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Reddy reaches ITF J300 semi-finals in India; Kennedy advances to quarterfinals at Winston-Salem M25; Jodar and Zheng reach Challenger semi-finals; TRN’s recap of Winter Nationals 18s; USA to United Cup semi-finals
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Reddy reaches ITF J300 semi-finals in India; Kennedy advances to quarterfinals at Winston-Salem M25; Jodar and Zheng reach Challenger semi-finals; TRN’s recap of Winter Nationals 18s; USA to United Cup semi-finals

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Vihaan Reddy withdrew from the ITF J300 in Traralgon, Australia on Monday, although he couldn’t have known at the time that he would get enough matches ahead of the Australian Open Junior Championships later this month, which he is still competing in.
Today, the 16-year-old from Northern California reached his second ITF J300 semifinal in the past two months, with sixth-seeded Reddy defeating No. 3 seed Damir Zhalgasbay of Kazakhstan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on the ITF J300 in New Delhi, India. Reddy, who reached the final of the J300 in Zapopan, Mexico in November, will face No. 5 seed Arvan Papakar of India in the semi-finals after Papakar defeated top seed Thilo Behrmann of Austria 6-2, 7-5.

2025 finalist Roshan Santhosh, the No. 4 seed, lost to No. 7 seed Min Hyuk Cho of Korea 6-2, 6-2. Cho will face No. 2 seed Flynn Thomas of Switzerland, who defeated 14-year-old qualifier Jang Junseo of Korea 6-4, 6-0.

The girls’ semi-finals feature two unseeded players in the bottom half, with wildcard Jensi Dipakbhai Kanabar of India beating No. 3 seed Yeri Hong of Korea 6-1, 7-6(6) and Miku Kitaoka of Japan beating wildcard Prisha Nikhil Shinde of India 7-5, 6-4.

In the top half semifinals, No. 5 seed Ekaterina Dotsenko will face No. 4 seed Ui Su Jeong of Korea after they recorded victories over unseeded players.

Closer to home, 17-year-old wildcard Jack Kennedy is through to his first quarter-final at M25 level, with the ITF Junior No. 3 defeating No. 8 seed Tristan McCormick (Notre Dame, Georgia) 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-4 in Winston Salem. Kennedy will face unseeded Stefan Dostanic in the quarterfinals on Friday after Dostanic defeated Canadian qualifier Nicola Ion 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

The other all-US quarterfinal will feature No. 5 seed Keegan Smith (UCLA) and No. 3 seed Daniel Milavsky (Harvard). Smith, who won an M15 in New Zealand last month, defeated Quinn Vandecasteele (Oregon) 6-1, 6-1, while Milavsky defeated wild card Mees Rottgering of the Netherlands, a freshman from Wake Forest, 6-3, 7-6(3).

In the all-Japanese quarterfinals, Shunsue Mitsui (Tennessee) faces No. 7 seed Jay Friend, a senior at the University of Arizona.

The only quarterfinal featuring players from different countries is at the bottom, with wild card Luca Pow of Great Britain taking on No. 6 seed Bor Artnak of Slovenia. Pow, a junior at Wake Forest, defeated freshman Nicolas Arseneault of Canada 6-1, 6-2; Artnak, a junior at Arizona State, defeated qualifier Theodore Dean (Yale, Cal) 6-2, 6-3.

Friday’s doubles final will be between two American teams, pitting unseeded Ryan Colby (USC, Georgia) and Noah Zamora (UC-Irvine) against No. 2 seeds Milavsky and Braden Shick (NC State).

The first week of ATP Challengers comes to a close, with two of the top 2025 peers advancing to the semi-finals as they prepare to take part in qualifying for the Australian Open next week.

2024 and 2025 NCAA singles champion Michael Zheng of Columbia, who is expected to return for his senior year after the Australian Open, has advanced to the semifinals of the 75 in Noumea New Caledonia. The No. 6 seed will face unseeded Arthur Gea of ​​France after beating another Frenchman, Clement Tabur, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday. Gea had ousted No. 2 seed Liam Draxl (Kentucky) of Canada by a score of 6-3, 6-2. Zheng, who won his first three Challenger titles in the second half of 2025, will play Gea for a place in his sixth Challenger final. In the top half semi-final, No. 5 seed Jurij Rodionov of Austria will play unseeded Blake Ellis of Australia.
Ronit Karki and Kenzie Nguyen spoke to Tennis Recruiting Network’s Rhiannon Potkey this past weekend about their 18s titles at the USTA Winter Nationals in this article.
The United States has needed to win the doubles point in all three of their matches so far at the United Cup, with Coco Gauff and Christian Harrison recording victories against teams from Argentina, Spain and Greece to keep the US title defense alive. For more information about their victory over Greece in the quarter-finals, see this article.

The United States will face the winner of Friday’s quarterfinal between Poland and Australia on Saturday. The other semi-final is about Switzerland and Belgium.

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