Spencer Newman upset No. 2 seed Dennis Novikov in his opening match © David Kenas

By Steve Pratt, special to USTA.com

CARSON, Calif. – All seven seeded players who competed in the boys’ 18s division at the sixth annual USTA International Spring Championships lost during the first day of play on Monday.
 
Delayed for three hours by morning showers, the ITF Grade 1 tournament, being held at the USTA Training Center – West at the Home Depot Center, finally kicked off, with three Americans taking advantage of their wild cards and knocking off seeded players. The lighting was tested early on, as the last match of the day didn’t finish until 10:30 p.m. local time.
 
Wild-card Spencer Newman of Palmetto Bay, Fla., who trains out of the USTA Training Center in Boca Raton, Fla., knocked off No. 2-seeded Dennis Novikov of Boca Raton, Fla., who is ranked 45th in the ITF World Rankings, 7-5, 6-3, while Dennis Mkrtchian of nearby Reseda, Calif., also took advantage of his wild card, as he defeated fellow American and No. 14 seed Michael Zhu of Princeton, N.J., 6-1, 6-3.
         
Daniel Kosakowski of Downey, Calif., was the third wild card to record an upset, as he got past No. 5-seeded Alexis Carlos of Mexico, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
 
Fresh off his win at last month’s USTA Spring 18s Nationals in Mobile, Ala., 16-year-old Bjorn Fratangelo from Pittsburgh did the same, beating Ecuador’s Diego Acosta, the No. 7-seeded player, 6-2, 6-3.
 
Americans Gonzales Austin, Chase Curry and Daniel McCall were also seed killers, as they knocked off players placed among the top 16.
 
In the boys’ 16s, top-seeded Tyler Gardner of Novi, Mich., won his first-round match against Brandon Clark, 6-4, 6-2, as no seeded players lost in the 32 first-round matches played.
 
On the girls’ 18s side, only one seeded player fell during the day, and that match wasn’t even completed, as No. 4-seeded Jessica Pegula of Boca Raton, Fla., had to retire against 13-year-old wild card Gabrielle Andrews of Pomona, Calif., due to injury with Andrews leading 6-4, 4-3. Five girls’ 18s matches were put off until Tuesday because of the rain delay.

In the 16s, top-seeded Brooke Austin of Indianapolis didn’t finish her match until after 9:30 p.m. and said she struggled against Sarah Gong, winning, 6-2, 6-4. “It must have been the delay and just waiting around all day,” Austin said. “I just didn’t play very well tonight.”
 
For more information on the tournament, including scores and draws, log onto the website at www.usta.com/isc.
 

MONDAY’S SINGLES RESULTS:
 
Boys’ 18s
Daniil Sirota, Russia, def. Alexander Petrone, U.S., 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2
Wyatt McCoy, U.S., Rodney Carey, Bahamas, 6-0, 6-3
Gonzales Austin, U.S., def. Darian King (4), Barbados, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
Spencer Newman, U.S., def. Dennis Novikov (2), U.S., 7-5, 6-3
Daniel Kosakowski, U.S., def. Alexis Carlos (5), Mexico, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
Dennis Mkrtchian, U.S., def. Michael Zhu (14), U.S., 6-1, 6-3
Bjorn Fratangelo, U.S., def. Diego Acosta (7), Ecuador, 6-2, 6-3
Chase Curry, U.S., def. Vitor Galvao (10), Brazil, 6-3, 6-3
Daniel McCall, U.S., def. Gabriel Flores Ruiz (12), Puerto Rico, 6-1, 6-3
Marcos Giron, U.S., def. James Ireland, Great Britain, 6-1, 6-0
Hunter Callaghan, U.S., def. Gino Meeuwsen, Netherlands Antilles, 6-2, 6-4
Morgan Mays, U.S., def. Eduardo Martinez, Mexico, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
Patrik Fabian, Slovakia, def. Jonathan Leonik, U.S., 6-4, 6-0
Trey Strobel, U.S., def. Denis Stoliarov, Russia, 6-2, 6-3
Clay Thompson, U.S., def. Cristobal Ramos Salazar, Mexico, 6-3, 6-1
Andrew Ochotta, Canada, def. Hunter Harrington, U.S., 7-6 (7), 7-5

