Blanch and Dostanic Reach Sarasota Challenger Semis; All-American Final Four at W35 in Boca Raton; Kennedy vs Alvarez at M15 Boca Raton; Britton and Ceban Claim LTA 18s Titles; Oklahoma Beats No. 2 Texas A&M; USA Trails 2-0 in BJK Cup

Americans have advanced to the semifinals of all four USTA Pro Circuit tournaments this week, with an all-USA final guaranteed in one event and a possibility in the other three.

The sure thing is at the W35 in Boca Raton, where all four semifinalists are Americans. Top seed Kayla Day had to complete her second round match and play her quarterfinal today after rain the previous two days; she defeated unseeded Katarina Jokic(Georgia) of Serbia 7-6(4), 6-2 to advance to a fifth Pro Circuit meeting with No. 3 seed Claire Liu, although it's the first since 2019. Liu had to complete her second round match over 15-year-old qualifier Hannah Ayrault before reaching the semifinals with a 7-5, 6-2 win over unseeded Tatiana Pieri of Italy.

No. 2 seed Mary Stoiana(Texas A&M) had won her second round match yesterday, so her 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over Angela Fita Boluda of Spain was her only match of the day. She will face unseeded Maddy Sieg(USC), who beat No. 7 seed Akasha Urhobo 6-4, 6-1 to advance to her second straight W35 semifinal, having reached the semis at the W35 in Argentina last week.

At the ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota(Bradenton), unseeded Americans Darwin Blanch and Stefan Dostanic(USC, Wake Forest) beat seeds to advance to the semifinals.

Blanch, the 2025 Kalamazoo 18s champion, continued his impressive run on the green clay at the IMG Academy, defeating No. 3 seed Hugo Dellien of Bolivia 6-1, 7-5 in today's quarterfinals. Blanch will face top seed Yibing Wu of China, who beat Daniel Dutra da Silva of Brazil 6-5, 7-6(4) this evening.

Dostanic, the 2025 NCAA Team Tournament's Most Outstanding Player, advanced to the semifinals when No. 8 seed Nishesh Basavareddy(Stanford) retired at 5-7, 6-2.  Dostanic will play unseeded Andy Andrade(Florida) of Ecuador, who beat No. 6 seed Daniil Glinka of Estonia 6-4, 6-2.

A couple of hours down the road in Bonita Springs, two former collegians are through to the W15 semifinals, with unseeded Carson Tanguilig, a recent North Carolina graduate, winning a three-hour battle with No. 8 seed Bella Payne, a Georgia recruit, 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(6). She will face unseeded Margaux Maquet of Belgium, who beat wild card Carlota Moreno 6-0, 6-1.

Top seed Gergana Topalova of Bulgaria will face No. 6 seed Ellie Schoppe(Furman, Florida State), who beat No. 3 seed Kyle Collins(Texas, LSU, Oklahoma State) in another three-hour-plus match 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6(5).

At the M15 in Boca Raton, No. 6 seed Jack Kennedy reached his fifth USTA Pro Circuit semifinal with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 win over friend Keaton Hance. Kennedy, a Virginia recruit, will be trying to reach his first Pro Circuit final when he plays Yannik Alvarez of Puerto Rico, who has made the semifinals in his first appearance in a Pro Circuit tournament. Alvarez, a Georgia recruit, advanced when Benjamin Willwerth retired trailing 2-3 in the first set of the quarterfinals.

The top half semifinal will feature No. 8 seed Jacob Brumm and No. 7 seed Andreja Petrovic(Noth Dakota, Florida State, Duke) of Norway. Petrovic beat top seed Ignacio Monzon of Argentina 6-4, 6-4, while Brumm defeated No. 3 seed Mwendwa Mbithi 7-5, 7-5.

The LTA National Championships concluded today in Great Britain, with Daniela Britton, last week's 16s champion, adding the 18s title and top seed Mark Ceban, the 2024 16s champion, taking the boys title.

Britton, the No. 2 seed, beat No. 5 seed Tegan Bush 6-1, 6-3 in the final, with Bush having taking out top seed Hollie Smart 6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals. Ceban defeated No. 4 seed Joshua Craze 6-4, 6-1 to earn a Wimbledon men's qualifying wild card; Britton will receive a women's qualifying wild card for Wimbledon.

The draws can be found here.

The Division I women's NCAA picture continues without a clearcut favorite, but the University of Oklahoma women are certainly making their case, with the No. 7 Sooners beating No. 2 Texas A&M 4-1 last night in Norman for their 12th straight win. Oklahoma took the doubles point and got wins at lines 2, 3 and 5, with A&M's sole point coming from Lucciana Perez at No. 1. Oklahoma faces No. 6 Texas on Sunday, again at home, on senior day.

The USA's Billie Jean King Cup team is down 2-0 to host Belgium after Iva Jovic lost to Hanne Vandewinkel 7-6(3), 6-3 and McCartney Kessler(Florida) retired against Elise Mertens at 7-6(3), 2-6, 3-3. For more on the remaining doubles and singles, and Kessler's injury, see this article from the BJK Cup website.