Saturday was a good day to be an Ohio State tennis fan, with both the women’s and men’s teams defeating the No. 1 teams in the country.
Although the North Carolina women weren’t technically No. 1 in the final coaches poll, they were the No. 1 seeds this weekend ITA Division I Women’s Team Indoor Championshipsbut their pedigree didn’t intimidate the fifth-seeded Buckeyes.
After being absolutely defeated in doubles, Ohio State won five of the six opening sets in singles and closed out two of those matches to take a 2–1 lead. UNC’s Tatum Evans ended her match in straight sets to tie the score, and Ohio State closed out another straight-set victory to go up 3-2. But Reese Brantmeier on line 1 and Thea Rabman on line 6 had won second sets to give North Carolina a chance at a momentous comeback. Rabman trailed 4-1 in the second set before winning five straight games, so the momentum was certainly with the Tar Heels, but Ohio State’s Hephzibah Oluwadare closed her big lead in the third set, putting that second set behind them and pulling off the upset.
Ohio State will play another surprise winner in Monday’s semifinals after No. 3 seed Texas A&M defeated No. 2 seed Oklahoma 4-2.
The Northwestern site quarterfinals went as seeded, with No. 1 Auburn defeating NC State 4-1 and No. 2 seed Georgia shutout No. 3 seed LSU.
1. Mia Kupres and Lucciana Perez (TAMU) d. Roisin Gilheany and Evialina Laskevich (OKLA) 7-5
2. Salakthip Ounman and Julia Garcia Ruiz (OKLA) d, Anna Perelman and Violeta Martinez (TAMU) 7-5
3. Laura Brunkel and Oyiniomo Quadre (OKLA) d. Daria Smetannikov and Lexington Reed (TAMU) 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles:
1. Evialina Laskevich (OKLA) vs. Mia Kupres (TAMU) 3-6, 6-2, 4-3, unf
2. Julia Garcia Ruiz (OKLA) d. Luciana Perez (TAMU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Lexington Reed(GUEST) d. Chloe Noel (OKLA) 6-3, 6-3
4. Edda Mamedova (OKLA) d. Violeta Martínez (TAMU) 7-6(4), 6-3
5. Daria Smetannikov(GUEST) d. Salakthip Ounmang (OKLA) 6-1, 6-3
6. The emergency Anna d. Oyinmore (OCLA) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 5, 2, 4, 6
State of Ohio[5] D. North Carolina[1] 4-2
Doubles:
1. I am Oby Kajuru and Susanna Maltby (UNC) d. Hephibah Oluway and Teah Chavez (OSU) 6-2
2. Alanis Hamilton and Reese Brantmeier (UNC) d. Luciana Perry and Floria Johnson (OSU) 6-2
3. Tatum Evans and Anna Frey (UNC) vs. Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev and Audrey Spencer (OSU) 4-4, dnf
Order of finishing: 1, 2
Singles:
1. Reese Brantmeier(UNC) vs. Luciana Perry(OSU) 3-6, 7-5, 4-5, unf
2. Teah Chavez (OSU) d. Ange Oby Kajuru (UNC) 6-3, 6-2
3. Tatum Evans (UNC) d. Nao Nishino (OSU) 6-4, 6-3
4. Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev(OSU) d. Anna Frey (UNC) 7-6(4), 6-1
5. Audrey Spencer (OSU) d. Alanis Hamilton (UNC) 7-5, 6-3
6. Hephzibah oluwadare(OSU) d. Thea Rabman(unc) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
Order of finish: 2, 4, 3, 5, 6
Northwestern location:
Georgia[2] D. LSU[3] 4-0
Doubles:
1. Deniz Dilek and Aysegul Mert (UGA) d. Kenna Erickson and Ella McDonald (LSU) 6-2
2. Anastasiia Lopata and Patricija Pakstyte (UGA) d. Cadence Bracket and Addison Lanton (LSU) 6-1
3. Anastasia Gureva and Emma Dong(Uga) vs. Carolina Kuhl and Alexia Marginan(LSU) 5-2, Unf
Order of finishing: 2, 1
Singles:
1. Cadence bracket[LSU} v Aysegul Mert(UGA) 6-1, 5-4, unf
2. Ella McDonald(LSU) v Anastasiia Lopata(UGA) 6-1, 4-6 1-0, unf
3. Deniz Dilek(UGA) d. Carolina Kuhl(LSU) 6-3, 7-5
4. Anastasiia Gureva(UGA) d. Florentine Dekkers(LSU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Emma Dong(UGA) v Addison Lanton(LSU) 6-3, 1-6, unf
6. Sofia Rojas(UGA) d. Kenna Erickson(LSU) 6-0, 6-2
Order of finish: 4, 6, 3
Auburn[1] D. NC State[5] 4-1
Doubles:
1. Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria Osuigwe (NCST) d. Stefani Webb and DJ Bennett (AUB) 6-0
2. Angella Okutoyi and Ava Esposito(AUB) d. Jasmine Conway and Anna Zyryanova (NCST) 6-4
