Waves Open Strong at USTA/ITA Southwest Regional

Guillermo and Granillo on to singles quarterfinals, and Panu and Phillips advance in doubles.

Tara Panu

Oct. 19, 2012

Complete Results

SAN DIEGO – Lorraine Guillermo and Ale Granillo of the Pepperdine women’s tennis team are through to the singles quarterfinals of the USTA/ITA Southwest Regional Championship, while Tara Panu and newcomer Abigail Phillips advanced to the round of 16 in the doubles bracket.

Guillermo (Walnut, Calif./Rowland HS), who received a bye in the opening round, defeated UCLA’s Holly Flemming 6-3, 6-1, before downing Susan McRann, 6-1, 6-0. Although the sophomore split sets with Laura Iriarte of host school San Diego State, Guillermo charged back in the final frame and won by a single break to advance to the quarterfinals.

Granillo (Pachuca, Mexico/Instituto Hidalgo) will also represent the Waves in the singles quarterfinals. The junior, ranked #74 in the ITA preseason rankings, registered straight-set wins in the first two rounds to handily advance to the round of 16. There, she dropped the first frame to #86 Chanelle Van Nguyen before rebounding 6-3, 7-5 to move on.

Guillermo will face #72-ranked Kim Stubbe of Arizona on Saturday, while Granillo takes on USC’s #8 Sabrina Santamaria.

Khunpak Issara (Bangkok, Thailand/Bangkok Patana School) opened the regional with a dominant 6-0, 6-0 victory over Kalika Stevcove of Cal State Fullerton, and went on to defeat the Bruins’ Catherine Harrison in three sets. Issara’s run would end in the round of 16, where she fell to another UCLA player, Kaitlin Ray.

In doubles, Panu (Los Alamitos, Calif./The Harker School) and recent addition Phillips teamed up and defeated Michela Casanova and Isabelle Hoorn 8-3. The duo continues in the round of 16 tomorrow.

The USTA/ITA Southwest Regional, held at the Barnes Tennis Center, continues tomorrow and runs through Monday. For complete singles, doubles and consolation draws visit: http://gowav.es/REXU2z

USTA/ITA Southwest Regional
Singles Main Draw
R128 Megan Moore (Pepperdine) def. Kristine Kouyoumjian (Loyola Marymount University) 6-2, 6-1
R128 Tami Nguyen (San Diego State) def. Tara Panu (Pepperdine) 6-0, 6-1
R128 Valeria Pulido (USC) def. Abigail Phillips (Pepperdine) 6-3, 6-1
R64 #3 Robin Anderson (UCLA) def. Megan Moore (Pepperdine) 6-0, 6-0
R64 #74 Ale Granillo (Pepperdine) def. Laura Oldham (Arizona) 6-1, 6-1
R64 Lorraine Guillermo (Pepperdine) def. Holly Fleming (UCLA) 6-3, 6-1
R64 #39 Khunpak Issara (Pepperdine) def. Kalika Slevcove (Cal State Fullerton) 6-0, 6-0
R32 #74 Ale Granillo (Pepperdine) def. April Bisaharat (Loyola Marymount University) 6-2, 6-3
R32 Lorraine Guillermo (Pepperdine) def. Susan McRann (Arizona) 6-1, 6-0
R32 #39 Khunpak Issara (Pepperdine) def. Catherine Harrison (UCLA) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
R16 #74 Ale Granillo (Pepperdine) def. #86 Chanelle VanNguyen (UCLA) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
R16 Lorraine Guillermo (Pepperdine) def. Laura A. Iriarte (San Diego State) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
R16 #79 Kaitlin Ray (UCLA) def. #39 Khunpak Issara (Pepperdine) 6-3, 6-2

Singles Consolation
Monica Rodriguez (Cal State Fullerton) def. Tara Panu (Pepperdine) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles Main Draw
R64 Kaitlin Ray/Holly Fleming (UCLA) def. Ale Granillo/Megan Moore (Pepperdine) 8-0
R32 Tara Panu/Abigail Phillips (Pepperdine) def. Michela Casanova/Isabelle Hoorn (San Diego State) 8-3

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