2026 didn’t start the way four of the seven No. 1 seeds still eligible for the USTA Winter Nationals would have liked, with top girls 18 seed Carlota Moreno being the only one to post a quarterfinal victory today in Orlando.
Boys 18’s top player Shaan Patel saw his winning streak end at 11 matches, with No. 13 seed Noble Renfrow recording a convincing 6-0, 6-1 victory in today’s quarter-final.
Orange Bowl finalist and boys 16s top seed Daniel Malacek lost to No. 9 seed Nile Ung 6-1, 0-6, 6-4 and girls 16s No. 1 seed Sylvana Jalbert was defeated by 12-year-old Nikol Davletshina 6-3, 6-3.
In Saint Anthonythe top seeds in the boys and girls 12s advanced to the semifinals, but No. 1 seed Ava Chua in the girls 14s lost to No. 17 seed Charlotte Kim 6-2, 6-2.
Noble Renfrow[13] D. Shaan Patel[1] 6-0, 6-1
Andreas Li[17] D. Michael Lorenzetti 6-2, 6-0 Gordon Gallagher[10] D. Niko Klyachkin[12] 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Ronit Karki[2] D. Liam Alvarez 6-2, 6-3
B16s:
Nile Approx[9] D. Daniel Malacek[1] 6-1, 0-6, 6-4
Rafael Lopez[4] D. Piotr Gradzki[5] 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-5
Lennart Hammargren[3] D. Adrian Sharma 7-5, 7-5
Akshay Mirmira[17] D. Rafael Pawar[17] 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
B14s:
Nathan Lee d. Rex Kulman[13] 6-4, 6-4
Andy Wu[9] D. Eve[17] 6-4, 6-2
Andres Quijada[3] D. Nikola Bogojevic[17] 6-3, 6-1
Jiarui Zhang[2] D. Pranav Vignesh[7] 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
B12s:
Dmitry Flyam[1] D.Louis Xu[17] 6-1, 6-1
Aaron Peng[7] D. Samuel Hartley[4] 7-6(3), 6-0
Ethan Kim[16] D. Sanath Anand[10] 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
William Zhang[2] D. David Benedict[6] 6-2, 6-2
G18s
Carlota Moreno[1] D. Maria Navarro[17] 6-1, 6-0
Ellery Mendell[4] D.Kylie Liu[17] 6-2, 6-4
Carrie Anne Hoo[3] D. Catherine Rennard[6] 6-0, 7-5
Kenzie Nguyen[8] D Sophia Budacsek 7-5, 6-2
G16s:
Nikol Davletshina[5] D. Sylvana Jalbert[1] 6-3, 6-3
Olivia Lin[4] D. Sofia Basto Cabrera[6] 6-2, 6-1
Vanessa Kruse[3] D.Fiona Hu[17] 7-5, 6-2
Shristi Selvan[2] D. Alicia Londono 6-1, 5-7, 7-6(11)
G14s:
Charlotte Kim[17] D. Ava Chua[1] 6-2, 6-2
Eugenia Alvarez[9] D Annabelle Huang 6-3, 6-3
Oleana Zerres[6] D. Aarna Patel 6-1, 6-1
Reese Ellingson[5] D. Natalia Martinez[13] 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1
G12s:
Anna Sandro[1] D. Alara Buyukuncu[17] 6-1, 6-3
Laila Cowgill[15] D. Catherine Chan[16] 7-6(6), 6-3
Chloe Anthony[5] D. Summer Yang[3] 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)
Maria Podkhyneychenko[2] against Lola Looney[9] 6-0, 6-0
The doubles finals are scheduled for Friday, with only two No. 1 seeds still in the hunt for a title.
Winter Nationals Doubles Final:
B12s:
Jaden Joyner and Kade Grover[6] against Jackson Ansbach and Aaron Peng[2]
B14s:
Sebastian Zavala and Andres Quijada[1] v. Joshua LaTour and Nathan Goldman[2]
B16s:
Rafael Bote and Mikaeel Alibaig vs. Akshay Mirmira and Ivan Rybak[2]
B18s:
Rowan Heart and Ilias Bouzouba against Wesley Cotton and William Mcewan
G12s:
Grace Malhotra and Ayenxavia Calugay[9] against Lucy Jiang and Summer Yang[3]
G14s:
Andrea Jakovljevic and Mia Sanblom[14] against Oleana Zerres and Ava Chua[5]
G16s:
Grace Hong and Audrey Dussault[13] against Priyanka Tallamraju and Pallavi Tallamraju[9]
G18s:
Isabelle DeLuccia and Carrie-Anne Hoo[1] against Addy Rogin and Carlota Moreno[2]
The acceptances for the second and third ITF J300s (the first being the J300 next week in Delhi, India) were posted today.
Australian Cruz Hewitt, who received a wildcard into qualifying for the men’s Australian Open, will not play against Traralgon, which starts on Friday of qualifying week.
Girls who are on the Australian Open Junior Championships acceptance list, but not on Traralgon’s, are Sonja Zhenikhova of Germany, Kristina Liutova and Tahlia Kokkinis of Australia. Like Hewitt, Kokkinis received a qualifying wildcard for the Australian Open.
Michael Antonius, Andy Johnson and Jordan Lee are not playing in Australia or Costa Rica, although there is a USTA M25 in Orlando the week of January 12 and then five consecutive M15s in Florida, so perhaps they will compete in those events instead of the ITF Junior Circuit.
The American girls accepted into Costa Rica are Welles Newman, Capucine Jauffret, Carrie-ann hoo, Maggie Ashar, Maggie Sohns, Jordyn Hazelitt, Janae Preston, Thara God, Yael Saffar, Karlin Schock, Ireland O’Brien, Raya Kotseva and Olivia Traynor.
Jauffret is also on the acceptance lists of both Traralgon and the Australian Open Juniors; Hoo is on the main draw for Traralgon and is in the process of qualifying for the Australian Open. The withdrawal deadline for both Traralgon and Costa Rica is Tuesday, January 6.
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