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From USTA Public Relations

American Girls Dominate on Day Four at the Dunlop Orange Bowl

For years, tennis fans have wondered who would follow Venus and Serena Williams as the next great American female tennis players. Those fans would be wise to check out the daily draw sheets from the Dunlop Orange Bowl, where the results that American girls continue to post are simply stunning. At the end of the tournament’s hottest day thus far, Americans held 11 of 16 possible third round spots in the Girls’ 18s draw, and six of eight quarterfinal spots in the Girls’ 16s draw. Not to be outdone, American boys had quite a few successes as well.

The biggest surprise of the day was undoubtedly delivered by 16-year-old ChiChi Scholl of Pompano Beach, Fla., who stunned No. 6 Beatrice Gumulya of Indonesia, 7-6(1), 6-0. Gumulya, currently No. 31 in the ITF World Junior Rankings, seemed to lose her spirit after falling in the first-set tiebreaker, allowing Scholl, who needed a wild card just to get into the qualifying tournament, to run away with her biggest career victory. Allie Will of Boca Raton, Fla., herself a qualifier, also sent home a seeded player, No. 13 Zsofia Susyani of Hungary, 6-2, 6-1, while 15-year-old wild card Nicole Gibbs of Manhattan Beach, Calif., wasted little time in dispatching No. 3 seed and US Open Girls’ semifinalist Kristina Mladenovich of France, 6-3, 6-2. And another 15-year-old wild card, Sloane Stephens of Lauderhill, Fla., defeated her US Open Girls’ doubles final partner, No. 5 Mallory Burdette of Jackson, Ga., 6-3, 6-3.

The day’s highlight, however, belonged to Beatrice Capra, a 16-year-old from Ellicott City, Md., who lost the first set to France’s Amandine Hess, 1-6, and was down 1-4 in the second before storming back to win the last two sets 7-5, 7-5. Hesse fought off six match points in the final set before finally succumbing. As a reward for surviving the three hour marathon, Capra faces a third round showdown with No. 2 Laura Robson, who had little trouble defeating American qualifier Courtney Dolehide, 6-2. 6-1. Top seeded Ana Bogdan also moved on, defeating 13-year-old Sachia Vickery, 7-5, 6-1.

There was plenty of drama in the Boys’ 18s draw as well, as five of the 12 remaining seeded players were upset in Wednesday’s second round play. Evan King, a 16-year-old from Chicago, delivered a rousing upset as he fought back from a set down to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 over No. 12 Blaz Rola of Slovenia. And in a matchup of American southerners, US Open Boys’ finalist Devin Britton of Jackson, Miss., battled No. 15 Tennys Sandgren of Gallatin, Tenn., 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3. Britton actually blew multiple set points in the first set, and then saved a number of match points in set number two. In Thursday’s third round, Britton will face his Dunlop Orange Bowl doubles partner Jarmere Jenkins of College Park, Ga. Jenkins, playing some of his best tennis this year, stormed past Guatemala’s Julen Uriguen, 6-2, 7-6(5).

The tournament’s hottest player, Alex Domijan of Wesley Chapel, Fla., had no problem beating Jordan Cox of Duluth, Ga., 6-3, 6-0 in a result eerily similar to last week’s quarterfinal match at the Eddie Herr Invitational. Domijan, the winner of 13 straight ITF matches, will next face top seeded Tsung-Hua Yang of Chinese Taipei, who with his two wins thus far has locked up the year-end No. 1 spot in the ITF World Junior Rankings. No. 2 seed Yuki Bhambri of India also advanced, beating Houston’s Harry Fowler, 6-2, 6-4.

Only two seeded players have survived to the quarterfinals of the Girls’ 16s draw: No. 1 seed Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, and No. 3 seed Madison Keys. Keys, who won the Girls’ 12s draw at last year’s Junior Orange Bowl, advanced in a battle of Boca Raton, Fla., 13-year-olds, beating Breaunna Addison 6-2, 6-3. Grace Min, a 14-year-old from Lawrenceville, Ga., pulled off the draw’s biggest upset, knocking out No. 2 Cristina Dinu of Romania 6-1, 6-1. She’ll next face another 14-year-old, Miami’s Chanelle Van Nguyen, who rolled past No. 8 Emi Mutaguchi, 6-0, 6-2. In another all-American quarterfinal, wild card Lauren Herring of Greenville, N.C., will face Giuliana Olmos of Fremont, Calif.

Four Americans reached the quarterfinals of the Boys’ 16s draw, including top seeds Denis Kudla and Raymond Sarmiento. Top-seeded Kudla of Arlington, Va., survived a tough three set match against No. 13 Nicholas Jones of Great Britain, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, in a match that had a number of momentum swings and some incredible shot-making from the baseline. No. 2 Raymond Sarmiento of Fontana, Calif., continuing his strong play from winning the Boys’ 16s title at the Eddie Herr, defeated Staten Island’s Alexander Petrone, 6-2, 6-3. While No. 3 Gianni Mina of France made it through to the quarterfinals, No. 4 Junior Ore of Gaithersburg, Md., was upset by 15-year-old Shane Vinsant of Keller, Texas, 7-5, 6-1.

Unfortunately, some rain is expected on Thursday. The big question, however, is whether the rain will dampen the hot play witnessed from the American contingency thus far.


