The first day of the NCAA Singles Championship saw 7 of the top 8 seeds advance to the second round in both the men’s and women’s draw. The men’s top seed, Kentucky’s Liam Draxl, fought off a match point to pull his match out while the women’s top seed, UNC’s Sara Daavettila, was pushed to a third set in her match.
NCAA Men’s Singles – Round 1
[1] Liam Draxl, Kentucky, def. John McNally, Ohio State, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(4)
Axel Nefve, Notre Dame def. Philip Henning, Georgia, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
[9-16] Adam Walton, Tennessee, def. James Davis, Denver, 7-5, 6-2
Zeke Clark, Illinois, def. Connor Thompson, South Carolina, 6-2, 6-1
[8] Gabriel Decamps, UCF, def. Micah Braswell, Texas, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7)
Andy Andrade, Florida, def. Francisco Rocha, Middle Tennessee, 7-6 (2), 6-0
[9-16] Luc Fomba, TCU def. Nikola Slavic, Ole Miss, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Giovanni Oradini, Mississippi State, def. Murkel Dellien, Wichita State, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
- Notes from Draxl’s Quarter:
- Draxl/McNally – no breaks in the final set though Draxl fought off a match point while serving 5-6 (40/40); McNally led the TB 4-1* but Draxl reeled off 6 straight to close it out
- Decamps/Braswell – Braswell led 3-0* in the third set and served at 3-1 (40/15) but Decamps broke and held for 3-3; Decamps fought off a match point serving at 4-5 (40/40); Braswell led the TB 4-1* and had 3 match points while serving at 6-4, receiving at 6-5, and receiving at 7-6 – Decamps won the final 3 points to take it 9-7 (1 hour 10 minute final set)
- Nefve/Henning – Henning led the first set 2-0 then Nefve won 3 straight games with all 3 going to the deciding point; Nefve broke Henning at love to win the first set 6-4; Henning secured the only break of the second set to go up 2-1; Nefve led the third set 5-2* before Henning won 3 straight to even it at 5-5; Nefve held on the deciding point for 6-5 and broke Henning from 30/40 to win it.
- Oradini/Dellien – Oradini broke Dellien to start the third set and broke him again to go up 5-2; Dellien had 7 service games go to the deciding point – won 4 lost 3
- Fomba/Slavic – Slavic was serving 4-5 (40/30) in the third set and Fomba won the next 2 points to break and win the match; Slavic held at love 5 times in the match while Fomba had 2 love service games; Slavic won 3 more points in the match but still lost; Slavic only converted 2 of 9 break points while Fomba was 4 of 5.
- Andrade/Rocha – Andrade served for the first set at 6-5 (40/0) and Rocha came back to break; Andrade broke 2-2 tie in the TB and won the next 5 points; Andrade won 12 of 15 on Rocha’s serve in the second set
- Clark/Thompson – Clark won all four games that went to a deciding point including the 3 on Thompson’s serve
- Walton/Davis – Walton was only broke once in the match
[4] Valentin Vacherot, Texas A&M def. Gustaf Strom, Arizona, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
Riley Smith, USC, def. Lleyton Cronje, VCU, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)
Eduardo Nava, Wake Forest, def. {9-16} Matias Soto, Baylor, 6-4, 6-3
Rinky Hijikata, UNC, def. Ronnie Hohmann, LSU, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4)
[6] Sam Riffice, Florida, def. Nathan Ponwith, Arizona State, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
Andres Martin, Georgia Tech, def. Edson Oritz, Alabama, 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 6-1
[9-16] Finn Reynolds, Ole Miss def. Sean Hill, BYU, 6-3, 6-3
Siphosothando Montsi, Illinois, def. Tyler Zink, Georgia, 6-3, 6-2
- Notes from Vacherot’s Quarter:
- Vacherot/Strom – Strom led 6-2, 5-1 and had 2 match points while serving at 5-2 and 3 match points at 5-4; Strom had 2 game points to send the second set to a tiebreak and got broke; only break in the third set came when Vacherot broke Strom’s 1-2 service game from 15/40
- Martin/Ortiz – Martin fought off 3 match points while serving 6-7, 4-5 (15/40)
- Riffice/Ponwith – Riffice won 6 of 9 games that went to a deciding point
