U.S. could have no men in top 20 after Indian Wells

John Isner, shown at Indian Wells in 2012,
was upset by Lleyton Hewitt in this year's
tournament. Photo by Paul Bauman

   John Isner's slump continued Saturday, which is bad news for U.S. men's tennis.
   Very bad.
   The United States, a tennis power throughout the 1900s, already has no men in the top 10 in the world. Come March 18, when the next rankings are released, there's a good chance that the nation will have no one in the top 20.
   As John McEnroe once famously said, you cannot be serious.
   The 6-foot-9 (2.06-meter) Isner, who missed the Australian Open in January with a knee injury, lost to 32-year-old Lleyton Hewitt 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Hewitt won the title there an eternity ago -- in 2002 and 2003.
   "It was a tough match," Isner told reporters. "I knew it was going to be. Lleyton is such a good competitor. I felt like I could have played a little bit better. I needed to play very well to win today, and I don't feel like I necessarily did that. But I think Lleyton had a lot to do with it. It's very disappointing.
    "But I believe things will get better. ... Just gotta keep plugging away."
   Isner, the top American at No. 15, nevertheless will plummet in the rankings after reaching last year's final at Indian Wells. He beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic, the defending champion, in the semifinals before losing to Roger Federer.
   The rankings operate on a rotating 52-week basis. Therefore, Isner's results from Indian Wells last year are replaced on the computer by his results there this year. Everything else being equal, he would have had to reach this year's final just to stay No. 15.

Sam Querrey, shown at Indian Wells in 2012,
likely will replace John Isner as the top-ranked
American man. Photo by Paul Bauman

   Sam Querrey, a 6-foot-6 (1.98-meter) native of San Francisco, likely will replace Isner as the top American. Querrey, though, faces a tall order -- literally -- trying to rise from No. 23 in the world. He is scheduled to meet 6-foot-10 (2.08-meter) qualifier Ivo Karlovic of Croatia today in the second round after losing at that stage last year at Indian Wells.
   Karlovic, 34, held the record for the world's fastest serve at 156 mph (251 kph) until Samuel Groth of Australia was credited with a 163.4-mph (263-kph) missile last year.
   Although five other Americans reside in the top 100, the only possible bright spot is 20-year-old prospect Ryan Harrison at No. 73 in the world.
   No. 32 Mardy Fish is 31 years old with heart trouble. No. 56 Brian Baker, who returned to the tour last year after missing six years because of five major operations, underwent surgery for a torn meniscus in January. No. 70 Michael Russell is 34 years old and only 5-foot-8 (1.73 meters) in an era of power. No. 99 James Blake is 33 years old.
   Meanwhile, two of Querrey's teammates on the Sacramento Capitals in World TeamTennis last season also made news at Indian Wells on Saturday.
   South Africa's Kevin Anderson, a 6-foot-8 (2.03-meter) right-hander playing in his second tournament since undergoing right elbow surgery, ousted fourth-seeded David Ferrer 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the second round.
   Fish, playing his first official match in six months because of an irregular heartbeat, teamed with Blake to beat Spaniards David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of doubles. Blake and Fish are wild cards.
   Fish is scheduled to play the first singles match of his comeback today against qualifier Bobby Reynolds, another American in his 30s, today in the second round. Fish, seeded 32nd, received a first-round bye. 

COLLEGE SCORES

Men

   Texas-Arlington def. Sacramento State 4-3 in Sacramento. No. 1 singles: Marek Marksoo (SS) def. Yauheni Yakauleu 7-6 (3), 6-3. Records: Texas-Arlington 4-4, Sac State 3-8.
   Sacramento State def. Northern Arizona 4-3 in Sacramento: No. 1 singles: Marek Marksoo (SS) def. Shaun Waters 6-4, 6-4. Records: Sac State 4-8, Northern Arizona 2-11.
   Nevada def. UC Davis 5-2 in Davis. No. 1 singles: Kyle Miller (UCD) def. Victor Ouvrard 7-6, 6-3. Records: Nevada 7-4, UC Davis 6-7.
   Pacific def. Santa Clara 4-3 in Santa Clara. No. 1 singles: No. 66 John Lamble (SC) def. Alex Golding 6-1, 6-3. Records: Pacific 8-4, Santa Clara 10-5.
   Boise State def. USF 6-1 in San Francisco. No. 1 singles: No. 30 Andrew Bettles (BSU) def. Thai Tu 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 10-6 match tiebreaker.

