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2007 U.S. Nationals - Day 1
December 19, 2007

Whitney Ping Olena Sowers Ariel Hsing	7:00PM - Results from the 21&U Women's Singles, U2700 Doubles, U3700 Doubles, U4200 Doubles & Senior Esquire Doubles 60+. 21&U Women's Singles: Final: Whitney Ping (-9, 8, 13, 3) def. Chun Yi Wang Semi-Finals: Whitney Ping (5, 6, 5) def. Olena Sowers Chun Yi Wang def. Erica Wu (-10, -6, -7) Quarter-Finals: Whitney Ping def. Isabella Chen (4, 4, -11, 8) Chun Yi Wang (5, 9, 12, -8, 8) def. Ariel Hsing Erica Wu def. Stephanie Shih (-11, -7, 8, -7) Olena Sowers def. Atha Fong (-4, 13, -7) U2700 Doubles: Final: Kenneth Sandberg & Skip Polacchi def. Dong Ta & Giang Lam (-9, 2, 12, -17) Semi-Finals: Dong Ta & Giang Lam (6, 11, 5) def. Parth Upadhyay & Aarsh Shah Kenneth Sandberg & Skip Polacchi def. Jeff Hill & Michael Hsu (-7, 6, -9, 10, -2) U3700 Doubles: Final: Quang Duy Vo & Quoc-Cuong Bui (11, 7, 6) def. Bruce H. Liu & Qingmin Liu Semi-Finals: Quang Duy Vo & Quoc-Cuong Bui (-8, 8, 8, 3) def. Maung Tin Htut Bruce H. Liu & Qingmin Li def. David K. Chiwa & Kenneth Mak (-9, 6, -13, 9, -7) U4200 Doubles Final: Nathaniel Ming Curran & Anders Truelson def. Ky Nguyen & Tri H. Dinh (-2, -6, -4) Semi-Finals: Ky Nguyen & Tri H. Dinh (-7, 6, -8, 9, 5) def. Noel Huermann & Ryan Gubler Nathaniel Ming Curran & Anders Truelson (-5, 7, -9, 8, 7) def. Vincent Tai & Spencer Chase Senior Esquire Doubles 60+: Final: Chong Keng Tay & Che-Him Leung (-8, 8, -5, 5, 7) def. Dell Arthur Sweeris & David Sakai Semi-Finals: Chong Keng Tay & Che-Him Leung def. Ragnar E. Fahlstom & Bill Ryan (-11, -3, 2, 5, 10) Dell Arthur Sweeris & David Sakai def. Duc Loi & Jim McQueen (-5, 9, -5, 9, -4)
5:00PM - Senior Hardbat Singles 40+ Finals Final: Loc Bao Ngo (18, -17, 16, 10) def. Che-Him Leung Semi-Finals: Loc Bao Ngo def. Marty Reisman (-16, 13, -19) Che-Him Leung def. Lim Ming Chui (-13, -15)
4:00PM - Results from the opening rounds of the U21 Men's Singles:
Daniel Seemiller Jr.	Alexander Shin Yao def. Jordan Joelson Fisher (-3, -11, 9, -4) John Leach def. Manuel Adorne Caraballo (-6, 6, 10, -6) Joseph Cochran def. Preston Chin (9, -10, 8, -7, 7) Chance Friend def. David Jarrin (-4, -9, -7) Joseph Wang Jr. (8, 8, -9, 8) def. Anders Truelson Trevor J. Runyan def. Stephen Clyde (-12, -3, -7) Auria Malek (7, 6, 6) def. Walvic Rodriguez Gonzalez Peter Li def. Alex Wang (-8, -5, 9, -7) Daniel R. Seemiller Jr. (8, 9, 7) def. Martin Yeh Miguel Angel Rodriguez Caraballo (99, 0) def. Raghu R. Nadmichettu Justen Yao (4, 8, 8) def. Andrew Manginelli Spencer Chase def. Aldis R. Presley (-7, -6, -7) Amaresh Sahu (4, 2, 6) def. Grant Li Adam Hugh def. Andre Khailo (-2, -5, -6)
