Falls Church High Student, 14, Advances to U.S. Open Junior Tournament

Fairfax County 14-year-old tennis player Natasha Subhash won two qualifying matches to advance to the U.S. Open Junior Tournament being played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.

Subhash’s results include:

• Friday’s First round of qualifying: Natasha Subhash, Fairfax, Va., def. Mihika Yadav (India) [9], 6-4, 6-2
• Saturday’s Final-round of qualifying: Natasha Subhash, Fairfax, Va., def. Olivia Hauger, Tulsa, Okla., 3-6, 7-5, 6-4

Natasha’s game on Saturday was played against Hauger, a college freshman who was a 2014 Australian Open Junior quarterfinalist.

Natasha continued her U.S. run on Monday during the first-round of the U.S. Open Junior Tournament being played at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center.

She won her third match in four days. Playing a solid and consistent game, she eliminated Italy’s Beatrice Torelli, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.

“I wasn’t expecting to win a match, but I’m really feeling confident right now and I want to see how far I can go,” Subhash said. “It’s been amazing. I’m really excited to get in through the qualifying and now into the second round.”

On Tuesday, Natasha was eliminated in the second round in singles as she fell to the No. 11 seed from Hungary Fanny Stollar, 6-0, 6-3.

In doubles, her and partner Ann Li lost to the Colombian team of Maria Harzao Gonzalez and Yuliana Monroy, 6-4, 1-6, 10-8, in the first round.

Natasha, a 9th grader at Falls Church High School, trains at 4 Star Tennis Academy, under coach Bear Schofield, a graduate of the University of Virginia, according to American Bazaar.