Please find the results from the second day of qualifying at the USTA Player Development $50,000 Women’s Classic, a USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson, Calif. Also attached are the singles and doubles main draws, which were made today, the qualifying draw, and tomorrow’s order of play.
Main Draw Begins and Qualifying Concludes Tomorrow
at the USTA Training Center – West at The StubHub Center
Day two of qualifying was completed today at the USTA Player Development Women’s $50,000 Classic in Carson, Calif. Six Americans and five of the top eight seeds in qualifying are still alive going into tomorrow’s final day of play, where four players from qualifying will advance to the main draw. The final round of qualifying will start at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
Main draw singles and doubles play will also begin on Tuesday. Americans in first-round main-draw singles action tomorrow include 2012 US Open girls’ singles champion Samantha Crawford, former world No. 6 junior Louisa Chirico, former University of North Carolina All-American Sanaz Marand, and wild card Chiara Scholl.
Notable players competing in doubles include 2009 US Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin, two-time NCAA singles champion for Stanford Nicole Gibbs, former USC standout Maria Sanchez, former Stanford standout Kristie Ahn, and former world No. 30 Michaella Krajicek, of the Netherlands.
This tournament will be streamed live on www.procircuit.usta.com.
The USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson is taking the place for a women’s tournament in Yakima, Wash., that was faced with a fire in mid-May. The fire destroyed the host site’s clubhouse and impacted some of the adjoining tennis courts.
Carson is the second of three consecutive women’s hard-court tournaments that make up the USTA Pro Circuit’s US Open Wild Card Challenge, which will award a men’s and women’s wild card into the 2014 US Open. The American woman who earns the most WTA ranking points at two of the three USTA Pro Circuit hard-court events in Sacramento, Calif., Carson, and Lexington, Ky., will receive a USTA wild card to compete in the main draw of the US Open, which will be held Sunday, August 25, to Monday, September 8. Only players who did not receive direct entry into the US Open are eligible for the wild cards.
Admission is free and open to the public all week. For additional information about the USTA Player Development Women’s $50,000 Classic, visit www.usta.com/carson.
USTA Player Development Women’s $50,000 Classic
A USTA Pro Circuit Event
Monday, July 14
USTA Training Center – West at StubHub Center
Carson, Calif.
Purse: $50,000
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Monday, July 14 – RESULTS
Singles – Qualifying Second Round
(2) Danielle Lao (USA) def. (WC) Megan Mccray (USA), 6-3, 6-3
(3) Jennifer Elie (USA) def. Zoe Gwen Scandalis (USA), 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
(4) Alexandra Stevenson (USA) def. Sophia Bursulaya (USA), 6-2, 6-1
(5) Jacqueline Cako (USA) def. Jennifer Brady (USA), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
(6) Mari Osaka (JPN) def. Kristina Smith (USA), 6-2, 6-1
Brianna Morgan (USA) def. (7) Ching-Wen Hsu (TPE), 7-5, 6-4
Krista Hardebeck (USA) def. (8) Peggy Porter (USA), 7-5, 6-1
Tatjana Maria (GER) def. Brynn Boren (USA), 6-2, 6-4
ABOUT THE USTA PRO CIRCUIT:
With approximately 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiring tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. Celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2014, the USTA Pro Circuit provides players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points, and it has since grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering nearly $3 million in prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. Mardy Fish, Maria Sharapova, John Isner, Sloane Stephens, Sam Querrey, Victoria Azarenka and Andy Murray are among today’s top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit.
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