- Hijikata/Hohmann – No breaks in the final set; third set tiebreak alternated points until Hijikata broke 4-4 tie by winning the last 3
- Smith/Cronje – No breaks in the first set – Cronje led TB *3-2 then Smith won 4 straight for 6-3*; Smith led 5-3* in the second set and had a match point on the deciding point but Cronje held then broke Smith from 30/40 for 5-5; Smith led the TB 4-3* then Cronje won 4 of the next 5 points; there were no breaks in the final set with Smith fighting off 4 break points and Cronje fighting off 3; Kronje led the TB 4-3* then Smith won 4 of the next 5 points to win it
- Nava/Soto – Nava never trailed
- Reynolds/Hill – Match played on Saturday due to BYU’s rule about not competing on Sunday; Reynolds only faced two break points in the match (same game) and was not broken at all while he broke Hill 3 times
Adrian Boitan, Baylor, def. Janmagnus Johnson, FGCU, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Florian Broska, Mississippi State def. [9-16] Henri Squire, Wake Forest, 6-4, 6-2
August Holmgren, San Diego, def. Tim Sandkaulen, Ole Miss, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
[5] Duarte Vale, Florida, def. Jeffrey von der Schulenburg, Virginia, 6-1, 6-0
Martim Prata, Tennessee, def. Julien Evrard, South Alabama, 6-4, 6-4
[9-16] Gabriel Diallo, Kentucky def. Hamish Stewart, Tulane, 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3
William Blumberg, North Carolina, def. Cannon Kingsley, Ohio State, 6-4, 6-4
[3] Hady Habib, Texas A&M def. Kody Pearson, Tulsa, 6-2, 6-1
- Notes from Habib’s Quarter:
- Blumberg/Kingsley – Kingsley led 4-1 in the first set before Blumberg won 5 straight games – turning point came with Kingsley serving 4-2 (40/30) – back-to-back double faults to get broke. Only break in the second set came when Blumberg broke Kingsley’s 3-3 service game from 15/40.
- Diallo/Stewart – Only 2 breaks of serve in the whole match; Diallo broke Stewart’s first and last service game; Stewart was serving 3-4 (40/0) in the third then Diallo won 8 straight points to close it out; Diallo only faced 3 break points and won them all.
- Vale/von der Schulenburg – Vale only faced 1 break point in the 51 minute match
- Holmgren/Sandkaulen – Only break in the third set came when Holmgren broke Sandkaulen at love to win the match
- Broska/Squire – Squire led 4-1 in the first set before Broska won the next 9 games; Broska won 5 of the 6 games that went to a deciding point including all 4 in the second set
- Boitan/Johnson – 15 breaks of serve in this match; Boitan broke 9 times; Johnson broke 6 times
- Habib/Pearson – Habib not broken in the match while only facing 1 break point
Adria Soriano Barrera, Miami (FL) def. Millen Hurrion, Kentucky w/o
Alexis Galarneau, NC State def. [9-16] Trent Bryde, Georgia, 6-1, 6-4
Aleksandar Kovacevic, Illinois, def. Tyler Stice, Auburn, 6-3, 6-2
Eliot Spizzirri, Texas, def. [7] Johannus Monday, Tennessee, 6-4, 7-5
Matej Vocel, Oklahoma St., def. Juan Carlos Aguilar, Texas A&M, 6-3, 6-1
Daniel Cukierman, USC def. [9-16] Alastair Gray, TCU, 6-3, 6-4
Jacob Wojcik, South Fla., def. Marcus McDaniel, Georgia Tech, 6-3, 6-2
[2] Daniel Rodrigues, South Carolina, def. Dimitri Badra, ETSU, 6-3, 6-4
- Notes from Rodrigues’s Quarter:
- Cukierman/Gray – Cukierman won 7 of the 9 games that went to a deciding point
- Spizzirri/Monday – Spizzirri broke on a deciding point to win the match. 8 of Monday’s 11 service games went to a deciding point – he won 6 of those. Spizzirri never trailed in the match while going just 3 or 14 on break point opportunities. Monday only had 3 break points (1/3)
- Galarneau/Bryde – Bryde led *3-1in the second set before Galarneau won 5 of the next 6 games
- Kovacevic/Stice – Kova wasn’t broken and only faced 1 break point
- Vocel/Aguilar – Vocel wasn’t broken despite facing 11 break points (all in the first set)
- Wojcik/McDaniel – Wojcik wasn’t broken and only faced 2 break points
- Rodrigues/Badra – Rodrigues led *4-0 in the second set before Badra won the next 4; Rodrigues held on the deciding point for 5-4 and broke at love to win it.
