6-4, 6-3
Alex Knaff (FSU) def. Sam Philip (Mercer), 6-2, 7-6
Singh Bhullar (FSU) def. Efstathios Tsirandis (Mercer), 6-3, 6-2
Jake Albo (FSU) def. Ruben Vanoppen (Mercer), 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Jack Haffey (FSU) def. Sam Fried (Mercer), 6-2, 6-1
Silverado Invitational – Napa – Oklahoma St, Tulsa, Cal Poly, Buffalo, UNLV, San Francisco
UNC Wilmington Seahawk Fall Invite – Day 2 Results – UNCW, Appalachian St, Florida Atlantic, George Washington, James Madison, Kennesaw St, NC Central
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