[Music] before you all and to celebrate the incredible talent and hard work that has brought both of our finalists to this point in your career you have witnessed the best of the best this week and Def Sol the best today so congratulations to both of our final to be a champion and you should be proud of congratulations to both and Now ladies and gentlemen to present the usca silver Ball please welcome um our finalist to valer lman Bob ha the president of the usca Southern California [Applause] valer you are on your way to open topl in time it's a really incredible opportunity um I didn't know what to expect for this I I put in the work before and I gave it my all so I'm I'm really proud we might not have gotten the result that you wanted today but you played your heart out all week we saw some incredible tennis from you out here on the court you came up against a tough opponent today but you should feel proud of yourself what do you you going to do in the next few weeks to prepare for the US Open qualify I just got to keep training the same way I was I think the fitness a little as well but um honestly I just have to mentally be focused on the court all the time as I've been doing and just you know continue working keep your head up and good luck to you now we to present the usk gold ball the C Marine common Brer Bowl to our 2024 usca Bill King girls 18 single Champion Eva yic [Music] uh congratulations as a matter fact I just got a text from Billy Jean want need to congratulate both of you for such a wonderful match and uh the opportunities of uh going to the US Open oh my gosh um you know that's Billy je K's house over there so said catch up with you over there in New York so uh tell me what what is the first thing you feel um you need to know going back there to play some of these uh in the main draw that [Applause] is I'm just so excited I didn't expect to make it this far in the tournament and to know that I'll be playing in the US Open next couple weeks is just incredible so I'm excited to train and get ready for that [Music] the first trouble so anyway congratulations to both of you and the fure looking very good sorry just one more thing thank you to USC for hosting this tournament my section to so superet thank you everyone for coming out thank you Rosie and also V King who could not be here today but T is named after her and we really appreciate the support that V has put into this she also now so we really appreciate all that you all have done for for tenis and for equal rights and sports um the leadership and the workforce so thank you Rosie you guys have been [Applause] she be for Shir you got Mar you want to announce that [Music] [Music]