Americans swept the All-American titles Sunday at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., with Arizona State sophomore Kelcy McKenna winning the singles and Georgia Tech's Irina Falconi and Amanda McDowell taking the doubles title.
On Saturday McKenna avenged her first round loss in May's NCAA individual championships when she surprised No. 6 seed Maria Mosolova of Northwestern 0-6, 7-5. 7-6(4); in today's final it was Auburn's Fani Chifchieva, ranked ninth in the preseason polls, who fell to the 20th ranked McKenna 6-4, 6-3.
The Georgia Tech pair of freshman Falconi and junior McDowell became the second consecutive qualifiers to take the doubles title, matching 2007's winners Caitlin Whoriskey and Zsofia Zubor of Tennessee. Falconi and McDowell, who won seven matches total, defeated the No. 1 and No. 3 seeds prior to their 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4 win today over unseeded Renata Kucerkova and Anastasia Petukhova of Fresno State. It is Georgia Tech's first All-American title.
For complete results, visit the ITA website.
The Men's All-American, which I'll be attending later this week, has a new sponsor, D'Novo Lean Gourmet, and twice the participants in qualifying and main draw as the Women's event just completed. That means 16 pre-qualifiers begin play in Monday's 128-player qualifying field, in addition to seven lucky losers from today's pre-qualifying final round. Kentucky freshman Eric Quigley and Florida freshman Joey Burkhardt both advanced to qualifying without dropping a set, although Quigley was required to play only two matches due to a walkover.
For complete results and the qualifying draws in singles and doubles, see the ITA website.
On Saturday McKenna avenged her first round loss in May's NCAA individual championships when she surprised No. 6 seed Maria Mosolova of Northwestern 0-6, 7-5. 7-6(4); in today's final it was Auburn's Fani Chifchieva, ranked ninth in the preseason polls, who fell to the 20th ranked McKenna 6-4, 6-3.
The Georgia Tech pair of freshman Falconi and junior McDowell became the second consecutive qualifiers to take the doubles title, matching 2007's winners Caitlin Whoriskey and Zsofia Zubor of Tennessee. Falconi and McDowell, who won seven matches total, defeated the No. 1 and No. 3 seeds prior to their 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4 win today over unseeded Renata Kucerkova and Anastasia Petukhova of Fresno State. It is Georgia Tech's first All-American title.
For complete results, visit the ITA website.
The Men's All-American, which I'll be attending later this week, has a new sponsor, D'Novo Lean Gourmet, and twice the participants in qualifying and main draw as the Women's event just completed. That means 16 pre-qualifiers begin play in Monday's 128-player qualifying field, in addition to seven lucky losers from today's pre-qualifying final round. Kentucky freshman Eric Quigley and Florida freshman Joey Burkhardt both advanced to qualifying without dropping a set, although Quigley was required to play only two matches due to a walkover.
For complete results and the qualifying draws in singles and doubles, see the ITA website.
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