Vandecasteele and Shick advance to M25 Winston-Salem final; Wolff’s USTA Pro Circuit winning streak reaches nine at Bradenton W35; Three US juniors in round of 16 at Traralgon J300; Ten Americans start the Australian Open Play on Sunday

The unseeded 22-year-old former University of Oregon standout defeated No. 4 seed Smith, who won an M15 in New Zealand last month, 7-6(5), 6-4. Vandecasteele, who had lost to Smith 6-1, 6-1 in the second round last week in Winston-Salem, won an M25 title on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2023 while still in college.

Vandecasteele will face another player who has been on a high lately: North Carolina State graduate Braden Shick. Shick, 22, won two M15 titles and made another final in Asia last fall, but this is his first M25 final. He has won five ITF WTT doubles titles since last August, including both M25s in Winston-Salem.

Wolff will face 2019 US Open women’s singles champion Bianca Andreescu of Canada, who found her form this week after struggling in her opening match against qualifier Malkia Ngounoue (Kansas). Andreescu defeated No. 6 seed Lea Ma 6-1, 6-0, losing just four games in her past two matches after losing 14 against Ngounoue.

Top seeds Carmen and Ivana Corley (Oklahoma) won the doubles title, defeating No. 2 seeds Jaeda Daniel (Auburn, NC State) and Dalayna Hewitt 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 in the final. It is the ninth title for the sisters.

Top girls seeds Alena Kovackova of the Czech Republic and No. 2 seed Ksenia Efremova of France have advanced to the round of 16; No. 3 seed Jana Kovackova of the Czech Republic withdrew before the start of play.

Top boys Yannick Alexandrescou from France and Luis Guto Miguel from Brazil have also advanced to the round of 16.