Basavareddy, Kingsley and Johns Qualify for Tiburon Challenger; Upsets Plentiful in ITA All-American Championships Qualifying; Engel and Vandromme Win European 16s Championships

Qualifying has concluded at the ATP Challenger 75 in Tiburon California, with three current collegians advancing to the main draw with victories today: Nishesh Basavareddy, Cannon Kingsley and Garrett Johns.

Basavareddy, a sophomore at Stanford, defeated No. 5 seed Christian Langmo(Miami) 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday's first round of qualifying and today beat No. 9 seed Aidan Mayo 7-5, 7-5 to reach the main draw. Duke senior Johns, who qualified and won a round in both the Columbus and Charleston Challengers last month, defeated Alexandr Cozbinov(UNLV) of Moldova 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 today, after beating No. 3 seed Omni Kumar(Duke) 6-1, 6-3 in Sunday's first round.

Kingsley, a fifth-year at Ohio State, defeated top seed Brandon Holt 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 in Sunday's first round, and got past this year's Kalamazoo 18s finalist Trevor Svajda 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 in today's final round of qualifying. Svajda had beaten former Ohio State star James Trotter of Japan 6-4, 6-1 in the first round Sunday.

Alfredo Perez(Florida), who lost in the first round at last week's $15,000 tournament in Albuquerque, qualified with straight-sets wins over No. 7 seed Strong Kirchheimer(Northwestern) and No. 4 seed Evan Zhu(UCLA). 2017 NCAA champion Thai Kwiatkowski(Virginia) also beat two seeds in straight sets, No. 8 Elmer Moller of Denmark and No. 6 Federico Agustin Gomez(Louisville) of Argentina, to advance to the main draw. 

The sixth qualifier is former North Carolina All-American Brayden Schnur of Canada, who is playing with a protected ranking after being out for more than a year from May of 2022 to July of this year. Schnur defeated No. 2 seed Skander Mansouri(Wake Forest) of Tunisia 7-6(2), 7-6(2) to qualify for the main draw.

Alex Michelsen is the top seed this week, and will face Schnur in the first round. Nicolas Moreno de Alboran(UC-Santa Barbara) is the No. 2 seed, with defending champion Zachary Svajda seeded No. 3.  

Wild cards were given to Kalamazoo 18s champion Learner Tien(USC), Michigan State sophomore Ozan Baris and USC fifth-year Stefan Dostanic. Tien faces Johns, Baris plays Tristan Schoolkate of Australia and Dostanic gets two-time NCAA champion Steve Johnson(USC). 

Basavareddy will play last week's champion in Charleston, 19-year-old Abdullah Shelbayh of Jordan, in the first round. 

The first round of qualifying for the ITA All-American Championships is complete, with a number of seeded players eliminated in both men's and women's draws.

Of the top eight seeds projected to make the women's main draw, three were defeated in today's first round. Mia Kupres of Texas A&M defeated North Carolina's Carson Tanguilig[2] 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Shavit Kimchi of Duke defeated Nicole Khirin[6] of Texas A&M 6-2, 7-6(5) and pre-qualifier DJ Bennett of Auburn defeated Abbey Forbes[7] of North Carolina 6-1, 6-0.

US Open girls champion Katherine Hui of Stanford lost her qualifying match today to Amelia Honer of UC-Santa Barbara, a No. 9 seed, 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-3. Freshman Qavia Lopez of Florida, who earned her way into qualifying via pre-qualifying, withdrew.

Just one round of qualifying singles was played today, with two rounds on tap for Tuesday. Two rounds of qualifying doubles were scheduled for this afternoon and evening, with several of the second round matches still in progress. 

The men are playing for 16 qualifying spots in their 64 draw(the women's main draw is 32) with seven of the 16 expected to reach the main draw by their seeding losing in the first round today, including No. 2 and No. 4. Notable men's results:

Luis Alvarez, Oklahoma d. Gustaf Strom[2], Arizona, 6-4, 6-1

Raul Dobai, Auburn d. Franco Capalbo[4], Wake Forest, 7-5, 6-4

JC Roddick, Texas A&M d. Noah Berry[5], Cal Poly, 6-4, 6-4

Linus Carlsson Halldin, Pepperdine d. Alex Petrov[6], Illinois, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-7(7), 6-4

Guillaume Dalmasso, Santa Clara d. Matisse Bobichon[7], VCU, 7-5, 6-7(7), 6-4

Joubert Klopper, Vanderbilt d. Andrew Zhang[12], Duke, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3

Braden Shick, NC State, d. Robert Cash[16], Ohio State, 7-6(4), 6-4

Harvard freshman Cooper Williams lost to top seed Filip Planinsek of Alabama 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-2; Stanford freshman Kyle Kang withdrew before his first qualifying match.

The men's qualifying draws are here; the women's qualifying draws are here.

The European 16s Championships concluded Sunday in Italy, with Germany's Justin Engel and Belgium's Jeline Vandromme capturing the titles.

No. 4 seed Engel, who turned 16 yesterday, defeated unseeded Linus Lagerbohm of Finland 7-5, 7-6(4) in the final, taking all six of his matches in straight sets. Engel also has three ATP points, with two appearances in the second round of $15Ks in the past several weeks.

Vandromme, the No. 13 seed, defeated No. 12 seed Mia Pohankova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-3 in the final. Vandromme had reached the semifinals of a $15K in August, but has yet to win an ITF Junior Circuit event above the J60 level.

Top seeds Rositsa Dencheva and Elizara Yaneva of Bulgaria won the girls doubles title, with the Swiss team of  Hery Bernet and Flynn Thomas, the No. 4 seeds, taking the boys doubles. 

Draws can be found at the Tennis Europe tournament page.