The highest seeds within the 18s singles division dominated play on Monday and moved into the third spherical of the 2024 USTA Billie Jean King Ladies’ 16s and 18s Nationwide Championships after scoring spectacular straight-set wins at Barnes Tennis Heart.
Defending 18s singles champion and top-seed Clervie Ngounoue of Orlando, Fla., took 64 minutes to get previous Gretchen Wolfe of Montville, N.J., 6-1, 6-1. The 18-year-old Ngounoue will face thirty third seeded Olivia Heart of South Pasadena, Calif., on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
Second-seeded Akasha Urhobo dispatched Abigail Lee of Deerfield, Unwell., 6-2, 6-3 in one-hour and 25 minutes. The 17-year-old from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is scheduled to fulfill thirty third seeded Emily Deming of Fallbrook, Calif., in Tuesday’s third spherical at 3:30 p.m.
Urhobo has spent a lot of the yr enjoying on the Worldwide Tennis Federation Ladies’s World Tennis Tour and USTA Professional Circuit. She captured her first profession skilled singles title this previous Might as a qualifier at a $60,000 clay court docket occasion in Zephyrhills, Fla. Urhobo is ranked a career-high No. 317 within the WTA singles rankings. For added data on Urhobo, click on right here.
“My yr didn’t begin off so good. When summer season got here round, it began to get higher. I’m attempting to deliver that very same vitality into this (event). I’m not trying on the seeding and simply attempting to concentrate to how I’m enjoying on court docket no matter who’s on the opposite facet of the online,” Urhobo stated. “I simply need get pleasure from each second and present respect to my opponents. I wish to battle for each match and see the place I’ll find yourself.”
In different 18s second-round singles motion, third-seeded Iva Jovic of Torrance, Calif., blanked Jina Cha of Falls Church, Va., 6-0, 6-0, and fourth-seeded Tyra Caterina Grant of Miami Seashore, Fla., defeated Lyla Byers of Morgantown, W.Va., 6-3, 6-2. Fifth-seeded Valerie Glozman of Bellevue, Wash., additionally superior with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Tina Kintiroglou of New Vernon, N.J.
Ladies’ 16s top-seed Bella Payne of Bradenton, Fla., fought off elimination in her third spherical match as she scored a hard-fought 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over thirty third seed Paige Wygodzki of Huntington, N.Y., in two-hours and 48 minutes. Payne will play thirty third seeded Aya Manning of Irving, Texas in Tuesday’s fourth spherical at midday.
To view singles and doubles attracts for every age division, click on right here.
Beginning occasions for every day of the event are: 8 a.m. — Tuesday, August 6 and Wednesday, August 7; 9 a.m. — Thursday, August 8 and Friday, August 9; 10 a.m. — Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11. (All occasions are PDT.)
Admission is free every day of the event and there’s no cost for parking at Barnes Tennis Heart. To view the official event web site, click on right here.
Early-round event matches can even be performed on the following websites by means of Tuesday, August 6 — Balboa Tennis Membership, 2221 Morley Subject Drive, San Diego, CA 92104 and College of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110.
Admission to view matches is free at each websites. Parking is free on the Balboa Tennis Membership. For USD parking data, click on right here.