3:30PM - Results from the U4200 Doubles Quarterfinals, U3700 Doubles Quarterfinals, U3200 Doubles Round of 16, U2700 Doubles Quarterfinals
U4200 Doubles	U4200 Doubles Quarterfinals: Vincent Tai & Spencer Chase def. Dan Lin & Nelson Yu (-5, -9, -3, -9) Nathaniel Ming Curran & Anders Truelson (6, -10, 11, 8) def. Anurag Matharasi & Alex Wang Noel Huermann & Ryan Gubler def. Isabella Chen & Stephanie C. Shih (7, 4, -9, -9, -9) Ky Nguyen & Tri H. Dinh (-4, 9, -6, 10, 7) def. Howard P. Grossman & John P. Ochsner U3700 Doubles Round of 16: Quang Duy Vo & Quoc-Cuong Bui (-6, 8, 7, 10) def. Christopher Salazar & Robert K. Leatherwood Michael L. Charney & Alex Shurslep def. Harley D. Oda & Rick Livermore (8, -2, 5, -9, -9) Morris Leichter & Bernard E. Savitz def. Jin Hai Feng & Yijun Feng (-8, 8, -6, -4) Maung Tin Htut (-5, 8, 9, 5) & Monica Sung def. Tom Miller & Ling Fan Bruce H. Liu & Qingmin Liu def. Manuel Adorno Caraballo & Walvic Rodriguez Gonzalez (-8, 4, -12, 8, 10) Martin Sundel & Edward Predota def. Terry Travis & David S. Edwards (-4, -5, -7) David K. Chiwa & Kenneth Mak def. John G. Harrington & Bill Kenta (-7, 6, 4, -8, -10) U3200 Doubles Round of 16: Eyen-UI Haq & Jay Turberville def. Roger Keely & Thomas Lambert (-4, 6, -9, 8, -9) Alan Tanti & Gerry Chua def. David Gong & Sanxia Gong (-11, -2, -9) Mark A. Dewitt & Chung-Fu Chang def. Joe Newgarden Jr. & Bill B. Neely (-5, -9, 9, -7) Odo Wang & Ryan Allen (7, -4, 4, 9) def. Jay Miller & Lon E. Jones Shonie Aki & Anil Dhupelia def. Eddie Liu & Su Feng Liu (-5, -7, -10) Tim Jacob Amrhein & Jerrell Clark def. Dale Majors & Bruce Majors (5, -7, 8, -9, -11) Mathew Barnes & Ben Bednarz (-9, 10, -7, 5, 5) def. Danuta M. Andrzejewska & robert Ginoras Man-Ju Yeh & Stanley Sundel def. Cindi Cooper & WLlijam K. Cooper (-1, -5, -5) U2700 Doubles Quarterfinals: Dong Ta & Giang Lam def. Bard Carl Brenner & Tyra Dianne Parkins (9, -8, -8, -9) Parth Upadhyay & Aarsh Shah def. Art Gillman & Raymond B. Landis (-7, -5, -6) Jeff Hill & Michael Hsu def. Matt Pugmire & Bryce R. Parkinson (-5, -5, 6, -6) Kenneth Sandberg & Skip Polacchi def. Carl Bruebach & Kenneth F. Palmer (-3, -6, -5)
2:40PM - Results from the Cadet Boys' Singles & Team Trials Round of 16:
Cadet Boys	Michael Landers (4, -4, 7, 11) def. Erick Shahnazari Brian Figg def Charles Deng (-7, -8, -7) Austin Z. Preiss (5, 6, 8) def. David Flores Jason Long (6, 10, 6) def. Wesley Fan Tomas Fuentes-Afflick (-6, 6, 7, 7) def. Andrew H. Chen Grant Li (-5, -7, -8) def. Kerry Xiao Anand Engineer (12, -9, 9, 9) def. Allen W. Wang Charlie Sun def. Ethan Chua (-6, -6, -6)
2:25PM - Results from the Senior Hardbat Singles 40+ Quarterfinals & Senior Men's Singles 40+ Round of 16.
