My summary of Texas’ title at ITA DI Men’s Team Indoor; Ohio State Men, Georgia Women Top New Rankings; Ambidextrous Davidov, 15, reaches M15 quarter-finals in Naples; Clarke advances in Las Vegas W35; Frey vs. Vidmanova on WTA 125 Midland

If you weren’t able to catch up on my daily coverage of the ITA Men’s Division I Team Indoor Championships, my recap of the tournament for the Tennis Recruiting Network can fill that gap. It was an exciting event that I was fortunate to be able to cover personally and I look forward to seeing how the rest of the season plays out as we head to Athens for the NCAAs in May.

The conclusion of the Division I Team Indoor Championships marks the beginning of the computer rankings, with the coaches survey being discontinued. This year a new method has been introduced where the coach polls do not influence the initial computer rankings, which has led to some interesting placements at the moment. Below are the rankings released today, with Ohio State at No. 1 despite their loss in the Team Indoor finals to Texas, which is ranked No. 3. Women’s Team Indoor champion Georgia is ranked No. 1, with Team Indoor finalist Ohio State at No. 2. Click on the heading of each ranking to view the full list.

In Naples, 15-year-old Teodor Davidov, who has been a celebrity in tennis circles for years for his forehand-only playing style, earned his first ATP point this week after qualifying and advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 6 seed Karue Sell (UCLA) of Brazil. Sell ​​had defeated Jack Kennedy in the first round. Fifteen-year-old Michael Antonius has also reached the quarter-finals, beating French qualifier Louis Tessa 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 today. Other Americans who have advanced to the quarterfinals are wildcard Hunter Heck (Illinois), Evan Bynoe and Mwendwa Mbithi.

In Palm Coast, 17-year-old wildcard Carlota Moreno, playing in her first Pro Circuit event, is through to the quarterfinals after beating No. 3 seed Maria Fernanda Navarro in the first round and fellow junior Capucine Jauffret 6-2, 6-7(1), 7-6(5) today in a match that lasted more than three hours. She will next play unseeded Emily De Oliveira (Florida). No. 6 seed Bella Payne is the third American in the quarterfinals.

The weather was bad in Las Vegas, cold and wet, and today’s second round had not yet been completed. But two teenagers have booked their places in the quarter-finals, with 16-year-old wildcard Melije Clarke today eliminating No. 2 seed Eryn Cayetano (USC) 6-3, 6-4 to reach her first quarter-final on the women’s professional circuit above the W15 level. No. 3 seed Julieta Pareja, who turned 17 yesterday, defeated qualifier Snow Han (USC) of China 6-0, 6-3. Qualifier Kelly Keller (Arkansas) has also advanced to the quarterfinals.

I’m normally in Midland for the Dow Tennis Classic WTA 125, but it was moved from November to February this year, which conflicted with my coverage of the Men’s Indoor team. So I won’t be watching Friday’s quarterfinal between 18-year-old wildcard Anna Frey and 2024 NCAA singles champion Dasha Vidmanova (Georgia) of the Czech Republic, the No. 2 seed.

Frey, a freshman at North Carolina, defeated No. 6 seed Eli Mandlik 7-5, 6-2 in the first round and Kayla Dag 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the second round to reach her first quarterfinal in the professional circuit above the W15 level.

After No. 8 seed Frances Tiafoe defeated two-time Kalamazoo 18s champion Zachary Svajda, a qualifier, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, he will face another two-time Kalamazoo 18s champion in No. 4 seed Learner Tien (USC). Tien defeated defending champion Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(5) to set up a rematch with Tiafoe, who won the 2015 Kalamazoo 18s title. They met in the first round of the 2023 US Open, after Tien earned a wild card after winning Kalamazoo for a second time, with Tiafoe posting 6-2, 7-5, 6-1. victory.