- Longest Men’s Matches
- 3 hours 4 minutes (Smith/Cronje)
- 2 hours 51 minutes (Martin/Ortiz)
- 2 hours 32 minutes (Vacherot/Strom)
- 2 hours 28 minutes (Nefve/Henning)
- 2 hours 18 minutes (Holmgren/Sandkaulen)
- 2 hours 14 minutes (Fomba/Slavic & Riffice/Ponwith & Diallo/Stewart)
- 2 hours 10 minutes (Draxl/McNally & Boitan/Johnson)
- 2 hours 8 minutes (Decamps/Braswell & Hijikata/Hohmann)
- 2 hours 5 minutes (Oradini/Dellien)
- Shortest Men’s Matches
- 51 minutes (Vale/von der Schulenburg)
- 1 hour 0 minutes (Habib/Pearson)
- 1 hour 1 minute (Kovacevic/Stice)
- 1 hour 6 minutes (Clark/Thompson)
- 1 hour 8 minutes (Vocel/Aguilar)
- 1 hour 11 minutes (Wojcik/McDaniel)
- 1 hour 12 minutes (Montsi/Zink)
- 1 hour 16 minutes (Spizzirri/Monday)
- 1 hour 18 minutes (Broska/Squire & Prata/Evrard)
- 1 hour 20 minutes (Galarneau/Bryde)
- 1 hour 23 minutes (Blumberg/Kingsley)
Men’s Second Round Schedule (Times ET)
[1] Liam Draxl, Kentucky, vs. Axel Nefve, Notre Dame (10:00 am)
[9-16] Adam Walton, Tennessee, vs. Zeke Clark, Illinois (2:00 pm)
[8] Gabriel Decamps, UCF, vs. Andy Andrade, Florida (3:00 pm)
[9-16] Luc Fomba, TCU vs. Giovanni Oradini, Mississippi State (10:00 am)
[4] Valentin Vacherot, Texas A&M vs. Riley Smith, USC (10:00 am)
Eduardo Nava, Wake Forest, vs. Rinky Hijikata, UNC (2:00 pm)
[6] Sam Riffice, Florida, vs. Andres Martin, Georgia Tech (2:00 pm)
[9-16] Finn Reynolds, Ole Miss vs. Siphosothando Montsi, Illinois (10:00 am)
Adrian Boitan, Baylor vs. Florian Broska, Mississippi State (2:00 pm)
[5] Duarte Vale, Florida vs. August Holmgren, San Diego (2:00 pm)
[9-16] Gabriel Diallo, Kentucky vs. Martim Prata, Tennessee (2:00 pm)
[3] Hady Habib, Texas A&M vs. William Blumberg, North Carolina (10:00 am)
Alexis Galarneau, NC State vs. Adria Soriano Barrera, Miami (FL) (11:30 am)
Aleksandar Kovacevic, Illinois vs. Eliot Spizzirri, Texas (2:00 pm)
Daniel Cukierman, USC vs. Matej Vocel, Oklahoma State (10:00 am)
[2] Daniel Rodrigues, South Carolina vs. Jacob Wojcik, South Fla (10:00 am)
NCAA Women’s Singles – Round 1
[1] Sara Daavettila, North Carolina, def. Solymar Colling, San Diego, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Lea Ma, Georgia, def. Rebeka Stolmar, UCF, 6-1, 6-4
Yulia Starodubsteva, Old Dominion def. [9-16] Carolyn Campana, Wake Forest, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
Jessica Failla, Pepperdine, def. Anna Riedmiller, Denver, 7-6(5), 7-6(4)
[8] McCartney Kessler, Florida def. Vanessa Wong, Washington, 6-3, 6-2
Kelly Chen, Duke, def. Jada Hart, UCLA, 2-6, 7-6(1), 7-5
[9-16] Isabella Pfennig, Miami (FL) def. Anna Turati, Texas, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Christina Rosca, Vanderbilt, def. Emmanuelle Salas, Florida State, 7-5, 6-3
