The "rest day" at Wimbledon gives me an opportunity to pass along some of the other notable results this week on the Pro and ITF Circuits.
Two-time NCAA champ Somdev Devvarman won his first event as a professional today in Rochester, New York, defeating 16-year-old Alex Domijan of Florida 6-2, 6-2. Unseeded, Devvarman cruised past top seed Artem Sitak, with a 321 ATP ranking, by the same score in the quarterfinals and lost only 16 games in his five victories. He and Virginia teammate Treat Huey, who was commuting for qualifying matches in next week's Pittsburgh event, also took the doubles title. It was the same pair of results as at the Tampa Futures back in January, but this time, Devvarman and Huey can cash their winners' checks, not expense checks.
In Wichita, unseeded Lauren Embree won the $10,000 tournament, taking out Jamie Hampton in Sunday's final by a 6-3, 6-4 score. Although the 17-year-old had reached the finals in an event last summer, this was her first Pro Circuit title. Sloane Stephens and Christina McHale took the doubles title, making it a clean sweep for juniors.
For complete draws of the Pro Circuit action last week, visit usta.com.
Thirteen-year-olds Madison Keys and Sachia Vickery have quite a rivalry going, although they haven't played since the Orange Bowl 12s last December. Vickery reached the final of an ITF Grade 5 in Bermuda last week; this week Keys won a Grade 5 in the Bahamas. Christian Harrison reached the Bahamas final, losing to Japan's Yasutaka Uchiyama, who also won the week before in Bermuda. Vickery was recently the subject of a Sarasota Herald Tribune feature, which can be found here.
And to return to Wimbledon, where our focus will be tomorrow, here's an account of the Ryan Harrison and Vasek Pospisil match by Canadian Stephanie Myles of the Montreal Gazette. Even though she was there, I can't figure out where the third match point saved was in that second set tiebreaker. I know Harrison was down 5-6 and 7-8, but I'm missing the third one. Oh well. Interesting that she says Pospisil "undoubtedly has the best volley in the boys' juniors, period." I know he is an excellent doubles player, but that's a pretty strong statement from someone who doesn't regularly follow juniors.
Two-time NCAA champ Somdev Devvarman won his first event as a professional today in Rochester, New York, defeating 16-year-old Alex Domijan of Florida 6-2, 6-2. Unseeded, Devvarman cruised past top seed Artem Sitak, with a 321 ATP ranking, by the same score in the quarterfinals and lost only 16 games in his five victories. He and Virginia teammate Treat Huey, who was commuting for qualifying matches in next week's Pittsburgh event, also took the doubles title. It was the same pair of results as at the Tampa Futures back in January, but this time, Devvarman and Huey can cash their winners' checks, not expense checks.
In Wichita, unseeded Lauren Embree won the $10,000 tournament, taking out Jamie Hampton in Sunday's final by a 6-3, 6-4 score. Although the 17-year-old had reached the finals in an event last summer, this was her first Pro Circuit title. Sloane Stephens and Christina McHale took the doubles title, making it a clean sweep for juniors.
For complete draws of the Pro Circuit action last week, visit usta.com.
Thirteen-year-olds Madison Keys and Sachia Vickery have quite a rivalry going, although they haven't played since the Orange Bowl 12s last December. Vickery reached the final of an ITF Grade 5 in Bermuda last week; this week Keys won a Grade 5 in the Bahamas. Christian Harrison reached the Bahamas final, losing to Japan's Yasutaka Uchiyama, who also won the week before in Bermuda. Vickery was recently the subject of a Sarasota Herald Tribune feature, which can be found here.
And to return to Wimbledon, where our focus will be tomorrow, here's an account of the Ryan Harrison and Vasek Pospisil match by Canadian Stephanie Myles of the Montreal Gazette. Even though she was there, I can't figure out where the third match point saved was in that second set tiebreaker. I know Harrison was down 5-6 and 7-8, but I'm missing the third one. Oh well. Interesting that she says Pospisil "undoubtedly has the best volley in the boys' juniors, period." I know he is an excellent doubles player, but that's a pretty strong statement from someone who doesn't regularly follow juniors.
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