Augustine Advances In Carson
She may be just 18 years old, but Brittany Augustine of Carson said the experience she’s gained over the past three years as a professional keyed her first-round victory in the LA Open Women’s $50,000 Challenger, a USTA pro circuit event, on Tuesday at the Home Depot Center.
“I’m finally happy now with where I’m at,” said Augustine, who has been working with new coach Fred Haynes, WTA Tour player Angela’s father, for the past couple of months. “And my ranking is starting to show it. I started the year in the 800s and now I’m somewhere in the 500s and will move up some more depending on how well I play here.”
Augustine, who was awarded a wild card into the event, looked dominating in her 6-2, 6-4 win over Australian Isabella Howard, who is currently ranked No. 446 in the world.
Augustine will next face the winner of Haynes and Asia Muhammad, a first-round match to be played Wednesday on Center Court at 10 a.m. Augustine calls both of them friends but has not played either of them.
“I know both of their games,” she said. “I just have to play my game and not worry about who is on the other side of the net.”
Cecil Mamiit of South Pasadena couldn’t have picked a worse time to play a marathon three-set match. Mamiit has played every day since last Wednesday, having won three rounds (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) to win the Southern California Section U.S. Open National Playoff at the Claremont Club and then three rounds of qualifying at Carson (Saturday, Sunday and Monday).
Playing Jamie Baker of Great Britain on Tuesday in the first match on center court, the 33-year-old Mamiit lost the first set 6-4, won the second 7-6 (2) before falling in the third, 6-3, after three hours and 35 minutes.
It was good day overall for the young American women as not only Augustine won by so did Kristie Ahn, CoCo Vandeweghe, Kimberly Couts and Nicole Gibbs. Ahn beat last year’s finalist Alexandra Stevenson, the No. 6 seed from Manhattan Beach , 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Gibbs had a nice win over fellow American veteran Julie Ditty, 6-4, 6-3.
Krista Hardebeck of Santa Ana qualified for the main draw with a 6-2, 6-4 win over former USC star Amanda Fink. She plays her first-round match on Thursday.
For more information on the tournament, please visit www.usta.com/carsonchallenger.com.
First Round
Jesse Levine ( USA ) [1] def. Luka Gregorc (SLO) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Brian Dabul (ARG) [2] def. Michael Ryderstedt (SWE) [Q] 6-3, 7-5
Dayne Kelly (AUS) def. Kevin Kim ( USA ) [3] 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-0
Robert Kendrick ( USA ) [5] def. Woong-Sun Jun (KOR) [Q] 6-4, 6-3
Marinko Matosevic (AUS) def. Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3
Victor Estrella (DOM) def. Jose Statham (NZL) 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
Samuel Groth (AUS) def. Artem Sitak (RUS) 7-6(3), 6-1
Jamie Baker (GBR) [WC] def. Cecil Mamiit (PHI) [Q] 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-3
Lester Cook ( USA ) def. Paul Capdeville (CHI) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(4)
First Round
Greg Ouellette ( USA ) / Donald Young ( USA ) [WC] def. Blake Strode ( USA ) / Michael Venus ( USA ) [WC] 3-6, 7-5, [10-7]
Brett Joelson ( USA ) / Tim Smyczek ( USA ) d Cory Parr ( USA ) / Todd Paul ( USA ) [Q] 6-4, 6-4
Kristie Ahn ( USA ) def. Alexandra Stevenson ( USA ) [6] 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Mirjana Lucic (CRO) [4] def. Ana-Clara Duarte (BRA) 6-1, 6-1
CoCo Vandeweghe ( USA ) def. Jennifer Elie ( USA ) 6-1, 7-5
Kimberly Couts ( USA ) def. Macall Harkins ( USA ) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Brittany Augustine ( USA ) def. Isabella Holland (AUS) 6-2, 6-4
Lindsay Lee-Waters ( USA ) [7] def. Shelby Rogers ( USA ) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR) def. Johanna Konta (AUS) [8] 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Nicole Gibbs ( USA ) def. Julie Ditty ( USA ) 6-4, 6-3
Women’s Doubles
Ana-Clara Duarte (BRA) / Lena Litvak ( USA ) def. Whitney Jones ( USA ) / Petra Rampre (SLO) 7-5, 6-3
Brittany Augustine ( USA ) / Jennifer Elie ( USA ) def. Amanda Fink ( USA ) / Elizabeth Lumpkin ( USA ) 4-6, 6-2, [12-10]
Tamaryn Hendler (BEL) [2] def. April Bisharat ( USA ) 6-3, 6-1
Elizabeth Lumpkin ( USA ) [5] def. Katie Ruckert ( USA ) [3] 6-3, 6-2
Story Tweedie-Yates ( USA ) [7] def. Shikha Uberoi ( IND ) [4] 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-2
Krista Hardebeck ( USA ) def. Amanda Fink ( USA ) [8] 6-2, 6-1
Topics: 18 Years Old, Alexandra Stevenson, American Women, Cecil Mamiit, Challenger, Claremont Club, Coco Vandeweghe, Couts, Gibbs, Haynes, Home Depot, Home Depot Center, Jamie Baker, Manhattan Beach, Open Women, Saturday Sunday, South Pasadena, Southern California Section, Wild Card, Wta Tour
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