I have been watching a lot of tennis on streams the past six weeks, but on Monday I had an opportunity to see live tennis again at the USTA Level 2 Boys 14s tournament in Grand Rapids. It was great to cover the final from courtside, as well as put some faces with names I've seen in draws in the past year. My article on top seed Jack Secord's win over Sean Grosman is available now at the Tennis Recruiting Network. Former WTA stars Lindsay Davenport (Jagger Leach) and Mary Joe Fernandez (Nicholas Godsick) have sons who are having great success in junior tennis; adding to that cohort is Linda Harvey Wild, Jack Secord's mother, who reached 23 in the WTA rankings in 1996.
A photo gallery from the final day of that tournament is available here.
Qualifier Nishesh Basavareddy avenged his quarterfinal loss to Cooper Williams in last month's J1 Coffee Bowl in Costa Rica, beating the No. 5 seed 6-0, 6-7(3), 7-5 today in the quarterfinals of the J1 in Brazil. Basavareddy will face No. 6 seed Gerard Campana Lee of Korea in the semifinals. Top seed Gonzalo Bueno of Peru will face No. 3 seed Peter Privara of Slovakia in the other semifinal.
With the win today, Basavareddy should receive a special exemption into the main draw of next week's Grade A Banana Bowl.
Williams did advance to the doubles final, with partner Yaroslav Demin of Russia. The No. 2 seeds will face No. 3 seeds Paul Inchauspe of France and Ivan Sodan of Croatia for the title.
Sonya Macavei lost her quarterfinal match to Canada's Mia Kupres, the No. 8 seed, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2. Kupres, one of three Canadians to reach the semifinals, will play unseeded Luciana Moyano of Argentina next. Anabelle Xu and Victoria Mboko will meet in the other girls semifinal. Kupres and Macavei lost 6-2, 6-2 to top seeds to Mboko and Kayla Cross in today's doubles semifinals.
The first day of the ITA Men's Division I Team Indoor is still going, with top two seeds Ohio State and Baylor trailing 1-0 in their round of 16 matches in Seattle. There was no shortage of excitement in the first six matches, with three of them ending 4-3 and two Top 8 seeds being eliminated from title contention.
No. 6 Stanford lost to No. 11 South Carolina 4-3 in probably the biggest surprise of the day. The previously undefeated Cardinal dropped the doubles point, but got four first sets in singles, giving them a path to a comeback. They won three of those matches, but the Gamecocks' James Story took a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 win over Sangeet Sridhar at line 5 to clinch the match for South Carolina.
No. 13 seed Texas defeated No. 4 seed and 2021 NCAA champion Florida 4-3, reversing the result of their meeting last month in Austin. This time Texas won the doubles point, and freshman Pierre-Yves Bailly reversed the result of his match with Ben Shelton, with that match being the clincher in both contests.
The other 4-3 match was more expected, with No. 8 Wake Forest defeating No. 9 Georgia by that score, as they had done less than two weeks ago. This time, the Bulldogs won the doubles point, but the Demon Deacons got wins at lines 2, 3, 4 and 6 to advance to the quarterfinals.
No. 5 TCU's 4-2 win over No. 12 Virginia also came after the loss of the doubles point; No. 7 Kentucky earned a surprisingly straightforward 4-0 victory over No. 10 Southern Cal; No. 3 seed Tennessee looked formidable in a shutout of No. 14 Texas A&M. I'll update the results from the late matches Saturday morning.
