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Lambda wrote:

Neither of the 2 remaining singles went our way.
Henry lost in 3 sets to prevent an all British match up with Will which would have given us a guaranteed qualifier to the NCAAs
Immi Haddad was 4-0 up in the final set against the 3 seed but lost in a 3rd set tie break to end British interest in the women's west sectional.

With doubles having been played left in going into Saturday are
East - Roan Jones (MS), Ant Wright (MD), Jasmine Conway (WD)
South - Billy Blaydes (MS, MD), Freddy Blaydes (MD), Will Jansen (MS), Gabia Paskauskas (WS), Eva Shaw (WS)
West - Luca Bluett (MD)

No British representation left in either the Central sectionals or the Conference Masters.

All those left in get 2 chances to qualify for the NCAAs. Win their next match and they qualify. Lose and they go into a playoff for the remaining places

 Thanks for the updates, Lambda. Youd hope, given 6 get through in singles in each section and there are 8 left (24 of 32 total) and 3 pairs of 4 left (12 of 16 in doubles total), that chances are in our favour for a reasonable qualifying success rate over the weekend. 

fingers crossed. 

 



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Gabia joins her sister in the NCAA finals and Roan also qualifies. Billy, Will and Eva have to go to the play-offs. Eva's opponent in the play-offs withdraw from her QF so we'll see if she is fit for the play-offs tomorrow, but Eva also looked like she might be carrying an injury at the end which might explain why she only won 1 more game from *5-3 in the 1st set.

East sectional
QF: Roan Jones (UNC) defeated [8] Henrik Bladelius (Clemson) 4-6 6-1 6-2

South sectional
QF: Billy Blaydes (Auburn) lost to Matic Kriznik (Alabama) 4-6 6-2 3-6
QF: [7] Will Jansen (Georgia) lost to Bryan Hernandez Cortes (Mississippi State) 5-7 3-6

QF: Gabia Paskauskas (Florida) defeated [3] Leyla Britez Risso (Tennessee) 6-4 6-4
QF: Eva Shaw (Florida State) lost to Ava Esposito (Auburn) 6-7 0-6

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Having knocked out the 4th seeds in the QF, Luca Bluett and partner then defeat the 2nd seeds in the SF to qualify for the NCAAs. That's unexpected.

West sectional
SF: Luca Bluett / John Kim (Santa Clara) defeated [2] Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida / Lasse Poertner (Pepperdine) 6-1 5-7 [10-5]

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Great wins for Gabia, Roan and Luca B, well done all.

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I think Im correct, Billy/Freddy and Jasmine + won their sectional semis and progress into the NCAA Finals, well done to them!


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Billy/Freddy and Jasmine + also won their doubles semis and qualified for NCAA finals.

Ant Wright lost and goes into the play off round.

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From what I can tell, we have the following in play offs today to still try and qualify for the NCAA finals

South mens singles - Billy Blaydes and Will Jansen

South womens singles - Eva Shaw

East mens doubles - Ant Wright

And qualified already we have:

Mens singles - Luca Pow and Roan Jones

Womens singles - Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Kristina and Gabia Paskauskas

Mens doubles - Henry Jefferson, Luca Bluett, Billy/Freddy Blaydes

Womens doubles - Jasmine Conway

I am sure Lambda will correct that if I have it wrong!!



-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 9th of November 2025 08:20:08 AM

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Eva Shaw receives a walkover in her playoff match and is NCAA bound.

-- Edited by Lambda on Sunday 9th of November 2025 08:29:13 AM

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Eva Shaw receives a walkover in her playoff match and is NCAA bound.

-- Edited by Lambda on Sunday 9th of November 2025 08:29:13 AM

 Nice!



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Eva Shaw receives a walkover in her playoff match and is NCAA bound.

-- Edited by Lambda on Sunday 9th of November 2025 08:29:13 AM

 We have 10/11 players (depends how you count Billy and Freddy as a pair!) into NCAA, with 3 in the play offs.

How does that feel like it compares to past years, Lambda? did you have a record of how many players we had taking part in 2024?

It feels like it probably a few less overall, but I don't really recall?

 



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From what I can tell, we have the following in play offs today to still try and qualify for the NCAA finals

South mens singles - Billy Blaydes and Will Jansen

South womens singles - Eva Shaw

East mens doubles - Ant Wright

And qualified already we have:

Mens singles - Luca Pow and Roan Jones

Womens singles - Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Kristina and Gabia Paskauskas

Mens doubles - Henry Jefferson, Luca Bluett, Billy/Freddy Blaydes

Womens doubles - Jasmine Conway

I am sure Lambda will correct that if I have it wrong!!



-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 9th of November 2025 08:20:08 AM

Will wins and heads to the NCAAs. Billy lost his play off, sadly.

Ant to come later in doubles in the east.  



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Will Jansen got himself through the Play Offs. From what I can see, it looks like our NCAA contenders will be:

NCAA Finals - Nov 18-23
MS Luca Pow, Roan Jones, Will Jansen
WS Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Kristina Paskauskas, Gabia Paskauskas, Eva Shaw
MD Henry Jefferson, Luca Bluett, Billy Blaydes/Freddy Blaydes
WD Jasmine Conway

Hope that is correct, I am sure Lambda can put a lot more depth on that in terms of colleges they are at and ages etc.

Good luck to all of them in a week or so!!



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Lambda - asked elsewhere but do you think Savannah has a shout at the NCAA title?

In fact, do any of our other players get plaudits that might put them in the frame for a decent run?

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Lambda - asked elsewhere but do you think Savannah has a shout at the NCAA title?


In fact, do any of our other players get plaudits that might put them in the frame for a decent run?

No. That would be a surprise. I hope she can get to the quarter-finals for All American honours but getting any further than that would need a very kind draw. Stanford's Valerie Glozman is the favourite for the women's singles title and Michael Zheng to retain the men's title but both mens and womens draws are quite open this year.

I would say Luca and Henry and possibly Jasmine are our best hopes for a run along with Savannah. The others will be doing well to still be in after the 2nd round.

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Lambda - asked elsewhere but do you think Savannah has a shout at the NCAA title?


In fact, do any of our other players get plaudits that might put them in the frame for a decent run?

No. That would be a surprise. I hope she can get to the quarter-finals for All American honours but getting any further than that would need a very kind draw. Stanford's Valerie Glozman is the favourite for the women's singles title and Michael Zheng to retain the men's title but both mens and womens draws are quite open this year.

I would say Luca and Henry and possibly Jasmine are our best hopes for a run along with Savannah. The others will be doing well to still be in after the 2nd round.

 Thanks Lambda - Luca - Pow in the singles or Bluett in the dubs? 

I think Luca Pow made a name for himself back in juniors, more so than the others here (he won the Nationals twice in 22/23) and so has a bit  of pedigree to bring into his college career



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