NCAA Division I Quarterfinals Set; Forbes to Ohio State; Liutova Reaches Final at W100 Indian Harbour Beach; Jauffret and Penickova Claim W35 Doubles Title; All-USA Finals at ITF J200 in College Grove

The second and final day of the NCAA Division I Super Regionals wasn't dramatic until the last match of the day, when No. 8 Arizona rallied from 3-1 down to earn a 4-3 victory over No. 9 Oklahoma and the first NCAA team quarterfinal in program history.

The other two men's matches had little suspense, with No. 5 seed Mississippi State defeating No. 12 seed Georgia 4-1, and No. 6 seed TCU rolling past unseeded Stanford 4-0 in less than two hours.

With those matches earlier in the day, the focus was solely on Tucson, with a large and loud crowd eager to see the Wildcats avenge their 4-2 loss to the Sooners in January in Norman.

After Oklahoma took the doubles point, Arizona had a steep hill to climb, but eventually they took four first sets, to give themselves a path. The Sooners needed to take a second set somewhere and they got two of them, forces a third set at both lines 6 and 1. Freshman Alejandro Arcila went up a break early in the third set at line 6, but lost it, only to come up with a break at 4-all. He served a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 decision at love, making it 3-3, and by that time Arizona senior Jay Friend had taken a 3-0 lead over Luis Alvarez at line 1. The reigning All-American champion  ran away with it, grabbing a 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-0 win to make history for the Arizona program.

The two women's matches were not particularly close either, although there was one minor upset, with No. 10 LSU going to Charlottesville and taking out No. 7 Virginia 4-1. The third-seeded Ohio State women will join the Ohio State men in Athens after a 4-1 win over No. 14 Vanderbilt.

Today's box scores are below; for the box scores from the 11 matches on Friday can be found here.

Women's Super Regionals Saturday May 9:

Ohio State[3] 4 Vanderbilt[14] 1

Doubles:
1. Luciana Perry and Flora Johnson(OSU) d. Celia-Belle Mohr and Sophia Webster(VAND) 6-3
2. Hephzibah Oluwadare and Teah Chavez(OSU) v. Bridget Stammel and Valeria Ray[VAND) 4-3, unf.
3. Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev and Audrey Spencer(OSU) d. Erin Pearce and Mia Yamakita(VAND) 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 1

Singles:

1. Teah Chavez(OSU) d Celia-Belle Mohr(VAND) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

2. Luciana Perry(OSU) v Bridget Stammel(VAND) 7-5, 1-6, 5-0, unf.

3. Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev(OSU) d. Valeria Ray(VAND) 7-6, 6-1

4. Nao Nishino(OSU) d. Mia Yamakita(VAND) 6-2, 6-2

5. Erin Pearce(VAND) v Audrey Spencer(OSU)2-6, 7-5, 3-1, unf.

6. Sophia Webster(VAND) d.  Hephzibah Oluwadare(OSU) 7-5, 6-4

Order of finish: 4, 6, 3, 1

LSU[10] 4 Virginia[7] 1

Doubles:

1. Melodie Collard and Vivian Yang(UVA)  d. Cadence Brace and Kayla Cross(LSU) 6-3

2. Kenna Erickson and Ella McDonald(LSU) d. Annabelle Xu and Martina Genis Salas(UVA) 7-5

3. Addison Lanton and Carolina Kuhl(LSU) d. Katie Rolls and Isabelle Lacy(UVA) 7-5

Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles:

1. Cadence Brace(LSU) d. Vivian Yang(UVA) 6-3 

2. Annabelle Xu(UVA) d. Kayla Cross(UVA) 6-3, 6-3

3. Ella McDonald(LSU) d. Katie Rolls(UVA) 7-5, 6-1

4. Addison Lanton(LSU) d. Isabelle Lacy(UVA) 6-4, 6-3

5. Melodie Collard(UVA) v Carolina Kuhl(LSU) 7-5, 4-5, unf.

6. Kenna Erickson(LSU) v Martina Genis Salas(UVA) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0, unf.

Order of finish: 3, 4, 2, 1

Men's Super Regionals Saturday May 9:

