[ColoradoTree]

At long last, the draws have been updated, and it looks like Alsola beat Xu 7-5, 6-2. A bummer, but a nice run for the freshman. 

As it is, we have three singles players in the final eight, and three doubles teams in the last sixteen.

Doubles Round of 16
All matches 10:00am

(1) Blake/Ma vs. Villan Pereira/Babic (SJSU)
Choy/Xu vs. (3) Alsola/Richardson 
(5-8) Madurawe/Yepifanova def. LaMette/Bente (Cal Poly) 6-1

Singles Quarterfinals 
All matches at 11:15am

(2) Ma vs. Kimberly Bhunu (Cal Poly)
(5) Yepifanova vs. (1) Vanessa Wong (UW)
(6) Blake vs. (4) Jessica Alsola (Cal)

I really hope they manage to have live scoring for these matches, because Yepifanova-Wong and Blake-Alsola could be barnburners. Seeds would suggest that Alsola will play either 2 or 3 singles for Cal this year, right where we’d expect Blake to be. Who has the edge? 

Doubles Quarterfinals 
All matches 1:00pm

If we all win R16, likely matchups are: 

(1) Blake/Ma vs. (5-8) Mould/Teixido Garcia (Oregon)
Choy/Xu vs. (5-8) Broerman/Sosnowska (Gonzaga)
(5-8) Madurawe/Yepifanova vs. (4) Martinez Vaquero/Colyer (USF)

Anyway, someone asked on here a while back whether this was a particularly good class overall for recruiting, and I think we’re seeing the evidence that it was. Last season saw us welcome two recruits, both highly-rated, and one (Houghton) who was a top 3 recruit in the country. But neither of them was seeded here, while three freshmen from Stanford and one from Cal all were.

[ColoradoTree]

At long last, the draws have been updated, and it looks like Alsola beat Xu 7-5, 6-2. A bummer, but a nice run for the freshman. 

As it is, we have three singles players in the final eight, and three doubles teams in the last sixteen.

Doubles Round of 16
All matches 10:00am

(1) Blake/Ma vs. Villan Pereira/Babic (SJSU)
Choy/Xu vs. (3) Alsola/Richardson 
(5-8) Madurawe/Yepifanova def. LaMette/Bente (Cal Poly) 6-1

Singles Quarterfinals 
All matches at 11:15am

(2) Ma vs. Kimberly Bhunu (Cal Poly)
(5) Yepifanova vs. (1) Vanessa Wong (UW)
(6) Blake vs. (4) Jessica Alsola (Cal)

I really hope they manage to have live scoring for these matches, because Yepifanova-Wong and Blake-Alsola could be barnburners. Seeds would suggest that Alsola will play either 2 or 3 singles for Cal this year, right where we’d expect Blake to be. Who has the edge? 

Doubles Quarterfinals 
All matches 1:00pm

If we all win R16, likely matchups are: 

(1) Blake/Ma vs. (5-8) Mould/Teixido Garcia (Oregon)
Choy/Xu vs. (5-8) Broerman/Sosnowska (Gonzaga)
(5-8) Madurawe/Yepifanova vs. (4) Martinez Vaquero/Colyer (USF)

Anyway, someone asked on here a while back whether this was a particularly good class overall for recruiting, and I think we’re seeing the evidence that it was. Last season saw us welcome two recruits, both highly-rated, and one (Houghton) who was a top 3 recruit in the country. But neither of them was seeded here, while three freshmen from Stanford and one from Cal all were.