Favorites Roll Through Day 1 in Malibu; Milwaukee Tennis Classic Draws Out, Loaded Draws Everywhere

Tagged with: Battle in the Bay, Debbie Southern Fall Classic, Gator Ranked +1, Milwaukee Tennis Classic, Oracle ITA Masters

The opening day of the Oracle ITA Masters is in the books with almost all the favorites cruising into the second round. 15 of the top 16 seeds advanced on both the men’s and women’s side with both of the No. 16 seeds falling to the No. 17 seed. The player with the higher UTR won 31 of 32 matches with East Carolina’s Celia Ruiz the only “underdog” to come out on top. The women’s top seed UCLA’s Ena Shibahara won her match 6-1, 6-1 over Quinnipiac’s Jennifer Lu while the men’s top seed Wake Forest’s Petros Chrysochos faced more resistance in his 6-2, 7-5 win over Bryant’s Matt Kuhar.

To see all the first round results along with the second round pairing (including UTRs) click here (men/women). The ITA’s event page has the starting times for Friday along with the consolation draws and mixed doubles results. 

 

The Milwaukee Tennis Classic got underway on Thursday with two rounds of men’s qualifying. Arkansas senior Jose Salazar, who has the highest ITA ranking and UTR in the field, had to go through qualies since he wasn’t able to sign up early while waiting to see if the NCAA would clear him for another year of eligibility. Salazar did manage to qualify after only dropping eight games in his two wins so he joins Nebraska’s Toby Boyer and Micah Klousia, and DePaul’s Boris Spaanjaard as the four qualifiers.

The top four seeds in the main draw are Iowa’s Josh Silverstein, Minnesota’s Felix Corwin, Wisconsin’s Lamar Remy, and Virginia Tech’s Mitch Harper. The top four seeds in the women’s draw are Miami’s Sinead Lohan, Arkansas’s Ana Oparenovic, North Texas’s Maria Kononova, and Syracuse’s Miranda Ramirez.

The winner gets a main draw wild card into the Oracle ITA National Fall Championship in Indian Wells in early November.  I have the draws broken down by UTR in my fall hub which is available to all College Tennis Today subscribers.

  

 

 

The Florida Gator Ranked +1 gets fired up on Friday with two strong flights of singles. Florida’s Alfredo Perez, Tulane’s Constantin Schmitz, South Carolina’s Gabriel Friedrich, and Wake Forest’s Christian Seraphim are just a few of the names entered with several top-notch freshman also set to make their collegiate debuts – Florida’s Duarte Vale, South Carolina’s Francisco Cerundolo, and Wake’s Bar Botzer. Full draws are available here and there will also be live streaming.  

 

 

The University of San Francisco will host the 9th Annual Battle in the Bay Classic with USC, Cal, Georgia, TCU, and others sending many of their top players. The top eight men’s seeds are TCU’s Alex Rybakov, Georgia’s Wayne Montgomery, Emil Reinberg, and Nathan Ponwith, USC’s Jack Jaede, Georgia’s Walker Duncan, TCU’s Alastair Gray, and UCSB’s Nicolas Moreno de Alboran. Full draws are available at this link and live streaming is available here. 

 

 

Furman University is hosting the 31st annual Debbie Southern Fall Classic with Ohio State, Vanderbilt, North Carolina, Mississippi State, Texas, Tennessee, Florida State, Clemson, Ole Miss, and Wake Forest sending players. There will be nine flights of singles with 20 ranked players in the draw including Texas’s Petra Granic, Wake’s Emma Davis, Vanderbilt’s Christina Rosca, and UNC’s Makenna Jones. To view all the draws click this link.

 

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In addition to the above mentioned tournaments there are another 35 taking place this weekend so if you want to avoid sifting through multiple websites to find draws I’d highly recommend signing up for a monthly subscription to College Tennis Today. My Fall Tournament Hub has links to every tournament and I’ll do my best to keep them updated throughout the weekend.