Desert Heat Shortens Matches at Easter Bowl, But All No. 1 Seeds in 12s and 14s Divisions Reach Quarterfinals; 16s and 18s Begin Play Tuesday; Las Vegas M25 Main Draw Features Six Teens

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Indian Wells CA--

The heat relented a bit today, with the temperature failing to reach 100 for the first time since the start of the Easter Bowl, but high 90s are not ideal playing conditions, so the decision has been made to continue using a match tiebreaker in lieu of a third set for the 12s and 14s quarterfinals and to begin the 16s and 18s tournament tomorrow with that same format.

All four of the No. 1 seeds are still in contention for the 12s and 14s titles, with girls 12s No. 1 Chloe Anthony, boys 12s No. 1 Dmitry Flyam, girls 14s No. 1 Nadia Poznick and boys 14s No. 1 Ishaan Marla all avoiding a match tiebreaker. 

But No. 2 seeds left in the quarterfinals are down to one, boys 14s Michael Chervenkov, after No. 9 seed Cordelia Skye defeated Summer Yang 6-4, 6-2 in the girls 12s.

Skye, a 12-year-old from West Hollywood California, had lost twice to Yang in the past 12 months, dropping straight-sets decisions at the Easter Bowl last year and at the Nationals last August, causing her to change her strategy in this meeting.

"Today I decided I had to fight more and get more balls back," said Skye, who sported a white oversized scrunchie while pulling off the upset today. "The past two time I played her, I wasn't able to extend the rallies long enough. So my goal today was to play aggressive, but still hit the big targets, and get the ball back in play multiple times, make her have to work for the points."

Skye is coached by her father Owen Williams at local public parks in the LA area, as is her younger brother.  

"He went to college on a basketball scholarship, but he did play tennis when he was younger," said Skye, who played the Easter Bowl for the first time last year. "He got me into it when I was like a year old, me and my brother. He's 10, so not playing here yet, but he's very talented."

Skye has seen her game improve since those two losses to Yang in 2025.

"I think my game has definitely gotten better," Skye said. "I also think I am able to stay a bit more calm in big points, but sometimes I have a problem missing early on in the rallies when I shouldn't be, because I'm going for bigger and bigger shots. So I've definitely been working on that, and adding a little bit more power on my serve, because sometimes my opponents can take control on my serve."

Skye will face No. 8 seed Reya Mahadoo in the quarterfinals Wednesday.

Girls 12s quarterfinals Tuesday:

Chloe Anthony[1] v Alara Buyukuncu[6]

Valentina Singh-Carvajal[3] v Lucy Jiang[5]

Ayenxavia Calugay[9] v Lindy Zhou[4]

Reya Mahadoo[8] v Cordelia Skye[9]

Boys 12s quarterfinals Tuesday:

Dmitriy Flyam[1] v Keanu Agbulos[8]

Thomas Gamble[3] v William Zhou[7]

Benedict Zhong v Jesse Goldman[9]

Jaden Joyner[9] v Milan Nair[9]

Girls 14s quarterfinals Tuesday:

Nadia Poznick[1] v Gabrielle Alexa Villegas

Eleanor Armistead[4] v Nicole Alexandrovich[9]

Isabelle Nguyen v Andrea Jakovljevic[9]

Violetta Mamina[9] v Rachel Immordino

Boys 14s quarterfinals Tuesday:

Ishaan Marla[1] v Jason Zhao[9]

Nathan Lee[3] v Matthew Finn[8]

Tanmay Konduri[6] v Pranav Vignesh[9]

Jacques Chen[5] v Michael Chervenkov

The boys 12s and girls 14s quarterfinals will be played at Palm Valley, the girls 12s and boys 14s are at Indian Wells, all with 8 a.m. start times.

Presenting sponsor adidas was on-site today, distributing a pair of shoes to all players from their mobile trailer, while also sponsoring the player party, which featured a dj, table tennis, and a dinner of salmon, shrimp, chicken, pasta and salad.

The Top 8 seeds for the 16s and 18s:

B16s:

1. Eli Kaminski

2. Lennart Hammargren

3. Piotr Gradzki

4. Ethan Turunen

5. Gadin Arun

6. Ivan Rybak

7. Akshay Mirmira

8. Rafael Pawar

G16s:

1. Sylvana Jalbert

2. Vanessa Kruse

3. Avita Beitler

4. Shristi Selvan

5. Olivia Lin

6. Nikol Davletshina

7. Anastasiya Muravia

8. Molly Widlansky

B18s:

1. Alexanader Suhanitski

2. Omar Rhazali

3. Jesse Yang

4. William Freshwater

5. Yashwin Krishnakumar

6. Soren Swenson

7. Noble Renfrow

8. Michael Lorenzetti

G18s:

1. Ellery Mendell

2. Calla McGill

3. Alyson Shannon

4. Alanna Ingalsbe

5. Lauren Nolan

6. Ava Beltran

7. Reiley Rhodes

8. Kylie Liu

San Diego J300 finalist Marcel Latak, the 2025 Easter Bowl 16s champion, withdrew from singles but is the No. 2 seed in doubles with Joseph Nau.

All singles and doubles draws can be found here, with court assignments also posted on the draws. Live streaming of Stadium Court matches can be found at the Easter Bowl YouTube Channel. 

The only USTA Pro Circuit tournament this week is again a men's event, the M25 in Las Vegas.  Qualifying, which has a 48-player draw rather than the customary 32, finishes Tuesday, but the draw is out.

Andy Johnson did not need his wild card, getting in on his own ranking, so that went to Tanishk Konduri, who was initially set to receive a qualifying wild card. Bakersfield M25 champion Michael Antonius got the special exempt, freeing up another wild card, with that going to Gus Grumet, who was the doubles champion with Antonius in Bakersfield. Grumet and Konduri play in the first round.

Two former ITF Junior No. 1s are also in the draw: 19-year-old Kaylan Bigun(UCLA) and 18-year-old Wake Forest freshman Mees Rottgering of the Netherlands, who won an M15 in Canada two weeks ago.

Two more teens could make the 32-draw, with Jon Gamble and Ronit Karki in the final round of qualifying.