Frodin reaches first Pro Circuit final at W35 Arcadia; Wolf advances to M15 final in Naples; Stearns aims for third WTA title in Austin; No. 1 Georgia Women defeated No. 9 LSU; CMS vs. Chicago in D-III Women’s Indoor Final; USTA Brewer Cup on the way

For the second week in a row, two teens meet in a USTA Pro Circuit W35 final, but it’s neither of last week’s finalists. Qualifier Thea Frodin today ended the winning streak of 16-year-old Kristinia Liutova Arcadia Californiadefeating the Las Vegas W35 champion 6-4, 6-4. Liutova, who defeated 17-year-old wildcard Melije Clarke in the final last week, faced Frodin for the first time today. 17-year-old Frodin, who reached the semi-finals of the girls’ Australian Open last month, was broken only once in the match, in the first set, while Liutova dropped serve three times.

In her first Pro Circuit singles final on Sunday, Frodin will face top seed Akasha Urhobo, who won her fourth consecutive three-set match today with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory over No. 3 seed Lea Ma (Georgia). Urhobo, a 19-year-old from Florida, won a W35 in her home state last month. The two have not played in the juniors or on the Pro Circuit. Urhobo will participate in qualifying for the BNP Paribas Open, which starts tomorrow for women.

Top seeds Eryn Cayetano (USC) and Haley Giavara (Cal) won the doubles title, defeating No. 2 seeds Jaeda Daniel (Auburn, NC State) and Anita Sahdiieva (Baylor, LSU) of Ukraine 6-1, 6-1 in today’s final.

JJ Wolf’s comeback from injury went smoothly this week on the M15 in Naples, Floridawith the former Ohio State All-American advancing to Sunday’s final without losing more than three games in any set. Today, the 27-year-old wildcard defeated 18-year-old USC freshman Max Exsted 6-3, 6-3 to set up a meeting with 19-year-old Miguel Tobon of Colombia. Fourth-seeded Tobon defeated unseeded John Halquist Lithen (Ole Miss) of Sweden 6-2, 6-2 to reach his first ITF men’s World Tennis Tour final.

Exsted and Tobon, the top seeds in doubles, lost to unseeded Adam Jones and Toby Martin of Great Britain 6-4, 6-2 in today’s final.

Peyton Stearns has advanced to her third WTA final and her first in almost two years in her collegiate hometown of Austin, Texas. The 2022 NCAA singles champion, seeded No. 4 this week, has had to win three three-setters, including today, when the 24-year-old from Ohio defeated Australia’s Kimberly Birrell 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 at the WTA ATX opened. Stearns will play unseeded wildcard Taylor Townsend, who today won her first career semifinal on the WTA Tour, beating Ashlyn Krueger 7-6(6), 6-3.

Women’s Division I Team Indoor champion Georgia defeated No. 9 LSU 4-0 today in Athens, although four games went to three sets. The top-ranked Bulldogs had also eliminated LSU in the Team Indoor quarterfinals earlier this month, but the Tigers did not have their No. 2 seed, Kayla Cross, for that match. The box score is here.

No. 5 seed Claremont-Mudd-Scripps took out top seed Washington-St. Louis 4-3 today at the ITA Women’s Division III Team Indoor finals in Tennessee. CMS will face No. 2 seed Chicago, who won their second straight series 4-3, beating No. 6 seed Middlebury and setting up a rematch of last year’s final. CMS and Chicago have met in the last four ITF Team Indoor finals, with Chicago winning in 2023 and 2025; CMS won in 2024.

The USTA Level 1 Spring Team Championships, known as the Brewer Cup, are underway, with the 12s in Tucson, Arizona and the 14s, 16s and 18s in Mobile Alabama. The teams are formed via a waterfall draw, with the teams then playing a college format to determine a winner, with a compass draw ensuring at least three matches for each player.