Women

   No. 18 Cal def. No. 31 Washington in Berkeley. No. 1 singles: No. 8 Anett Schutting (C) def. No. 124 Andjela Nemcevic 6-1, 6-1. Records: Cal 7-4, Washington 8-5.
   No. 20 Stanford def. No. 73 Washington State 7-0 at Stanford. No. 1 singles: No. 87 Nicole Gibbs (S) def. Liudmila Vasilieva 6-1, 6-1. Records: Stanford 7-2, Washington State 10-4.
   No. 66 San Jose State def. Southern Utah 7-0 in San Jose. No. 1 singles: Sebastiani Leon Chao (SJS) def. Olya Kunz 6-1, 6-2. Records: San Jose State 8-4, Southern Utah 2-3.
   USF def. Northern Arizona 7-0 in San Francisco. No. 1 singles: Andrea Ka (USF) def. Ghizelene Doballah 6-0, 6-0. Records: USF 6-3, Northern Arizona 6-7.

Burdette ousts top-30 player at Indian Wells

Qualifier Mallory Burdette, shown in her first-round match against
wild card Jill Craybas at Indian Wells, upset No. 23 seed Tamira
Paszek in the second round. Photo by Paul Bauman

   Mallory Burdette continued her meteoric rise with the biggest win of her brief professional career on Friday.
   The 22-year-old qualifier from Jackson, Ga., eliminated 23rd-seeded Tamira Paszek of Austria 7-6 (0), 6-1 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
   At No. 27 in the world, Paszek is the highest-ranked player Burdette has beaten since she turned pro six months ago after her junior season at Stanford. Paszek, a Wimbledon quarterfinalist the past two years, fell to 1-6 this year.
   Burdette has beaten seven top-100 players, including three at Indian Wells, in the past six months. In her two qualifying matches at Indian Wells, she dismissed No. 89 Jana Cepelova of Slovakia and No. 97 Melinda Czink of Hungary without losing more than three games in a set.
   Ranked No. 125, Burdette will approach or crack the top 100 herself regardless of how she fares against Russia's Maria Kirilenko, seeded 13th and ranked 15th, in the third round.
   Kirilenko, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and Indian Wells last year, defeated Christina McHale of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the second round.
   Burdette, 5-foot-10 (1.77 meters), lost to teammate Nicole Gibbs in last year's NCAA singles final and teamed with Gibbs for a second straight NCAA doubles crown (winning previously with Hilary Barte). After capturing $10,000 and $100,000 tournament titles, Burdette reached the third round of the U.S. Open as a wild card before losing to third seed and 2006 champion Maria Sharapova. Burdette then turned pro.
   Another rising young American, 23-year-old wild card Maria Sanchez of Modesto in Northern California, fell to third seed and 2012 Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-2, 6-1 in the second round at Indian Wells.
   On the men's side, Dmitry Tursunov of Folsom in the Sacramento area lost to fellow qualifier Philipp Petzschner of Germany 6-4, 6-4 in the first round. Petzschner won the 2010 Wimbledon men's doubles title with Jurgen Melzer of Austria.
   Colleges -- Sacramento State's Marek Marksoo and Aliaksandr Malko upset ranked players, but the Hornets men lost to No. 24 Cal 5-2 on Thursday in Sacramento.
   Marksoo, a sophomore from Estonia, upended No. 56 Ben McLachlan 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (12-10) at No. 1 singles. Malko, a senior from Belarus, toppled No. 34 Christoffer Konigsfeldt 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2 singles.
   Malko and Marksoo also knocked off No. 18 Campbell Johnson and Konigsfeldt 8-6 at No. 1 doubles.
   Sac State hosted Cal for the first time since joining Division I in 1992.
   In February, Marksoo became the first player in school history to play in the Davis Cup when Estonia lost to host Ireland 3-2 in the first round of the Europe-Africa zone. Marksoo, 19, lost to Sam Barry 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 in singles and paired with Vladimir Ivanov in a 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 3-6, 9-7 loss to Barry and James McGee.

