Les Petits As US Playoffs Underway in Florida; Wright Wins Second Straight World Tennis J100; Twenty-Eight Players Earn Division I NCAA Singles Entry in Regional Play

The annual Les Petits As United States Playoffs are underway this week at the RPS Academies in Port St. Lucie Florida, with main draw entries into the prestigious 2027 14-and-under tournament in Tarbes France on the line.

The boys competing in the USA playoffs, with seeds in brackets. Two players from each group will advance to the quarterfinals.

Group A

Evan Fan[1]

Rishab Sakijumar[8]

Keanu Agbulos

David Benedict

Group B

Novak Masteller[2]

Dmitriy Flyam[6]

Miguel Valencia

Alexander McDaniel

Group C

William McGugin[3]

John Pollack[5]

Thomas Gamble

Ethan Kim

Group D

Pranav Madamanchi[7]

James Borchard[4]

Yfan Nie

Aleksander Denisov

The girls competing in the USA playoffs:

Group A

Lucy Dupere[1]

Annie Tan[7]

Elodie Agnamba

Maya Laddin

Group B

Violetta Li[2]

Chloe Anthony[5]

Noa Boar

Annabelle Huang

Group C

Emma Li[3]

Lailah Cowgill[8]

Anna Victoria Sandru

Lola Looney

Group D

Inie Toli[4]

Skylar Mandell[6]

Yao Lerong

Vihana Thasen

The tournament rules state that the top three finishers receive main draw spots, with fourth place receiving a wild card into qualifying, but in practice, the four semifinalists from the USA Playoffs have almost always gotten into the main draw. The dates for the 2027 edition of the tournament in France are January 21-31.

Results from today's round robin matches haven't been posted yet, but the link to that page is here.

Last week was a slow one on the World Tennis Junior Circuit, at least for Americans, with just one singles title, which was Sydney Wright's second straight J100 championship in Accra Ghana.

The third-seeded 16-year-old from Maryland defeated No. 4 seed Kuzivaishe Chapepa of Zimbabwe 6-2, 6-0 in the final for her eighth straight win in Accra, and she is now up to 220 in the WT junior rankings.

Wright and her Nigerian partner Success Ojunjobi, seeded No. 2, won the doubles title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over top seeds Alisha Ndukwu of Poland and Milana Kolesova of Russia.

There were four more doubles titles for Americans:

Sophia Budacsek reached the girls singles final and claimed the doubles title at the J100 in Mexico with Azul Lopez Vazquez R; Sofia Kedrin and partner Payton Dith of Canada won the title at the J60 in the Dominican Republic; fifteen-year-old Abner Pulin Yu won the J60 in Morocco with Zayd Ahfer of Morocco; and the all-US team of Autumn Xu and Enya Hamilton, seeded No. 1, took the title at the J30 in Canada, beating No. 2 seeds Mila Ajdukovic of Canada and Gwyneth Britton.

I was going to wait until Tuesday to post the first batch of the ITA regionals singles semifinals and doubles finals results, but there are only a three still yet to be determined Tuesday, from the women's regionals in New England and Ohio Valley, so I'll post what I have tonight and just add those to this page tomorrow. 

The remaining 11 regionals will be played in the coming days, with play in the women's Mountain region beginning tomorrow.

Chris Halioris has been hard at work on a new page for his collegetennisranks.com website that posts all NCAA qualifiers and he'll soon have all the sectional priorities available there as well.

Men's Regionals:

(Qualifiers in bold)

ATLANTIC:

Andres Santamarta[1](Virginia) d. Stiles Brockett[5](Virginia) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

Luca Preda[3](Virginia) d. Jangjun Kim[2](Virginia) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

Doubles final:

Jangjun Kim and Andres Santamarta[1](Virginia) d. Blake Hilsen and Eyal Shumilov[2](Virginia Tech)

CAROLINA:

Charlie Robertson[9](South Carolina) d. Chris Xu(North Carolina) 6-3, 6-4

Bruno Kuzuhara[8](Clemson) d. Ian Mayew[9](North Carolina) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles final:

Marko Mesarovic and Henrik Bladelius[4](Clemson) d. Cody Benton and Toby Kodat[8](NC State) 6-3, 6-3

CENTRAL:

Johan Rodriguez[1](Oklahoma) d. Tito Chavez[8](Oklahoma) 6-0, 6-4

Luciano Ambrogi[2](Oklahoma) d. Asahi Harazaki[4](Oklahoma) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles final:

Connor Smillie and Brendan Boland[4](Arkansas) d. Tito Chavez and Alejandro Melero[7](Oklahoma)

MOUNTAIN:

Dylan Davies(Denver) d. Sep De Visser(Idaho State) 7-6(4), 6-3

Xavier Calvelo[4](Utah State) d. Matthew Upton(Montana) 6-3, 7-5

Doubles final:

