Farzam post personal record in beating No. 7 Seed Johnston to reach Usta B18S National Quarterfinals; No. 10 seed gaines comes back to continue to B16s quarterfinals; American teams make Quarterfinals from ITF World Junior Tennis 14U Team Championships

© Colette Lewis 2025–

Kalamazoo Mi-

On another warm and rain -free afternoon at Stowe Stadium Court 2, Farzam saved two set points in the first set of Tiebreker and built his momentum from there.

“I doubled it and I missed a pass that I was in the breaker earlier and I think it was a bit in my head,” Farzam said. “But I tried to let it go. Noah came with a number of great shots, he is super talented, a leffty, and has a little more in his arsenal than I came to the fore. So on 4-6 I wanted to lock up and he came with a huge efficiency and I came up with a huge efficiency and I came up with a huge return, and I came up with the error, and I came up with the error, and I came up with the error, and I came up with the error, and I came up with the error, and I got up and the error, and I got up and the error, and I got up and the error, and I got up with the error, and I went up with 7-6 and the error, and I got up with the error with 7-6, and I did the error with 7-6 and the error, and I did the error with 7-6o. Back, I got in an attack position in the rally to take it. “

Farzam said he had not made a round of 16 at a USTA level 1 in several years, until in the fourth round yesterday he was beaten 6-3, 7-5 in the fourth round in the fourth round in the fourth round in the fourth round.

“I think this has been my first round of 16 since the winters two or three years ago, and this is my first quarter final in every L1 that goes back to the 12S,” said Farzam, who is now confronted with fellow-left links in back-to-back matches. “I never did well here in Kalamazoo, never played the round of 32 in five years, I certainly had some rough results here, but today I have used the last four years of experience I have had here. It could be my last game here.”

Farzam also honored Energy Jelly Beans who provided his mother to keep his level high in the second set.

“He first held up (in the second set) and I was able to get six games in a row,” Farzam said. “I think I am really locked up, thinking that I will be here all day, and it has paid off.”

Farzam will go to Clemson later this month, although his junior career will not end in Kalamazoo, with the US Open still on his schedule.

“I will be moving in a week now,” said Farzam, who is the US Open Junior qualification from now on. “I am super excited, it is a great opportunity and I am grateful for coach (Brandon) Wagner, (assistants) Austin Rapp and Sander Koning for helping me. I know it will be a great way for my development. Hopefully I can play at a high level in the university and make it professional.”

Farzam will be confronted with 2024 18S finalist and no. 3 seed Jack Kennedy, who received a walkover due to an injury of no. 14 Seed Roy Horovitz.

“Jack is a great player, a great guy, we are good friends,” said Farzam. “We (ITF J300) played Indian Wells (2024), and he certainly kicked my ass.

Top seeds Darwin Blanch moved to the quarterfinals with a 6-4 6-3 victory on no. 10 Seed Maxwell Expeded and plays no. 5 seed Ronit Karki, the finalist of Wimbledon Boys, who defeated no. 13 Seed Ilija Palavestra 7-5, 6-3.

In the lower half no. 2 Seed Cooper Wunendick, a 6-2, 6-2 winner on unwanted Ford McCollum, confronted with no. 6 seed Keaton Hance, who roared by no. 9 Seed Dominick Mosejczuk 6-0, 6-1. No. 8 Seed Jack Sattterfield got no. 15 Seed from Lukas Phimvongsa 6-1, 6-2 and plays no. 4 Seed Benjamin Willwerth, who escaped in the only three-setter of the day and defeated no. 11 Seed Maximus Dussault 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Dussault broke Willwerth on 3-4 in the third set to serve for the game at 5-3, but double errors prevented him from coming to a match point and his chance had disappeared, with Willwerth won the last four games of the game.

The quarterfinals start on Thursday morning at 10.30 am on courts 2 and 3, with the Kennedy-Farzam and Willwerth-Satterfield matches. The Blanch-Karki and Hance-Woostendick matches follow.

The quarter -finals of the boys 16s are set for Friday, with the top 4 seeds that continue to roll the competition in the fifth round of Thursday.