FRIDAY'S COLLEGE SCORES

Men

   Pacific def. Northern Arizona 6-1 in Stockton. No. 1 singles: Sem Verbeek (P) def. Shaun Waters 6-1, 6-3. Records: Pacific 7-4, Northern Arizona 2-10. 

Women

   No. 18 Cal def. No. 73 Washington State 6-1 in Berkeley. No. 1 singles: No. 8 Anett Schutting (C) def. Liudmila Vasilieva 6-0, 6-2. Records: Cal 6-4, Washington State 10-3.
   No. 20 Stanford def. No. 31 Washington 7-0 at Stanford. No. 1 singles: No. 87 Nicole Gibbs (S) def. No. 124 Andjela Nemcevic 6-4, 6-0. Records: Stanford 6-2, Washington 8-4.
   No. 49 Saint Mary's def. Sacramento State 7-0. No. singles: No. 18 Jenny Jullien (SM) def. Rebeca Delgado 7-5, 6-2. Records: Saint Mary's 6-6, Sac State 1-7.

Hall of Famer mentors Sanchez; Capitals' schedule

With mentor Chris Evert watching from the stands,
Maria Sanchez of Modesto won her main-draw
debut at Indian Wells. Photo by Paul Bauman

   INDIAN WELLS -- In less than two years as a professional tennis player, Maria Sanchez has yet to make a name for herself.
   But she has one of the biggest names in tennis history in her camp.
   Chris Evert, an International Tennis Hall of Famer, attended Sanchez's 6-3, 6-3 victory over error-prone qualifier Olga Puchkova of Russia on Wednesday in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open.
   Sanchez, a 23-year-old wild card from sleepy Modesto in Northern California, met Evert through World TeamTennis in the summer of 2011 after graduating from USC in real estate. Sanchez was playing for the since-disbanded St. Louis Aces against the host New York Sportimes, and Evert was in the crowd.
   "I played against Martina Hingis, and I got killed," the 5-foot-10 (1.78-meter) Sanchez said of the Swiss star, who will join Evert in the Hall of Fame on July 13. "After the match, I was feeling pretty bad, and she came up to me and was like, 'Hey, I really like your game. I just want to let you know I believe in you and see your potential, so if you ever need anything, let me know.' I was kind of surprised, like, 'Wow, all right.' So I just kind of kept in contact with her."
   Sanchez now trains full-time at the Evert Tennis Academy.  -- owned by Chris and her brother, John -- in Boca Raton, Fla.
   "She has kind of taken me under her wing and mentored me throughout my pro career," said Sanchez, who will meet third seed and 2012 Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the second round. "I work with (Jacopo Tezza) on the court when I'm there. She'll come and oversee the practice and help me out."

Olga Puchkova, who upset Venus Williams en route
to the final in Florianopolis, Brazil, last week, lost
to Sanchez after playing two qualifying matches
on Tuesday. Photo by Paul Bauman

