PLEESHIVTSEV, an 18-year-old from Russia, dropped only one set, in his 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Kunanan Pantartorn of Thailand in the semi-final and defeated 16-year-old Kanta Watanabe of Japan 6-2, 6-2 in the final.
Ephremova, together with Penickova, also won the Doubles title, with the best seeds that the seventh placed sisters made, link from Renee and Rianna Alame of Australia 6-3, 4-6, 10-6 in the final.
Non-featured Ivan Iutkin and Egor Shcherbakov from Russia won the boys’ doubles and defeated no. 2 seeds Tito Chavez from Spain and Jamie Mackenzie of Germany 6-7 (5), 6-4, 10-6 in the final.
The title of Shao was her first, with the 14-year-old, who played in the ITF World Junior Tennis 14U Championship team in the ITF World Junior Tennis and defeated unvalued Aya Manning 6-2, 6-3 in the ITF World Junior. Manny had defeated top seeds and Shao’s WJT teammate Olivia de Los Reyes 6-1, 6-4 in the semi-final.
Emery Combs, the third member of the WJT team of the US, who previously lost in Singles to Manning, won the Doubles title with the Los Reyes. The best seeds beat Natasha Jerkunica and Molly Widlansky 6-3, 6-2 in the final.
Non-featured James Ross and Kristian Sharma won the title of the boys’ doubles in Kerrville and beat top seeds Gaines and Kayden Colombo 6-4, 6-1 in the final. It is the first ITF Junior Circuit title for Sharma and the second for Ross.
Teaghan Je An Keys and Mexico’s Natalia Varela Herrera, the no. 2 seeds, lost in the Girls Doubles final of No. 4 seeds Romina Dominguez Garcia and Montserrat Marron of Mexico 5-7, 7-6 (4), 10-6.
Ryan Cozad, Michael Antonius, Andrew Johnson and Roshan Santhosh are the top four boys seeds and have all won their first round races today. Kori Montoya, Isabelle Deluccia, Ireland O’Brien and Maggie Sohns are the top four girls seeds. Deluccia today lost in the first round of Reiley Rhodes 6-2, 6-1. College Park J300 champion Kristina Liutova is the number 6 seed and plays Kerrville champion Shao in the second round Tuesday.
The annual USTA Wild Card Challenge for the mutual wildcard in the Australian Open next year will start for the women next week and the following week for the men. Both have five weeks of windows, but only three weeks are counted for the women and four for the men, for reasons that are not clear to me. The release of the USTA:
Australian Open Wild Card Challenge to start week October 6 for women,
October 13 for men
Orlando, Fla., September 29, 2025 -The Australian Open Wild Card Challenge, who uses indoor and out-of-hard and carpet professional tournaments to grant an American man and wife a main table Wildcard to the 2026 Australian Open, starts with events in the week of 6 October for the women and 13 October for the men.
The USTA and Tennis Australia have a mutual agreement in which the main top draws Wildcards for the 2026 Australian Open and US Open are exchanged.
The Wildcard for Women is awarded to the American with the most ranking points earned with a maximum of three tournaments during a five -week window, starting with events that start with the week of 6 October.
The Wildcard for men is awarded to the American with the most ranking points earned from a maximum of four events during a five -week window that starts in the week of 13 October and runs during the week of 10 November. All inner and out-of-hard and carpet events at the M25 level and higher, including ATP Tour and Challenger events, will be included in the challenge.
Ranking lists earned in the main table and qualification are counted for the challenge of each player. If the player with the highest number of challenge points earns direct access to the Australian open, De Wild Card will go to the next American in the classification of the challenge points. In the case of a draw for the men or women, the player with the best singles ranking will earn the Wildcard on Monday immediately after the conclusion of the challenge. Americans who otherwise earn direct access to the Australian open are not eligible.
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