Ovrootsky sweeps girls 12 titles in Winter Natls.

   Vivian Ovrootsky of San Jose swept the girls 12 singles and doubles titles today in the USTA National Winter Championships in Tucson, Ariz.
   Also, Carolyn Campana of Hillsborough in the San Francisco Bay Area won the girls 18 doubles crown with Ivana Corley of Albuquerque, N.M., in Scottsdale, Ariz.
   Ovrootsky, the No. 1 seed, overwhelmed No. 2 Matilyn Wang of Scottsdale 6-1, 6-2. Then No. 4 Ovrootsky and Anushka Khune of Palo Alto in the Bay Area topped No. 8 Katherine Hui of San Diego and Emmie Moore of Salt Lake City 7-5, 6-4.
   No. 3 Campana and Corley outclassed No. 5 Jessica Aragon of Plano, Texas, and Emilee Duong of Placentia in the Los Angeles area 6-3, 6-2.
   In the rain-delayed 18s and 16s in Scottsdale, three Northern Californians lost in the singles semifinals to the eventual champions.
   No. 6 Ryan Seggerman of Coronado in the San Diego area defeated No. 16 Jenson Brooksby from the Sacramento suburb of Carmichael 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Brooksby was the runner-up in the national hard court and clay court 16s last summer. He won the national hard court 12s in 2013.
   Eighth-seeded Chelsea Kung of Fort Worth, Texas, beat seventh-seeded Sara Choy of Palo Alto 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Choy won the 16s last year.
   Top-seeded Brandon Nakashima of San Diego dominated unseeded Marcus McDaniel of Vacaville, between San Francisco and Sacramento, 6-1, 6-3.

NorCal product Riffice survives test in Eddie Herr

   Sam Riffice survived in the first round of the boys 18s in the Eddie Herr International Championships on Monday.
   But his friend and former neighbor in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville, Keenan Mayo, lost in three sets in the hardcourt tournament in Bradenton, Fla.
   Riffice, seeded seventh, eked out a 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4 victory over Kristjan Tamm of Estonia. Mayo fell to U.S. wild card Filip Jianu 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2.
   Riffice, who won the boys 16 title two years ago, and Mayo train at the USTA centers in Boca Raton, Fla., and Carson, Calif., respectively.
   Mayo's brother, Aidan, and Stefan Leustian of Mather in the Sacramento area advanced in the 14s. Mayo, seeded 15th, beat Dmitry Bezborodov of Kazakhstan 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-0. Leustian thrashed Anton Semenov of Russia 6-0, 6-0.
   In the girls 18s, wild card Carolyn Campana of Hillsborough in the San Francisco Bay Area lost to sixth-seeded Varvara Gracheva of Russia 6-2, 7-5.
   Campana and Abigail Forbes of Raleigh, N.C., reached the girls 16 doubles final last year.
   In girls 16 singles this week, seventh-seeded Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek in the Bay Area and wild card Anna Campana, Carolyn's sister, are scheduled to play their first-round matches today.
   The Eddie Herr is one of the most prestigious junior tournaments in the world. Past competitors include Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic.
   Herr, the father of international junior tennis, died in 2000 at 93.
   USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships in La Jolla, Calif. -- Nicolas Chasseray of San Francisco surprised No. 16 seed Franklin Da Silva of Newport Beach 6-0, 6-4 in the second round.
   No. 4 Oren Motevassel of San Jose, No. 6 Jeff Greenwald of San Anselmo, No. 8 Leon Bax of Mountain View, No. 10 Daniel Hiddleson of Kentfield and No. 13 Joshua Prager of Yuba City coasted into the third round after receiving first-round byes.
   Greenwald won the title in 2009, and Motevassel took the crown in 2011 and 2012.

