Top Seeds Auburn and North Carolina Cruise into Women's Team Indoor Quarterfinals; All-USA Girls Final, Antonius Goes for Two Straight at ITF J300 Ecuador; Cayetano Reaches First M50 Semifinal in Orlando; Damm into ATP 250 Semifinal

The top two seeds had no trouble with the hosts today as both North Carolina and Auburn picked up 4-0 wins in the first round of the ITA Division I Women's Team Indoor Championships in Champaign and Evanston Illinois. 

The two matches between the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds are going on now, but I'm going to post with the results of the first six matches and add those singles results in a couple of hours. Only one of the six completed matches went the distance, with No. 2 seed Oklahoma beating No. 7 seed Texas 4-3, with the match decided at line 6, with the score 6-4 in the third.

The quarterfinals are set for noon and 3:30 p.m. Central time Saturday. Cracked Racquets will have coverage via two separate feeds, one for each location, at their YouTube Channel.

ITA Division I Women's Team Indoor Championships

Round of 16 results, February 6, 2025

Northwestern site:

LSU[3] d. Tennessee[6] 4-0

Doubles:

1. Kenna Erickson and Ella McDonald(LSU) d. Catherine Aulia and Leyla Britez Risso(TENN) 6-4

2. Vanesa Suarez and Francesca Mattioli(TENN) d. Cadence Brace and Addison Lanton(LSU) 6-4

3. Alexia Marginean and Carolina Kuhl(LSU) d. Saray Yli-Piipari and Maeve Thornton(TENN) 7-6(3)

Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles:

1. Cadence Brace(LSU) d. Vanesa Suarez(TENN) 6-2, 6-1

2. Ella McDonald(LSU) v Leyla Britez Risso(TENN) 7-5, 5-3, dnf

3. Carolina Kuhl(LSU) d. Catherine Aulia(TENN) 6-4, 6-3

4. Addison Lanton(LSU) d. Francesca Mattioli(TENN) 6-0, 6-1

5. Florentine Dekkers(LSU) v Sara Yli-Piipari(TENN) 7-6(2) 5-1, dnf

6. Elim Yan(TENN) v Kenna Erickson(LSU) 6-0, 2-6, 3-2, dnf

Order of finish: 4, 1, 3

Georgia[2] d. Virginia[7] 4-1

Doubles:

1. Deniz Dilek and Aysegul Mert(UGA) d. Melodie Collard and Vivian Yang(UVA) 6-4

2. Martina Genis Salas and Annabelle Xu(UVA) d. Anastasiia Lopata and Patricija Paukstyte(UGA) 6-3

3. Emma Dong and Anastasiia Gureva(UGA) d. Katie Rolls and Isabelle Lacy(UVA) 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles:

1. Vivian Yang(UVA) v Anastasiia Lopata(UGA) 6-4, 5-6, dnf

2. Annabelle Xu(UVA) v Aysegul Mert(UGA) 6-4, 3-6, dnf

3. Isabelle Lacy(UVA) d. Deniz Dilek(UGA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

4. Anatastasiia Gureva(UGA) d. Martina Genis Salas(UVA) 6-3, 7-6(2)

5. Sofia Rojas(UGA) d. Melodie Collard(UVA) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3

6. Emma Dong(UGA) d. Katie Rolls(UVA) 6-3, 6-3

Order of finish: 6, 4, 3, 5

Auburn[1] d. Northwestern[8] 4-0

Doubles:

1. DJ Bennett and Stefani Webb(AUB) d. Mika Dagan Fruchtman and Neena Feldman(NU) 6-2

2. Margot Phanthala and Erica Jessel(NU) d. Angella Okutoyi and Merna Refaat(AUB) 3-2, ret.

3. Ekaterina Khayrutdinova and Ashton Bowers(AUB) d. Marelie Raath and Maia Loureiro(NU) 6-2

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1

Singles:

1. DJ Bennett(AUB) v Margot Phanthala(NU) 6-3, 6-4

2. Ekaterina Khayrutdinova(AUB) d. Neena Feldman(NU) 6-2, 6-2

3. Autumn Rabjohns(NU) v Angella Okutoyi(AUB) 7-4, 3-6, unf

4. Ashton Bowers(AUB) v. Maia Loureiro(NU) 7-6(2), 2-5 unf

5. Ava Esposito(AUB) v Marelie Raath(NU) 7-6(3), 4-2, unf

6. Alice Battesti(AUB) d. Mika Dagan Fruchtman(NU) 6-1, 6-3

Order of finish: 2, 6, 1

NC State[5] d. Oklahoma State[4] 4-3

Doubles:

