Saturday's slate of matches at the USTA National Campus Pro Tennis Classic featured the final of the doubles draw followed by the singles semifinals. 

 

Kicking off the day, the American tandem of No. 3 seed Caty McNally and Whitney Osuigwe overpowered top seeds Dia Evtimova (Bulgaria) and Ilona Kremen (Belarus) 6-2, 6-3, for the doubles title. The big serving and dominating net play from the Americans gave them control right from the start. They were only broken once on the day, when McNally served for the match at 5-2, but the pair quickly bounced back to break Evtimova to close out the victory.

 

In singles semifinal action, sixth seed Astra Sharma (Australia) held off American No. 8 seed Jessica Pegula while No. 3 seed Sophie Chang of the United States cruised past second seed Chanel Simmonds (South Africa) 6-1, 6-3.

 

Pegula was the one who got out to a hot start, breaking immediately for a 2-0 advantage, but could not hold the lead. Sharma evened the score at 2-2, and from there the players exchanged holds of serve until Sharma broke to move in front 5-4; she served out the set in the next game. The Australian, who is currently a senior on the Vanderbilt women's tennis team, held momentum to begin the second set. Leading by a commanding 4-1 with two breaks of serve, Sharma saw Pegula inch within 4-3, but managed to hold serve twice more for the win.

 

Chang came through with the most comprehensive performance on Saturday. Surrendering a mere ten points in the opening set, only four of which were on serve, she made quick work of the first frame. Simmonds maintained contact early in the second as they two competitors strung together six consecutive holds. From there it was all Chang, who broke Simmonds two times in addition to holding at love in her final service game of the contest.

 

Due to potential rain in the forecast on Sunday, the time of the singles final has been adjusted to 10 a.m. 

 

This is the second pro tennis event to be held at the USTA National Campus this year. Another USTA Pro Circuit women's event took place at the campus in January.

For more information on the $15,000 USTA National Campus Pro Tennis Classic, click here.

 

SATURDAY, MARCH 10 - RESULTS

 

SINGLES MAIN DRAW - SEMIFINALS

 

(6) Astra Sharma (AUS) def. (8) Jessica Pegula (USA) 6-4, 6-4

 

(3) Sophie Chang (USA) def. (2) Chanel Simmonds (RSA) 6-1, 6-3

 

DOUBLES MAIN DRAW - FINAL

 

(3) Caty McNally (USA)/Whitney Osuigwe (USA) def. (1) Dia Evtimova (BUL)/Ilona Kremen (BLR) 6-2, 6-3

 

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