   Evert, who's tied for fourth all-time with 18 Grand Slam singles titles, was not available for comment. Also among the sparse crowd in Stadium 2 on a cool, breezy night were Tezza; Sanchez's agent, Jordan Butler; and Sanchez's parents, Luis and Catherine.
   Luis, a high school math teacher in Modesto, said Evert "has been a lot of help, (telling Maria) what to expect in the pros. It's nice to have her in Maria's corner."
   Sanchez, who played with kinesio tape on her right knee but said afterward it was fine, has soared from No. 687 in the world at the end of 2011 to No. 112.
   She was much fresher Wednesday than Puchkova, who had played two straight-set qualifying matches on Tuesday after reaching the final on a hardcourt in Florianopolis, Brazil, last week. Four of Puchkova's five matches there went to three sets, including against top-seeded Venus Williams in the semifinals.    
   Puchkova reached a career-high No. 32 at 19 years old in 2007 and played two matches for the Sacramento Capitals of World TeamTennis the following year. She plummeted to No. 338 by the end of 2010 but has fought back to No. 79. 
   A part-time model, the 5-foot-11 (1.8-meter) Puchkova also is ranked seventh among the 30 hottest female tennis players of all time by Rant Sports. 
   Sanchez was one of two rising young Americans to win their main-draw debut in the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday. Qualifier Mallory Burdette, a 22-year-old former Stanford star, dispatched 38-year-old wild card Jill Craybas of Huntington Beach 6-3, 6-1.
   Burdette, ranked No. 125 only six months after forgoing her senior season to turn pro, will face 23rd-seeded Tamira Paszek of Austria in the second round.
   Capitals veteran Vania King lost to Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-1.
   Meanwhile, there was an Alves sighting at Indian Wells. Dmitry Tursunov, a Sacramento-area resident seeded fourth in qualifying, outlasted Thiago Alves of Brazil 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 to earn his first main-draw berth at Indian Wells in four years.
   Alves wasn't wearing blue suede shoes, but the loss left him all shook up and headed back to the Heartbreak Hotel. 
   Tursunov, who reached the semifinals in Marseilles and quarterfinals in Dubai in the previous two weeks, will face another qualifier, Germany's Philipp Petzschner in the first round.
   Capitals' schedule released -- The good news for the Capitals is they will open their 2013 regular season with five home matches. The bad news is they will play seven of their remaining nine matches in the July 7-24 season on the road.
   Marquee players Mardy Fish and Sam Querrey are scheduled to return for their second part-time season with Sacramento. Fish, ranked No. 32 after reaching a career-high No. 7 in 2011, will play at Sunrise Mall on July 10, 12 and 13. Querrey, a San Francisco native ranked No. 23 after climbing as high as No. 17 in 2011, will appear in the last four matches of the regular season (two home and two away).
   Bob and Mike Bryan, the 34-year-old twin sons of Capitals coach Wayne Bryan, will play for the Texas Wild on July 17 at Sunrise Mall. The Wild, based in the Dallas suburb of Irving, moved from Kansas City during the offseason.
   Also, the two-time defending champion Washington Kastles will visit Sunrise Mall on July 13. Washington has won 32 consecutive matches, including 20-19 over Sacramento in the WTT Finals last season. The Capitals have won a record six league titles but none since 2007.
   Team rosters will be filled out in Tuesday's regular-player draft. The conference championships are set for July 25 and the WTT Finals for July 28 at the home of the Eastern Conference champion.

CAPITALS' SCHEDULE 

   Sunday, July 7 vs. Texas Wild

   Monday, July 8 vs. Philadelphia Freedoms
   Wednesday, July 10 vs. Orange County Breakers (Mardy Fish plays for Capitals)
   Friday, July 12 vs. Boston Lobsters (Fish plays for Capitals)
   Saturday, July 13 vs. Washington Kastles (Fish plays for Capitals)
   Sunday, July 14 @ Texas Wild
   Monday, July 15 @ Orange County Breakers
   Wednesday, July 17 vs. Texas Wild (Bryan Brothers play for Texas)
   Thursday, July 18 @ Springfield Lasers
   Friday, July 19 @ Boston Lobsters
   Sunday, July 21 @ Orange County Breakers (Sam Querrey plays for Capitals)
   Monday, July 22 vs. Orange County Breakers (Querrey plays for Capitals)
   Tuesday, July 23 @ Springfield Lasers (Querrey plays for Capitals)
   Wednesday, July 24 @ Texas Wild (Querrey plays for Capitals)

