The 101st American Tennis Association (ATA) National Championships, hosted by the USTA National Campus, continued play on Sunday. With the second day of the historic event in the books, the first five champions are set to be crowned on Monday with the completion of the open draws.

Monday’s men’s open singles final will pit the top two seeds against each other – No. 1 Jordan Harrell (Lithonia, Ga.) and No. 2 Rodney Carey (Lake Park, Fla.). Both were dominant on the day, with Harrell dropping just one game in his two matches while Carey gave away only four. Harrell began the morning by sweeping Ransom Medina (Houston) 6-0, 5-0 (ret.) and backed that up with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Fidel Serrano (Dorado, P.R.). Carey opened up Sunday by besting James Jackson (Clarksdale, Miss.) 6-1, 6-1 before cruising past Daniel Thornton (Winter Garden, Fla.) 6-2, 6-0.

Aysha Hayes (Pinole, Calif.) and Isabelle Porter (Jupiter, Fla.) will square off for the women’s open singles title on Monday. Hayes came through with a comprehensive 6-3, 6-4 upset over No. 1 seed Jennifer Myers (Winter Haven, Fla.) in one semifinal. The other featured Chacadyah Lewis (Lake Worth, Fla.), fresh off her impressive 6-0, 6-1 win versus second seed Caprice Thomas (Miramar, Fla.), and Isabelle Porter (Jupiter, Fla.); Porter battled her way to a 6-3, 6-3 result.

Once again the open doubles draws put just one men’s and one women’s contest on the courts. For the second day in a row, the women’s match ended 6-0, 6-0, this time with Aysha and Azaria Hayes (Pinole, Calif.) blanking Gloria Gray (Hephzibah, Ga.) and Teresa Kemp (Grovetown, Ga.). That sets the stage for Monday, where Hayes and Hayes will clash with Rishona and Chacadyah Lewis with the trophy on the line. On the men’s side, a similar scenario has played out. Carlos Baez (Manati, P.R.) and Serrano managed to hold off Maddox Boxe (Winter Haven, Fla.) and Thornton 6-1, 4-6, 10-5. The duo will be across the net from Harrell and Jackson on Monday in a winner-take-all contest.

The two teams advancing to the final of the mixed open draw took very different paths on Sunday to reach that point. New York tandem Donovan Spigner and Shayna Spooner powered their way past top seeds Azaria Hayes and Darryl Hubbard (Oakland, Calif.) 6-1, 6-2. Bjorn Munroe and Porter rallied from a set deficit to take down No. 2 seeds Jazmine Davis (Augusta, Ga.) and Harrell 4-6, 6-3, 10-6.

Action picks up on Monday, as many of the junior and adult draws get underway starting at 8:00 a.m. Additionally, the women’s open singles final can be watched live at 9:00 a.m. while the men’s open singles final can be viewed live at 11:00 a.m.

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The ATA was born on November 30, 1916, when representatives from over a dozen black tennis clubs met in Washington, D.C., with the goal of promoting black tennis in America. The organization held the first ATA National Championships at Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park in August of the following year; the tournament featured three total draws – men’s singles, women’s singles, and men’s doubles.

The ATA, which is the oldest African-American sports organization in the United States, has produced a number of the world’s top players and coaches. Most notably among these are Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe, the first African-Americans to be ranked No. 1 and to win grand slam titles. Others to grow up training at ATA-affiliated clubs and participating in ATA events include current USTA Chairman of the Board and President Katrina Adams, Zina Garrison, Leslie Allen, Lori McNeil, Chanda Rubin and MaliVai Washington.