Mississippi State[5] 4 Georgia[12] 1

Doubles:

1. Arda Azkara and Santiago Giamichelle(UGA) d. Mical Novansky and Benito Sanchez Martinez(MSST) 6-1

2. Niccolo Baroni and Mario Martinez Serrano(MSST) d. Gabriele Vulpitta and Will Jansen(UGA) 6-4

3. Bryan Hernandez Cortes and Petar Jovanovic(MSST) d. Derrick Chen and Noah Johnston(UGA) 6-2

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles:

1. Benito Sanchez Martinez(MSST) d.  Arda Azkara(UGA) 6-4, 6-4

2. Will Jansen(UGA) d. Petar Jovanovic(MSST) 6-4, 6-4

3. Niccola Baroni(MSST) v Santiago Giamichelle(UGA) 6-3, 6-6, unf.

4. Noah Johnston(UGA) v Mario Martinez Serrano(MSST) 7-6(4), 5-3, unf.

5. Raphael Vaksmann(MSST) d. Derrick Chen(UGA) 6-4, 6-2

6. Bryan Hernandez Cortes(MSST) d. Gabriele Vulpitta(UGA) 6-2, 6-3

Order of finish: 6, 2, 5, 1

TCU[6] 4 Stanford 0

Doubles:

1. Duncan Chan and Cosme Rolland De Ravel(TCU) d. Nico Godsick and Alex Razeghi(STAN) 6-2

2. Cooper Woestendick and Albert Pedrico(TCU) d. Samir Banerjee and Hudson Rivera(STAN) 6-3

3. Oliver Bonding and Maximus Dussault(TCU) v Alex Chang and Jagger Leach(STAN) 5-4, unf.

Order of finish: 2, 1 

Singles:

1. Duncan Chan(TCU) v Samir Banerjee(STAN) 6-4, 5-1, unf.

2. Cosme Rolland De Ravel(TCU) d. Alex Razeghi(STAN) 6-0, 6-3

3. Cooper Woestendick(TCU) v Nico Godsick(STAN) 7-5, 1-2, unf.

4. Oliver Bonding(TCU) d. Hudson Rivera(STAN) 6-1, 6-1

5. Albert Pedrico(TCU) d. Jagger Leach(STAN) 6-3, 6-4

6. Roger Pascual(TCU) v Alex Chang(STAN) 6-3, 3-1, unf.

Order of finish: 4, 5, 2

Arizona[8] 4 Oklahoma[9] 3

Doubles:

1. Bruno Nhavene and Luis Alvarez(OU) d. Glib Sekachov and Filip Gustafsson(UA) 6-4

2. Jay Friend and Alexander Rozin(UA) d. Oscar Lacies and Alejandro Melero(OU) 6-4

3. Cole Stelse and Alejandro Arcila(UA) v Asahi Harazaki and Johan Rodriguez(OU) 5-2, unf.

Order of finish: 1, 2

Singles:

1. Jay Friend(UA) d. Luis Alvarez(OU) 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-0

2. Oscar Lacides(OU) d. Filip Gustafsson(UA) 7-6(1), 6-2

3. Sasha Rozin(UA) d. Orel Kimhi(OU) 7-6(4), 7-6(4)

4. Johan Rodriguez(OU) d. Zoran Ludoski(UA) 6-2, 6-1

5. Glib Sekachov(UA) d. Alejandro Melero(OU) 6-3, 6-2

6. Alejandra Arcila(UA) d. Asahi Harazaki(OU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

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

Which matches will be played at what times have not yet been announced, but will be posted on the draws. The men play their quarterfinals on Thursday, the women play their quarterfinals on Friday.

In other college news today, Ohio State announced that Matt Forbes, who spent his first two years at Michigan State, has  signed with the Buckeyes as a transfer. The 2024 Kalamazoo 18s champion is currently No. 15 in the ITA singles rankings and No. 38 in the ITA doubles rankings.

