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In doubles, all three teams are into the Round of 16, which starts tomorrow at 10:00am, with the quarterfinals to start tomorrow afternoon: 

* Choy/Madurawe take on 5th-seeded Arakawa/Wong of UW, with top seed Ivanov/Rosenqvist (Cal) likely waiting in the wings 
* (3) Gordon/Shin play a Gonzaga pair
* (2) Arbuthnott/Blake play another Gonzaga pair

In singles, Gordon and Shin are through to the quarterfinals, with Gordon cruising and Shin only being challenged in the Round of 16 by Cal’s Stloukalova before prevailing. 

Blake and Choy fell in the round of 32, Blake due to a first-set illness retirement, and Choy in a tight two-set match to Broerman from Gonzaga, a lesser player who proceeded to get crushed by Cal’s Valentina Ivanov. Bummer about Blake—I had a feeling she’d make a deep run here, so hopefully she feels better soon.

Arbuthnott made the Round of 16, but lost in straight sets to Kozyreva from St. Mary’s. 

Quarterfinals are tomorrow at noon, with the matchups as follows:

(1) Gordon vs. Kate Ketels (Gonzaga)
(4) Haley Giavara (Cal) vs. Valentina Ivanov (Cal)
(6) Anna Bright (Cal) vs. Mariia Kozyreva (St. Mary’s)
(8) Shin vs. Katarina Kopcalic (UW)

It chaps my hide that there are more Golden Bears left in the singles draw than Cardinal, but at least two of them play each other tomorrow.

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An all-Stanford final hasn’t been ruled out yet, but this tournament is already a bit disappointing compared to recent years. Two players in the quarters? Last year we had seven! Two years ago, both semifinals were all-Stanford. And this year, Cal looks resurgent, which only adds to the frustration.

Sigh. I don’t want to overreact based on one tournament, but I’m going to doubt Arbuthnott is a legit #2 until she proves me wrong, and Shin at #3 worries me, too. For us to do well this year will require consistency from the 4-6 lines, but then again, ‘twas ever thus.

[ColoradoTree]

In doubles, all three teams are into the Round of 16, which starts tomorrow at 10:00am, with the quarterfinals to start tomorrow afternoon: 

* Choy/Madurawe take on 5th-seeded Arakawa/Wong of UW, with top seed Ivanov/Rosenqvist (Cal) likely waiting in the wings 
* (3) Gordon/Shin play a Gonzaga pair
* (2) Arbuthnott/Blake play another Gonzaga pair

In singles, Gordon and Shin are through to the quarterfinals, with Gordon cruising and Shin only being challenged in the Round of 16 by Cal’s Stloukalova before prevailing. 

Blake and Choy fell in the round of 32, Blake due to a first-set illness retirement, and Choy in a tight two-set match to Broerman from Gonzaga, a lesser player who proceeded to get crushed by Cal’s Valentina Ivanov. Bummer about Blake—I had a feeling she’d make a deep run here, so hopefully she feels better soon.

Arbuthnott made the Round of 16, but lost in straight sets to Kozyreva from St. Mary’s. 

Quarterfinals are tomorrow at noon, with the matchups as follows:

(1) Gordon vs. Kate Ketels (Gonzaga)
(4) Haley Giavara (Cal) vs. Valentina Ivanov (Cal)
(6) Anna Bright (Cal) vs. Mariia Kozyreva (St. Mary’s)
(8) Shin vs. Katarina Kopcalic (UW)

It chaps my hide that there are more Golden Bears left in the singles draw than Cardinal, but at least two of them play each other tomorrow.

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An all-Stanford final hasn’t been ruled out yet, but this tournament is already a bit disappointing compared to recent years. Two players in the quarters? Last year we had seven! Two years ago, both semifinals were all-Stanford. And this year, Cal looks resurgent, which only adds to the frustration.

Sigh. I don’t want to overreact based on one tournament, but I’m going to doubt Arbuthnott is a legit #2 until she proves me wrong, and Shin at #3 worries me, too. For us to do well this year will require consistency from the 4-6 lines, but then again, ‘twas ever thus.