3. Ekaterina Khayrutdinova and Ashton Bowers (AUB) vs. Mia Slama and Lavinia Tanasie (NCST)
Order of finishing: 1, 2, 3
Singles:
1. DJ Bennett (AUB) d. Mia Slama (NCST) 6-2, 6-4
2. Gabriella Broadfoot(NCST) vs. Ekaterina Khayrutdinova(AUB) 2-6, 6-1, 4-3, unf
3. Angella Okutoyi(AUB) vs. Anna Zyryanova(NCST) 6-4, 4-6, unf
4. Ashton Bowers (AUB) d. Victoria Osuigwe (NCST) 6-4, 6-2
5. Lavinia Tanasie (NCST) d. Eva Ionescu (AUB) 6-3, 6-3
6. Ava Esposito(AUB) d. Jasmine Conway (NCST) 6-4, 6-4
Order of finishing: 6, 1, 5, 4
In Columbus, the Ohio State men were No. 2 in the recent coaches poll, No. 1 Virginia 5-2, although the match was 4-1 in the clinch. Ohio State won the doubles point, getting wins from Alex Bernard on line 5, Loren Byers on line 6 and Preston Stearns’ clinch on 2. Virginia got its points from freshmen Andres Santamarta on line 3 and Dylan Dietrich on line 1, while Bryce Nakashima got the Buckeyes’ fifth point on line 4.
Ohio State has now defeated No. 1 Wake Forest and No. 1 Virginia, so I expect them to be the top seeds for next week’s Men’s Indoor team in Texas. Both Virginia and Ohio State will be at the SMU site, while Wake Forest will be at the Baylor site for the first two rounds.
Preston, who doesn’t turn 16 until August, defeated Sarah Ye to play in her first J300 final, 6-1, 6-1 in the US final. Preston, who did not lose more than three games in any set this week, is now on a 10-match winning streak at J300s after winning the Coffee Bowl in Costa Rica two weeks ago.
As impressive as Preston has been, Antonius remains undefeated in 2026, winning both the singles and doubles at the J300 in Colombia last week and in Ecuador this week. Antonius, who turned 16 last month, defeated Lucas Yunez of Ecuador 6-0, 6-3 in the final for his 10th straight singles victory. With his eight wins in doubles, Antonius is 18-0 so far this year.
At the ATP Challenger 75 in ClevelandNo. 2 seed Colton Smith (Arizona) will defend his title against unseeded Borna Gojo of Croatia. Smith defeated Keegan Smith (UCLA) 7-6 (4), 6-1 in today’s semifinal, with Gojo defeating qualifier Joshua Sheehy (Abilene Christian), playing in his first Challenger semifinal at age 29, 6-3, 7-6 (8).
The unseeded team of Cannon Kingsley (Ohio State) and Jody Maginley (Northern Kentucky) won the doubles title, defeating No. 2 seeds George Goldhoff (Texas) and Colum Puttergill of Australia 6-3, 6-4 in today’s final.
The final of the USTA Pro Circuit M50 in Orlando will feature two unseeded Americans, with Kayla Day taking on wildcard Katrina Scott. Day defeated fellow southpaw Kayla Cross (LSU) of Canada, the No. 5 seed, 6-4, 6-4. Scott powered past qualifier Eryn Cayetano (USC) 6-0, 6-1.
Lia Karatancheva of Bulgaria and Anita Sahdiieva (Baylor, LSU) of Ukraine won the doubles title, with the No. 4 seeds defeating the unseeded team of Thaisa Pedretti of Brazil and Noelia Zeballos Melgar of Bolivia 6-3, 6-4 in the final.
At the M15 in Palm Coast, FloridaRyan Colby (USC, Georgia), who won his first Pro Circuit title in November, is playing for his second Sunday. The unseeded 22-year-old will face No. 2 seed Tommaso Compagnucci of Italy in the final. Colby defeated unseeded Joao Vitor Goncalves Ceolin of Brazil 6-4, 6-2, while Compagnucci defeated unseeded Fermin Tenti 6-3, 7-6(4).
The doubles title went to No. 2 seeds Tenti and Ignacio Monzon of Argentina, who defeated top seeds Compagnucci and Argentina’s Manuel Mouilleron Salvo 7-6(4), 6-4.
At one Davis Cup first round qualifying The match in Hungary saw the American team take a 2-0 lead, with Tommy Paul winning the first singles match against Zsombor Piros 7-6(3), 6-3 and Ethan Quinn (Georgia) saving four match points in the final set tiebreak to defeat Fabian Marozsan 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(11).
Christian Harrison and Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M) will try to close out the match Sunday morning when they play Piros and Marozsan in doubles.
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