62nd Annual Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships
Crandon Park Tennis Center
Key Biscayne, Florida
December 7-14, 2008

Wednesday’s Results

Boys’ 18s Singles – Second Round
(1) Tsung-Hua Yang, Chinese Taipei, def. Richard Hampel, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3
Alex Domijan, Wesley Chapel, Fla., def. Jordan Cox, Duluth, Ga., 6-3, 6-0
Q-Emilio Gomez, Ecuador, def. (9) Ryan Lipman, Nashville, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(7)
(7) Nikolaus Moser, Austria, def. Stanislav Poplavskyy, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4
Jarmere Jenkins, College Park, Ga., def. Julen Uriguen, Guatemala, 6-2, 7-6(5)
Devin Britton, Jackson, Miss., def. (15) Tennys Sandgren, Gallatin, Tenn., 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3
Evan King, Chicago, def. (12) Blaz Rola, Slovenia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Q-Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia def. (5) Jose Pereira, Brazil, 7-5, 6-1
(6) Chase Buchanan, New Albany, Ohio, Justin Eleveld, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-1
(10) Adrien Puget, France, def. LL-Martin Prikryi, Czech Republic, 7-5, 7-6(6)
(16) Dino Marcan, Croatia, def. Christopher Diaz, Guatemala, 6-3, 6-1
(4) Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, def. WC-JT Sundling, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 6-3, 6-3
Julien Obry, France, def. (8) Borut Puc, Slovenia, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
(11) Nikala Scholtz, South Africa, def. Q-Gabriel Dias, Brazil, 6-3, 6-4
WC-Ryan Noble, Fayetteville, N.C. def. Vladzimir Kruk, Belarus, 6-0, 7-5
(2) Yuki Bhambri, India, def. Harry Fowler, Houston, 6-2, 6-4

Girls’ 18s Singles – Second Round
(1) Ana Bogdan, Romania, def. Sachia Vickery, Miramar, Fla., 7-5, 6-1
Ester Goldfeld, Brooklyn, N.Y., def. (16) Silvia Njiric, Croatia, 6-2, 6-3
(9) Yana Buchina, Russia, def. WC-Brooke Bolender, Delray Beach, Fla., 6-2, 6-4
WC-Sloane Stephens, Lauderhill, Fla., def. (5) Mallory Burdette, Jackson, Ga., 6-3, 6-3
WC-Nicole Gibbs, Manhattan Beach, Calif., def. (3) Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-3, 6-2
Daria Gavrilova, Russia, def. Vaszilisza Bulgakova, Hungary, 6-3, 6-2
WC-Christina McHale, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., def. (12) Anna Orlik, Belarus, 3-6, 6-4, 3-0, Ret.
WC-Asia Muhammad, Henderson, Nev., def. Martina Borecka, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2
Q-ChiChi Scholl, Pompano Beach, Fla., def. (6) Beatrice Gumulya, Indonesia, 7-6(1), 6-0
(11) Lauren Embree, Marco Island, Fla., def. LL-C.C. Sardinha, Bradenton, Fla., 7-6(2), 6-1
Q-Allie Will, Boca Raton, Fla., def. (13) Zsofia Susanyi, Hungary, 6-2, 6-1
(4) Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, def. Q-Hanna Mar, Burr Ridge, Ill., 6-2, 6-4
WC-Alison Riske, McMurray, Pa., def. Sofie Oyen, Belgium, 7-6(7), 6-3
WC-Julia Boserup, Boca Raton, Fla., def. Katarena Paliivets, Canada, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
(14) Beatrice Capra, Ellicott City, Md., def. Amandine Hesse, France, 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
(2) Laura Robson, Great Britain, def. Q-Courtney Dolehide, Hinsdale, Ill., 6-2, 6-1

Boys’ 16s Singles – Third Round
(1) Denis Kudla, Arlington, Va., def. (13) Nicholas Jones, Great Britain, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
George Morgan, Great Britain, def. Spencer Newman, Miami, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
Shane Vinsant, Keller, Texas, def. Spencer Simon, Santa Barbara, Calif., 7-5, 6-1
Ben Davis, Great Britain, def. LL-Bjorn Fratangelo, Pittsburgh, 7-5, 7-5
(12) Mitchell Frank, Annandale, Va., def. WC-Marcos Giron, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 6-2, 6-1
(3) Gianni Mina, France, def. Arturs Kazijevs, Latvia, 6-1, 6-1
Saurabh Singh, India, def. Lewis Burton, Great Britain, 6-3, 6-4
(2) Raymond Sarmiento, Fontana, Calif., def. Q-Alexander Petrone, Staten Island, N.Y., 6-2, 6-3

Girls’ 16s Singles – Third Round
(1) Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, def. Daria Salnikova, Russia, 6-1, 6-1
Monica Turewicz, Los Gatos, Calif., def. (12) Emma Onila, Canada, 6-3, 6-1
(3) Madison Keys, Boca Raton, Fla., def. Breaunna Addison, Boca Raton, Fla., 6-2, 6-3
Natalija Kostic, Serbia, def. WC-Ann Mamalat, Philadelphia, 6-1, 6-4
Giuliana Olmos, Fremont, Calif., def. Caitlyn Williams, Knoxville, Tenn., 6-4, 6-4
WC-Lauren Herring, Greenville, N.C., def. (4) Marianne Jodoin, Canada, 7-5, 6-0
Chanelle Van Nguyen, Miami def. (8) Emi Mutaguchi, Japan, 6-0, 6-2
Grace Min, Lawrenceville, Ga., def, (2) Cristina Dinu, Romania, 6-1, 6-1