Doubles Champions Crowned at Oracle Challenger Series Indian Wells
Photo by Chad Lominick @CCSMOOTH13
(March 7, 2020) The singles semifinals on the men’s side featured an all-American line-up, with USC Trojan legend Steve Johnson taking the win 6-4, 6-4 over Mitchell Krueger and Jack Sock winning a tight one over teenager Brandon Nakashima. On the women’s side, Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu took down Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko to set up a final against Japan’s Misaki Doi, who received a walkover into the finals after Vera Zvonareva was forced to withdraw.
Saturday also saw Champions crowned in doubles, featuring two matchups between all-American teams. In the end, Asia Muhammad/Taylor Townsend and Denis Kudla/Thai-Son Kwiatkowski emerged victorious.
RESULTS – MARCH 07, 2020
Men’s Singles – Semifinals
[5] S. Johnson (USA) d M. Krueger (USA) 64 64
[PR] J. Sock (USA) d B. Nakashima (USA) 67(5) 63 64
Men’s Doubles – Final
[WC] D. Kudla (USA) / T. Kwiatkowski (USA) d [WC] S. Korda (USA) / M. Krueger (USA) 63 26 10-6
Women’s Singles – Semifinals
[13] M. Doi (JPN) d V. Zvonareva (RUS) walkover
I. Begu (ROU) d L. Tsurenko (UKR) 64 64
Women’s Doubles – Final
[4] A. Muhammad (USA) / T. Townsend (USA) d C. Mcnally (USA) / J. Pegula (USA) 64 64