Chaudhary, Willy earn Sectional 14 singles titles

No. 1 seed Aryan Chaudhary, left, of Santa Clara subdued No. 2
Marcus McDaniel of Vacaville for the boys 14 singles title in the
NorCal Junior Sectional Championships. Photo by Paul Bauman

   SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Aryan Chaudhary should have lost the first set.
   And the second set.
   Instead, he pulled out both to claim the boys 14 singles title in the NorCal Junior Sectional Championships.
   The top-seeded Chaudhary, from Santa Clara, overcame deficits of 3-5 in both sets and a set point against him in the second set to subdue second-seeded Marcus McDaniel of Vacaville 7-5, 7-6 (1) on Tuesday at the Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa.
   "I was making a lot more balls (than McDaniel)," the 13-year-old Chaudhary, ranked second in the 14s in Northern California, explained after the baseline battle in 91-degree (32.8 Celsius) heat. "He just wasn't (on) his game today. I wasn't playing too well, but I was able to force him to make some mistakes. That's how I was able to close out the match."
   McDaniel, ranked fourth in the NorCal 14s at 14 years old, agreed but added that he made a strategic mistake.
   "I just couldn't make that many balls," said the 5-foot-10 (1.78-meter), 130-pound (59-kilogram) McDaniel, who has a punishing forehand. "I played the wrong shot (of Chaudhary's). I should have played the other side. I played his backhand too much, and he's too solid on the backhand side."     
   On the adjacent court, second-seeded Avantika Willy of Dublin beat fifth-seeded Laura Sanders of El Cerrito 6-3, 7-5 for the girls 14 crown.

No. 2 seed Avantika Willy, above, of Dublin
beat No. 5 Laura Sanders of El Cerrito for
the girls 14 crown. Photo by Paul Bauman

   McDaniel served for both sets at 5-3 but surrendered the last four games of the first set and squandered a set point at 5-4 in the second set when he sailed a routine backhand long.
   "I was just starting to press too much, trying to keep pressure on him," McDaniel said. "I wasn't hitting the ball as well as I could, which led to me missing even more and led to me going downhill faster instead of letting him make the errors."
   The 5-foot-9 (1.75-meter), 140-pound (63.5-kilogram) Chaudhary, meanwhile, said he "started staying more calm and trying to reduce my errors and force him to make more errors."
   McDaniel still had a chance to force a decisive third set but dropped the last six points of the tiebreaker to end the match. During the stretch, he committed four unforced errors and a double fault and returned a first serve long.
   "I felt his ball was coming off the strings faster," McDaniel said of the tiebreaker. "He was kind of loose because he had the (first) set under his belt. ... I couldn't make my backhand. It's usually pretty solid."
   McDaniel strongly resembles Piedmont's Mackenzie McDonald, who turned pro this month after sweeping the NCAA singles and doubles titles as a UCLA junior, in several ways. Their first and last names are similar, they look alike facially, and both have slight builds.
   Chaudhary swept in singles and doubles, as he did last year in the 12s in Sunnyvale. Willy, however, won her first sectional title.
   "I just came out mentally prepared," said Willy, who will turn 14 on July 25. "(Sanders) is a great player. I was just really focused, and every point, I was mentally in it."
   Sanders, who was not available for comment, was coming off long three-setters in the quarterfinals and semifinals. But Willy said Sanders didn't appear tired.
   "She may have been, but I couldn't tell," Willy admitted.

NORCAL JUNIOR SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tuesday's finals

At UC Santa Cruz

Girls 18

Singles

   Carolyn Campana (4), Hillsborough, def. Hind Abdelouahid (9), San Jose, walkover.

Doubles

   Hind Abdelouahid, San Jose, and Katie Volynets (3), Walnut Creek, def. Niluka Madurawe, Sunnyvale, and Katya Tabachnik (1), San Francisco, 7-5, 6-4.

Girls 16

Singles

   Connie Ma (2), Dublin, def. Angela Huang, Piedmont, 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles

   Katherine Duong, Cupertino, and Connie Ma (2), Dublin, def. Pamela Duke, San Jose, and Jacquie Tan (1), Elk Grove, 6-3, 6-4.

