Fifth-seeded Alaina Miller of Saratoga outlasted top-seeded Rachel Chong of Danville 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 on Monday to reach the 18-and-under final in the NorCal Girls' 18 & 16 Junior Sectional Championships at the Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa in Sacramento.
The 15-year-old Miller will meet second-seeded Vanessa Nommensen of San Jose today at 11 a.m. Nommensen, 16, routed fourth-seeded Sarah Hu of Oakland 6-1, 6-2.
Miller overwhelmed Nommensen 6-1, 6-3 six weeks ago in the semifinals of the NorCal Junior Excellence tournament at the Rio del Oro Racquet Club in Sacramento. Miller then edged Chong in the final, surviving a match point in a third-set tiebreaker.
Miller is ranked first and Nommensen third in the 16s in Northern
California. Nommensen recently signed a letter of intent to enroll at
Tulane in New Orleans in the fall.
In the 16-and-under semifinals, ninth-seeded Jenna Friedel of Mill Valley knocked off top-seeded Rachel Eason of Union City 6-4, 6-3. Friedel will face second-seeded Carolyn Campana of Hillsborough for the title today at 11 a.m.
Veteran journalist Paul Bauman, based in Sacramento, covers Northern California professional, collegiate and junior tennis. Contact him at norcaltennisczar@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @norcaltenczar.
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