The third time was the charm when it came to weather in Orlando, as the rain finally held off and allowed for continuous play at the 2019 USTA National Winter Championships, part of the USTA adidas Junior Championship Series. All divisions were able to complete at least one round of singles and doubles on the day using a shortened scoring format.

For the boys’ 16s singles draw, it was the second round that was contested on Monday. Top-seeded Louis Cloud (San Antonio) looked to be in for another struggle, with the opening frame of his match with Martin Mazev (Yorba Linda, Calif.) going to a tiebreak; however, he was able to take the tiebreak seven points to four before racing through the second set 6-1. His section of the draw continued to open up, as he is now guaranteed to not face any player seeded higher than No. 17 through the quarterfinals.

Nicholas Heng (Madison, Ala.) ensured he did not suffer a letdown following his upset of No. 4 Walker Oberg by taking care of Pranav Suhas Nemani (Trenton, N.J.) 6-3, 6-3. Meanwhile, Nicholas Godsick (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) swept aside No. 13 Aaron Eliscu (Tucson, Ariz.) 6-2, 6-0.

In the bottom half of the draw, Zane Ford (Butler, Pa.) toughed out a 6-4, 6-4 result over No. 9 Alexander Visser (Westport, Conn.) and Yannik Rahman (Miami) handled No. 12 Eli Gordon (Highland Park, Ill.) 6-3, 6-2. Managing to narrowly escape defeat was second-seeded Daniel Schmelka (Hinsdale, Ill.) thanks to an impressive 3-6, 7-6(5), 10-7 comeback versus Graham Hadesman (Bradenton, Fla.).

For the boys’ 18s division, the main draw was whittled down to the round of 16 at the conclusion of Monday’s slate of matches. No. 1 Logan Zapp (Fleming Island, Fla.) played his most complete match of the tournament in defeating No. 17 Redd Owen (Sandy, Utah) 6-2, 6-0. His next opponent will be unseeded Brandon McKinney (Marietta, Ga.), who backed up his victory over the No. 10 seed by knocking off No. 17 Avery Zavala (Allen, Texas).

Second seed Leighton Allen (Austin, Texas) turned in his third 6-0 set for the week in his 6-0, 6-4 effort versus 17th seed Trey Stinchcomb (Olney, Md.), while No. 3 Welsh Hotard put an end to the run of unseeded Ronit Hiryur (West Chester, Ohio) thanks to a 6-3, 6-2 result. Allen will be across the net from Bruno Krenn (Calabasas, Calif.), who has already bested two seeded competitors, and Hotard has drawn JC Roddick (San Antonio) after he dismissed No. 14 Graydon Lair (Tulsa, Okla.) by a 7-6(2), 6-3 margin. The upset of the division was delivered by future UCF Knight Quinn Snyder (Delran, N.J.) thanks to his extended 6-1, 3-6, 11-9 victory against fifth-seeded Aryan Chaudhary (Santa Clara, Calif.).

The day's biggest surprise came in the girls’ 16s, where No. 1 Aubrey Nisbet (Wilmington, Del.) was stunned by Eileen Wang (Buffalo, N.Y.) 6-2, 1-6, 10-6 in the second round. Coupled with seventh seed Vivian Miller’s (Sullivans Island, S.C.) loss to Alice Xu (Chantilly, Va.), at least one unexpected semifinalist is guaranteed. In the same half of the draw, the producers of Sunday’s major upsets secured wins once again, with Lindsey Hofflander (Las Vegas) outlasting Madeline Atway (Powell, Ohio) in three sets and Abby Nugent (Springboro, Ohio) defeating Isabella Foshee (Encinitas, Calif.) 7-6(4), 6-2.