1. Rose Marie Nijkamp and Anastasiya Komar(OKST) d. Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria Osuigwe(NCST) 6-2

2. Olivia Lincer and Marcela Lopez(OKST) d. Anna Zyryanova and Jasmine Conway(NCST) 6-3

3. Luca Udvardy and Lucia Peyre(OKST) v Mia Slama and Lavinia Tanasie(NCST) 5-4, unf

Order of finish: 1, 2

Singles:

Singles:

1. Olivia Lincer(OKST) d.  Gabriella Broadfoot(NCST) 6-1, 6-2

2. Mia Slama(NCST) d. Anastasia Komar(OKST) 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4

3. Anna Zyryanova(NCST) d. Rose Marie Nijkamp(OKST) 7-6(3), 6-3

4. Lucia Peyre(OKST) d. Lavinia Tanasie(NCST) 6-2, 6-2

5. Victoria Osuigwe(NCST) d. Luca Udvardy(OKST) 7-6(7), 7-6(1)

6. Jasmine Conway(NCST) d. Marcela Lopez(OKST) 6-3, 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 6, 4, 3, 2, 5

Illinois site:

Texas A&M[3] d. Vanderbilt[6] 4-2

Doubles:

1. Lucciana Perez and Mia Kupres(TAMU) d. Sophia Webster and Celia-Belle Mohr(VAND) 6-4

2. Bridget Stammel and Valeria Ray(VAND) d. Violeta Martinez and Anna Perelman(TAMU) 6-4

3. Lexington Reed and Daria Smetannikov(TAMU) d. Erin Pearce and Mia Ramakita(CVAND) 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles:

1. Mia Kupres(TAMU) d. Celia-Belle Mohr(VAND) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1

2. Lucciana Perez(TAMU) d. Valeria Ray(VAND) 6-1, 6-1

3. Bridget Stammel(VAND) d. Lexington Reed(TAMU) 6-2, 6-4

4. Violeta Martinez(TAMU) d. Mia Yamakita(VAND) 7-5, 6-3

5. Trinetra Vijayakumar(VAND) v Daria Smetannikov(TAMU) 6-7(6), 7-5, unf.

6. Erin Pearce(VAND) d. Tilde Stromquist(TAMU) 6-2, 6-2

Order of finish:

2, 6, 3, 4, 1

Oklahoma[2] d. Texas[7] 4-3

Doubles:

1. Ariana Pursoo and Anastasia Abbagnato(TEX) d. Evialina Laskevich and Roisin Gilheany(OKLA) 6-2

2. Julie Garcia Ruiz and Salakthip Ounmang(OKLA) d. Christasha McNeil and Salma Drugdova(TEX) 6-2

3. Laura Brunkel and Oyiniomo Quadre(OKLA) d. Elizabeth Ionescu and Carmen Herea(TEX) 6-2

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles:

1. Carmen Herea(TEX) d. Evialina Laskevich(OKLA) 0-6, 6-4, 6-3

2. Anastasia Abbagnato(TEX) d. Julia Garcia Ruiz(OKLA) 6-4, 6-2

3, Christasha McNeil(TEX) d. Chloe Noel(OKLA) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

4. Edda Mamedova(OKLA) d. Eszter Meri(TEX) 6-0, 6-0

5. Salakthip Ounmang(OKLA) d. Ariana Pursoo(TEX) 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-0

6. Laura Brunkel(OKLA) d. Elizabeth Ionescu(TEX) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Order of finish: 4, 2, 3, 1, 5, 6

North Carolina[1] d. Illinois[8] 4-0

Doubles:

1. Ange Oby Kajuru and Susanna Maltby(UNC) v. Tess Bucher and Alice Xu(ILL) 5-2, unf

2. Alanis Hamilton and Reese Brantmeier(UNC) d. McKenna Schaefbauer and Kimiko Cooper(ILL) 6-1

3. Tatum Evans and Anna Frey(UNC) d. Ariel Madatali and Cara Mester(ILL) 6-1

Order of finish: 2, 3

Singles:

1. Reese Brantmeier(UNC)  d. McKenna Schaefbauer(ILL) 6-2, 6-3 

2. Ange Oby Kajuru(UNC) v Kimiko Cooper(ILL) 7-6(5), 2-2, unf

3. Tatum Evans(UNC) d. Ariel Madatali(ILL) 6-3, 6-0

4. Anna Frey(UNC) d. Tess Bucher(ILL) 6-0, 6-1

5. Alanis Hamilton(UNC) v Alice Xu(ILL) 6-3, 3-2, unf

6. Theadora Rabman(UNC) d. Elizabeth Isyanov(ILL) 6-4, 1-2, unf 

Order of finish: 4, 3, 1

Duke[4] v Ohio State[5]

