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In Girls’ 14s semifinals, No.1 seed Adriana Reami of Miami, and surprise No.8 seed Jaeda Daniel of Wesley Chapel reached the final. Daniel upset No.3 seed Anna Bright of Boca Raton in a marathon comeback 6-7 (9-11), 6-3, 7-5 in the semifinals after earlier in the day defeating No.11 seed Sofia Sewing of Doral 6-2, 6-1. Reami beat No.5 seed Kariann Pierre-Louis of Miami and No.4 seed Maria Ross of Lakewood Ranch in straight sets.

Quarterfinals: Boys: 18: Blaine Willenborg (6) Miami Shores d. Cole Fiegel (13) Alachua 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. 14: Alexander del Corral (3) Doral d. Andre Johnson (5) Sarasota 6-2; 6-4. Girls: 16: Rachel Rohrabacher (10) Tampa d. Julieta Dalmau Coral Gables 6-4, 6-3; Remi Ramos, Parkland d. Olivia Thaler (4) Miami 6-3; 6-3.

Semifinals: Boys: 18: Grayson Goldin, Bradenton d. Blaine Willenborg (6) Miami Shores 6-3, 6-2. 14: Kaden Funk (1) Windermere d. Alexander del Corral (3) Doral 7-5; 6-1. Girls: 18: (3) Katerina Stewart of Miami d. (7) Kristin Wiley, Fort Lauderdale 7-6, 6-0.

•  Earlier results

Quarterfinals: Boys: 16: (2) Javier Restrepo, Miami d. Alex Rybakov, Coral Springs 6-2, 6-2; (11) Mirko Radosevic, Miami d. (16) Stephen Madonia, Lakeland 6-3, 6-2; (3) Terrance Whitehurst, Tallahassee d. (5) Chase Colton, Davie 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; (7) Alfredo Perez, Coral Gables d. (1) Tate Allwardt, Boca Raton 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Girls: 18: (3) Katerina Stewart, Miami d. (5) Sherry Li, Parkland 6-1, 6-1; (7) Kristin Wiley, Fort Lauderdale d. (1) Brittany Lindl, Panama City 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1. 14: (8) Jaeda Daniel, Wesley Chapel d. (11) Sofia Sewing, Doral 6-2, 6-1; (3) Anna Bright, Boca Raton d. (6) Sarah Dreyfuss, North Miami Beach 6-3, 6-4; (1) Adriana Reami, Miami d. (5) Kariann Pierre-Louis, Miami 7-5, 6-3.

Round of 16: Boys: 18: (16) Jose Gracia, Delray Beach d. Chase Perez-Blanco, Miami 6-4, 6-2; (6) Blaine Willenborg, Miami Shores d. Bernard Tefel, Miami 6-4, 6-3. 14: (3) Alexander del Corral, Doral d. (5) Andre Johnson, Sarasota 6-2, 6-4. Girls: 16: (8) Alexandra Bourguignon, Boynton Beach d. (13) Melissa Machado, Miami 1-6, 6-4, 6-4; (4) Olivia Thaler, Miami d. Allegra Hanlon, Key Biscayne 6-2, 6-0.

• Miami’s unseeded Chase Perez-Blanco pulled off a big upset, rolling past No.3 seeded Zach Goldberg of Newberry 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of Boys 18s.

Last year Perez-Blanco won the 16s state mixed doubles title at the Bobby Curtis Junior State Doubles Championships with Miami’s Katerina Stewart. In 2010, he won the Boys 14s state doubles title with Javier Restrepo, another from Miami.

The 64th USTA Florida Bobby Curtis Junior State Championships features the 14-18 age divisions at the Florida Tennis Center in Daytona Beach, and the 10-12 divisions at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs.

Former world No.1s Chris Evert, Andy Roddick and Jim Courier are among the players who have raised trophies or competed at the event. Known as the USTA Florida Jr. State Closed Championship, it was renamed in 2012 to honor legendary Florida junior tennis organizer Bobby Curtis.

Results: Other First Round Upsets: Boys 16s Singles: Cristian Gazzolo, Coral Gables d. Arthur Viallaneix (14) Sanford 6-2, 3-6, 7-6. Girls 14s Singles: Ansofi Wreder, Miami d. Emily Louie-Meadors (13) Gainesville 6-3, 6-4.

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The Miami Rowing Club girls’ Junior 8 won the state championship in Sarasota. They are Gaby Diaz (coxswain), Abby Sorenson (stroke), Yailene Herrera Ortiz (seventh seat), Adrienne Orriols (sixth seat), Kamila Vasquez (5 seat), Samantha Salazar (fourth seat), Pilar Bancalari (third seat), Sol Helou (second seat) and Marissa Lynn Williford (bow).

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