ITF J1 College Park Videos; Qualifier, Wild Card and Lucky Loser Advance to Boys Semifinals at J5 in McKinney Texas

My videos of the finals of the ITF J1 in College Park Maryland are posted now, with Mark Lajal of Estonia defeating Ryan Colby and Brenda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic beating Mirra Andreeva of Russia in a final between two 14-year-olds.

The semifinals are set at the ITF J5 in McKinney Texas, and after today's quarterfinals, there are no seeds remaining in the boys final four. USTA 14s Clay Courts champion Darwin Blanch avenged his loss in the Les Petits As USA Playoffs to Maxwell Exsted today in a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 battle of lucky losers. Blanch, who turns 14 next week, will face wild card Nikita Filin, a 16s semifinalist this year at Kalamazoo, who took out Ian Bracks 6-4, 6-2. In the bottom half, qualifier Landon Ardila will face unseeded Alex Cairo, the only semifinalist who received direct entry into the main draw. Ardila advanced when No. 3 seed Adhithya Ganesan retired trailing 6-3, 4-0; Cairo defeated No. 5 seed Marko Mesarovic 6-3, 6-1. 

Ardila and Mesarovic have advanced to the boys doubles final, where they will face Filin and Mitchell Lee. Both teams are unseeded.

No. 2 seed Emma Charney and No. 3 seed Bridget Stammel have moved into the girls semifinals. Charney, who defeated No. 7 seed Catherine Walker 6-1, 6-4 in today's quarterfinals, will play unseeded Erica Jessel, while Stammel takes on qualifier Ava Bruno. Bruno defeated No. 8 seed Anya Murthy 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-2, while Stammel beat unseeded Teja Tirunelveli 6-2, 6-4. 

Thursday's girls doubles final will feature Charney and Natalie Block, the No. 3 seeds, against the unseeded team of Jessel and Arina Oreshchenkova.