Burdette to face 38-year-old at Indian Wells

   INDIAN WELLS -- Mallory Burdette was 5 years old when her first-round opponent in the BNP Paribas Open turned pro.
   Burdette, a 22-year-old qualifier and former Stanford star, will meet fellow American Jill Craybas, a 38-year-old wild card, on Wednesday in Indian Wells.
   Burdette advanced to the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open for the first time with a 6-2, 6-1 victory Tuesday over Melinda Czink, a Hungarian veteran seeded 13th in qualifying and ranked 97th.
   It will be the first meeting between Burdette and Craybas. The winner will face Austria's Tamira Paszek, seeded 23rd and ranked 27th. All men's and women's seeds received a first-round bye.
   Burdette, 5-foot-10 (1.78 meters) and 143 pounds (65 kilograms), likely will overpower Craybas, listed at only 5-foot-3 (1.6 meters) and 123 pounds (56 kg). Burdette, who turned pro only six months ago after her junior season, is ranked No. 125. Craybas is No. 210.
   In the first round of men's qualifying, fourth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov of Folsom in the Sacramento area, defeated wild card Mohamed Haythem Abid of Tunisia 6-1, 6-4.
   Tursunov, a Moscow native, has fallen from a career-high No. 20 in 2006 to No. 76 because of injuries. He will play Brazil's Thiago Alves, ranked No. 149, in a matchup of 30-year-olds for a berth in the main draw.
   Their only previous meeting came 12 years ago, when Alves won 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the Campos Do Jordao Challenger on a hardcourt in Brazil.
   BNP notes -- Charlie Pasarell and Cliff Drysdale, both of whom helped found the men's union in 1971, will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., in July. Joining Pasarell, who formerly owned the BNP Paribas Open, will be ex-world No. 1 Martina Hingis, promoter Ion Tiriac and former Australian star Thelma Coyne Long.
   A group headed by Pasarell and Ray Moore sold the BNP Paribas Open to Larry Ellison, a co-founder of the Oracle software company, in 2009. Forbes magazine ranks Ellison as the fifth-richest person in the world with a net worth of $43 billion. ...
   The Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the home of the BNP Paribas Open, is scheduled to undergo a $70 million expanion in time for next year's tournament. Plans include a permanent Stadium 2 with 8,000 seats and two restaurants. Stadium 1, with a capacity of 16,100, is the second-largest tennis facility in the world behind New York's Arthur Ashe Stadium, which seats 23,200. ... 
   BNP Paribas, one of the largest global banking groups, extended its title sponsorship of the tournament through 2018. The BNP Paribas Open is billed as the biggest tennis tournament in the world other than the four Grand Slams. ...
   Mardy Fish of the Sacramento Capitals in World TeamTennis is scheduled to return from a six-month layoff in Indian Wells, where he's seeded 32nd. Fish, 31, has battled an irregular heartbeat since last spring.

PRO RANKINGS

   Following are this week's world rankings of professional players with Northern California ties (change from last week in parentheses):

Men

   Kevin Anderson, Sacramento Capitals (2012) of World TeamTennis -- No. 37 in singles (-8), No. 91 in doubles (-1).
   Nick Andrews, Cal All-American in 2012, resident of Folsom in the Sacramento area -- Career-high No. 1,051 in doubles (+2), No. 1,496 in singles (-2).  
   Bob Bryan, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Mike Bryan, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Mardy Fish, Capitals (2012-13) -- No. 32 in singles (no change), unranked in doubles.
   Bradley Klahn, 2010 NCAA singles champion and 2011 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- No. 223 in singles (-1), No. 471 in doubles (no change).
   Alex Kuznetsov, Capitals (2012) -- No. 255 in singles (+5), No. 190 in doubles (+2).
   Scott Lipsky, 2002 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- No. 30 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Sam Querrey, San Francisco native, Capitals (2012-13) -- No. 23 in singles (no change), No. 51 in doubles (-2).
   Ryan Sweeting, Capitals (2012) -- No. 173 in singles (-4), No. 844 in doubles (+1).
   Dmitry Tursunov, Folsom resident from Russia -- No. 76 in singles (+16), No. 280 in doubles (+8).
   Pedro Zerbini, All-Pacific-10 Conference first team at Cal (2009-11) -- No. 464 in singles (-1), career-high No. 409 in doubles (+5).

Women

   Mallory Burdette, NCAA singles runner-up in 2012 and NCAA doubles champion in 2011 and 2012 from Stanford -- No. 125 in singles (-2), No. 365 in doubles (-5). 
   Vania King, Capitals (2010-12) -- No. 30 in doubles (-1), No. 113 in singles (no change).
   Raquel Kops-Jones, 2003 NCAA doubles champion from Cal -- No. 15 in doubles (no change), No. 1,149 in singles (-6).
   Asia Muhammad, Capitals (2012) -- Career-high No. 140 in doubles (+2), No. 426 in singles (+4).
   Maria Sanchez, Modesto resident -- No. 112 in singles (-1), No. 123 in doubles (-1).

   Romana Tedjakusuma, Tracy resident from Indonesia -- No. 462 in singles (-1), No. 1,100 in doubles (no change).
   CoCo Vandeweghe, Capitals (2009, 2012) -- No. 99 in singles (-5), No. 351 in doubles (-5).

TV SCHEDULE
BNP Paribas Open (men and women)
In Indian Wells

All matches live; times PST/PDT
   Friday through March 12

   Early rounds, Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.

Wednesday, March 13

   Early rounds/quarterfinals, Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.

