Fifth-Seeded Smith Upset by Local In Girls’ 16s at USTA International Spring Championships

 

Following up a strong semifinal performance at this event one year ago, Long Beach’s Kiah Generette pulled off another big upset on Tuesday in the girls’ 16s division during the second day of the seventh annual USTA International Spring Championships.

Feeling right at home on the Home Depot Center courts she has played on so many times, Generette proved a very unwelcome host to Houston’s Maria Smith, the No. 5 seeded player, winning her second-round match, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. Smith won the USTA Winter Nationals 14s just four months ago.

The unseeded Generette will next face No. 12 seeded Dasha Ivanova, a 6-1, 6-3 victor against unseeded Mary Closs, in the third round of the 64-player draw ITF Grade 1 event.

Last year, Generette won four matches, including wins over three seeded players, before falling to eventual champion Alyssa Smith in the semifinals. On the way to the final four, she beat this year’s 16s top-seeded player Katrine Steffensen giving up just four games.

On Tuesday, Steffensen made her way into the Round of 16 with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Alexis Rae Valenzuela, 6-1, 6-2.

There was another big upset in the girls’ 16s as No. 3 Julia O’Loughlin was beaten by Maia Magill, 6-1, 6-4.

In the boys’ 16s, top-seeded Luca Corinteli and No. 2 Spencer Papa both moved on easily, but No. 3 seeded George Goldhoff was eliminated by Deiton Baughman, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (0).

 

The top-seeded player in the boys’ 18s advanced easily as Bjorn Fratangelo downed Ernesto Escobedo, 6-2, 6-4

“It was good to get out here and get my first win,” said the Pittsburgh native Fratangelo, the No. 17 ITF world-ranked junior. “The courts were a little fast so you’re always just eager to get out there and get that first win.”

In other 18s boys’ matches of note, No. 8-seeded Connor Farren survived a scare against Southern Californian Brendan McClain, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (4) while another SoCal play, No. 3-seeded Alexios Halebian, advanced against Andrew Scholnick, 7-6 (5), 6-4

In the girls’ 18s, two former Carson champions and fellow Southern Californians were eliminated as Laguna Niguel’s Alyssa Smith fell to No. 5-seeded Ellen Allgurin of Sweden and Ranch Santa Fe’s Gabriella De Simone was forced to retire up 5-2 in the first due to injury against Mexico’s Alejandra Cisneros Gomez.

Written by Steve Pratt

 

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TUESDAY’S SINGLES RESULTS

Note: All singles players from United States unless if noted.

Boys’ 18s First Round

Richard Del Nunzio  def.  Brendan Aguilar  6-2, 6-2

Edward Nguyen, Canada, def.  Alexander Petrone (16)  6-3, 6-3

Mitchell Krueger (6)  def.  Denis Nguyen  6-3, 6-1

Thomas Pura  def.  Stefan Menichella  4-6, 6-3, 6-0

Bjorn Fratangelo (1)  def.  Ernesto Escobedo  6-2, 6-4

Henry Craig  def.  Ricardo Medinilla, Mexico, 6-2, 7-5

Connor Farren (8)  def.  Brendan McClain  6-4, 5-7, 7-6(4)

Austin Smith  def.  Anthony Tsodikov  6-3, 6-1

Alexios Halebian (3)  def.  Andrew Scholnick  7-6(5), 6-4

Boys’ 16s Second Round

Nikko Madregallejo (6)  def.  Taylor Cramer  6-3, 6-1

Justin Butsch (8)  def.  Kenny Gea  6-3, 7-5

Luca Corinteli (1)  def.  Tyler Lu  6-3, 6-2

Deiton Baughman  def.  George Goldhoff (3)  3-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(0)

Spencer Papa (2)  def.  William Griffith  6-2, 6-2

Ciro Riccardi  def.  Nicholas Reyes (9)  6-2, 6-2

Stephen Watson (10)  def.  Adrian Ortiz, Mexico, 7-5, 6-2

Joseph Di Giulio (4)  def.  Oliver Landert  6-3, 6-4

Noah Rubin (14)  def.  Logan Smith  6-0, 6-4

Stefan Kozlov  def.  Gregory Garcia (11)  6-3, 6-2

Daniel Kerznerman (7)  def.  Jake De Vries  6-2, 6-1

Martin Redlicki (13)  def.  Yancy Dennis  6-0, 6-3

Javier Restrepo  def.  Masayoshi Ono, Japan,  6-2, 6-1

JC Aragone (12)  def.  Jake Klein  6-4, 6-2

Stefan Doehler  def.  Eduardo Nava  6-2, 6-0

William Chiu  def.  Aidan Talcott (15)  4-6, 7-6(6), 6-2

Girls’ 18s First Round

Kriszina Kapitany (14), Hungary,  def.  Katya Vasilyev  4-6, 6-3, 7-5

Naomi Totka, Hungary, def.  Jessica Wacnik  6-0, 2-6, 6-2

Taylor Townsend  def.  Peggy Porter  6-1, 6-0

Ellen Allgurin (5), Sweden, def.  Alyssa Smith  6-4, 6-4

Janet Liu  def.  Lauren Chypyha, Canada, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2