Top seeds Michael Antonius defeated No. 33 Seed Kamil Stolarczyk 6-1, 6-1, while no. 2 seed Andrew Johnson had his toughest match of the week, defeated No. 33 Seed Nile Ung 6-3, 6-2 after a 3-1 deficit in the opening set.

Antonius is confronted with no. 5 Seed Marcel Latak, a 6-4, 7-6 (3) winner over No. 31 Seed Joseph Nau, and Johnson plays no. 7 Seed Safir Azam, who defeats no. 11 Seed Izyan Ahmad 6-3, 6-3.

No. 16 Seed Colin McPeek ended the run of Unseeded Andrej Markovic 6-2, 6-1 and plays no. 4 Seed Vihaan Reddy a 6-1, 6-3 winner on No. 9 Seed Sean Grosman.

No. 3 Seed Roshan Santhosh defeated No. 15 Seed Mason Vaughan 6-3, 6-2 and will be confronted with the only player to navigate a third set, no. 10 Seed Jerrid Gaines Jr. Gaines, who needed almost four hours and saved the match points to beat no. 30 seeds. Keshav Muthuvel 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Gaines, a 15-year-old from Florida, said he felt better than he expected after that marathon singles competition and a double match that followed.

“I would say that I felt good,” said Gaines, “I woke up painfully in my legs and lower back, so I couldn’t have the best warming today, I was just warming up for 15 minutes, go to the trainer, go stretched, I actually felt good, better than I thought I wouldn’t give it.

Gaines was satisfied with the level he produced in the second and third sets of today’s game, as soon as he had completed control of Muthuvel’s points.

“I had to rely on the one-two bump with the serve and forehand,” said Gaines. “Once I had had a great game, the momentum started to switch and I started playing some great tennis. The third set was good tennis of both of us. I had a great game to break on 2-all. I played some incredible tennis and he too, a diction game, and then he tried to keep the momentum back.”

Gaines and Santhosh have not played, but Gaines is familiar with his game.

“I saw him in many tournaments, I know him well,” said Gaines. “I expect good tennis tomorrow; he is clearly a great player and I’m looking forward to it.”

The 16S Doubles quart finals will contain top seeds Santhosh and Anionius, no. 2 seeds Johnson and Vaughan, three other placed teams and three non -seeds.

The 18S Doubles quart finals were played on Wednesday evening, with the top two seeds that reached the semi -final, which are planned for Friday afternoon.

No. 1 seeds Cooper Woestendick and Maxwell Exsted defeated no. 10 seed Jacob Ollar and Jack Kennedy 6-1, 6-2 and will be confronted with no. 8 seeds Justin Lin and Bryan Assi. Lin and Assi defeat nr. 9 seeds Nicholas Patrick and James Weber 6-3, 6-4.

No. 2 seeds Benjamin Willwerth and Noah Johnston defeated No. 5 Seeds Arnav Bhandari and Jack Sateterfield 6-3, 6-3 and will play the unguided team of Noble Renfrow and Theo Hegarty, that no. 3 seeds Ryan Cozad and Keaton Hance 6-2, 4-6, 11-9. Renfrow and Hegarty were 8-6 in the back of the Tiebreaker, but won the next three points to earn their first competition point. They had control over the point, while Hance and Cozad both clamber to pick up overhead costs and to keep them in the game when a ball completely got away from two courts to cause a rental. Hance hit, with a first serve, a good one, saved that match point, but he missed a volley at the next point to set up a second. Hance took a big cut on Renfrow’s second Serve, but missed it just wide and ended the game.

In the G18s, top seeds Akasha Urhobo and Julieta Pareja are until Thursday from 16 of 16, but no. 4 Seed Kristina Penickova lost to Kaya Moe on Tuesday[33] and no. 3 Seed Monika Ekstrand today lost to Ava Rodriguez[17] 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.

At the ITF World Junior Tennis 14U team championships in Prostejov Czech Republic, the US both went from their groups to the quarterfinals.

The best -placed American girls, despite a loss for Brazil on the opening day, ended number 1 in their group, while Brazil was canceled after a loss for China. The American boys today lost 2-1 to France, but continued to finish second in the group with a slender margin about the Czech Republic.

The boys play Japan and the girls play Taiwan in Thursday’s quarterfinals.