NorCal's Quinn claims Orange Bowl 16s doubles title

   Ethan Quinn of Fresno, Calif., and Nicholas Godsick of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, won the Orange Bowl boys 16 doubles title today.

   The fourth-seeded Quinn and Godsick beat third-seeded Lucas Brown of Plano, Texas, and John Kim of Sunnyvale in the San Francisco Bay Area 7-6 (0), 6-4 on clay in Plantation, Fla.

   Quinn won the 16s singles title in the USTA Winter Nationals on clay in Orlando, Fla., in January.

   Godsick's mother, Mary Joe Fernandez, won consecutive Orange Bowl singles titles in the 12s, 14s, 16s and 18s (1982-85). A former top-five player in singles and doubles as a professional, Fernandez now works as a tennis commentator for ESPN. Godsick's father, Tony Godsick, is Roger Federer's agent.

   In the other 16s finals:

   —Fifteenth-seeded Jonah Braswell of Sarasota, Fla., crushed fifth-seeded Ignacio Buse of Peru 6-0, 6-1.

   —Valeria Ray of Doral, Fla., downed Tatum Evans of McLean, Va., 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in a matchup of unseeded players.

   —Vivian Miller of Sullivans Island, S.C., and Maddy Zampardo of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., edged Ahmani Guichard of Seminole, Fla., and Lexington Reed of Orlando 6-4, 3-6 [10-6]. Both teams were unseeded.

   The boys and girls 18s singles semifinals and doubles finals are scheduled for Saturday.

Two NorCal boys to meet in Orange 16s doubles final

   Northern Californians John Kim and Ethan Quinn are scheduled to meet today in the Orange Bowl boys 16 doubles final.

   Third-seeded Lucas Brown of Plano, Texas, and Kim of Sunnyvale in the San Francisco Bay Area beat unseeded Marko Mesarovic and Connor Smillie of Austin, Texas, 7-5, 7-5 Thursday on clay in Plantation, Fla.

   Brown and Kim are scheduled to meet fourth-seeded Nicholas Godsick of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and Quinn of Fresno, Calif., at 7 a.m. PST. Live scoring is available.

   Godsick — the son of former star player and current ESPN commentator Mary Joe Fernandez and Tony Godsick, Roger Federer's agent — and Quinn outplayed sixth-seeded Jonah Braswell of Sarasota, Fla., and Brayden Michna of Taylor, Texas, 6-4, 6-4.

   In boys 18 singles, top-seeded Peter Fajta of Hungary dominated 15th-seeded Aidan Mayo, who grew up in the Sacramento, Calif., suburb of Roseville, 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals.

    In today's other 16s finals:

   —Fifth-seeded Ignacio Buse of Peru will face 15th-seeded Braswell not before 11 a.m. Braswell eliminated the ninth-seeded Quinn 0-6, 6-2, 6-3.

   —Valeria Ray of Doral, Fla., will play Tatum Evans of McLean, Va., not before 11 a.m. in a matchup of unseeded players.

   —Ahmani Guichard of Seminole, Fla., and Lexington Reed of Orlando, Fla., will meet Vivian Miller of Sullivans Island, S.C., and Maddy Zampardo of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., at 7 a.m. Both teams are unseeded.

NorCal product advances in Orange Bowl boys 18s

   No. 15 seed Aidan Mayo, who grew up in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville, outlasted qualifier Giulio Perego of Italy 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday in the second round of the Orange Bowl boys 18s on clay in Plantation, Fla.

   Mayo is scheduled to face top-seeded Peter Fajta of Hungary on Thursday at 7 a.m. PST for a quarterfinal berth. Live scoring is available.

   In the second round of the girls 18s, seventh-seeded Jana Kolodynska of Belarus routed wild card Vivian Ovrootsky of San Jose, Calif., 6-1, 6-2.

   Ovrootsky, a quarterfinalist in the 16s last year, has verbally committed to the University of Texas for the fall of 2022. She will join Allura and Maribella Zamarripa on the Longhorns. The identical twins from St. Helena, Calif., in the Napa Valley signed National Letters of Intent to play at Texas as freshmen in 2021.

   In the boys 16 doubles quarterfinals, third-seeded Lucas Brown of Plano, Texas, and John Kim of Sunnyvale in the San Francisco Bay Area edged seventh-seeded Sebastian Gorzny of Fountain Valley in the Los Angeles region and Will Mayew of Cary, N.C., 1-6, 7-6 (2) [12-10].

   Brown and Kim are set to play unseeded Marko Mesarovic and Connor Smillie of Austin, Texas, on Thursday not before 11 a.m. Mesarovic and Smillie surprised second-seeded Gianluca Ballotta and Ignacio Buse of Peru 6-7 (6), 6-3 [10-4].

   The University of Texas is located in Austin.