Two Spartans Save Match Points to Reach Men's ITA All-Americans Round of 16, Women's Defending Champion Out; Penickova and Lee Advance to Osaka J500 Quarterfinals; Nguyen Beats Top Seed at W35; Satterfield Makes First Pro Quarterfinal

It wasn't looking great for Michigan State's Ozan Baris and Matthew Forbes in the second round of the ITA Men's All-American Championships, with Baris trailing Jack Loutit of Kentucky 6-4, 5-1, and Forbes down two breaks, 2-5 in the third set, against SMU's Trevor Svajda. 

But senior Baris, the NCAA 2024 fall finalist, and sophomore Forbes, the 2024 Kalamazoo 18s champion, both went on to post victories, with Baris beating Loutit  4-6, 7-6(3), 4-2 def (pps) in the second match of this year's men's All-American Championships that ended in a default. Yesterday Oscar Lacides of Oklahoma lost after a fourth overrule, a match in which both he and Spencer Johnson had already been penalized a game for their third overrules, a result that poses questions about the accuracy of the Electronic Line Calling System being used in this tournament. One of Loutit's code violations was for something he said to the chair, which is something I think the ELC introduction will prove valuable in preventing. With challenges upheld being a code violation from the second one, players can't really afford to get one for another reason, as they are then living on the edge of default after second overrule.

Trevor Svajda was in that situation after a second overrule, which meant his audible obscenity after not getting a "not-up" call serving at 5-4, 15-30, meant he could be defaulted for any challenge that went against him. He had already had a match point on a deciding point serving at 5-2 deuce, but Forbes won it, held, and then got the game penalty. Svajda did force a tiebreaker and had his second match point at 6-5, but Forbes hit a good first serve and plus-one forehand, forcing an error to save it, hit a backhand winner to earn his first match point, converting it when Svajda made a backhand error.

Forbes will play No. 4 seed Kenta Miyoshi of Illinois, who won in three sets for the second straight day, while Baris will face No. 9 seed Aleksa Krivokapic of Purdue.

The only Top 8 seed who didn't advance to the round of 16 Friday is No. 6 Corey Craig of Florida State, who lost to Vignesh Gogineni of Yale 6-2, 6-3. 

Georgia senior Santiago Giamichelle won his seventh match in the past six days, beating No. 9 seed Spencer Johnson of UCLA, but he barely avoided the fate of Loutit and Svajda. Serving up 5-0 in the third set, Giamichelle lost four straight games, but did manage to get a hold on his third attempt for a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 victory.

Men's ITA All-American Championships second round singles results

September 25, 2025, Tulsa OK

DK Suresh[1] Wake Forest d. Vladu Breazu Oregon 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4)

Duncan Chan[Q] TCU d. Nicolas Kotzen[9] Columbia 6-3, 6-4

Dylan Dietrich[7] Virginia d. Jonah Braswell Texas 6-4, 6-4

Jack Anthrop[Q] Ohio State d. Paul Inchauspe[9] Princeton 7-5, 6-2

Jay Friend[3] Arizona d. Luis Alvarez[WC] Oklahoma 6-4, 1-6, 6-1

Emon van Loben Sels d. Sebastian Eriksson Texas 7-6(8), 6-4

Ozan Baris[5] Michigan State d. Jack Loutit Kentucky 4-6, 7-6(3), 4-2 def (pps)

Aleksa Krivokapic[9] Purdue d. Alex Chang Stanford 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2

Devin Badenhorst[9] Baylor d. Luca Pow[Q] Wake Forest 6-3, 6-4

Vignesh Gogineni Yale d. Corey Craig[6] Florida State 6-2, 6-3

Matthew Forbes[Q] Michigan State d. Trevor Svajda SMU 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(6)

Kenta Miyoshi[4] Illinois d. Loren Byers Ohio State 6-1, 3-6, 6-2

Sebastian Gorzny[9] Texas d. Alexander Bernard Ohio State 6-2, 6-4

Sebastian Dominko[8] Notre Dame d. Keegan Rice[Q] Virginia 4-6, 7-5, 7-5

Santiago Giamichelle[PQ] Georgia d. Spencer Johnson[9] UCLA 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Aidan Kim[2] Ohio State d. Connor Van Schalkwyk[Q] Baylor 6-1, 3-6, 6-0

Defending champion Maria Sholokova of Wisconsin was the major upset victim in the women's second round today, with the No. 5 seed falling to Oklahoma State sophomore Rose Marie Nijkamp 6-4, 7-5.

The women's round of 16 also features a pre-qualifier, with Georgia freshman Deniz Dilek beating Emma Kamper of Utah, also a pre-qualifier, 6-3, 6-2 for her seventh win in six days.