Doubles:

1. Liv Hovde and Shavit Kimchi(DUKE) d. Hephzibah Oluwadare and Teah Chavez(OSU) 7-6(2)

2. Flora Johnson and Luciana Perry(OSU) d. Eleana Yu and Claire An(DUKE) 6-0 

3. Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev and Audrey Spencer(OSU) d. Aspen Schuman and Irina Balus(DUKE) 7-5

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles:

1. Luciana Perry(OSU) d. Irina Balus(DUKE) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3

2. Teah Chavez(OSU) d. Liv Hovde(DUKE) 6-0, 2-6, 6-4

3. Nao Nishino(OSU) v Aspen Schuman(DUKE)

4. Eleana Yu(DUKE) v Audrey Spencer(OSU)

5. Shavit Kimchi(DUKE) v Hephzibah Oluwadare(OSU)

6. Claire An(DUKE) d. Flora Johnson(OSU) 6-2, 6-2

Order of finish: 

The girls singles final at the ITF J300 in Salinas Ecuador will feature two Americans, with No. 3 seed Janae Preston looking for her second title at that level this year, while No. 7 seed Sarah Ye will be playing for her first.

The 15-year-old Preston, who won the title at the Coffee Bowl in Costa Rica last month, defeated No. 6 seed Yael Saffar 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals today and hasn't lost a set this week. She will play 16-year-old Sarah Ye, who defeated Sona Depesova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-1.  Ye made the quarterfinals of the J500 Orange Bowl as a qualifier in December, but in J300s, reaching the semifinals was a first for her.  Ye and Preston met in the semifinals of a J60 back in October of 2024, with Preston winning that 3-6, 6-0, 6-1.

Boys top seed Michael Antonius will play for his second straight ITF J300 title Saturday, after he defeated No. 3 seed Xavier Massotte of Canada 6-3, 6-1, repeating his semifinal win over Massotte at last week's J300 in Colombia.

The 16-year-old from Buffalo New York will play No. 8 seed Lucas Yunez of Ecuador, who derailed a second all-USA singles final with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Navneet Raghuram.

Antonius and his partner Takahiro Kawaguchi of Japan won their second consecutive doubles title, with the No. 2 seeds beating top seeds Massotte and Mathys Domenc of France 6-3, 6-4.

Top seeds Marianne Angel of Mexico and Sofia Meabe of Argentina won the girls doubles title, beating No. 4 seed Fleur De Bresser of the Netherlands and Pietra Rivoli of Brazil 5-7, 7-5, 10-7 in the final. 

At the USTA Pro Circuit W50 in Orlando, qualifier Eryn Cayetano has reached her first semifinal above the W15 level, with the former USC All-American defeating qualifier Haley Giavara(Cal) 6-4, 6-2 in today's quarterfinals. The 24-year-old Cayetano, who has won six W15 titles, will play wild card Katrina Scott, who beat qualfier Martina Capurro Taborda(Oklahoma) of Argentina 6-2, 4-6, 6-0.

In the top half semifinal, No. 5 seed Kayla Cross(LSU) of Canada will face Kayla Day after Cross defeated qualifier Sofia Cabezas(Iowa State, Tennessee) of Venezuela 7-5, 6-3 and Day outlasted No. 7 seed Mary Stoiana(Texas A&M) 6-3, 0-6, 7-6(4).

Ryan Colby(USC, Georgia) is the only American remaining at the M15 in Palm Coast Florida. He defeated Aleksa Ciric(Georgia Gwinnett) of Serbia 7-5, 7-5 and will play unseeded Joao Vitor Goncalves Ceolin of Brazil, who beat top seed Andrew Fenty(Michigan) 6-2, 7-5.

The run of 16-year-old qualifier Jerrid Gaines Jr came to an end with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 losse to Fermin Tenti of Argentina. Tenti faces No. 2 seed Tommaso Campagnucci of Italy in the semifinals.

Martin Damm has been healthy for close to a year now, and the 22-year-old's steadily improving ATP ranking allowed him to compete in the Australian Open qualifying this year, where he reached the main draw. This week, after qualifying at the ATP 250 in Montpelier France, the 2018 Kalamazoo 16s champion has picked up wins over veterans Hubert Hurkacz of Poland and Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain to reach his first ATP quarterfinal, and he beat Luca Nardi of Italy 6-3, 7-6(8) today. Damm will play Adrian Mannarino of France in the semifinals Saturday.