Starr Shines In Quarterfinals at ResortQuest Pro Women’s Tourney

Written by: Staff on 19th June 2011

Starr Shines In Quarterfinals at ResortQuest Pro Women’s Tourney |

Sixteen old year Denise Starr of Staten Island, NY, a quarterfinalist at the USTA 25 K Plantation Florida Challenger, fought back from a set down deficit to defeat fellow American 15 year -old Katrien Isabel Steffensen of Scarsdale, NY. 5-7 6-4 6-3

In the semfinals Starr will face Number 2 seed Lena Litvak, a Ukraine native and former Harvard player before turning professional, who defeated University of Alabama sophermore Alexa Guarachi of Destin, FL 6-2, 6-1.

Top seeded Brazilian Maria-Fernanda Alves, who reached a carrer high of 132 in 2005 and was the winner of 18 International Tennis Federation singles titles and 35 doubles titles was forced to come from a set down to outlast number 8 seed, seventeen year old Kyle McPhillips of Willoughby, Ohio 6-7(6) 6-4 6-1.

Alves will take on 22 year-old Russian Angelina Gabueva, a career high 433 player and in her second International Tennis Federation semifinal of the year, who edged out # 6 seed 17 year-old Chanelle Van Nguyen Miami, Florida 6-7, 6-4, 6-1

Quarter-Final Singles results

Maria-Fernanda ALVES (BRA) [1] def Kyle MCPHILLIPS (USA) [8] 6-7(6) 6-4 6-1

Angelina GABUEVA (RUS) [3] def Chanelle VAN NGUYEN (USA) [6] 5-7 6-4 6-1

Lena LITVAK (USA) [2] def Alexa GUARACHI (USA) 6-2 6-1

Denise STARR (USA) def Katrine Isabel STEFFENSEN (USA) 5-7 6-4 6-3

Semifinal Doubles results

Alexandra HIRSCH (USA) [2] / Lena LITVAK (USA) def Kyle MCPHILLIPS (USA) / Chanelle VAN NGUYEN (USA) [4] 7-5 6-2

Maria-Fernanda ALVES (BRA) / Angelina GABUEVA (RUS) def Kelsey LAURENTE (USA) / Nicole ROBINSON (USA) 6-2 6-0

The ResortQuest Pro Women’s Open at Sea Colony is the first professional tennis event to come to Bethany Beach, Del., and will be the first tournament held in the state of Delaware since a USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 women’s event was held in Wilmington in 1996. The ResortQuest Pro Women’s Open is the first of three consecutive $10,000 clay court tournaments during the month of June (joining Cleveland and Buffalo, N.Y.).

The semifinal round of singles & the finals of doubles will begin Saturday June 18 at the Sea Colony tennis center.