State Jr Qualifying - 16s & 18s - Monday Results

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Tennis championships in singles and doubles are on the line Tuesday morning at the Champions Club in Rivermont (Chattanooga) as boys and girls battle for titles in the Tennessee State Jr. Qualifying for 16s and 18s.

 

The top two seeds meet in both boys singles finals and the 16s doubles, while an unseeded doubles team from Memphis – Michael and Jacob Birnbaum – are in the finals in Boys 18s.

 

On the girls side, the top doubles seeds in 16s and 18s are in the finals, while neither top seed reached the finals in singles.

 

Going For Two Wins: Fourteen-year-old Danni Vines (Elizabethton) is in the finals in Girls 16s doubles and 18s singles, while Josie Rogers (Kinsport) is in the 16s singles and 16s doubles. finals.

 

Bracket Busters: Michael and Jacob Birnbaum (Boys 16s doubles) knocked off the No.3 seeds in the quarters and the top seeds in the semis to gain a spot in the finals.

 

In Girls 18s, unseeded Mallory Jackson-Hannah Shoener defeated No.2 seeds Katie Fitt-Iris Hao, 8-5 in the semis.

 

Battling Through Consolations: Maggie Crumbliss (Baylor School) in Girls 18s, Tuner Voges (McCallie School) and Tyler Myers in Boys 16s have won four straight matches in the back draw and still in the hunt for fifth place … In Girls 16s Tori Hooker and Claire DeGeorge also have won four straight matches and are in the conso quarters.

 

 

Tuesday Championship Finals – Champions Club

 

 

8 a.m. All Doubles Finals

9:30 a.m. Boys 18s singles

10:30 a.m. – Girls 16s and 18s singles, Boys 16s singles

 

Boys 16s Singles – Finals

(1) Steven Karl (Brentwood-Brentwood HS) vs. (2) Brent Apple (Memphis)

 

Semifinals

(1) Steven Karl (Brentwood-Brentwood HS) def. (3) Philip Johnston (Memphis), 6-0, 6-0

(2) Brent Apple (Memphis) def. (4) Adam Rudowski (Franklin), 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (5)

 

Boys 16s Doubles - Finals

(1) Michael Apple-Paul LaHue vs. (2) Andres Carro-Adam Rudowski

 

Semifinals

(1) Michael Apple-Paul LaHue def. (3) Sairam Gudiseva-Tyler Myers, 8-4

(2) Andres Carro-Adam Rudowski def. Matthew Henson-Chad Woodham, 8-2

 

Boys 18s Singles - Finals

(1) Jarryd Woog (Lakeland) vs. (2) Andrew Graham (Nashville)

 

 

Semifinals

(1) Jarryd Woog (Lakeland) def. (4) Cody Gubin (Memphis-McCallie), 6-1, 6-1

(2) Andrew Graham (Nashville-MBA) def. (3) Andy Druffle, 6-2, 6-1

 

Boys 18s Doubles – Finals

 

(2) Cody Gubin-Marshall Sullivan vs. Jacob Birnbaum-Michael Birnbaum

 

(Unseeded Birnbaum’s beat the No.1 seeds Garham-Duffle in semis)

 

Semifinals

(2) Gubin-Sullivan def. Kalyan Chadalavada-Lorenzo Rollhauser, withdrew injury

Jacob Birnbaum-Michael Birnbaum def, (1) Andrew Graham-Andy Duffle, 8-3

 

 

Girls 16s Singles – Finals

(2) Josie Rogers (Kingsport) vs. (4) Skylar McDonald (Fayetteville)

 

(McDonald is 2x TSSAA D-I A-AA state singles champion and beat No.1 seed Claire Sullivan in semis)

 

Semifinals

(4) Skylar McDonald (Fayetteville) def. (1) Claire Sullivan (Memphis), 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (7)

(2) Josie Rogers (Kingsport) def. (5) Emma Alsup (Nashville), 6-4, 6-3

 

Girls 16s Doubles – Finals

(1) Claire Sullivan-Danni Vines vs. (3) Josie Rogers-Nithya Kanagasegar

 

Semifinals

(1) Claire Sullivan-Danni Vines dec. Francesca Eluhu-Elizabeth Leblue, 8-6

(3) Josie Rogers-Nithya Kanagasegar def. (2) Mary Jane McGaghren-Carmen Saab, 8-4

 

Girls 18s Singles – Finals

(4) Danni Vines (Elizabethton) vs. (5) Iris Hao (Franklin)

 

Semifinals

(4) Danni Vines (Elizabethton) def. (2) Anna Feaster (Knoxville-Knox. Webb), 7-6 (3), 6-3

Iris Hao (Franklin-Ravenwood HS) def. Harper Caswell (Lk Mtn.-Baylor School), 6-2, 6-2

 

(Vines def. TSSAA D-II A state singles champion Anna Feaster in semis)

 

Girls 18s Doubles – Finals

(1) Anna Feaster-Grace Summers vs. Mallory Jackson-Hannah Shoener

 

Semifinals

Mallory Jackson-Hannah Shoener def . (2) Iris Hao-Katie Fitt, 8-5

(1) Anna Feaster-Grace Summers def. (4) Emma Alsup-Liza Southwick, 8-6

 

 

Contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net