The singles quarterfinals took place today with four players moving onto tomorrow’s semifinals, which are set to begin following the doubles final.

 

Semifinalists include: former Top 125 player and No. 8 seed Jessica Pegula, of Charleston, S.C., who upset top seed Usue Arconada today and also reached the semifinals in Orlando in January; No. 3 seed and six-time USTA Pro Circuit doubles champion Sophie Chang, of Havre de Grace, Md., who defeated fellow American Katerina Stewart this afternoon and is going for her first career USTA Pro Circuit singles title; South Africa’s Chanel Simmonds, the No. 2 seed and a 19-time ITF Pro Circuit singles champion, who peaked at No. 158 in the world in 2013 and competed in the US Open that year; and Australia’s Astra Sharma, the No. 6 seed, who holds three ITF Pro Circuit singles titles won in Austria, Romania, and Egypt.

 

Tomorrow, the doubles final will take place at 11 am. The final will feature the young American team of world No. 1 junior and 2017 junior French Open singles champion Whitney Osuigwe, 15, of Bradenton, Fla., and Caty McNally, 16, of Cincinnati, who is the No. 29-ranked junior in the world and reached the singles and doubles quarterfinals at the 2017 junior French Open. Osuigwe and McNally together reached the doubles final at junior Wimbledon in 2017.

 

The young Americans will face the top-seeded team of Bulgaria’s Dia Evtimova and Belarus’ Ilona Kremen. Evtimova, 30, has ranked as high as No. 145 in the world in singles and has captured 13 ITF Pro Circuit doubles titles all over the world. Kremen, 24, has ranked as high as No. 157 in the world in doubles and has won 24 ITF Pro Circuit doubles titles from 2011-18.

 

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.

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 9 - RESULTS

 

SINGLES MAIN DRAW - QUARTERFINALS

 

(8) Jessica Pegula (USA) def. (1) Usue Maitane Arconada (USA) 6-4, 6-3

 

(2) Chanel Simmonds (RSA) def. (5) Aliona Bolsova Zadinov (ESP) 6-3, 6-2

 

(3) Sophie Chang (USA) def. (7) Katerina Stewart (USA) 7-6(5), 6-4

 

(6) Astra Sharma (AUS) def. Whitney Osuigwe (USA) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(6)

 

With more than 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging from $15,000 to $125,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiring tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. The USTA launched its Pro Circuit 39 years ago to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points, and it has since grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering more than $4 million in prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. Andy Murray, Maria Sharapova, John Isner, Sloane Stephens, Kei Nishikori, Victoria Azarenka, and Sam Querrey and are among today’s top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit. Follow the USTA Pro Circuit at #USTAProCircuit and www.procircuit.usta.com.