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Wimbledon Gets Underway With Six Trojans In The Mix
July 05, 2018 | Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis, Features
Three USC women and three men get Grand Slam experience in London.
The 2018 Wimbledon competition is fully underway in London, and USC tennis has already been well represented at the event. Three USC women and three men have appeared in various draws, with four Trojans locked in for main draw action and two having competed in qualifying.
The highest ranked of them all is 2010 graduate Robert Farah — a 2008 NCAA Doubles champion and 2009 and 2010 NCAA Team champion as a Trojan. A native of Colombia, Farah is paired up with countryman Juan Sebastian Cabal as the No. 6 seeded doubles team in the main draw. Currently ranked No. 16 in the world in doubles, Farah and Cabal also were 2016 Olympians in Rio. This is Farah's seventh appearance at Wimbledon and his 27th all-time Grand Slam appearance. Farah's highest Grand Slam finish was a run to the final at the 2018 Australian Open, where he and Cabal were runners-up. Most recently, Farah and Cabal reached the quarterfinals at the French Open. Farah and Cabal are already off to a great start in snagging a four-set win over Spain's Carreno Busta and Garcia-Lopez in the first round of main draw doubles action to advance.
On the women's side of the double coin, two Women of Troy are in the main draw. Tops in the doubles realm among USC women is 2014 graduate Kaitlyn Christian — a 2013 NCAA Doubles champion at USC — who ranks No. 69 in the world in doubles. She's teamed up with Ana Bogdan of Romania for Christian's first-ever Wimbledon trip, which also marks her third Grand Slam main draw appearance. Christian and Bogdan made their presence known in the main draw by opening up with a solid 6-3, 6-4 win in the first round over Duan/Sasnovich to advance to the second round.
Joining Christian in the main draw is her former USC doubles teammate Giuliana Olmos, who paired with Christian to win the 2014 Pac-12 Doubles crown. Olmos is representing Mexico and pairs with Czech partner Eva Hrdinova for the 2016 USC grad's Grand Slam debut. Olmos holds a world doubles ranking of No. 82 to go with a world singles rank of No. 501. In the first round of doubles play, Olmos and Hrdinova took a loss to Rosolska/Spears.
Also engaged in doubles action at Wimbledon was Sabrina Santamaria — the other half of the 2013 NCAA Doubles championship pair as a Trojan. Christian and Santamaria made their Grand Slam debut with a main draw appearance at the 2015 US Open. This year, Santamaria scored a place in the Wimbledon qualifying draw, paired with Sweden's Lister. Santamaria and Cornelia Lister would miss out on main draw action after a tough three-set loss in qualifying. Santamaria grips a No. 82 world ranking in doubles and is No. 495 in the world in singles.
In singles action, Steve Johnson still leads the charge as USC's highest ranked singles player as he made his 25th Grand Slam appearance at this 2018 Wimbledon. Ranked No. 42 in the world in singles, Johnson's best Grand Slam singles finish was a fourth-round journey at the 2016 Wimbledon. In this sixth Wimbledon visit, Johnson was upended in a heart-stopping first-round bout with Belgium's Ruben Bemelmans. After dropping the first two sets, Johnson battled back to forth a fifth, falling in a marathon match with a 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-7 (0), 8-6 defeat to the Belgian. Johnson stands as an icon from the collegiate tennis world, where he won four NCAA Team titles and back-to-back NCAA Singles championships, finishing his Trojan career in 2012 riding a 72-match win streak. A 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in doubles, Johnson also currently ranks No. 87 in the world in doubles.
A teammate of Johnson's on USC's 2012 NCAA Championship team, Yannick Hanfmann also got in on some singles action at this 2018 Wimbledon. The native of Germany was in the qualifying singles draw, having taken a first-round loss to Frenchman Stephane Robert. Hanfmann stands at No. 111 in the world in singles. Hanfmann's last Grand Slam visit was to Roland Garros, where he reached the second round of singles qualifying.
For all the action and results from Wimbledon, visit http://www.wimbledon.com/index.html
The highest ranked of them all is 2010 graduate Robert Farah — a 2008 NCAA Doubles champion and 2009 and 2010 NCAA Team champion as a Trojan. A native of Colombia, Farah is paired up with countryman Juan Sebastian Cabal as the No. 6 seeded doubles team in the main draw. Currently ranked No. 16 in the world in doubles, Farah and Cabal also were 2016 Olympians in Rio. This is Farah's seventh appearance at Wimbledon and his 27th all-time Grand Slam appearance. Farah's highest Grand Slam finish was a run to the final at the 2018 Australian Open, where he and Cabal were runners-up. Most recently, Farah and Cabal reached the quarterfinals at the French Open. Farah and Cabal are already off to a great start in snagging a four-set win over Spain's Carreno Busta and Garcia-Lopez in the first round of main draw doubles action to advance.
On the women's side of the double coin, two Women of Troy are in the main draw. Tops in the doubles realm among USC women is 2014 graduate Kaitlyn Christian — a 2013 NCAA Doubles champion at USC — who ranks No. 69 in the world in doubles. She's teamed up with Ana Bogdan of Romania for Christian's first-ever Wimbledon trip, which also marks her third Grand Slam main draw appearance. Christian and Bogdan made their presence known in the main draw by opening up with a solid 6-3, 6-4 win in the first round over Duan/Sasnovich to advance to the second round.
Joining Christian in the main draw is her former USC doubles teammate Giuliana Olmos, who paired with Christian to win the 2014 Pac-12 Doubles crown. Olmos is representing Mexico and pairs with Czech partner Eva Hrdinova for the 2016 USC grad's Grand Slam debut. Olmos holds a world doubles ranking of No. 82 to go with a world singles rank of No. 501. In the first round of doubles play, Olmos and Hrdinova took a loss to Rosolska/Spears.
Also engaged in doubles action at Wimbledon was Sabrina Santamaria — the other half of the 2013 NCAA Doubles championship pair as a Trojan. Christian and Santamaria made their Grand Slam debut with a main draw appearance at the 2015 US Open. This year, Santamaria scored a place in the Wimbledon qualifying draw, paired with Sweden's Lister. Santamaria and Cornelia Lister would miss out on main draw action after a tough three-set loss in qualifying. Santamaria grips a No. 82 world ranking in doubles and is No. 495 in the world in singles.
In singles action, Steve Johnson still leads the charge as USC's highest ranked singles player as he made his 25th Grand Slam appearance at this 2018 Wimbledon. Ranked No. 42 in the world in singles, Johnson's best Grand Slam singles finish was a fourth-round journey at the 2016 Wimbledon. In this sixth Wimbledon visit, Johnson was upended in a heart-stopping first-round bout with Belgium's Ruben Bemelmans. After dropping the first two sets, Johnson battled back to forth a fifth, falling in a marathon match with a 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-7 (0), 8-6 defeat to the Belgian. Johnson stands as an icon from the collegiate tennis world, where he won four NCAA Team titles and back-to-back NCAA Singles championships, finishing his Trojan career in 2012 riding a 72-match win streak. A 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in doubles, Johnson also currently ranks No. 87 in the world in doubles.
A teammate of Johnson's on USC's 2012 NCAA Championship team, Yannick Hanfmann also got in on some singles action at this 2018 Wimbledon. The native of Germany was in the qualifying singles draw, having taken a first-round loss to Frenchman Stephane Robert. Hanfmann stands at No. 111 in the world in singles. Hanfmann's last Grand Slam visit was to Roland Garros, where he reached the second round of singles qualifying.
For all the action and results from Wimbledon, visit http://www.wimbledon.com/index.html
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