February 18, 2022
ITA Men's Division I Team Indoor Round of 16
South Carolina[11] def. Stanford[6] 4-3Singles
1. Arthur Fery (STAN) def. Daniel Rodrigues (SCAR) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
2. Toby Samuel (SCAR) def. Alex Rotsaert (STAN) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
3. Connor Thomson (SCAR) def. Axel Geller (STAN) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
4. Max Basing (STAN) def. Raphael Lambling (SCAR) 6-2, 6-3
5. James Story (SCAR) def. Sangeet Sridhar (STAN) 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
6. Timothy Sah (STAN) def. Jake Beasley (SCAR) 6-3, 6-4
Order of Finish: 6,4,1,2,3,5
Doubles
1. Arthur Fery/Axel Geller (STAN) vs. Daniel Rodrigues/Connor Thomson (SCAR) 5-4, unfinished
2. Jake Beasley/Toby Samuel (SCAR) def. Alex Rotsaert/Sangeet Sridhar (STAN) 6-2
3. Raphael Lambling/James Story (SCAR) def. Tomas Kopczynski/Timothy Sah (STAN) 6-4
Order of Finish: 2,3
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TCU[5] def. Virginia[12] 4-2
Singles
1. Luc Fomba (TCU) vs. Inaki Montes (UVA) 5-7, 6-3, 5-3, unfinished
2. Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) def. Chris Rodesch (UVA) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
3. Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg (UVA) def. Sander Jong (TCU) 7-6(3), 6-2
4. Pedro Vives Marcos (TCU) def. Bar Botzer (UVA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
5. Jacob Fearnley (TCU) def. Ryan Goetz (UVA) 6-3, 6-3
6. Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Gianni Ross (UVA) 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-1
Order of Finish: 5,3,4,6,2
Doubles
1. Bar Botzer/Chris Rodesch (UVA) def. Luc Fomba/Jacob Fearnley (TCU) 6-3
2. Inaki Montes/Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg (UVA) def. Sander Jong/Lui Maxted (TCU) 6-0
3. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Tim Ruehl (TCU) def. William Woodall/Ryan Goetz (UVA) 6-2
Order of Finish: 2,3,1
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Tennessee[3] 4, Texas A&M[14] 0
Singles
1. Adam Walton (TENN) def. Noah Schachter (TAMU) 6-2, 6-0
2. Johannus Monday (TENN) def. Pierce Rollins (TAMU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Emile Hudd (TENN) vs. Raphael Perot (TAMU) 6-4, 1-2, unfinished
4. Matthis Ross (TAMU) vs. Angel Diaz (TENN) 6-3, 2-2, unfinished
5. Shunsuke Mitsui (TENN) def. Guido Marson (TAMU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Guilio Perego (TAMU) vs. Pat Harper (TENN) 6-3, 3-1, unfinished
Order of Finish: 2,1,5
Doubles
1. Shunsuke Mitsui/Emile Hudd (TENN) def. Noah Schachter/Austin Abbrat (TAMU) 7-5
2. Pat Harper/Adam Walton (TENN) vs. Pierce Rollins/Matthis Ross (TAMU) 6-6 (3-1), unfinished
3. Johannus Monday/Mark Wallner (TENN) def. Raphael Perot/Guilio Perego (TAMU) 6-4
Order of Finish: 3,1
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Texas[13] 4, Florida[4] 3
Singles
1. Micah Braswell (TEX) def. Sam Riffice (UF) 7-5, 7-5
2. Pierre-Yves Bailly (TEX) def. Ben Shelton (UF) 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2
3. Richard Ciamarra (TEX) def. Duarte Vale (UF) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
4. Andy Andrade (UF) def. Eliot Spizzirri (TEX) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
5. Mattias Siimar (UF) def. Siem Woldeab (TEX) 6-1, 7-6(4)
6. Josh Goodger (UF) def. Cleeve Harper (TEX) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(5)
Order of Finish: 5,1,4,3,6,2
Doubles
1. Richard Ciamarra/Cleeve Harper (TEX) def. Sam Riffice/Ben Shelton ((UF) 6-4
