No. 1 seeds from NorCal advance in Winter Nationals

Stefan Leustian, shown in April in Sacramento, is seeded
first in the boys 14s in the USTA National Winter Champ-
ionships in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Paul Bauman 

   Three No. 1 seeds from Northern California have reached the third round of their respective junior age groups in the USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Tucson, Ariz.
   Advancing on Monday to the round of 32 were Sara Choy of Palo Alto in the girls 16s, Stefan Leustian of Mather in the boys 14s and Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek in the girls 14s.
   Milpitas' Andrew Ton, seeded 10th in the boys 16s, lost to Diego Nava of Woodland Hills 7-6 (5), 6-4.
   The 18s and 16s are being played in Scottsdale, and the 14s and 12s are being contested in Tucson.
   Following are all NorCal players who have reached the round of 32 in singles:

Boys

   18 -- Austen Huang (8), Elk Grove; Paul Barretto (17), Tiburon; Ajai Shekhera, Campbell; Jayson Fung, San Francisco.

   16 -- Jenson Brooksby (17), Carmichael; Arjith Jayamaran, Gold River.
   14 -- Stefan Leustian (1), Mather; Aidan Mayo (17), Roseville; Zachery Lim (17), Fairfield; Aditya Gupta (17), Los Altos; Mayson Fung, San Francisco; Brandon Aprill, Mountain View.
   12 -- Alexander Chang (17), Berkeley.

Girls

   18 -- Camille Favero (6), Sacramento, Darya Possokhova (17), San Francisco.
   16 -- Sara Choy (1), Palo Alto; Rachel Eason (4), Union City; Carolyn Campana (8), Hillsborough; Ashley Yeah (16), Los Gatos.
   14 -- Katie Volynets (1), Walnut Creek; Jillian Taggart (2), Fair Oaks; Stephanie Nguyen (17), Fremont.
   12 -- Yuu Ishikawa (5), Mountain View; Vivian Ovrootsky (13), San Jose; ; Makenna Thiel (17), Piedmont; Angelica AksdalJansen, San Francisco.