Reddy Reaches ITF J300 Semifinal in India; Kennedy Advances to Quarterfinals at Winston-Salem M25; Jodar and Zheng Make Challenger Semifinals; TRN's Recap of Winter Nationals 18s; USA into United Cup Semifinals

Vihaan Reddy withdrew from the ITF J300 in Traralgon Australia on Monday, although he couldn't have known then that he would be getting plenty of matches prior to the Australian Open Junior Championships later this month, where he is still entered.

Today the 16-year-old from Northern California reached his second ITF J300 semifinal in the past two months, with the sixth-seeded Reddy beating No. 3 seed Damir Zhalgasbay of Kazakhstan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the ITF J300 in New Delhi India.  Reddy, who made the final of the J300 in Zapopan Mexico in November, will face No. 5 seed Arvan Papakar of India in the semifinals, after Papakar defeated top seed Thilo Behrmann of Austria 6-2, 7-5.

2025 finalist Roshan Santhosh, the No. 4 seed, lost to No. 7 seed Min Hyuk Cho of Korea 6-2, 6-2. Cho will face No. 2 seed Flynn Thomas of Switzerland, who defeated 14-year-old qualifier Jang Junseo of Korea 6-4, 6-0. 

The girls semifinals feature two unseeded players in the bottom half, with wild card Jensi Dipakbhai Kanabar of India defeating No. 3 seed Yeri Hong of Korea 6-1, 7-6(6) and Miku Kitaoka of Japan beating wild card Prisha Nikhil Shinde of India 7-5, 6-4. 

The top half semifinals has No. 5 seeds Ekaterina Dotsenko facing No. 4 seed Ui Su Jeong of Korea, after they posted wins over unseeded players.

Closer to home, 17-year-old wild card Jack Kennedy has advanced to his first quarterfinal at the M25 level, with the ITF Junior No. 3 beating No. 8 seed Tristan McCormick(Notre Dame, Georgia) 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-4 in Winston-Salem. Kennedy will face unseeded Stefan Dostanic in Friday's quarterfinals, after Dostanic beat qualifier Nicola Ion of Canada 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

The other all-USA quarterfinal will feature No. 5 seed Keegan Smith(UCLA) and No. 3 seed Daniel Milavsky(Harvard). Smith, who won an M15 in New Zealand last month, defeated Quinn Vandecasteele(Oregon) 6-1, 6-1, while Milavsky beat wild card Mees Rottgering of the Netherlands, a Wake Forest freshman, 6-3, 7-6(3).

The all-Japanese quarterfinal has Shunsue Mitsui(Tennessee) facing No. 7 seed Jay Friend, a senior at the University of Arizona. 

The only quarterfinal featuring players from different countries is at the bottom, with wild card Luca Pow of Great Britain taking on No. 6 seed Bor Artnak of Slovenia. Pow, a junior at Wake Forest, defeated Kentucky freshman Nicolas Arseneault of Canada 6-1, 6-2; Artnak, a junior at Arizona State, beat qualifier Theodore Dean(Yale, Cal) 6-2, 6-3.

The doubles final Friday is between two American teams, with unseeded Ryan Colby(USC, Georgia) and Noah Zamora(UC-Irvine) facing No. 2 seeds Milavsky and Braden Shick(NC State).

The first week of ATP Challengers is coming to a close, with two of the top collegians from 2025 advancing to the semifinals as they prepare to compete in Australian Open qualifying next week. 

2024 and 2025 NCAA singles champion Michael Zheng of Columbia, who is expected to return for his senior year after the Australian Open, has advanced to the semifinals of the 75 in Noumea New Caledonia. The No. 6 seed will face unseeded Arthur Gea of France after beating another Frenchman, Clement Tabur, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Thursday. Gea had ousted No. 2 seed Liam Draxl(Kentucky) of Canada by a 6-3, 6-2 score. Zheng, who won his first three Challenger titles in the second half of 2025, is playing Gea for a spot in his sixth Challenger final. The semifinal in the top half has No. 5 seed Jurij Rodionov of Austria playing unseeded Blake Ellis of Australia.

The Rafael Jodar of Spain, who announced recently that he would not be returning to the University of Virginia for his sophomore season, has reached the semifinals of the 125 in Canberra as a qualifier without dropping a set. The 19-year-old beat unseeded Sho Shimabukuro of Japan 6-2, 6-4 today and will face unseeded Kyrian Jacquet of France Friday.  Next Gen ATP Finals finalist Alexander Blockx of Belgium, the No. 6 seed, will face wild card James McCabe of Australia in the top half semifinal.

The first ATP Challenger in the United States is at the end of this month is a 125 in San Diego, with the expected field announced today.

Ronit Karki and Kenzie Nguyen spoke with Tennis Recruiting Network's Rhiannon Potkey about their 18s titles at the USTA Winter Nationals last weekend in this article.

The United States has needed to win the doubles point in all three of its matches to date at the United Cup, with Coco Gauff and Christian Harrison posting wins against teams from Argentina, Spain and Greece to keep the USA's title defense alive. For more on their win over Greece in the quarterfinals, see this article.

The United States will face the winner of Friday's quarterfinal match between Poland and Australia on Saturday. The other semifinal features Switzerland and Belgium.