- Notes from Daavettila’s Quarter:
- Daavettila/Colling – 17 breaks of serve – Daavettila broke 10 times and Colling 7 times
- Ma/Stolmar – Ma never trailed and only had her serve broken once
- Starodubsteva/C Campana – Starodubsteva broke Campana to start the third set and broke again to finish it – first player from ODU to win at NCAAs since 2004
- Failla/Riedmiller – Failla served for the first set and was broken on the deciding point; Riedmiller led TB 4-2* before Failla won 5 of the next 6 points; Riedmiller led *4-1 in the second set and 5-3*; Failla jumped out to *5-1 lead in the TB and won it 7-3
- Kessler/Wong – Kessler won 4 straight from 2-3 down to take the opening set; Wong was up a break at 2-1 in the second before Kessler won the next 5 games to close it out; Kessler won all 3 games that went to a deciding point
- Chen/Hart – Chen held serve from 40/15 while serving 2-6, 4-5; Hart led 4-0* in the third set before Chen reeled off 5 straight (3 on a deciding point) to go in front 5-4*; Chen broke Hart from 15/40 to win it
- Pfennig/Turati – Pfennig opened up a 4-0 lead in the final set and then fought off 3 break points to hold for 5-1; served it out with a hold on the deciding point; Pfennig won 6 of 8 games that went to a deciding point
- Rosca/Salas – Rosca broke Salas from 30/40 to take the opening set; Rosca came back from a break down at 1-2 in the second set to win 4 straight games (3 on the deciding point) while also fighting off 4 break points while serving at 2-2
[3] Emma Navarro, Virginia def. Haley Giavara, California, 7-6(3), 6-2
Ilze Hattingh, Arizona State, def. Megan Davies, South Carolina, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
[9-16] Katarina Kozarov, Furman def. Michael Gordon, Stanford, 6-0, 6-2
Meg Kowalski, Georgia, def. Makenna Jones, North Carolina, 6-2, 6-2
Selin Ovunc, Auburn, def. [5] Kenya Jones, Georgia Tech 7-5, 6-3
Bronte Murgett, Missouri, def. Alana Wolfberg, Oklahoma State, 7-5, 7-5
[9-16] Alexa Noel, Iowa, def. Alana Smith, NC State, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Paris Corley, LSU, def. Ahmeir Kyle, Xavier, 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3
Notes from Navarro’s Quarter:
- Navarro/Giavara – no breaks in the first set and in fact there were no break points; Navarro jumped out to a *6-0 lead in the TB and won it 7-3; there were 4 breaks in the second set with Giavara going in front 2-0 before Navarro won the next 6 games; Navarro only faced 1 break point during the match with it coming in the opening game of the second set.
