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Aug 6 Roundup: Quarterfinals in 18s Dubs, Upsets in Singles

The weather remained excellent as play continued for the sixth day. Today was the last day of matches at the Sorenson Courts, which wrapped up in the early afternoon.

Today’s matches consisted of the fourth round and fifth qualifying round of 16s and 18s feed-in, the round of 16 in 16s and 18s singles, the fourth round of 16s doubles and the quarterfinals in 18s doubles.

The 18s singles quarterfinals will feature the top eight seeds with the exception of the seventh seed, who was upset by the 22nd seed Matisse Farzam of Norwalk, Connecticut. The Clemson commit upset the 12th seed to make it to the round of 16, and beat seventh seed Noah Johnston in straight sets (7-6[6], 6-1). 

Three unseeded teams will be playing in the quarterfinals of 16s doubles. Griffin Goode of Raleigh, North Carolina, and his partner Kamil Stolarczyk of Glendale, New York, will be facing the 15th seed Marcel Latak of Darien, Illinois, and his partner Vihaan Reddy of San Jose, California. Unseeded Sebastian Bielen of Glen Cove, New York, and his partner Jerrid Gaines Jr of Palmetto, Florida, will be playing sixth seed Anish Poojari of Stilwell, Kansas, and Soren Swenson of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Akshay Mirmira of Bethesda, Maryland, and his partner Sebastian Inaki Godoy of Houston, Texas, will be facing the second seed Andrew Johnson of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and his partner Mason Vaughan of Austin, Texas.

Over in the 18s division, the semifinal matchups are set. Top seed Maxwell Exsted of Savage, Minnesota, and his partner Cooper Woestendick of Olathe, Kansas, beat the tenth seed Jack Kennedy and Jacob Olar in straight sets (6-1, 6-2). They will be facing eighth seed Bryan Assi of Hilo, Hawaii, and Justin Lin of Sammamish, Washington in the semis. Second seed Noah Johnston of Anderson, South Carolina, and his partner Benjamin Willwerth of Jupiter, Florida, beat the fifth seed Arnav Bhandari and Jack Satterfield to advance to the semifinals. 

A notable upset occurred in 18s doubles. Unseeded Theo Hegarty of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Noble Renfrow of Winter Park, Florida (pictured above) upset third seed Ryan Cozad and Keaton Hance in a match tiebreak (6-2, 4-6, [11-9]). They will be facing Johnston and Willwerth.

Source: Victoria Ryan