At Arden Hills Resort & Spa in Sacramento

Boys 14

Singles

   Aryan Chaudhary (1), Santa Clara, def. Marcus McDaniel (2), Vacaville, 7-5, 7-6 (1).

Doubles

   Aryan Chaudhary, Santa Clara, and Hugo Hashimoto (1), San Jose, def. Marcus McDaniel, Vacaville, 0-6, 7-6 (4) [10-2].

Girls 14

Singles

   Avantika Willy (2), Dublin, def. Laura Sanders (5), El Cerrito, 6-3, 7-5.

Doubles

   Allura Zamarripa and Maribella Zamarripa (1), Saint Helena, def. Tiffany Boudagian, South San Francisco, and Vivian Ovrootsky, San Jose, 6-2, 6-1.

Campana tops Volynets to gain Sectional girls 18 final

   No. 4 seed Carolyn Campana of Hillsborough defeated No. 2 Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek 6-2, 6-3 on Monday at UC Santa Cruz to reach the girls 18 final in the NorCal Junior Sectional Championships.
   Campana is ranked 33rd nationally in the 16s, and Volynets is first in the 14s.
   Campana will face No. 9 seed Hind Abdelouahid of San Jose for the title today at 10 a.m. Abdelouahid topped No. 9 Abbie Mulbarger of Woodbridge 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
   Also at 10 a.m. at UC Santa Cruz, No. 2 seed Connie Ma of Dublin will play unseeded Angela Huang of Piedmont in the 16 final. Huang routed No. 1 Stephanie Nguyen of Fremont 6-2, 6-1.
   The boys and girls 14 singles finals are scheduled for today at 11 a.m. at the Arden Hills Resort & Spa in Sacramento.
   No. 1 seed Aryan Chaudhary of Santa Clara will meet No. 2 Marcus McDaniel of Vacaville for the boys' title, and No. 2 Avantika Willy of Dublin will play No. 5 Laura Sanders of El Cerrito for the girls' crown.

  NORCAL JUNIOR SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Monday's semifinals

At UC Santa Cruz

Girls 18

Singles

   Hind Abdelouahid (9), San Jose, def. Abbie Mulbarger (9), Woodbridge, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
   Carolyn Campana (4), Hillsborough, def. Katie Volynets (2), Walnut Creek, 6-2, 6-3.

Doubles

    Hind Abdelouahid, San Jose, and Katie Volynets (3), Walnut Creek, def. Rachel Eason, Union City, and Jessica Tsukiji, San Jose, 6-3, 7-5.
  Niluka Madurawe, Sunnyvale, and Katya Tabachnik (1), San Francisco, vs. Madeline Almeida, El Dorado Hills, and Neha Gupta, Elk Grove, late.

Girls 16

Singles

   Angela Huang, Piedmont, def. Stephanie Nguyen (1), Fremont, 6-2, 6-1.
   Connie Ma (2), Dublin, def. Katherine Duong (3), Cupertino, 6-4, 7-5.

Doubles

   Katherine Duong, Cupertino, and Connie Ma (2), Dublin, def. Nora Lee, Oakland, and Leslie Ligier (3), Cupertino, 6-2, 6-1.
   Pamela Duke, San Jose, and Jacquie Tan (1), Elk Grove, vs. Angela Huang, Piedmont, and Stephanie Ren (4), Saratoga, on Tuesday.

At Arden Hills Resort & Spa in Sacramento

Boys 14

Singles

   Aryan Chaudhary (1), Santa Clara, def. Nino Sabella (5), Milpitas, 6-1, 6-1.
   Marcus McDaniel (2), Vacaville, def. Aidan Mayo (3), Roseville, 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Doubles

   Aryan Chaudhary, Santa Clara, and Hugo Hashimoto (1), San Jose, def. Aidan Mayo, Roseville, and Milad Shafaie (3), San Carlos, walkover.
    Marcus McDaniel, Vacaville, and Jonah Tran (4), Folsom, def. Luke Casper, Santa Cruz, and Philip Martin (2), Los Altos, 4-6, 6-3 {10-7].