2. Siem Woldeab/Pierre-Yves Bailly (TEX) def. Andy Andrade/Mattias Siimar (UF) 6-2
3. Chih Chi Huang/Micah Braswell (TEX) vs. Duarte Vale/Abedallah Shelbayh (UF) 4-4, unfinished
Order of Finish: 2,1
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Kentucky[7] 4, Southern Cal[10] 0
Singles
1. Liam Draxl (UK) vs. Stefan Dostanic (USC) 5-7, 6-4, 2-3, unfinished
2. Millen Hurrion (UK) vs. Wojtek Marek (USC) 6-7(4), 5-5, unfinished
3. Gabriel Diallo (UK) def. Bradley Frye (USC) 6-3, 6-2
4. Francoise Musitelli (UK) vs. Peter Makk (USC) 7-5, 6-6 (1-3), unfinished
5. Josh Lapadat (UK) def. Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) 6-3, 7-6(3)
6. Yasha Zemel (UK) def. Ryan Colby (USC) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Order of Finish: 3,5,6
Doubles
1. Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye (USC) vs. Liam Draxl/Millen Hurrion (UK) 6-5, unfinished
2. Josh Lapadat/JJ Mercer (UK) def. Peter Makk/Wojciech Marek (USC) 6-1
3. Yasha Zemel/Francoise Musitelli (UK) def. Ryan Colby/Paul Barretto (USC) 6-3
Order of Finish: 2,3
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Wake Forest[9] 4, Georgia[8] 3
Singles
1. Hamish Stewart (UGA) def. Melios Efstathiou (WAKE) 7-6(7), 6-4
2. Jurabek Karimov (WAKE) def. Philip Henning (UGA) 7-6(3), 6-2
3. Eduardo Nava (WAKE) def. Tristan McCormick (UGA) 6-3, 6-2
4. Filippo Moroni (WAKE) def. Trent Bryde (UGA) 6-3, 6-7(1), 6-3
5. Blake Croyder (UGA) d. Taha Baadi (WAKE) 6-1, 7-5
6. Jacob Schnaitter (WAKE) def. Erik Grevelius (UGA) 6-3, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6,5,3,1,2,4
Doubles
1, Tristan McCormick/Hamish Stewart (UGA) def. Sid Banthia/Jakob Schnaitter (WAKE) 6-4
2. Eduardo Nava/Filippo Moroni (WAKE) def. Trent Bryde/Philip Henning (UGA) 6-3
3. Blake Croyder/Erik Grevelius (UGA) def. Ben Draper/Robert Maciag (WAKE) 6-4
Order of Finish: 2,3,1
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Baylor[2] 4, Mississippi[15] 1
Singles
1. Adrian Boitan (BU) vs. Nikola Slavic (MISS) 7-5, 2-4, unfinished
2. Matias Soto (BU) def. Finn Reynolds (MISS) 6-3, 6-3
3. Sven Lah (BU) def. John Hallquist Lithen (MISS) 6-2, 6-4
4. Marko Miladinovic (BU) vs. Lukas Engelhardt (MISS) 7-6(3), 3-0, unfinished
5. Finn Bass (BU) def. Simon Junk (MISS) 6-1, 6-1
6. Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (BU) def. Jan Soren Hain (MISS) 6-4, 6-4
Order of Finish: 5,2,6,3
Order of Finish:
Doubles
1. Finn Reynolds/Lukas Engelhardt (MISS) def. Finn Bass/Sven Lah (BU) 7-5
2. Matias Soto/Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (BU) def. Simon Junk/Jan Soren Hain (MISS) 6-4
3. Nikola Slavic/John Hallquist Lithen (MISS) def. Adrian Boitan/Tadeas Paroulek (BU) 7-5
Order of Finish: 2,1,3
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Ohio State[1] 4, Washington[16] 1
Singles
1. Matej Vocel (OSU) vs. Clement Chidekh (WASH) 6-7(5), 5-5, unfinished
2. Cannon Kingsley (OSU) def. Ewen Lumsden (WASH) 6-4, 6-4
3. Jake Van Emburgh (OSU) def. Jack Davis (WASH) 1-6, 7-5, 6-1
4. JJ Tracy (OSU) def. Han-Chih Lin (WASH) 6-1, 6-2
5. James Trotter (OSU) def. Nedim Suko (WASH) 6-1, 6-2
6. Robert Cash (OSU) vs. Cesar Bouchelaghem (WASH) 6-0, 4-6, 2-4, unfinished
Order of Finish: 4,5,2,3
Doubles
1. Jack Davis/Brandon Wong (WASH) def. Matej Vocel/Robert Cash (OSU) 6-3
2. Clement Chidekh/Nedim Suko (WASH) def. James Trotter/Justin Boulais (OSU) 7-6(2)
3. Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy (OSU) def. Cesar Bouchelaghem/Ewen Lumsden (WASH) 6-1
Order of Finish: 3,1,2
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