Thursday, March 14

   Men's and women's quarterfinals, Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
   Men's quarterfinals, Tennis Channel, 7-9 p.m.

Friday, March 15

   Men's quarterfinals, ESPN2, 1:30-3:30 p.m. 
   Men's quarterfinals, Tennis Channel, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
   Women's semifinals, Tennis Channel, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
   Women's semifinals, ESPN2, 8:30-10:30 p.m. 

Saturday, March 16

   Men's singles semifinals, ESPN News, noon-4 p.m.
   Men's doubles final, Tennis Channel, 5:30-7 p.m.

Sunday, March 17

   Women's final, ESPN2, noon-2 p.m.
   Men's final, ESPN2, 2-4 p.m.

CALENDAR

   Today through March 17 -- BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, www.bnpparibasopen.com. 2012 champions: Roger Federer, Victoria Azarenka, Marc Lopez-Rafael Nadal, Liezel Huber-Lisa Raymond.
   April 23-28 -- Pac-12 Men's and Women's Championships, Ojai Valley Athletic Club/Libbey Park, Ojai, www.pac12.com.
   April 25-28 -- Big West Conference Men's and Women's Championships, Indian Wells Tennis Garden, www.bigwest.org.
   April 26-28 -- Big Sky Conference Men's and Women's Championships, Gold River Racquet Club, Gold River, Calif., www.bigskyconf.com.
   May 10-11 -- NCAA Men's and Women's Team Championships, first and second rounds at campus sites, www.ncaa.com.
   May 16-21 -- NCAA Men's and Women's Team Championships, round of 16 through finals, Urbana, Ill., www.ncaa.com, www.fightingillini.com.
   May 22-27 -- NCAA Men's and Women's Individual Championships, Urbana, Ill., www.ncaa.com, www.fightingillini.com.
   May 26-June 9 -- FRENCH OPEN, www.rolandgarros.com. 2012 champions: Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Max Mirnyi-Daniel Nestor, Sara Errani-Roberta Vinci.
   June 24-July 7 -- WIMBLEDON, www.wimbledon.com. 2012 champions: Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Jonathan Marray-Frederik Nielsen, Serena Williams-Venus Williams.
   July 1-7 -- $50,000 Gold River Women's Challenger, Gold River, www.usta.com. 2012 champions: Maria Sanchez, Asia Muhammad-Yasmin Schnack.
   July 7 -- World TeamTennis season begins, www.wtt.com.   
   July 25 -- World TeamTennis conference championships at highest seeds, www.wtt.com.
   July 28 -- World TeamTennis Finals at Eastern Conference champion, www.wtt.com. 

Ex-Stanford star eyes spot in BNP main draw

   Mallory Burdette knocked off another top-100 player Monday.
   The former Stanford star cruised past 11th-seeded Jana Cepelova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of qualifying for the prestigious BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Cepelova is ranked No. 98 and Burdette, in her first full year as a professional, No. 125.
   Since last summer, Burdette also has beaten Irina-Camelia Begu (ranked No. 57 at the time) of Romania, Lucie Hradecka (No. 69) of the Czech Republic, Anne Keothavong (No. 75) of Great Britain and Ksenia Pervak (No. 98) of Kazakhstan.   
   Burdette, an NCAA singles finalist and two-time doubles champion, decided to forgo her senior season at Stanford after reaching the third round of the U.S. Open last September. She will face Hungary's Melinda Czink, seeded 13th and ranked No. 97, today for a berth in the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open.
   Seventh-seeded CoCo Vandeweghe of the Sacramento Capitals in World TeamTennis lost to Nastassja Burnett of Italy 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of qualifying. Vandeweghe is ranked No. 99.
   UC Davis men win -- Led by Toki Sherbakov, the UC Davis men defeated Boston College 5-2 in San Diego. Sherbakov outlasted Philip Nelson 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1 singles. The Aggies improved to 6-6, and the Eagles fell to 4-4.

Stanford men's teams fall in doubles semis

   So much for the good vibes.
   Both Stanford pairs lost Sunday in the semifinals of the 124th annual Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championship in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla. The No. 26 Stanford women, who beat No. 9 Cal on Saturday, were idle.
   In La Jolla, co-No. 9 seeds Maciek Romanowicz and Robert Stineman lost to fifth-seeded Max De Vroome and Eric Johnson of USC 6-0, 6-3, and co-No. 9 seeds John Morrissey and Denis Lin fell to third-seeded Marcos Giron and Dennis Novikov of UCLA 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
   Giron and Novikov beat De Vroome and Johnson 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 for the title.