Women's ITA All-American Championships second round singles results 

September 25, 2025, Cary NC

Savannah Dada-Mascoll Appalachian State d. Josie Usereau Arizona 6-1, 6-4

Tatum Evans North Carolina d. Zoe Hammond[9] Kentucky 7-6(4), 6-0

Teah Chavez[7] Ohio State d. Anastasiia Grechkina Pepperdine 6-4, 6-3

Julia Garcia Ruiz[9] Oklahoma d. Emily Sartz-Lunde Michigan 6-2, 6-1

Valerie Glozman[4] Stanford d. M Emilija Tverijonaite Arizona State 6-1, 6-2

Mao Mushika[9] Cal d. Lavinia Tanasie[Q] NC State 7-6(5), 6-2

Deniz Dilek[PQ] Georgia d. Emma Kamper[PQ] Utah 6-3, 6-2

Emma Charney(USC) d. Kaitlyn Carnicella South Carolina 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Irina Balus[9] Duke  d. Gabriella Broadfoot[Q] NC State 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Rose Marie Nijkamp Oklahoma State d. Maria Sholokhova[5] 6-4, 7-5

Berta Passola Folch[Q] d. Xin Tong Wang Wichita State 6-2, 6-4

Luciana Perry[3] Ohio State d. Ange Oby Kajuru North Carolina 5-7, 6-3, 6-2

Carmen Herea[9] Texas d. Alyssa Ahn[Q] Stanford 7-5, 6-3

Piper Charney[6] Michigan d. Gabia Paskauskas Florida 6-1, 6-1

Leyla Britez Risso Tennessee d. Ashton Bowers Auburn 6-3, 6-4

Reese Brantmeier[2] North Carolina d. Carolina Gomez Alonso Arkansas   3-6, 6-3, 7-5

Friday will feature both the round of 16 and the quarterfinals in singles. Those who reach the quarterfinals have secured a spot in November's NCAA singles championships in Lake Nona.

The doubles quarterfinals are also on Friday's schedule, with the only seeds in the men's quarterfinals facing each other: No. 1 Petar Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez of Mississippi State versus No. 7 Luca Pow and Kacper Szymkowiak of Wake Forest.

In the women's doubles quarterfinals, four seeded teams remain, including top seeds Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton of North Carolina, who will play No. 5 seeds Sophia Webster and Celia-Belle Mohr of Vanderbilt. 

Cracked Racquets will be providing coverage of both men's and women's singles and doubles all day at the ITA YouTube channel.

At the ITF J500 in Osaka Japan, top seed Kristina Penickova and No. 9 seed Nancy Lee have reached the quarterfinals. Penickova beat unseeded Rira Kosaka of Japan 6-3, 6-4 to set up a meeting with No. 5 seed Kanon Sawashiro of Japan.

Lee, playing in just her third J500, defeated No. 7 seed Anastasia Lizunova of Russia 6-2, 7-5 in the round of 16 and will face No. 2 seed Ksenia Efremova of France next.

Penickova and Efremova, the top seeds in doubles, are through to the semifinals in doubles as are the unseeded team of Carrie-Anne Hoo and China's Zhang-Qian Wei.

At the USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Berkeley, 17-year-old Alexis Nguyen defeated top seed Victoria Rodriguez of Mexico 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals. The 17-year-old Nguyen, who has committed to North Carolina for next fall, will play fellow qualifier Merna Refaat of Egypt, a sophomore at Auburn, Friday. No. 3 seed Akasha Urhobo plays UCLA senior Anne Christine Lutkemeyer, a qualifier, who beat former WTA No. 35 Madison Brengle 7-5, 6-1.

Wild card Aspen Schuman, a Duke recruit, defeated No. 7 seed Lucciana Perez of Peru, a junior at Texas A&M, 6-4, 6-1 and will play Johanne Svendsen of Denmark, who beat No. 2 seed Katarina Jokic(Georgia) 6-2, 6-1.

Along with Urhobo, No. 5 Malaika Rapolu, the former Texas standout, is the only seed remaining. She will face No. 4 seed Zuzanna Pawlikowska of Poland in the quarterfinals.

Kalamazoo 18s finalist Jack Satterfield, playing in just his fourth professional event, is through to his first quarterfinal at the M15 in Ann Arbor. Satterfield beat Vanderbilt teammate Pablo Martinez Gomez of Spain, the No. 7 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in today's second round and will face No. 2 seed Raphael Perot(Texas A&M) of France in the quarterfinals. Other Americans through to the quarterfinals are Evan Bynoe, qualifier Alex Kotzen(Columbia, Tennessee) and top seed Keegan Smith(UCLA).

At the Templeton W75, Mary Stoiana(Texas A&M) is through to the quarterfinals, where she will play Emina Bektas(Michigan). Kayla Day and wild card Katrina Scott will play in the bottom quarterfinal, with either Vivian Wolff(Georgia, UCLA) or Claire Liu the fifth American to advance to the quarterfinals.

At the Las Vegas Challenger 75, qualifier Andrew Fenty(Michigan) is through to his first Challenger quarterfinal. Alex Rybkov defeated No. 3 seed James Trotter(Ohio State) of Japan 6-4, 7-6(8) to reach the quarterfinals. The other possible American quarterfinalist is Andre Ilagan(Hawaii) who plays No. 6 seed Dmitry Popko of Kazakhstan tonight.