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And it'll be Gordon vs. #24 Bianca Turati of Texas, who upset UCLA's Shibahara 7-6(4), 6-2.  Arbuthnott will get #70 Marie Leduc of Clemson, who upset Pepperdine's Sherif Ahmed, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.  Arbuthnott (#69) and Leduc (#70) may be ranked nearby one another in January as well, but one suspects with much lower numbers next to their names. 

Other interesting results today:

Julia O'Loughlin of Denver is having a charmed tournament.  First off, she wasn't supposed to be here, but when Florida's Brooke Austin withdrew last minute, O'Loughlin (here for the doubles tournament only), was inserted.  She struggled to beat a D-III opponent in the first round (the tournament has the winners from early-season D-II, D-III, and JUCO tournaments as well), but just knocked off 8th-ranked and 7th-seeded Sinead Lohan of Miami in three sets. 

Five seeds went down today: #4 Shibahara (UCLA); #7 Lohan (Miami); #10 Anastasia Rychagova (Kansas); #15 Mayar Sherif Ahmed (Pepperdine); and, of course, in our favorite upset of the day, #6 Jokic (Georgia).  In addition to the two that lost in the first round, that leaves the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 16th seeds in the field. 

One early story of the tournament is that the top-ranked freshmen here are showing they belong.  Veronica Miroshnichenko is the #10 freshman in the rankings, and she's beaten two ranked players so far, including #17 Arianne Hartono of Ole Miss (who in turn beat #5 Karla Popovic of Cal).  Alle Sanford of UNC is the #6 freshman, and she rolled right over Cal's Olivia Hauger today (who was the last Cal player remaining in the main draw, so that's nice).  Kelly Chen (the #4) pushed Gordon hard, and won her consolation match today in solid fashion. 

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And it'll be Gordon vs. #24 Bianca Turati of Texas, who upset UCLA's Shibahara 7-6(4), 6-2.  Arbuthnott will get #70 Marie Leduc of Clemson, who upset Pepperdine's Sherif Ahmed, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.  Arbuthnott (#69) and Leduc (#70) may be ranked nearby one another in January as well, but one suspects with much lower numbers next to their names. 

Other interesting results today:

Julia O'Loughlin of Denver is having a charmed tournament.  First off, she wasn't supposed to be here, but when Florida's Brooke Austin withdrew last minute, O'Loughlin (here for the doubles tournament only), was inserted.  She struggled to beat a D-III opponent in the first round (the tournament has the winners from early-season D-II, D-III, and JUCO tournaments as well), but just knocked off 8th-ranked and 7th-seeded Sinead Lohan of Miami in three sets. 

Five seeds went down today: #4 Shibahara (UCLA); #7 Lohan (Miami); #10 Anastasia Rychagova (Kansas); #15 Mayar Sherif Ahmed (Pepperdine); and, of course, in our favorite upset of the day, #6 Jokic (Georgia).  In addition to the two that lost in the first round, that leaves the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 16th seeds in the field. 

One early story of the tournament is that the top-ranked freshmen here are showing they belong.  Veronica Miroshnichenko is the #10 freshman in the rankings, and she's beaten two ranked players so far, including #17 Arianne Hartono of Ole Miss (who in turn beat #5 Karla Popovic of Cal).  Alle Sanford of UNC is the #6 freshman, and she rolled right over Cal's Olivia Hauger today (who was the last Cal player remaining in the main draw, so that's nice).  Kelly Chen (the #4) pushed Gordon hard, and won her consolation match today in solid fashion.