Rio Kitagawa (8), Japan, def.  Alexandra Morozova  6-2, 6-4

Mayo Hibi, Japan, def.  Sarah Lee  6-0, 6-3

Alejandra Cisneros Gomez, Mexico, def.  Gabriella De Simone (15)  5-2  Ret (inj)

Stephanie Nauta (9)  def.  Nicole Long  6-4, 6-2

Camila Fuentes  def.  Melissa Kopinski  6-1, 6-1

Kelsey Laurente  def.  Tamitha Nguyen, Philippines, 6-0, 6-2

Brooke Austin  def.  Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, 6-2, 6-2

Chalena Scholl  def.  Lorraine Guillermo  7-5, 6-0

Joanna Smith  def.  Rongrong Leenabanchong, Thailand,  6-2, 6-0

Girls’ 16s Second Round

Yuki Chiang  def.  Caroline Doyle (14)  6-0, 4-6, 6-2

Maia Magill  def.  Julia O’Loughlin (3)  6-1, 6-4

Kimberly Yee (9)  def.  Elizabeth Profit  6-3, 6-0

Cindy Nguyen  def.  Natalie Greer Da Silveira, Brazil, 7-5, 6-2

Alyza Benotto (15)  def.  Madison Clarke  6-4, 6-0

Sivan Krems (10)  def.  Kareena Manji  6-0, 6-0

Marie Norris (8)  def.  Hadley Berg  6-4, 6-3

Lauren Marker (13)  def.  Gabriella Umoquit  6-2, 6-2

Dasha Ivanova (12)  def.  Mary Closs  6-1, 6-3

Megan McCray  def.  Caroline Turner  6-2, 6-2

Jwany Sherif  def.  Francis Dean  7-5, 6-1

Nicolette Tran (4)  def.  Stephanie Hazell  6-3, 6-0

Shannon Hudson (11)  def.  Jada Hart  6-0, 6-1

Katrine Steffensen (1)  def.  Alexis Rae Valenzuela  6-1, 6-2

Kiah Generette  def.  Maria Smith (5)  4-6, 6-1, 6-3

Yuki Asami  def.  Kellyn Abbanat  6-0, 6-1

 

TUESDAY’S DOUBLES RESULTS

Boys’ 18s First Round

Anthony Delcore / Austin Smith  def.  Lucas Gomez /  Ricardo Medinilla  6-4, 6-2

Marcos Giron / Denis Nguyen  def.  Boris Arias /  Jorge Brian Panta Herreros (8)  6-3, 6-3

Everth Dzib Peraza / Alex Fennell  def.  Andrew Adams /  John Richmond  4-6, 7-6(5), 1-0(6)

Emmett Egger / Mac Styslinger (4)  def.  Patrik Fabian /  Justin To  6-7(4), 7-5, 1-0(6)

Mate Cutura / Mikhail Vaks  def.  Tyler Gardiner /  Thai Kwiatkowski  6-4, 6-0

William Kwok / Michael Rinaldi (7)  def.  Henry Craig /  Stefan Menichella  6-3, 6-4

Connor Farren / Dennis Novikov (3)  def.  Edgar Lopez / Michael Redlicki  3-6, 6-2, 1-0(2)

Edward Nguyen / Luis Patino (6)  def.  Brendan Aguilar /  Kristofer Yee  4-6, 6-0, 1-0(13)

Bjorn Fratangelo / Alexios Halebian (1)  def.  Nicholas Naumann /  Mitchell Polnet  6-2, 6-1

Mitchell Krueger / Shane Vinsant (2)  def.  Morgan Mays / Juan Pablo Murra  6-3, 6-3

Marco Nunez / Alexander Petrone (5)  def.  Richard Del Nunzio / Trey Strobel  7-6(6), 6-4

Robert Livi / Andrew Ochotta  def.  Justin Agbayani / Ace Matias  7-5, 6-7(2), 1-0(7)

Kai-Wen Lai / Yoshihito Nishioka  def.  James Boyd /  Brendon Josephson    Wd (emerg)

