All Singles Quarterfinal Results at USTA Winter National Championships; Doubles Finals Set for Thursday in 12s and 14s Divisions; United States Advances to United Cup Semifinals

The singles quarterfinals were completed today at the 16s and 18s USTA Winter National Championships at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona Florida and only one top seed remains in contention for a title. Boys 16s No. 1 Safir Azam dropped the first set to unseeded Marcel Latak, but came back to take a 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 quarterfinal victory. Azam won the 16s National Indoor title last month. Three of the four B16s matches saw the winner come back after dropping the first set.

Boys 16s quarterfinal results:
Safir Azam[1] d. Marcel Latak 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
Ilias Bouzoubaa[12] d. William McEwan[8] 1-6, 6-3, 6-3

Magnus Weng[7] d. Alexander Suhanitski[3] 6-4, 6-4
Teodor Davidov[17] d. Rowan Qalbani[17] 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

Boys 18s top seed Nav Dayal lost to No. 11 seed Benjamin Saltman 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the round of 16 Tuesday, with Saltman, now the highest seed remaining, posting another three-set victory today over No. 7 seed Brody Nejedly Krall. 

Boys 18s quarterfinal results:
Benjamin Saltman[11] d. Brody Nejedly Krall[7] 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-3
Arin Pallegar[17] d. Jaden Brady[17]

Shaan Patel[17] d. Tanishk Konduri[17] 6-2, 6-0
Gray Kelley d. Rajat Shirur 6-2, 7-6(4)

No. 14 seed Baotong Xu took out girls 16s No. 1 seed Carlota Moreno 6-3, 7-5 in the third round Tuesday and continued on to the semifinals with a win today.

Vickneswaran, last year's champion in the 14s, is in contention for a second straight title in the 16s. Anna Bugaienko, who won the National Indoor title last month, rebounded in three sets to keep alive her quest for two straight USTA Level 1 titles.

Girls 16s quarterfinal results:

Baotong Xu[14] d. Sofia de Looze 6-2, 6-2

Paige Wygodzki[3] d. Maria Navarro[13] 6-1, 6-3

Anna Bugaienko[5] d. Armira Kockinis[17] 1-6, 6-3, 6-3

Anjani Vickneswaran[10] d. Vanessa Kruse 6-4, 6-3

Two unseeded players have advanced to the semifinals in the girls 18s, while Avery Nguyen is attempting to keep the title in the family, after her twin sister Alexis won the girls 18s championship last year. Alexis has not competed since the first of October. 

Girls 18s quarterfinal results:

Avery Nguyen[17] d. Georgia Kulevich 6-2, 6-2

Chukwumelije Clarke d. Brooke Kwon 6-0, 6-3

Carrie-Anne Hoo[3] c. Sophie Suh 4-6, 5-0, ret. inj.

Catherine Rennard d. Zimora McKnight 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

Due to rain, the doubles draws are way behind schedule in Lake Nona, with round of 16 matches being played tonight.

Matches are being streamed via Playsight.

The weather has been good in San Antonio for the 12s and 14s Winter National Championships, and they will play their singles semifinals and doubles finals Thursday. Three of the four No. 1 seeds are still contending for the gold ball in singles.

Girls 14s quarterfinal results:

Michelle Lee[1] d. Olivia Lin[5] 6-2, 7-5

Adelyn Gross[3] d. Kimber Kuykendall 6-1, 6-1

London Evans[10] d. Madeline Cleary[16] 6-3, 6-4

Gabrielle Brereton d. Ania Zabost[15] 6-1, 5-7, 6-0

G14s doubles final Thursday:

Anna Laney and  Michelle Lee[4] v Emma Alvarado Reed and Aria Menon[2]

Girls 12s quarterfinal results:

Jacqueline Nick[7] d. Violetta Mamina[1] 6-1, 6-0

Gabrielle Villegas[3] d. Lanxin Liu[22] 7-5, 6-2

Lucy Dupere[4] d. Kareena Cross[6] 7-6(5), 7-6(5)

Amara Ama[8] d. Brielle Amey[9] 6-3, 6-7(5), 5-2

G12s doubles final Thursday:

Lucy Dupere and Christina Li[1] v. Violetta Mamina and Brielle Amey[3]

Boys 14s quarterfinal results:

Eli Kaminski[1] d. Zesen Wang[5] 6-4, 7-6(5)

Tristan Ascenzo[15] d. Lennart Hammargren[29] 6-0, 6-2

Aayush Vartak[3] d. Rishit Sharma[14] 6-3, 1-6, 6-3

Zander Abrams[10] d. Arjun Krishnan[13] 7-6(1), 7-5

B14s doubles final Thursday:

Kona Parseghian and Mayurchandra Bhrath v Rafael Pawar and Zesen Wang[2]

Boys 12s quarterfinal results:

David Bender[1] d. Evan Fan[6] 6-0, 6-0

Selwyn Olufemi-Owoeye d. Jerry Qi 6-2, 7-5

Max D. Smith[5] d. Christian Pohoski[13] 6-2, 6-1

Wyatt Markham[14] d. Krish Advani[17] 5-0 ret., illness

B12s doubles Final Thursday:

David Bender and Gabriel Marino[3] v Krish Advani and Selwyn Olufemi-Owoeye[7]

The United States team has advanced to the semifinals of the United Cup in Australia, beating China 3-0 in the quarterfinals Wednesday in Perth. Coco Gauff defeated Zhang Shuai 7-6(4), 6-2 in women's singles, with Taylor Fritz clinching the win with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Zhang Zhizhen. Desirae Krawczyk(Arizona State) and Robert Galloway(Wofford) won the mixed doubles, beating Zhang and Sun Fajing 6-3, 6-7(1), 10-3.

The US team, which won the competition in 2023, now travel to Sydney, where they will play either the Czech Republic or Italy in Saturday's semifinals.

For more on today's win, see this article from the United Cup website.