Azam, the No. 3 seed, defeated unseeded Mauricio Schtulmann Gasca of Mexica 6-4, 6-1 in the final to claim his second ITF Junior Circuit singles title, the first coming last year at a J100, also in the Dominican Republic. Schtulmann Gasca had defeated Agassi Rusher in the semi-finals to reach the final. Azam did not drop a set in singles en route to the final.
Yesterday, Azam won his second ITF Junior Circuit doubles title, with his first coming last month at the J300 in Costa Rica. The 16-year-old from Washington won an all-US final alongside Mason Taube this week, with the top seeds beating unseeded Theo Hegarty and William McEwan 6-2, 6-4 for the title.
Lopez, the No. 7 seed, defeated No. 4 seed Ireland O’Brien 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 for her first singles title, with the 17-year-old southpaw from Florida winning her first ITF Junior Circuit title since a doubles win over a J5 in 2022.
In the girls’ doubles final, unseeded 14-year-olds Emery Combs and Olivia Traynor started a new winning streak, beating unseeded Elicia Lin of Canada and Olivia Traynor 6-3, 6-4 in the final. Traynor and Combs had won three consecutive ITF girls’ doubles titles as well as the Orange Bowl 16s doubles title before losing in the opening round of the J200 last week in the Dominican Republic.
Two juniors will compete for the title of the USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Las Vegaswith 16-year-olds Kristina Liutova and Melije Clarke each seeking their first professional title in their first professional final.
Liutova, who trains in Washington, defeated No. 3 seed Julieta Pareja 6-4, 6-4, the second straight-sets victory for Liutova this year over the former ITF junior No. 1, the first of which came at the W100 in San Diego.
Wild card Clarke defeated unseeded Salma Ewing (USC, Texas A&M) 6-3, 6-3 in today’s semifinals.
Liutova won two J300s last year (College Park and Bradenton); Clarke won one (Houston). They haven’t met in junior or pro leagues.
In the doubles final in Las Vegas, top seeds Haley Giavara (Cal) and Texas freshman Anastasia Abbagnato of Italy won the title, defeating unseeded Jessica Hinojosa Gomez of Mexico and Mell Reasco (Georgia) of Ecuador 6-3, 4-6, 10-8.
Hunter Heck (Illinois), who was 1-2 at the M15 Clay Swing in Florida this year, advanced to his first Pro Circuit final after beating fellow wild card David Tortora of Italy 6-4, 6-2 today in Naples. The 23-year-old from Minnesota will face No. 2 seed Tomas Compagnucci of Italy, who won the M15 in Palm Coast two weeks ago.
No. 2 seeds Dakotah Bobo (LSU, Southern Mississippi) and Oliver Johansson (Drake) of Sweden won the doubles title, defeating No. 3 seeds Joao Victor Couto Loureiro and Tsz Fu Wong (Holy Cross) of Hong Kong 6-0, 6-1 in the final.
Both teenagers lost in the semifinals of the W15 in Palm Coastwith 17-year-old wildcard Carlota Morena dropping a 6-3, 6-0 decision to Thaisa Pedretti of Brazil and No. 6 seed Bella Payne losing to qualifier Sofia Johnson (Old Dominion) of Great Britain 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. No. 3 seeds Pedretti and Carolina Bohrer Martins of Brazil won the doubles title, defeating No. 2 seeds Kolie Allen (Ohio State) and Sabastiani Leon (San Jose State) 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 10-4 in the final.
Neither No. 8 seed Mary Stoiana (Texas A&M) nor No. 2 Dasha Vidmanova (Georgia) of the Czech Republic managed to advance to the finals of the WTA 125 Dow Tennis Classic in Midland Michigan. Stoiana saw a 5-2 third-set lead slip away to China’s Hanyu Guo in a 7-6(4), 6-7(2), 7-5 semifinal that lasted more than three hours. Vidmanova lost to No. 5 seed Alina Charaeva of Russia. 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Jessica Pegula won the WTA 1000 today in Dubaiher fourth at that level, with No. 4 seed defeating No. 7 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6–2, 6–4 in the final. Pegula now has ten titles on the WTA tour. For more on her win today, see this article from the WTA.
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