- Hattingh/Davies – Hattingh jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first set and broke Davies from 30/40 to take it 6-3; Davies led *4-1 in the second set before Hattingh won 5 of the next 6 games; Davies fought off 2 match points to send it to a TB; Hattingh won led the TB *4-0 and won it 7-3
- Kozarov/Gordon – Kozarov was only broken once
- Kowalski/Jones – Kowalski led *4-0 in the first set and took it 6-2; the second set saw 6 of 8 games end in a break
Ovunc/Jones – Ovunc broke Jones 5 times - Murgett/Wolfberg – Murgett broke Wolfberg on the deciding point to go up 6-5 in the first and then served out the set from 40/15; in the second set Murgett broke Wolfberg from 30/40 to go up 6-5 and then she served it out at love
- Noel/Smith – Noel broke Smith on the deciding point to win the first set; in the third set Noel led 5-2* but Smith won 3 straight while fighting off two match points to hold for 5-5; Noel held at love for 6-5 and broke Smith from 15/40 to win it
- Corley/Kyle – Kyle led 2-0 in the first before Corley won 6 straight; in the second set Corley served for the match at 5-2 and 5-4 and got broken from 15/40 on both occasions; in the third set Corley broke Kyle’s 3-4 service game on the deciding point and then served it out from 40/30
[4] Katarina Jokic, Georgia, def. Shakhnoza Khatamova, UC Santa Barbara, 6-1, 7-6(5)
Janice Tjen, Oregon def. Indianna Spink, Arkansas, 6-2, 6-2
Georgia Drummy, Duke, def. Sabina Machalova, Ole Miss 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
Kari Miller, Michigan, def. [9-16] Victoria Flores, Georgia Tech, 6-4, 6-4
[6] Anna Rogers, NC State, def. Ashley Lahey, Pepperdine 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Ayana Akli, Maryland, def. Fiona Crawley, North Carolina, 7-5, 7-5
Bunyawi Thamchaiwat, Oklahoma State, def. [9-16] Viktoriya Kanapatskaya, Syracuse 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
Anna Campana, Wake Forest, def. Taylor Bridges, LSU, 6-0, 6-3
Notes from Jokic’s Quarter:
- Jokic/Khatamova – 4 of 7 games in the first set went to a deciding point (Jokic won 3); Jokic led 5-3* in the second set before Khatamova won 3 straight; Jokic held on a deciding point to force a tiebreak; Jokic broke a 5-5 tie in the TB by winning the final 2 points
- Tjen/Spink – 6 of 8 games in the first set were breaks; Tjen went 3 for 3 on first set deciding points; Tjen broke 3 more times in the second set
- Drummy/Machalova – Drummy won 6 of 8 games that went to a deciding point
- Miller/Flores – Flores led the first set *4-2 before Miller took the next 4 games; the first 5 games in the second set were all breaks with Miller getting 3 of the 5
- Rogers/Lahey – Lahey served for the first set at 5-4 but Rogers broke from 30/40, held from 40/15, and broke at love to take the set; Lahey led the third set 3-1* before Rogers won the final 5 games including 2 that went to the deciding point
- Akli/Crawley – Crawley led 4-2* in the first set; Akli broke Crawley’s 4-3 service game on the deciding point after Crawley led 40/30; Akli broke Crawley from 15/40 to take the set; there were 7 breaks in the second set with Akli breaking Crawley from 15/40 to win; Crawley was 30-0 coming into the match
- Campana/Bridges – Campana was only broken once in the match and won all 5 games that went to a deciding point
- Thamchaiwat/Kanapatskaya – Kanapatskaya led 4-0* in the third and then Thamchaiwat won 5 straight with all 3 of her service games coming down to a deciding point; after an exchange of holds Thamchaiwat broke from 30/40 to win it
[2] Estela Perez-Somarriba, Miami (FL), def. Salma Ewing, USC, 6-2, 6-3
Peyton Stearns, Texas, def. Tatiana Makarova, Texas A&M, 6-2, 6-3