Jeremy Efferding / Hunter Harrington  def.  Jack Busby / James Ireland  6-7(4), 6-4, 1-0(2)

David Doehring / Andrew Scholnick  def.  Karim Arem / Luis Garcia  7-6(4), 6-1

 

Boys’ 16s First Round

Ciro Riccardi / Alexander Solonin  def.  Taylor Cramer /  Luke Mountain  6-4, 6-0

Eduardo Nava / Henrik Wiersholm  def.  Masayoshi Ono / Logan Smith  1-6, 6-3, 10-5

JC Aragone / Drew Dawson (8)  def.  Oliver Landert / Nicholas Reyes    Wd (inj)

Nicholas Crystal / Javier Restrepo  def.  Strong Kirchheimer / Kevin Le  5-7, 6-0, 10-6

Steven Chen / Jay Leelavanich  def.  Darius MacKenzie / Jeremy Mintz  7-6(1), 6-3

German Aragon / Adrian Ortiz  def.  Aidan Talcott /  Stephen Watson (6)  6-0, 1-6, 12-10

Robbie Bellamy / Gregory Garcia (7)  def.  Deiton Baughman /  Mac Roy  7-5, 6-3

Kei Ezaka / Sterling Galli  def.  Angel Aguilar / Joshua Kim  6-4, 6-2

Dylan Brown / Alex Giannini  def.  Jake De Vries /  Kenny Gea  6-2, 7-6(3)

Stefan Doehler / Tyler Lu  def.  William Chiu / Ryan Rosen  7-5, 7-5

Martin Redlicki / Spencer Rhoads  def.  Jake Klein / Christopher Lees  6-2, 6-3

 

Girls’ 18s First Round

Giuliana Olmos / Marcela Zacarias  def.  Lauren Herring / Madison Keys (1)  7-5, 1-6, 1-0(8)

Brooke Austin / Skylar Morton (8)  def.  Lauren Chypyha / Naomi Totka  6-0, 6-2

Ashley Dai / Riko Shimizu  def.  Alexandra Morozova /  Kendal Woodard  3-6, 7-5, 1-0(8)

Makenzie Craft / Christina Makarova  def.  Jacqueline Crawford / Sarah Lee  4-6, 6-2, 1-0(5)

Julia Elbaba / Blair Shankle (4)  def.  Mia King /  Alyssa Smith  6-4, 6-7(4), 1-0(4)

Samantha Crawford / Alexandra Kiick  def.  HaYoung Ji /  Ki Ryang Kim  6-2, 4-6, 1-0(5)

Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend  def.  Janet Liu / Dorothy Tang  6-4, 6-4

Camila Fuentes / Georgina Sellyn  def.  Melissa Kopinski / Jessica Wacnik  7-5, 6-4

Nicole Long / Peggy Porter  def.  June Lee / Wendy Zhang  6-4, 6-3

Ellen Allgurin / Rio Kitagawa (3)  def.  Lorraine Guillermo / Joanna Smith  6-2, 6-3

Kyle McPhillips / Chanelle Van Nguyen (7)  def.  Zoe Katz /  Lauren Stratman  6-2, 1-6, 1-0(5)

Alejandra Cisneros Gomez / Kriszina Kapitany (6)  def.  Kenna Kilgo / Katya Vasilyev  7-5, 7-6(1)

Natalia Maynetto / Alanna Wolff  def.  Rongrong Leenabanchong /  Naomi Tran  6-4, 7-5

Jennifer Brady / Chalena Scholl  def.  Fausthyara Pietersz /  Johnnise Renaud  6-0, 6-4

Victoria Duval / Stephanie Nauta (2)  def.  Sophia Bott / Sarah Gealer  6-1, 6-2

Nadia Echeverria Alam / Kelsey Laurente (5)  def.  Analorena Belmar /  Skylar Kuykendall  6-1, 6-3

 

Girls’ 16s First Round

Fiorella Coria / Francis Dean  def.  Emily Cox /  Basia Kopecka  6-4, 6-2

Kaiulani Boyer / Kimberly Yee  def.  Alexa Anton-Ohlmeyer / Alison Ho  7-5, 6-3

Dominique Dulski / Monica Robinson  def.  Andie Daniell / Kaitlyn McCarthy  4-6, 6-2, 1-0(2)

Kenadi Hance / Elizabeth Profit  def.  Ashley Chao /  Stephanie Hazell  6-1, 6-0

Kareena Manji / Jwany Sherif  def.  Kiah Generette / Alexis Rae Valenzuela  7-6(5), 6-2

Yuki Chiang / Alexis Pereira  def.  Madison Clarke / Caroline Turner  6-2, 6-1