Urhobo ends Frodin’s run to earn the W35 title in Arcadia; Wolf comeback begins with M15 title in Naples; Stearns wins ATX Open; CMS defeats Chicago to claim D-III women’s indoor title

JJ Wolf, who was out for over a year due to injury, couldn’t have asked for a better week when he returned to competitive tennis. The 27-year-old from Ohio played in an M15 tournament for the first time since 2017, when he lost in the first round of the only two M15s he has ever competed in on clay in Peru, and won the title as a wildcard in Naples Florida. The former Ohio State All-American, who reached an ATP ranking of 39 in 2023, didn’t drop a set all week, beating No. 4 seed Miguel Tobon of Colombia 6-2, 6-4 in the final. While Wolf is eligible to use a protected ranking to enter larger tournaments, I’m sure getting competitive matches was the first priority after such a long layoff and recovery. With no USTA Pro Circuit events in the next two weeks due to the BNP Paribas Open, the next possible tournament in the US could be the ATP challenger 175 starting March 10 in Phoenix.

Peyton Stearns is back in the WTA Top 50 after becoming the 2022 NCAA singles and team champion, while a Texas sophomore claimed her second WTA title today at the 250 ATX Open in Austin. The fourth-seeded 24-year-old from Ohio, playing in her third WTA final, defeated unseeded Taylor Townsend to play in her first WTA final 7-6(8), 7-5 this afternoon.

Frances Tiafoe reached the final of the ATP 500 in Acapulcowith No. 8 seed falling to No. 5 seed Flavio Cobolli of Italy 7-6(4), 6-4 in last night’s championship match.

Men’s qualifying begins on Monday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, with the draw available here.

No. 5 seed Claremont-Mudd-Scripps won the ITA Women’s Division III Team Indoor Championships title today in Tennessee, defeating No. 2 seed Chicago 4-1 to avenge their loss to the Maroon in last year’s finals. Chicago won the doubles point, but CMS scored straight-sets victories in the singles on lines 2, 4, 5 to take a 3–1 lead. That score didn’t budge for an hour, while the other three matches lasted three sets, but Lindsay Eisenman of CMS, the 2025 NCAA D-III champion, emerged victorious on Line 1 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 over Chicago’s Sarena Biria to capture the title. CMS and Chicago have now stopped each other from defending the title for four years in a row.