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Jodar wins second Challenger title in Lincoln; Wolff, Zarazua claim women’s USTA Pro Circuit titles; Top seeds shine during the ITA Cup; First Roland Garros Junior Wild Cards decided in Tokyo
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Jodar wins second Challenger title in Lincoln; Wolff, Zarazua claim women’s USTA Pro Circuit titles; Top seeds shine during the ITA Cup; First Roland Garros Junior Wild Cards decided in Tokyo

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University of Virginia sophomore and 2024 US Open boys champion Rafael Jodar of Spain won his second ATP Challenger title today at the 75 in Lincoln Nebraskabeating No. 8 seed Martin Damm 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3. I apologize for my earlier references to Lincoln as a 100-level challenger; I must have been confused by the prize money, which has no relation to the ATP points at stake.
Jodar, whose only previous appearance in a Challenger final resulted in a title at a 50 in Greece, is now 210 in the ATP live rankings, which puts him in qualifying for the Australian Open. Whether he will return to Virginia for the dual match season remains an open question, but a 28-10 record in Challengers since completing his first semester in Charlottesville seems to indicate he will be ready for the ATP Tour sooner or later. He is now also in ninth place in the Next Gen ATP Finals rankings and will participate in the draw next week ATP Challenger 100 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He then returns to Charlottesville for the Challenger 75 on the indoor courts of his collegiate home the last week of October.
Top seed Renata Zarazua of Mexico won the Usta Pro Circuit W100 in Macon Georgia today she defeated unseeded Anna Rogers (NC State) 6-2, 6-1 in today’s final.

The doubles final was a much more exciting battle, with Ayana Akli (Maryland, South Carolina) and Eryn Cayetano (USC) defeating Rasheeda McAdoo (Georgia Tech) and Auburn senior Angella Okutoyi of Kenya 6-7(4), 6-2, 16-14 in a two-hour championship match today. Neither team was seeded.

The top seed also claimed the USTA Pro Circuit title W35 in Bakersfield, Californiawith Vivian Wolff (Georgia, UCLA) beating unseeded Marie Weckerle of Luxembourg 6-4, 6-1 for her second W35 title this year.

In last night’s doubles final, No. 2 seeds Ema Burgic (Baylor) of Bosnia and Anita Sahdiieva (Baylor, LSU) of Ukraine defeated top seeds Francesca Pace of Italy and Zuzanna Pawlikowska of Poland 5-7, 6-1, 10-7 for their first title as a team. Sahdiieva, 21, has now won 10 ITF Women’s Tennis Tour doubles titles, all since 2023, but this is her first above the W15 level. Burgic, 33, has 14 WTT doubles titles, including her first in 2010.

The ITA Cupthe annual fall individual major for Division II, Division III, NAIA and Junior College players, concluded today in Rome Georgia, with five of the eight champion No. 1 seeds.

No. 1 seed Santiago Villarruel of Georgia Gwinnett defeated No. 2 seed Shaheed Alam of Keizer 5-7, 7-5, 6-0 to capture the men’s NAIA title, while top seed Violet Apisah of Keizer defeated No. 2 seed Shalimar Talbi of SCAD-Atlanta 7-5, 6-2 to capture the women’s NAIA title.

Both top seeds also won the Junior College titles, with Hillsborough Community College’s Younsoo Cho defeating teammate and No. 3 seed Sydney Stark 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the women’s final. Daniel Marincas of Tyler Junior College defeated No. 4 seed Kenneth Rabinad Vila of Pratt Community College 7-6(2), 7-5 in the men’s final.

No. No. 2 seed Yan Kodjoed of Barry prevailed in the men’s Division II final, defeating unseeded Diego Duran of West Florida 6-3, 6-4 in the championship match. No. No. 3 seed Natasha Sengphrachanh of Grand Valley State won the women’s Division II title, beating top seed Dana Heimen of Barry 1-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the final.

Ncaa Division III Men’s Champion Advk Review of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps lost in the finals today, with the top seed falling to Unseeded Emory Somore Ruilin Feng 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 Babson Senior Matia Cristianani, the top seed, won the Women’s Division III title, defeating Unseedeed Rebecca Kong of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 6-1, 6-3

There are draws for all eight singles events, as well as the doubles draws here.
I posted the names of the South Americans who earned the Australian Open Junior Championships wildcards on Saturday; Roland Garros also offers opportunities for juniors from other countries to earn a wildcard into the Junior Championships, which won’t take place until June 2026. Japan’s 16-year-old Kanta Watanabe, currently 106 in the ITF junior rankings, won the boys’ wildcard in a play-off held in Tokyo this week; Fifteen-year-old Yui Komada from Japan won the girls’ play-offs; she is currently 293 in the ITF junior rankings. For more details on Renault’s Roland Garros Junior Series, see this article from rolandgarros.com.

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