New Jersey teen Christina McHale, who is a two-time women's open champion at the Yale Summer Championships, dropped just one set in seven matches to win the USTA 18-and-under title and earn a women's singles main draw wild card into the U.S. Open.

McHale's run of straight-set wins ended with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 win over Gail Brodsky in the semifinals. McHale rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 win over Lauren Embree in the finals. What this means is that McHale won't have to play in U.S. Open qualifying (although she was a strong candidate for a U.S. Open wild card regardless of her results in the last week in Berkeley, Calif.) and could earn a wild card into Pilot Pen qualifying. McHale has expressed an interest into returning to New Haven.

McHale, currently ranked No. 386 on the WTA tour, lost to Sara Errani 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round of the 2008 Pilot Pen qualifying draw. She also fell in the opening round of qualifying to Olga Savchuk. McHale won a play-in tournament to earn a main draw wild card into the Australian Open in January and lost a thrilling first-round match to Jessica Moore 1-6, 6-3, 9-7.

She has split her time playing satellite and junior events. McHale defeated Embree to win the prestigious Easter Bowl title and reached the finals at the Orange Bowl event. She also teamed with Ajla Tomljanovic to win the Australian Open junior girls' doubles title.