Basavareddy and Trotter Reach Charlottesville Challenger Final, Cash and Tracy Win Doubles; Rogers and Chirico Advance to Norman and Toronto Finals; Grant Claims W50 Doubles Title in France; WTA 125 Dow Tennis Classic Qualifying Begins Sunday

Nishesh Basavareddy and James Trotter advanced to Sunday's final at the ATP Challenger 75 in Charlottesville Virginia, with the 19-year-old Stanford junior and the 25-year-old Ohio State alumnus from Japan both seeking the second Challenger titles of their careers.

Basavareddy defeated unseeded Alexis Galarneau(NC State) of Canada 6-4, 6-2 to reach his fifth Challenger final, all in the past 13 months, while Trotter took down the only seed who reached the quarterfinals this week in Charlottesville, No. 2 Learner Tien(USC), 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

The Buckeyes have already collected one title in Charlottesville, with 2024 NCAA doubles champions Robert Cash and JJ Tracy taking the doubles title today, saving four match points in their 4-6, 7-6(7), 10-7 win over University of Virginia alumni William Woodall and Luxembourg's Chris Rodesch, a wild card entry.

Serving down 4-5, 15-40 in the second set, Cash and Tracy won the next three points, while also saving a match point at 6-7 in the tiebreaker. Rodesch and Woodall saved three match points after trailing 9-4 in the tiebreaker, but their comeback attempt ended on the fourth. Cash and Tracy now have two Challenger titles as a team, with their first coming this summer in Lincoln Nebraska.

No. 3 seed Anna Rogers and qualifier Kira Matushkina of Russia have reached the final at the USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Norman Oklahoma, with both recording straight set victories today. Rogers, a former NC State All-American, defeated Central Florida sophomore Olivia Lincer of Poland 6-3, 7-5 to reach her second final in the past three weeks.  Matushkina, an 18-year-old sophomore at Old Dominion, will be playing in her first professional circuit final after defeated No. 2 seed Sohyun Park of Korea 6-3, 6-3.

Top seeds Jessica Failla(USC, Pepperdine) and Maribella Zamarripa(Texas) won the doubles title in Norman, defeating No. 3 seeds Makenna Jones(UNC) and Park 3-6, 6-2, 10-5 in the final.

Louisa Chirico will play for her second W75 title of the year tomorrow in Toronto, with the No. 5 seed facing unseeded 19-year-old Canadian Kayla Cross. Chirico defeated qualifier Julie Belgraver of France 7-6(7), 6-3, while Cross beat unseeded Viktoria Hruncakova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3. 

No. 2 seeds Jamie Loeb(UNC) and Lithuania's Justine Mikulskyte(Kentucky) took the doubles title in Toronto, defeating unseeded Belgraver and Jasmijn Gimbrere of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-1 in the final. 

At the ITF women's World Tennis Tour W50 this week in France, 16-year-old Tyra Grant won her second career pro doubles title, with partner Camillo Rosatello of Italy. The unseeded pair defeated top seeds Sada Nahimana of Burundi and Diana Marcinkevica of Latvia 6-2, 6-1. Grant, whose previous pro doubles title came at a W15 in Turkey this spring, won the Australian and Wimbledon girls doubles titles this year with Iva Jovic. 

I'll be at the WTA 125 Dow Tennis Classic in Midland Michigan tomorrow for the first round of qualifying. Here are the eight matches on the schedule:

Maria Mateas[1](USA) v Alana Smith(USA)

Emily Appleton(GBR) v Victoria Hu[5](USA)

Leonie Kung[2]SUI) v Ellie Coleman[WC](USA)

Tara Moore(GBR) v Haruka Kaji[6](JPN)

Katarzyna Kawa[3](POL) v Whitney Osuigwe(USA)

Jamie Loeb(USA) v Katherine Sebov[7](CAN)

Robin Anderson[4](USA) v Urszula Radwanska(POL)

Anna Frey[WC](USA) v Gabriela Lee[8](ROU)

The final main draw wild cards went to Lauren Davis and Katrina Scott, joining Caty McNally and Kari Miller(Michigan), whose wild cards were announced last month.

The seeds:

1. Renata Zarazua(MEX)

2. Tatjana Maria(GER)

3. Alycia Parks(USA)

4. Maya Joint(AUS)

5. Ann Li(USA)

6. Rebecca Marino(CAN)

7. Marina Stakusic(CAN)

8. Lesia Tsurenko(UKR)