Vandecasteele and Shick Advance to M25 Winston-Salem Final; Wolff's USTA Pro Circuit Winning Streak Reaches Nine in Bradenton W35; Three US Juniors in Round of 16 at Traralgon J300; Ten Americans Begin Australian Open Play Sunday

Quinn Vandecasteele ended the ITF World Tennis Tour winning streak of Keegan Smith(UCLA) today at the M25 in Winston-Salem, knocking out last week's M25 Winston-Salem champion to earn a spot in his fourth Pro Circuit final.

The unseeded 22-year-old former University of Oregon standout defeated No. 4 seed Smith, who had won an M15 in New Zealand last month, 7-6(5), 6-4. Vandecasteele, who had lost to Smith 6-1, 6-1 in the second round last week in Winston-Salem, won a 2023 M25 title on the USTA Pro Circuit back when he was still in college.

Vandecasteele will face another player who has been on a hot streak lately: recent North Carolina State graduate Braden Shick. Shick, 22, won two M15 titles and made another final last fall in Asia, but this is his first M25 final. He has won five ITF WTT doubles titles, including both these M25s in Winston-Salem, since last August.

While one former UCLA Bruin's winning streak ended today, another one extended hers, with Vivian Wolff advancing to the final of the W35 in Bradenton Florida. The fifth-seeded Wolff, who won the last USTA Pro Circuit tournament of 2025 at the W35 Daytona Beach, advanced to her second straight final when No. 2 seed Hina Inoue retired after dropping the first set 7-5. Inoue had played two lengthy three-setters Friday due to rain on Thursday.

Wolff will face 2019 US Open women's singles champion Bianca Andreescu of Canada, who finding her form this week after struggling in her opening match against qualifier Malkia Ngounoue(Kansas). Andreescu defeated No. 6 seed Lea Ma 6-1, 6-0 and has lost only four games in her past two matches, after dropping 14 against Ngounoue.

Top seeds Carmen and Ivana Corley(Oklahoma) won the doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Jaeda Daniel(Auburn, NC State) and Dalayna Hewitt 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 in the final. It's the ninth title for the sisters.

Just three of the 13 US players competing in the J300 in Traralgon Australia are still alive in singles: No. 3 seed Keaton Hance, No. 11 seed Gavin Goode and unseeded Melije Clarke. 

Top girls seeds Alena Kovackova of the Czech Republic and  No. 2 seed Ksenia Efremova of France are through to the round of 16; No. 3 seed Jana Kovackova of the Czech Republic withdrew prior to the start of play.

Top boys seeds Yannick Alexandrescou of France and Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil have also advanced to the round of 16.

The qualifying is underway at the J300 in Costa Rica, with many Americans in both the boys and girls fields.

The Australian Open begins Sunday (tonight in the United States), with ten Americans in action. After the withdraw of Matteo Berrettini of Italy, Mackenzie Mcdonald(UCLA) received entry as a lucky loser; he will play Alex De Minaur of Australia on Monday.

Sunday's first round Australian Open matches featuring Americans:

Zachary Svajda[Q] v Yannick Hanfmann(GER)

Michael Zheng[Q] v Sebastian Korda

Jenson Brooksby v Alexander Bublik[10]

Frances Tiafoe[19] v Jason Kubler[Q](AUS)

Patrick Kypson[WC] v Francisco Comesana(ARG)

Emilio Nava v Kyrian Jacquet[WC](FRA)

Caty McNally v Himeno Sakatsume[Q](JPN)

Venus Williams[WC] v Olga Danilovic

Hailey Baptiste v Marketa Vondrousova[32](CZE)

The doubles draws were released Saturday, with 11 US men in the draw, but just one all-USA doubles team: Robert Cash and JJ Tracy(Ohio State), the No. 14 seeds. There are 18 US women in the draw, and two all-USA teams: Hailey Baptiste and Peyton Stearns(Texas) and McCartney Kessler(Florida) and Jessica Pegula. Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic and the No. 1 seeds.

Iva Jovic lost to qualifier Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the final of the WTA 250 in Hobart Australia Saturday 6-4, 6-4.