NorCal's Favero falls in National Winter nail-biter

No. 6 seed Camille Favero, shown in June in Sacramento,
lost a heartbreaker in the third round of the girls 18s in
the USTA National Winter Championships.
Photo by Paul Bauman 

   No. 6 seed Camille Favero of Sacramento lost to No. 17 Annette Goulak of Oak Park 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (1) today in the third round of the girls 18s in the USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz.
   Northern California's other remaining girl in 18 singles, No. 17 Darya Possokhova of San Francisco, fell to No. 9 Jessica Failla of Ramona 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
   Three NorCal boys, however, reached the round of 16 in the 18s. Advancing were No. 8 Austen Huang of Elk Grove, No. 17 Paul Barretto of Tiburon and unseeded Ajai Shekhera of Campbell.
   Shekhera upset No. 11 Joseph Rotheram of Manhattan Beach 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
   Barretto won the boys 18 title in the NorCal Junior Sectional Championships in Sacramento in June.
   The 18s and 16s are being played in Scottsdale, and the 14s and 12s are being contested in Tucson, Ariz.

USTA NATIONAL WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Northern California results only)

Boys
Third-round singles

18 and under

   Austen Huang (8), Elk Grove, def. Dylan King (17), Portland, Ore., 6-3, 6-1.
   Paul Barretto (17), Tiburon, def. Michael Lee, Tucson, Ariz., 6-2, 6-0.
   Ajai Shekhera, Campbell, def. Joseph Rotheram (11), Manhattan Beach, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
   Connor Hance (2), Torrance, def. Jayson Fung, San Francisco, 6-1, 6-3.

16 and under

   Carson Haskins (1), Ballwin, Mo., def. Jenson Brooksby (17), Carmichael, 6-0, 6-4.
   Arjith Jayamaran, Gold River, def. Jack Katzman, Seattle, 6-2, 6-4.

14 and under

   Stefan Leustian (1), Mather, def. JC Roddick, San Antonio, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2.
   Justin Mandell, Harrison, N.Y., def. Mason Fung, San Francisco, 6-3, 6-2.
   Jerry Wang (6), Fayetteville, N.C., def. Brandon Aprill, Mountain View, 6-2, 6-2.
   Harry Yang (3), Arcadia, def. Aidan Mayo (17), Roseville, 7-5, 6-3.
   Andrew Dale (5), Leesburg, Va., def. Zachery Lim (17), Fairfield, 6-3, 6-1.
   Pierce Rollins, Tulsa, Okla., def. Aditya Gupta (17), Los Altos, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (6).
12 and under
   Nishesh Basavareddy (3), Carmel, Ind., def. Alexander Chang (17), Berkeley, 6-1, 6-1.

Third-round doubles

16 and under

   Zummy Bauer, Suwanee, Ga., and Andrew Ton (1), Milpitas, def. William Grattan-Smith and Garrett Johns, Atlanta, 6-0, 6-1.

14 and under

   Stefan Dostanic, Irvine, and Aditja Gupta (6), Los Altos, def. Logan Paik Chang, Old Westbury, N.Y., and Derek Raskopf (9), New York, 7-5, 6-1.
   Stefan Leustian, Mather, and Zachery Lim (7), Fairfield, def. Keshav Chopra, Marietta, Ga., and Alex Lee (9), Oak Brook, Ill., 6-4, 7-6 (6).

12 and under

   Nishesh Basavareddy, Carmel, Ind., and Alan Jesudason (1), Berwyn, Pa., def. Alexander Chang, Berkeley, and Luke Neal, Oakland, 3-6, 6-3 [11-9].
   Max Fardanesh, Albany, and Jake Vassel, Danville, def. Noah Zamora, San Diego, and Learner Tien, Irvine, 6-2, 5-7 [10-7].

Girls

Third-round singles

18 and under

   Annette Goulak (17), Oak Park, def. Camille Favero (6), Sacramento, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (1).
   Jessica Failla (9), Ramona, def. Darya Possokhova (17), San Francisco, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

16 and under

   Sara Choy (1), Palo Alto, def. Maia Sung, Rolling Hills, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
   Rachel Eason (4), Union City, def. Vivian Cheng (17), Santa Monica, 6-2, 6-2.
   Sedona Gallagher, Henderson, Nev., def. Ashley Yeah (16), Los Gatos, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3.
   Carolyn Campana (8), Hillsborough, def. Somer Henry, Franklin, Tenn., 6-2, 7-6 (6).

14 and under

   Katie Volynets (1), Walnut Creek, def. Audrey Boch-Collins (17), Las Vegas, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
   Gabriella Price (4), Montebello, N.Y., def. Stephanie Nguyen (17), Fremont, 6-2, 6-2.
   Jillian Taggart (2), Fair Oaks, def. Macey Miller (17), Norman, Okla., 6-1, 6-1.
12 and under
   Christine Canete (3), Los Angeles, def. Angelica AksdalJansen, San Francisco, 6-0, 6-0.
   Yuu Ishikawa (5), Mountain View, def. Sonya Macavei, Loveland, Ohio, 6-1, 6-0.
   Bridget Stammel (4), Dallas, def. Makenna Thiel (17), Piedmont, 6-3, 6-4.
   Vivian Ovrootsky (13), San Jose, def. Filippa Bruu-Syversen (17), Chatham, N.J., 6-3, 7-5.

Third-round doubles 

18 and under

   Hind Abdelouahid, San Jose, and Diana Wong, Hilo, Hawaii, Alyssa Hahn, Richmond, Va., and Nina Sorkin, Glen Allen, Va., 6-4, 2-6 [10-7].

16 and under

   Carolyn Campana, Hillsborough, and Madison Hwang (1), Frisco, Texas, def. Page Freeman, Ashland, Mass., and Cayla Koch, Weston, Conn., 6-3, 7-5.

   Dasha Kourkina, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Michelle Sorokko (3), Little Neck, N.Y., def. Sara Choy, Palo Alto, and Salma Ewing, Long Beach, 7-5, 6-1.

   Abigail Forbes, Raleigh, N.C., and Alexis Merrill (10), Fairfax, Va., def. Julia Lilien, Scottsdale, and Niluka Madurawe (9), Sunnyvale, 6-4, 6-3.

   Julia Haynes, San Diego, and Rena Lin, Northridge, def. Jessica Aragon, Plano, Texas, and Rachel Eason (13), Union City, 6-1, 7-5.

14 and under

   Gabriella Price, Montebello, N.Y., and Katie Volynets (2), Walnut Creek, def. Fiona Crawley, San Antonio, and Kiana Graham (9), Austin, Texas, 6-2, 3-6 [10-8].

12 and under 

   Vivian Ovrootsky, San Jose, and Makenna Thiel (9), Piedmont, def. Whitley Pate, Winston-Salem, N.C., and Sophia Strugnell (7), Summerfield, N.C., 7-6 (2), 7-5.

   Yuu Ishikawa, Mountain View, and Katja Wiersholm (5), Kirkland, Wash., def. Kailey Evans, Ennis, Texas, and Katherine Wurster, Wichita Falls, Texas, 4-6, 6-2 [11-9].