Girls 14

Singles

   Laura Sanders (5), El Cerrito, def. Yuu Ishikawa (1), Mountain View, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (3).
   Avantika Willy (2), Dublin, def. Allura Zamarripa (4), Saint Helena, 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles

   Allura Zamarripa and Maribella Zamarripa (1), Saint Helena, def. Amber Marie Lee, Orinda, and Avantika Willy (3), Dublin, 6-1, 6-4.
   Tiffany Boudagian, South San Francisco, and Vivian Ovrootsky, San Jose, def. Mirabelle Brettkelly, San Francisco, and Sravanthi Dandamudi, Cupertino, 6-1, 6-2.

Paul Barretto, Keenan Mayo repeat in Sectionals

   Paul Barretto and Keenan Mayo won their second consecutive NorCal Junior Sectional boys 18 and 16 singles titles, respectively, on Sunday at the Natomas Racquet Club in Sacramento.
   The No. 2-seeded Barretto, a 17-year-old Tiburon resident, beat No. 9 Jenson Brooksby, 15, of Carmichael 6-4, 6-3. The No. 1-seeded Mayo, a Roseville resident who turned 16 last month, dominated No. 9 Ryder Jackson of Nicasio 6-1, 6-1.
   In the quarterfinals of the girls 18s at UC Santa Cruz, No. 4 seed Carolyn Campana of Hillsborough ousted No. 5 Rachel Eason, the defending champion from Union City, 6-4, 6-2.
   Also, No. 2 Katie Volynets, 14, of Walnut Creek dismissed No. 4 Jessi Muljat, 15, of Sacramento 6-3, 6-1. Volynets is ranked first nationally in the 14s.
   Volynets avenged a 6-4, 7-5 loss to Muljat in the 16s final of the USTA International Spring Championships in Carson, Calif., in April.
   No. 1 seed Herrick Legaspi of Sacramento and No. 3 Anushka Khune of Palo Alto won the boys and girls 12 titles, respectively, at the Sunnyvale Tennis Center.
   The quarterfinals of the boys and girls 14s are scheduled for today at 11 a.m. at the Arden Hills Resort & Spa in Sacramento, followed by the semifinals at 3 p.m.

NORCAL JUNIOR SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Finals

At Natomas Racquet Club in Sacramento

Boys 18

Singles

   Paul Barretto (2), Tiburon, def. Jenson Brooksby (9) Carmichael, 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles

   Arjith Jayaraman, Gold River, and Andrew Ton (4), Milpitas, def. Siddharth Chari, Saratoga, and Randy Cory, Salinas, 6-4, 1-6 [11-9].

Boys 16

Singles

   Keenan Mayo (1), Roseville, def. Ryder Jackson (9), Nicasio, 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles

   Sam Gibson, Chico, and Stevie Gould (4), Corte Madera, def. Ryder Jackson, Nicasio, and Zachery Lim (8), Fairfield, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

At Sunnyvale Tennis Center

Boys 12

Singles

  Herrick Legaspi (1), Sacramento, def. Raghav Jangbahadur (4), Palo Alto, 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles

   John Kim, Sunnyvale, and Herrick Legaspi (1), Sacramento, def. Liam Carpenter, Greenbrae, and Patrick Toman (3), Pleasant Hill, 6-2, 6-1.

Girls 12

Singles

   Anushka Khune (3), Palo Alto, def. Georgia Beard (1), Santa Rosa, 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles

   Anushka Khune, Palo Alto, and Madison Weekley (2), Alamo, def. Martina Marica, San Jose, and Kamila Wong (3), Palo Alto, 6-0, 6-2.

