Giron Wins Claremont, ITF Pro Circuit Heads to Costa Mesa

On the ITF Futures tour, UCLA Junior Marcos Giron took the title in Claremont this past week defeating former UCLA teammate (who recently turned professional) Dennis Novikov in the final 6-0, 7-5. USC Senior Ray Sarmiento picked up a main draw singles win before losing to Giron in the second round 6-3, 6-4. Junior player Ernesto Escobedo made his way through to the quarterfinals after beating the 5 seed Daniel Garza from Mexico and UCLA senior Clay Thompson. Escobedo finally got derailed in the quarterfinals by Novikov. Novikov also defeated USC Freshman Connor Farren in the second round. The only other junior player was Deighton Baughman who lost in the first round to 6th seeded Jeff Dadamo 6-2, 7-6.

Marcos Giron and Clay Thompson were the only successful college doubles team, as they went down in the semifinals to eventual champions Carsten Ball and Daniel Garza.

This week in Costa Mesa, the ITF Pro Circuit will make itself at home. The juniors in this weeks main draw include UCLA freshman MacKenzie McDonald, Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis, and New York's Noah Rubin. Former UCLA standout Nick Meister is the top seed, followed my Dennis Novikov as the 3 seed. Ernesto Escobedo, Connor Farren and Marcos Giron will all be seeded highly in the qualifying draw as well.

While there are no juniors this week in the Canada Future's main draw, Ohio State's Peter Kobelt will play in the qualifying draw.

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