Boitan Ousts Top Seed Bangoura, Shang Reaches Quarterfinals at Fayetteville $15K; Navarro and Graham Advance at Ft Worth $25K; Charney Wins Texas ITF J5 Via Walkover, Filin Goes for Sweep Friday

The quarterfinals are set at the $15,000 men's Pro Circuit tournament in Fayetteville Arkansas, with teenagers and current collegians picking up wins today.

Baylor junior Adrian Boitan of Romania, who received a special exemption into the main draw after reaching the final last week in Champaign, defeated top seed Sekou Bangoura(Florida) 6-3, 6-4.  He will play TCU newcomer Pedro Vives Marcos of Spain, the No. 8 seed, who beat John McNally(Ohio State) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. 

US Open boys finalist Juncheng Jerry Shang of China is the youngest quarterfinalist; the 16-year-old defeated qualifier Finn Bass of Baylor 6-2, 6-4 to earn his second professional win. He will play another IMG-based teenager in No. 4 seed Toby Kodat. The 18-year-old Kodat advanced when Kentucky junior Liam Draxl of Canada retired trailing 6-3, 3-3.

The third teenager to advance is University of Virginia sophomore Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg of Switzerland. The 19-year-old defeated fellow qualifier and teammate Inaki Montes-De La Torre of Spain 6-4, 6-1 and will face British veteran Mike Whitehouse, the No. 7 seed.  In the fourth quarterfinal, qualifier Henry Patten(UNC-Asheville) of Great Britain will play compatriot Paul Jubb, the No. 2 seed and 2019 NCAA singles champion at South Carolina.

The quarterfinalists at the $25,000 women's Pro Circuit tournament in Fort Worth Texas include Virginia's Emma Navarro and recent UNC graduate Alexa Graham. Navarro, the No. 6 seed, defeated Oklahoma State newcomer Oona Orpana of Finland 6-4, 6-2 and Graham, a qualifier, beat TCU wild card Mercedes Aristegui of Spain 6-1, 6-0. Navarro gets top seed and WTA No. 68 Kaia Kanepi of Estonia next, with Graham playing Alexandra Bozovic of Australia. Bozovic defeated No. 7 seed Catherine Harrison(UCLA) 7-6(3), 7-6(4) in a two-hour and 48-minute straight-setter.

The ATP Challenger 80 in Columbus has no current Ohio State Buckeyes in the quarterfinals, but two former stars have advanced. No. 7 seed JJ Wolf defeated Evan King 6-3, 6-0 today and will face top seed Tennys Sandgren(Tennessee) Friday. 2016 NCAA singles finalist Mikael Torpegaard of Denmark beat No. 4 seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran of India 6-1, 6-4 to set up a quarterfinal encounter with Stefan Kozlov. Unseeded Aleks Vukic(Illinois) of Australia is the fourth collegian in the quarterfinals, with Vukic set to face countryman and No. 3 seed Alex Bolt Friday.

The WTA 125 going on in Columbus at the same time as the Challenger doesn't feature any collegiate players, but four Americans are through to the quarterfinals: top seed Ann Li, who will play Coco Vandeweghe next, No. 3 seed Madison Brengle, and No. 5 seed Lauren Davis. 

Three of the four titles at the ITF J5 in McKinney Texas were decided today. No. 3 seed Bridget Stammel and No. 2 seed Emma Charney advanced to the final, but due to a previous commitment Stammel is unable to play in Friday's final, so Charney is the champion. Natalie Block and Charney won the doubles title, with the No. 3 seeds defeating Erica Jessel and Arina Oreshchenkova 7-6(7), 3-6, 10-5.

Wild card Nikita Filin is making an impressive ITF Junior Circuit debut, with the 15-year-old from Illinois winning the doubles title today and advancing to tomorrow's singles final. Filin defeated lucky loser Darwin Blanch 6-4, 6-3 in today's semifinals and will face qualifier Landon Ardila, who defeated Alex Cairo 6-2, 6-1. 

In doubles, Filin and Mitchell Lee finished their straight-sets run to the title, beating Ardila and Marko Mesarovic 6-4, 6-1 in today's final.