Roseville's Riffice advances in Orange Bowl 18s

   Sam Riffice of Roseville in the Sacramento area defeated qualifier Andres Andrade of Ecuador 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 today in the completion of a suspended boys 18 first-round match at the Orange Bowl in Plantation, Fla.
   Riffice, who won the 16s title last year at 15 years old, will face 10th-seeded Jurabek Karimov of Uzbekistan. Karimov demolished lucky loser Sean Huynh of Canada 6-1, 6-0.
   Riffice trains at the USTA center in Boca Raton, Fla.
   In the first round of the boys 16s, Jenson Brooksby of Carmichael in the Sacramento region lost to qualifier Luka Pavlovic of France 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3). Brooksby, 15, served for the second set at 5-4.
   Sofia Kenin, the top seed and defending champion in the girls 18s, fell to Olga Danilovic, a 14-year-old left-hander from Serbia, 6-0, 5-7, 7-5.
   No. 12 seed Michaela Gordon (girls 18s) of Saratoga in the San Francisco Bay Area, Carolyn Campana (girls 16s) of Hillsborough in the Bay Area and Keenan Mayo (boys 16s) do not play singles today after winning their first-round matches earlier in the week.
   Gordon, 16, reached the Wimbledon girls quarterfinals this year. Mayo, Riffice's childhood friend from Roseville, trains at the USTA center in Carson in the Los Angeles region.
   Mayo will take on second-seeded Jonas Ericksson Zeverts of Sweden. Campana will meet ninth-seeded Sohyun Park of South Korea.
   The Orange Bowl, the top junior tournament in the world outside of the Grand Slams, was founded by Eddie Herr in 1947. It was played on clay until 1998, then on hardcourts until 2011. It has been contested on clay again since then.
   Past winners of the Orange Bowl 18s include Chris Evert (1969-70), Bjorn Borg 1972), John McEnroe (1976), Ivan Lendl (1977), Gabriela Sabatini (1984), Mary Joe Fernandez (1985), Jim Courier (1987) and Anna Kournikova (1995).
   Winners of the tournament on hardcourts include Roger Federer (1998), Elena Dementieva (1998), Andy Roddick (1999), Vera Zvonareva (2000 and 2001), Marcos Baghdatis (2003) and Caroline Wozniacki (2005).

ORANGE BOWL

In Plantation, Fla.

(Northern California results only)

Boys

First-round singles

18-and-under

   Sam Riffice, Roseville, def. Andres Andrade, Ecuador, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

16-and-under

   Keenan Mayo, Roseville, def. Palaphoom Kovapitukted, Thailand, 6-3, 6-2.
   Luka Pavlovic, France, def. Jenson Brooksby, Carmichael, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3).

First-round doubles

18-and-under

   Yuta Shimizu and Yunosuke Tanaka, Japan, def. Sam Riffice, Roseville, and Vasil Kirkov, Tampa, Fla., 7-6 (2), 6-3.

16-and-under

   Trey Hilderbrand, San Antonio, and Keenan Mayo, Roseville, def. Harrison Brown, Australia, and Vikash Singh, India, 6-3, 6-2.
   Charles Fischer Pinheiro and Gilbert Soares Klier, Brazil, def. Jenson Brooksby, Carmichael, and James Ignatowich, Delray Beach, Fla., 6-3, 7-5.

Girls

First-round singles 

18-and-under

   Michaela Gordon (12), Saratoga, def. Maria Jose Portillo Ramirez, Mexico, 6-3, 6-0.

16-and-under

   Carolyn Campana, Hillsborough, def. Luniuska Delgado, Venezuela, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
   Eunhye Lee, South Korea, def. Jessi Muljat, Sacramento, 6-3, 6-0.

First-round doubles

18-and-under

   Jaqueline Cristian, Romania, and Michaela Gordon, Saratoga, def. Isolde De Jong and Nina Kruijer, Netherlands, 6-3, 3-6 [10-7].
   Abigail Forbes, Raleigh, N.C., and Jessi Muljat, Sacramento, def. Sandra Aguirre and Sofia Ayuso, Venezuela, 6-1, 6-1.