The draw did see several of the favorites advance on the day as well. No. 2 Katie Codd (Carlsbad, Calif.) won her second match in straight sets by taking down Amber Edmonds (Bellevue, Wash.) 6-3, 7-5; fourth seed Kida Ferrari (Fairhope, Ala.) got by Kayleigh Yun-Thayer (Alpharetta, Ga.) 6-2, 6-4; and No. 5 Stephanie Yakoff (Fort Lee, N.J.) impressively raced past Brooke Theis (Lake Forest, Ill.) 6-2, 6-0.

Girls’ 18s top seed Sarah Hamner (Fort Collins, Colo.) seemed to take dropping the first set of her match on Sunday as a wakeup call, easily securing a 6-2, 6-3 victory over No. 17 Lan Mi (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) to advance to the round of 16. Awaiting her there will be No. 12 Sophia Fornaris (Pinecrest, Fla.), who has yet to lose a set in the tournament. Also still alive for the Gold Ball are unseeded California natives Muskan Mahajan (San Ramon) and Katherine Hui (San Diego).

The other half of the draw featured fifth-seeded Emma Staker (Sand Spring, Okla.) surviving a 3-6, 7-5, 10-6 affair with No. 17 Amelia Honer (Newtown, Pa.) while fourth seed Gianna Pielet (El Paso, Texas) looked dominant once again with a 6-0, 6-1 effort; Pielet has given away just five games in three matches. Additionally, the 17th seeds took command of the bottom quarter thanks to a trio of them upsetting top 10 players. Ellie Pittman (Indianapolis) held off second seed Neha Velaga (Colmar, Pa.) 6-2, 7-5, while Emma Charney (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) bested No. 7 Kathryn Treiber (Hinsdale, Ill.) 6-3, 6-4 and Emma Shelton (Gainesville, Fla.) won two tough sets against No. 10 Leyden Games (Irvine, Calif.) 7-5, 6-4.

Monday was also a busy day for the doubles draws. Two rounds of boys’ 16s doubles resulted in little drama, but the third seeds Alexander Karman (Port Washington, N.Y.) and Ansh Shah (Oak Brook, Ill.) were taken out by Jackson Armistead (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) and Heng 3-5, 4-1, 10-5. The No. 1 seeds Lucas Brown (Plano, Texas) and Aidan Kim (Milford, Mich.) along with the fifth-seeded team of Noah Hernandez (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Schmelka were extended to match tiebreaks but ultimately survived. Meanwhile, the lone round of play in the boys’ 18s draw saw the top four duos navigate their way into the round of 16, with only second seeds Hotard and Benjamin Koch (Abbeville, La.) needing a match tiebreak to do so.

In girls’ 16s doubles, just the opening round was contested, in which Codd teamed up with Tomi Main (Seaside, Calif.) to dispatch the third-seeded pairing of Jo-Yee Chan (Sugar Hill, Ga.) and Ann Guerry (Atlanta) 4-0, 5-4(5). No. 2 seeds Miller and Sanjana Tallamraju (Munster, Ind.) split sets before defeating Gayathri Krishnan (Cupertino, Calif.) and Kate Lee (Concord, Calif.) 4-1, 1-4, 10-4.

Allie Gretkowski (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) and Carson Tanguilig (Alpharetta, Ga.), the top-seeded tandem in the girls’ 18s, were dominant in getting through to the round of 16 on Monday, as were No. 4 seeds Brooke Killingsworth (Rogers, Ark.) and Staker. In addition, the unseeded pairing of Bridget Stammel (Dallas, Texas) and Katja Wiershold (Kirkland, Wash.) is the first into the quarterfinals via a walkover from No. 5 seeds Katie Andreini (Cary, N.C.) and Sonia Maheshwari (Morrisville, N.C.). Third-seeded Elizabeth Fahrmeier (Cincinnati) and Megan Heuser (Linderhurt, Ill.) are the lone seeds remaining in their section of the bottom half of the draw while No. 2 seeds Juila Fliegner (Clarkston, Mich.) and Lara Schneider (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) needed to stage a rally just to get out of the opening round.

Tuesday’s slate of play is set to get underway at 9 a.m. For more information on the 2019 USTA National Winter Championships, click here.