COLLEGE DUAL MATCHES

Men

   No. 53 Santa Clara def. UC Irvine 4-3 in Santa Clara. No. 1 singles: John Lamble (SC) def. Tyler Pham 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. Records: Santa Clara 9-4, UC Irvine 2-9.
   UC Davis def. Villanova 7-0 in San Diego. No. 1 singles: Toki Sherbakov (UCD) def. Thomas O'Brien 6-3, 6-2. Records: UC Davis 5-6, Villanova 0-4.

Women

   No. 22 Memphis def. No. 44 Saint Mary's 4-2 in Tempe, Ariz. No. 1 singles: No. 18 Jenny Jullien (SM) def. No. 23 Courtney Collins 6-1, 7-5. Records: Memphis 7-3, Saint Mary's 5-6.
   UC Davis def. No. 64 San Jose State 4-3 in San Jose. No. 1 singles: Megan Heneghan (UCD) def. Klaudia Boczova 7-5, retired. Records: UC Davis 5-7, San Jose State 7-4.
   Santa Clara def. USF 4-3 in San Francisco. No. 1 singles: Andrea Ka (USF) def. No. 30 Katie Le 7-6 (3), 6-1. Records: Santa Clara 5-4, USF 5-3.
   Pacific def. Cal Poly 4-3 in Stockton. No. 1 singles: Iveta Masarova (P) def. Jennifer Cornea 6-1, 6-1. Records: Pacific 6-5, Cal Poly 2-9.

Stanford men, women pull off big wins

   It was a big day for Stanford tennis.
   On Saturday, the men put two teams in the semifinals of the 124th annual Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championships in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla, and the 26th-ranked women upset No. 9 Cal 6-1 at Stanford.
   Ninth-seeded Denis Lin and John Morrissey knocked off top-seeded Campbell Johnson and Christoffer Konigsfeldt of Cal 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the Pacific Coast doubles tournament.
   Lin and Morrissey, who have lost only 15 games in their five matches, had extra incentive against Johnson and Konigsfeldt.
   "We had just played them last weekend (in a dual match), and we lost, so we had a little chip on our shoulder," Lin said in a news release. "We felt the way we were playing, we had a really good shot (in La Jolla) if we just stayed focused."
   Their teammates, ninth-seeded Maciek Romanowicz and Robert Stineman, ousted the second-seeded independent team of Philipp Gruendler and Kris Kwinta of Los Angeles 6-3, 6-1. 
   In today's semifinals beginning at 9 a.m., Romanowicz and Stineman will face fifth-seeded Max De Vroome and Eric Johnson of USC, and Lin and Morrissey will meet third-seeded Marcos Giron and Dennis Novikov of UCLA. The final is scheduled for approximately 1:30 p.m. today.
   Unseeded Adam Levie and Toki Sherbakov of UC Davis fell to unseeded Joe Dorn and Warren Wood of  Claremont McKenna-Mudd-Scripps 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 in the round of 16.
    In the women's match, reigning NCAA singles and doubles champion Nicole Gibbs of Stanford outclassed eighth-ranked Anett Schutting 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.

OTHER COLLEGE DUAL MATCHES 

Men

   Saint Mary's (6-5) def. UC Irvine (2-8) 7-0 in Moraga. No. 1 singles: Jesse Kiuru (SM) def. Ryan Cheung 6-2, 6-0.

Women

   No. 21 Arizona State (9-1) def. No. 44 Saint Mary's (5-5) 7-0 in Tempe, Ariz. No. 1 singles: No. 88 Jacqueline Cako (ASU) def. No. 18 Jenny Jullien 6-4, 1-6, 6-0.
   Santa Clara (4-4) def. Pacific (5-5) 7-0 in Santa Clara. No. 1 singles: No. 30 Katie Le (SC) def. Iveta Masarova 6-1, 6-2.
  UC Davis (4-7) def. Cal Poly (2-8) 5-2 in Davis. No. 1 singles: Megan Heneghan (UCD) def. Louise Oxnevad 6-1, 6-1.