16-and-under

   Carolyn Campana, Hillsborough, and Jayci Goldsmith, Austin, Texas, def. Luniuska Delgado, Venezuela, and Mell Elizabeth Reasco Gonzalez, Ecuador, 7-6 (6), 6-3.

NorCal's Campana edged in Eddie Herr doubles final

   Unseeded Carolyn Campana of Hillsborough in the San Francisco Bay Area and Abigail Forbes of Raleigh, N.C., lost a heartbreaker in the girls 16 doubles final of the Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship.
   Campana and Forbes fell to top-seeded Selma Cadar of Romania and Ulyana Shirokova of Russia 6-4, 6-7 (6) [13-11] today in Bradenton, Fla.
   Earlier today, Campana and Forbes outclassed unseeded Kacie Harvey of Braintree, Mass., and Melissa Sakar of Lauderdale Lake, Fla., 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals.
   Meanwhile, fifth-seeded Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia ended the surprising run of 14-year-old wild card Amanda Anisimova with a 0-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory in the girls 18 semifinals.
   Anisimova, from Hallandale Beach, Fla., had ousted seeds in her previous three matches. Among them were No. 11 Michaela Gordon of Saratoga in the Bay Area in the third round.
   Zidansek, 17, will play unseeded Kylie McKenzie, 16, of Anthem, Ariz., for the title. McKenzie beat top seed and defending champion Dalma Galfi of Hungary 6-4, 6-3. Galfi won the U.S. Open girls title in September.
   In a boys 18 semifinal, No. 6 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada took out No. 2 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 7-5, 6-4. Auger-Aliassime will face No. 4 Alex De Minaur of Australia for the title.
   McKenzie saved one match point and Auger-Aliassime three in their third-round matches on Thursday.
   The Eddie Herr Championship is one of the most prestigious junior tournaments in the world. Past competitors include Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic.
   Herr, the father of international junior tennis, died in 2000 at 93.

NorCal's Campana reaches Eddie Herr doubles semis

   Unseeded Carolyn Campana of Hillsborough in the San Francisco Bay Area and Abigail Forbes of Raleigh, N.C., knocked off two seeded teams today to reach the girls 16 doubles semifinals in the Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship.
    Campana and Forbes surprised No. 8 Georgia Gulin of Brazil and Fernanda Labrana of Chile 7-5, 6-3 and then No. 2 Nicole Mossmer of La Jolla and Jessi Muljat, 14, of Sacramento 6-3, 6-1 in Bradenton, Fla.
   Campana and Forbes will play unseeded Kacie Harvey of Braintree, Mass., and Melissa Sakar of Lauderdale Lake, Fla., on Saturday. Harvey and Sakar beat unseeded Meredith Jones of the Philippines and Renata Lombera of Mexico 6-2, 7-5.
   Neither of the semifinal teams has lost a set in three matches.
   Meanwhile, 14-year-old Amanada Anisimova continued her amazing run in girls 18 singles. The wild card from Hallandale Beach, Fla., ousted a third consecutive seed to move into the semis, defeating No. 11 Alexandra Sanford of Westerville, Ohio, 6-4, 6-2.
   Anisimova had beaten No. 7 Bianca Andreescu of Canada in the second round and No. 11 Michaela Gordon of Saratoga in the Bay Area in the third round.
   Anisimova will try to continue her streak when she meets No. 5 Tamara Zidansek, 17, of Slovenia. No. 1 Dalma Galfi of Hungary will play unseeded Kylie McKenzie of Anthem, Ariz., in the other semifinal.
   The boys 18 semifinals feature two Canadians. No. 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime will take on No. 2 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, and No. 15 Benjamin Sigouin will meet No. 4 Alex De Minaur of Australia.