Daniel Seemiller	Senior Hardbat Singles 40+ Quarterfinals: Loc Bao Ngo (19, 19) def. Timothy S. Kelly Marty Reisman def. Scott Gordon (-16, 13, -19) Lim Ming Chui (18, 10) def. Robert Palgon Che-Him Leung (11, -19, 16) def. Raymond C. Mack Senior Men's Singles 40+ Round of 16: Danienl R. Seemiller (8, 6, 2) def. Xuan Li Alireza Hejazi def. Qifan Li (-8, -9, -10) Barry Dattel (-7, 7, 5, 0) def. Tuan Dai Le MD De C. Tran def. Mark Andrew Nordby (-3, -9, -9) Khoa Dinh Nguyen def. Vukman Soskic (-5, -6, -5) John Tran Thach (-10, 4, 9, 12) def. Henry McCoullum Cheng Yinghua (6, 8, 6) def. Avishy Schmidt Niraj Oak def. Rudy X. Miranda (-5, 6, 9, -9)
12:40PM - Results from the opening rounds of the Senior Hardbat Singles 40+:
Steve Reiling	Loc Bao Ngo (99, 0) def. Tim Boggan Timothy J. Kelly def. Dean Norman (-12, -17) Harlan Jamison def. Peter T. Markus (15, -21, -10) Marty Reisman def. Hermann Luechinger(-14, -19) Lim Ming Chui (6, 13) def. Alan Estill Jack Livingston (-17, 20, 15) def. John P. Pratt Che-Him Leung def. Tony Ettinger (12, 17) Raymond C. Mack def. Dana B. Hanson (-3, -3)
12:00PM - Results from the opening rounds of the Top 12 Cadet Girls' Singles & Team Trials:
Cadet Girls'	Erica S. Wu (9, 5, 5) def. Nina Zhen Ellen C. Hwang def. Shirley Ho (7, -3, -6, -7) Christiana Divita (9, -3, 4, 5) def. Connie Chen Elissa Lin def. Prachi Jha (10, -9, -8) Anne Deng (8, 5, 15) def. Charleen Hsieh Erica Tran def. Chelsea Elston (8, -4, -7, -5) Natalie Sun (9, 3, 8) def. Judy Yang Annie Guo def. Jasmine Nyguyen (-6, -8, -8)
11:55AM - Results from the opening rounds of the Top 12 Cadet Boys' Singles & Team Trials:
Cadet Boys'	Michael Y. Fang def. Charles Deng (-4, -7, -6) Nathan Hsu (4, 4, 5) def. Austin Elston Justin Nguyen def. David Gong (8, -7, 10, -9, -5) John Hsu (5, 7, 1) def. Brandon Chen Aarsh Vyas def. Andy Lee (-10, -11, -6) Allen W. Wang (2, 7, 4) def. Pierce L. Scott
11:20AM - Results from the opening rounds of the Senior Men's Singles 40+:
Michael Hsing	Max Nasab def. Lon Dean (-7, 5, -5, 9, -5) Craig Teegarden (4, 10, 9) def. Yan Bing Lu Richard Boterling def. Joe Politi (-7, -7, -5) Santos Shih (5, 4, 3) def. Steve Reiling Stephen Hochman def. Lazlo Kertesz (-7, -13, -6, -4) John P. Ochsner (9, -7, -8, 10, 5) def. Michael Hsing Sai Kwok def. Reginald Keith Tademy (-9, -8, -10) Gary M. Ruderman Jingyang Li (-7, -5, -2) Donald B. Hayes def. Wendell Loadholt (-7, -5, -2) Xuan Li (5, 5, 6) def. Sreeman Jampana Qifan Li (10, 7, 5) def. Jay Turberville Adedayo Mokuolu def. Richard R. Mereado (-6, 7, -3, -5) Hrach Javadian def. Dave C. Fullen (-2, -7, -8) Justin Bookey def. Sung W. Yang (-99, 0) Alex Shurslep (8, -7, 10, 4) def. Tito LeFranc Brian Bartley (9 9, 0) def. Robert Hershey

Question of the Week
Question: "Which blade is best situable for short pimples play in BH? I liked Viscaria in forehand, but it felt so soft in the BH. For the bat I'm not sure either Innerforce T5000, or ZLF or ULC blade, ( I guess I need a stiff blade), maybe a combination..." Read Answer