Marko Maksimovic and Kemal Karakas[1](UNLV) d. Matthew Upton and Duncan McCall 7-6(4), 6-3

NEW ENGLAND:

Rodrigo Fernandes[1](Cornell) d. Eric Verdes[9](Cornell) 6-2, 6-7(2), 7-5

Rohan Murali[2](Harvard) d. Cezar Papoe[4](Cornell) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles final: 

Rushil Khosia and Rethin Senthil Kumar[2](Cornell) d. Rohan Murali and Kolos Kincses[3](Harvard) 6-3, 6-4

OHIO VALLEY:

Nour Fathalla[5](Purdue) d. Lorenzo Balducci(Purdue) 6-1, 6-3

Kyle McNally[9](Dayton) d. Aryan Saleh(Middle Tenn St) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles final:

Hamza El Amine and Lucas Bazin[13](Louisville) d. Sturle Skigelstrand and Mikkel Zinder(Dayton) 7-5, 7-5

SOUTHERN:

Igor Kudriashov[5](Ole Miss) d. Vlado Jankanj[7](Ole Miss) 7-6(5), 6-4

Niccola Baroni[2](Ole Miss) d. Manel Lazaro[8](Auburn) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0

Doubles final:

Igor Kudriashov and Kai Milburn(Ole Miss) d. Aleksander Blus and Theo Hegarty(Alabama) 6-3, 7-6(4)

TEXAS:

Tomasz Berkieta[9](Texas) d. Niksa Arsic(Texas Tech) 6-2, 6-4 

Ilia Snitari[9](Texas A&M) d. Erik Schiessl[9](Baylor) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)

Doubles final:

Albert Pedrico and Cooper Woestendick[1](TCU) d. Connor Van Schalkwyk and Erik Schiessl[2](Baylor) 6-1, 6-3

Women's Regionals

(Qualifiers in bold)

MIDWEST:

Piper Charney[1](Michigan) d. Ariel Madatali(Illinois) 6-1, 6-0

Ekaterina Ivanova[2](Wisconsin) d. Olivia Traynor[6](Michigan) 6-3, 6-3

Third place: 

Olivia Traynor[6](Michigan) d. Ariel Madatali(Illinois) 6-2, 6-3

(Ivanova had already qualified for NCAAs by reaching ITA All-American quarterfinals)

Doubles final:

Piper Charney and Reese Miller[1](Michigan) d. Audrey Spencer and Anna Bennett[9](Ohio State) 6-3, 6-1 

NEW ENGLAND:

Lauren Kettlewell[9](Boston U) d. Kavya Karra[9](Harvard) 7-6(5), 7-5

Stephanie Yakoff[2](Harvard) d. Monika Wojcik(Syracuse) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles final(Tuesday): 

Stephanie Yakoff and Kavya Karra[1](Harvard) v Peyton Capuano and Michela Moore[2](Dartmouth)

NORTHWEST:

Anna-Marie Weissheim[6](Washington) d. Sofia Daryaie(Saint Mary's) 6-3, 6-2

Alyssa Ahn[2](Stanford) d. Jermine Sherif[9](Washington) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles final:

Nela Jandova and Marina Markina[6](Washington) d. Priya Nelson and Stella Remander[9](Saint Mary's) 4-6, 6-3, 10-8

OHIO VALLEY:

(semifinals Tuesday)

Mariia Dolzhenko(Lipscomb) v Julia Zhu[3](Kentucky) 

Asuncion Jadue(Kentucky) v Donna Le Roux[9](Kentucky)

Doubles final(Tuesday):

Valeria Ray and Sophia Webster[1](Vanderbilt) v Sarah Mildren and Alyson Shannon[2](Tennessee)

SOUTHEAST:

Bella Payne[9](Georgia) d. Malwina Rowinska(Florida Atlantic) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 

Emma Dong[6](Georgia) d. Patricija Paukstyte[9](Georgia) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles final:

Emma Dong and Ranah Stoiber[4](Georgia) d. Jantje Tilbuerger and Marta Makarova(UCF) 7-5, 6-0

SOUTHERN:

Ashton Bowers[1](Auburn) d. Addison Lanton[3](LSU) 7-5, 6-4

Alice Battesti(Ole Miss) d. Tegan Bush[9](LSU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

Doubles final:

Gianna Oboniye and Athina Pitta[2](Mississippi St) d. Andrea Nova and Alice Soulie[4](Ole Miss) 7-5, 7-5

TEXAS:

Divna Ratkovic[3](Rice) d. Alian Zack[5](Baylor) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Sofiia Mykhailets[6](TCU) d. Kori Montoya(Texas A&M) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles final:

Sofiia Mykhailets and Cristina Ramos Sierra[9](TCU) d. Na Dong and Ligaya Murray[9](Baylor) 6-4, 6-3