While top seed Rinky Hijikata (UNC) of Australia lost to qualifier Mats Rosenkranz of Germany 6-3, 6-4 in today’s second round at the ATP Challenger 75 in Charlottesville, Virginiaonly three seeds have reached the quarterfinals: Nos. 6, 7 and 8.
No. 6 seed Martin Damm will play Daniil Glinka of Estonia, No. 8 seed Johannus Monday (Tennessee) of Great Britain will face Mitchell Krueger and No. 7 seed Rafael Jodar of Spain will face teammate Dylan Dietrich of the University of Virginia.
On Monday, qualifier Cannon defeated Kingsley (Ohio State) 6-4, 6-7(1), 6-1 today, while Krueger got his only break of the match at 3-4 in the third set against Wake Forest senior DK Suresh of India to serve out the 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3 victory.
Nineteen-year-old sophomore Jodar reached his tenth Challenger quarterfinal of his career this entire year, beating Georgia’s Saba Purtseladze for the second week in a row, this time 6-4, 6-0. Dietrich booked his place in the first Challenger quarter-final yesterday with a 7-6(6), 6-2 victory over No. 4 seed Jay Clarke of Great Britain on Wednesday.
Rosenkranz will face San Diego senior Oliver Tarvet of Great Britain, who survived a three-and-a-half-hour battle with Inaki Montes (Virginia) of Spain yesterday to reach his first Challenger quarterfinal.
Three American juniors have advanced to the quarterfinals of the… W15 in Sumter, South Carolina: Janae Preston, Capucine Jauffret and Thea Frodin. 15-year-old wildcard Preston, a semifinalist at last week’s W15 in Hilton Head, defeated No. 8 seed Elena-Teodora Cadar of Romania 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. She will play against qualifier Jade Groen of the Netherlands, who defeated top seed Luca Udvardy (Oklahoma State) of Hungary 6-3, 6-3.
The 17-year-old Jauffret reached her first Pro Circuit quarterfinal with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over fellow Junior Reserve participant Ava Rodriguez. Jauffret will face former North Carolina All-American Carson Tanguilig, who defeated fellow qualifier India Houghton (Stanford) 6-1, 6-3.
Sixteen-year-old Thea Frodin, also one of the Junior Reserve competitors, ended the perfect professional record of Hilton Head champion Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann, who retired from their match today trailing 7-6(2), 3-2. Frodin will play the third qualifier in the quarterfinals on Friday, Bella Bergqvist Larsson (South Carolina) from Sweden.
The only two remaining seeds will play each other, with No. 5 seed Rose Marie Nijkamp of the Netherlands of Oklahoma State taking on No. 2 Maria Fernanda Navarro of Mexico.
At the M25 in Harlingen, TexasAidan Kim, a junior at Ohio State, is the only American to reach the quarterfinals, with the No. 7 seed advancing with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over wild card Ozan Baris, his third victory over the Michigan State senior in the past eight months. Kim will face No. 2 seed Henry Searle of Great Britain. the 2023 Wimbledon boys champion.
Former Texas A&M standout Raphael Perot of France extended his winning streak to 17 matches with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Kaylan Bigun (UCLA). The fifth-seeded Perot will face No. 6 seed Aidan McHugh of Great Britain as he attempts to win his fourth straight USTA Pro Circuit singles title.
The date has been set for North Carolina senior Reese Brantmeier’s lawsuit against the NCAA regarding the organization’s ban on tennis players accepting prize money at professional events. It will be more than a year, November 2026, later than either party requested. Considering all the lawsuits the NCAA is currently involved in, much of which involves denial of eligibility to transfers and junior college players, I’m surprised the NCAA hasn’t settled this yet, although there is still plenty of time to do so. A complete overview of the state of affairs is available from the Carolina Journal.
The WTA Finals start Saturday in Riyadh, with American women in half of the field: defending champion Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova, Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys. They are joined by Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Jasmine Paolini and Elena Rybakina. For the schedule, round robin groups, prize money and doubles qualifiers, see this article from the WTA website.
One of the players participating in the Nitto ATP finalswhich starts on November 9 is yet to be determined, but there will be two Americans in the field: Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton (Florida). Fritz qualified yesterday; Shelton’s win over Andrei Rublev today at the Paris Masters marked the first time he has competed in his career.
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