[9-16] Natasha Subhash, Virginia def. Valeriya Zeleva, UCF, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Alexa Graham, North Carolina, def. Akvilė Paražinskaitė, Kentucky, 6-0, 6-1
[7] Abigail Forbes, UCLA, def. Chloe Beck, Duke, 6-3, 7-6(3)
Irina Cantos Siemers, Ohio State, def. Cameron Morra, North Carolina, 6-2, 6-3
Emma Antonaki, Mississippi State def. [9-16] Giulia Pairone, 6-4, 6-4
Mia Horvit, South Carolina, def. Paola Delgado, VCU, 7-5, 6-0
Notes from Perez-Somarriba’s Quarter:
- Perez-Somarriba/Ewing – the only time Perez-Somarriba trailed in the match was at 2-1* and 3-2* in the second set
- Stearns/Makarova – 6 of 8 games in the first set were breaks (Stearns had 4); Stearns served out the match at love
- Subhash/Zeleva – Subhash led the first set 4-0* before Zeleva won 5 straight; Zeleva broke on the deciding point to win the first set 7-5; Zeleva was serving 4-4 (40/15) in the second set and Subhash came back to break and then held from 40/15 to force a third set; Subhash broke all 4 of Zeleva’s service games in the final set
- Graham/Paražinskaitė – Graham only dropped 2 points on serve in the first set; Graham faced 2 break points in the second set and fought them both off;
- Forbes/Beck – Beck served for the second set at 6-5 and was broken at love
- Cantos Siemers/Morra – 6 of 8 games in the first set were breaks (Cantos had 4); in the second set Cantos broke Morra’s 3-4 service game from 30/40 and then held on the deciding point to win it
- Antonaki/Pairone – Antonaki won 6 of 11 break point opportunities
- Horvit/Degado – Horvit broke Delgado from 30/40 to go up 6-5 in the first set and then held from 40/15 to take the set; Horvit won all 3 games that went to a deciding point in the second set
- Longest Women’s Matches
- 2 hours 53 minutes (Chen/Hart)
- 2 hours 37 minutes (Noel/Smith)
- 2 hours 28 minutes (Failla/Riedmiller)
- 2 hours 27 minutes (Subhash/Zeleva)
- 2 hours 26 minutes (Rogers/Lahey)
- 2 hours 17 minutes (Corley/Kyle)
- 2 hours 16 minutes (Pfennig/Turati)
- 2 hours 15 minutes (Akli/Crawley)
- 2 hours 6 minutes (Drummy/Machalova)
- 2 hours 5 minutes (Hattingh/Davies)
- Shortest Women’s Matches
- 50 minutes (Graham/Paražinskaitė)
- 1 hour 2 minutes (Kozarov/Gordon)
- 1 hour 4 minutes (Tjen/Spink)
- 1 hour 12 minutes (Kessler/Wong)
- 1 hour 14 minutes (Ma/Stolmar)
- 1 hour 17 minutes (Kowalski/Jones)
- 1 hour 20 minutes (Navarro/Giavara)
- 1 hour 23 minutes (Cantos Siemers/Morra * (Stearns/Makarova)
- 1 hour 26 minutes (Campana/Bridges & Miller/Flores)
- 1 hours 27 minutes (Perez-Somarriba/Ewing)
Women’s Second Round Schedule – Times ET
[1] Sara Daavettila, North Carolina vs. Lea Ma, Georgia (12:00 pm)
Jessica Failla, Pepperdine vs. Yulia Starodubsteva, Old Dominion (12:00 pm)
[8] McCartney Kessler, Florida vs. Kelly Chen, Duke (10:00 am)
[9-16] Isabella Pfennig, Miami (FL) vs. Christina Rosca, Vanderbilt (1:00 pm)
[3] Emma Navarro, Virginia vs. Ilze Hattingh, Arizona State (10:00 am)
[9-16] Katarina Kozarov, Furman vs. Meg Kowalski, Georgia (10:00 am)
Selin Ovunc, Auburn vs. Bronte Murgett, Missouri (11:30 am)
[9-16] Alexa Noel, Iowa, vs. Paris Corley, LSU (11:30 am)
[2] Estela Perez-Somarriba, Miami (FL) vs. Peyton Stearns, Texas (11:30 am)
[9-16] Natasha Subhash, Virginia vs. Alexa Graham, North Carolina (10:00 am)
[7] Abigail Forbes, UCLA vs. Irina Cantos Siemers, Ohio State (12:30 pm)
Emma Antonaki, Mississippi State vs. Mia Horvit, South Carolina (10:00 am)
[4] Katarina Jokic, Georgia vs. Janice Tjen, Oregon (11:00 am)
Georgia Drummy, Duke vs. Kari Miller, Michigan (12:30 pm)
[6] Anna Rogers, NC State vs. Ayana Akli, Maryland (1:00 pm)
Bunyawi Thamchaiwat, Oklahoma State vs. Anna Campana, Wake Forest (1:00 pm)
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