Boys’ 16s
Tyler Gardner (1), U.S., def. Brandon Clark, U.S., 6-4, 6-2
Stephen Watson, U.S., def. Alex Giannini, U.S., 7-6 (3), 6-3
Travis Tu, U.S., def. Joseph DiGiulio, U.S., 6-4, 6-3
Alex Scheinman (15), U.S., def. Cristobal Rivera, U.S., 6-3, 6-3
Thai Kwiatkowski (11), U.S., def. Nicholas Alexander Reyes, U.S., 6-0, 6-1
Augustus Ge, U.S., def. Christian Vieira, U.S., 7-6 (2), 6-2
Joshua Kim, U.S., def. Spencer Richards, U.S., 6-4, 6-3
James Boyd (6), U.S., def. Jose Gracia, U.S., 6-3, 6-0
Maxx Lipman (4), U.S., def. Roy McClaine, U.S., 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
Deiton Baughman, U.S., def. Dylan Brown, U.S., 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
Zachary Yablon, U.S., def. Alexander Solonin, U.S., 6-3, 6-4
Lestter Yeh (14), U.S., def. Robbie Bellamy, U.S., 7-5, 6-1
Ian Van Cott (10), U.S., def. Grant Riechmann, U.S., 6-2, 7-6 (2)
JC Aragone, U.S., def. Stefan Menichella, U.S., 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
Gregory Garcia, U.S., def. Andrew Ball, U.S., 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3
Jordan Parker, U.S., def. Julian Ruffin, U.S., 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Gannon Daynes (16), U.S., def. Daniel Kerznerman, U.S., 6-4, 6-0
Michael Guzman (12), U.S., def. Joshua Yablon, U.S., 6-3, 7-5
Luca Corinteli, U.S., def. Wyatt Houghton, U.S., 6-2, 6-1
Brendon Josephson, U.S., Seth Stolar, U.S., 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
John Pearce (7), U.S., def. Jeffrey Bu, U.S., 6-2, 6-2
Alex Van Cott (3), U.S., def. Beck Pennington, U.S., 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2
Drew Dawson, U.S., def. Jackson Frons, U.S., 6-0, 6-0
Anthony Tsodikov (2), def. Brandon Chao, U.S., 6-0, 6-0
Aaron Meltzer, U.S., def. Ciro Riccardi, U.S., 6-4, 6-0
Tyler Pham, U.S., def. Jonathan Poon, U.S., 6-2, 6-1
Caryl Hernandez (13), U.S., def. Josh Hagar, U.S., 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Jordan Tucker Daigle (9), U.S., def. Edward Kim, U.S., 6-2, 6-2
Justin Butsch, U.S., def. Bayo Phillips, U.S., 6-1, 7-6 (3)
Jonathan Hammel, U.S., def. Gage Brymer, U.S., 6-2, 6-3
Damon Niquet (5), U.S., def. Abraham Hewko, U.S., 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0
Thomas Pura (8), U.S., def. Jacob Johnson, U.S., 6-3, 6-3

Girls' 18s
Kelsey Laurente (11), U.S., def. Marcia McCoy, U.S., 7-5, 6-2
Karyna Alesha, Bulgaria, def. Jessica Wacnik, U.S., 7-6 (6), 6-1
Channelle Van Nguyen (3), U.S., def. Catherine Harrison, U.S., 6-3, 6-2
Ashley Dai, U.S., def. Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, 6-2, 6-1
Sabrina Santamaria, U.S., def. Kyle McPhillips, 6-4, 6-3
Gabrielle DeSimone, U.S., def. Lauren Chypyha, U.S., 6-0, 6-3
Gabrielle Andrews, U.S., def. Jessica Pegula (4), U.S., 6-4, 4-3, ret.
Belinda Niu, U.S., def. Viktoriya Lavrentyeva, Russia, 6-3, 6-1
Sachia Vickery (8), U.S., def. Maria Belaya, U.S., 6-2, 7-5
Blair Shankle, U.S., def. Tamitha Nguyen, Philippines, 6-2, 6-1
Stephanie Nauta, U.S., def. Deborah Suarez, U.S., 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Girls' 16s
Alyssa Smith (10), U.S., def. Melissa Huang, U.S., 6-1, 6-2
Nicolette Tran (15), U.S., def. Karlin Naslund, U.S., 6-4, 6-1
Skylar Morton (3), U.S., def. Kaiulani Boyer, U.S., 6-4, 6-0
Manon Peri, U.S., def. Cindy Nguyen, U.S., 6-4, 6-1
Florella Coria, Argentina, def. Leslie Chang, U.S., 6-0, 6-2
Francis Dean, U.S., def. Yuki Chiang, U.S., 6-1, 6-1
Sarah Gealer (12), U.S., def. Suzy Tan, U.S., 6-0, 6-0
Alison Ho, U.S., def. Kareena Manji, U.S., 6-4, 6-3
Alyza Benotto Wood (2), U.S., def. Alexa Anton-Ohlmeyer, U.S., 6-4, 6-4
Lauren Marker, U.S., def. Tai Martin, U.S., 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
Jennifer Brady, U.S., Brooke Irish (15), U.S., 6-4, 6-1
Taylor Townsend, U.S., def. Katherine Cecil, U.S., 6-0, 6-3
Mia King (6), U.S., def. Mazy Watrous, U.S., 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
Rima Asatrian, U.S., def. Krystal Lai, U.S., 6-2, 7-5
Kennedy Davis, U.S., def. Alexis Pereira, U.S., 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-5
Spencer Liang (4), U.S., def. Brooke Hughes, U.S., 6-0, 6-0
Brooke Austin (1), U.S., def. Sarah Gong, U.S., 6-2, 6-4
Kristina Eisenbrand, U.S., def. Valerie Thong, U.S., 6-2, 6-0
Katrine Steffensen (8), U.S., def. Mary Closs, U.S., 6-4, 6-1
Lindsay Kostas (11), U.S., def. Rhiann Newborn, U.S., 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Kenadi Hance, U.S., def. Olivia Hsu (9), U.S., 6-1, 6-4
Sarah Bessen, U.S., def. Mariel Ante, U.S., 6-2, 6-3
Lauren Stratman, U.S., def. Hannah Camhi (14), U.S., 7-5, 6-3
Jana McCord, U.S., def. Julia Bodea, U.S., 6-3, 6-3
Mayo Hibi (7), Japan, def. Jessica Perez, U.S., 6-3, 6-1
Hannah King, U.S., def. Peggy Porter, U.S., 6-1, 7-6 (1)
Amanda Lin (13), U.S., def. Annie Dimurd, U.S., 6-0, 6-2
Mayci Jones, U.S., def. Lauren Wagner, U.S., 6-4, 6-3
Kiah Generette, U.S., def. Maegan Manasse, U.S., 6-3, 7-5
Julia Oloughlin, U.S., def. Zoe Katz, U.S., 6-4, 7-6 (6)
Christina Makarova, U.S., def. Savannah Ware, U.S., 7-5, 6-3
Sivan Krems (16), U.S., def. Mariska Chamdani, U.S., 5-7, 6-3, 6-2