On the USTA Pro Circuit, 16-year-old wild card Kristina Liutova is through to the W100 Indian Harbour Beach Florida final, beating No. 5 seed Jazmin Ortenzi of Argentina 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(1). The Seattle-area resident will play another Argentinian in the final, No. 8 seed Julia Riera, who beat top seed Dasha Vidmanova(Georgia) of Czechia 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-1.

No. 3 seeds Anna Rogers(NC State) and Allura Zamarippa(Texas) won the doubles title, defeating No. 4 seeds Ingrid Neel(Florida) and Abigail Rencheli(NC State) 6-3, 6-0 in this evening's final.

For the second straight week, a junior pair won a Boca Raton W35 doubles title. After Welles Newman and Jordyn Hazelitt won last week's doubles title there, Capucine Jauffret and Annika Penickova matched that accomplishment, with the wild cards defeating unseeded Dasha Ivanova and Canadian Alexandra Vagramov(UCLA) 6-1, 6-2 in today's final. It's the first pro title for Jauffret; Penickova has won two W15 doubles title with her sister Kristina.

Former North Carolina All-American Carson Tanguilig has reached her third USTA Pro Circuit final and the first at the W35 level, with the 22-year-old qualifier beating 17-year-old Luna Cinalli of Argentina 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 today in Boca Raton. She will face unseeded Justina Gonzalez Daniele of Argentina, who beat Dasha Ivanova 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Top seed Alex Rybakov(TCU) will face qualifier Joaquim Almeida(VCU, Liberty) of Brazil in Sunday's final at the M15 in Vero Beach Florida. Rybakov defeated Liam Krall(SMU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, while Almeida took out No. 4 seed Quinn Vandecasteele(Oregon) 6-4, 6-1. Almeida was the 28th alternate in qualifying for the tournament, but ended up getting into qualifying and has won six matches. For more on JJ Wolf's injury retirement against Almeida, see this article from World Tennis Magazine.

Former Illinois teammates Hunter Heck and Great Britain's Oliver Okonkwo won their second straight doubles title today. The M15 Orange Park champions, the top seeds, defeated unseeded Preston Brown and Chile's Diego Jarry Fillol 6-2, 6-2 in the final.

The finals are set for the ITF J200 in College Grove Tennessee, with two seeded American girls and two unseeded American boys vying for the titles Sunday.

Tyler Lee defeated Colter Amey 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in today's semifinals, and will face Gurjot Singh, who beat No. 3 seed Izyan Ahmad 6-3, 1-6, 7-5. Lee and Singh met in the second round of last week's J200 in Sumter SC, with Lee winning 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.

No. 5 seed Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann defeated doubles partner Clemence Mercier of Canada, and the 17-year-old from Michigan will go for a sweep of the titles against No. 4 seed Carlota Moreno. Moreno, who beat Audrey Kao of Taiwan 6-2, 6-3, defeated Drenser-Hagmann 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the ITF J300 in San Diego in March. 

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Although all four of them dropped a point as hosts of Friday's Super Regionals, the top two seeds in the men's and women's NCAA Division I draws have booked their spots at the finals site in Athens Georgia.

Top seed Georgia has the opportunity to win a second straight women's team title, but this time at home, after the Bulldogs got by UCLA 4-1. No. 2 seed Auburn will make its first appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals in program history after defeating No. 15 seed Duke 4-2 in Auburn this evening. Georgia's opponent in the quarterfinals next Friday will be No. 8 seed NC State, who unexpectedly dropped the doubles point to No. 9 Texas, but fought back to beat the Longhorns 4-2. Auburn will await the winner of Saturday's match between No. 10 LSU and No. 7 Virginia.

Defending men's champion Wake Forest was dominant in its 4-1 win over No. 16 seed UCF, needing less than two hours to post the victory, although they lost at No. 1 singles before Luca Pow clinched at line 3. No. 2 Texas was kept out on its courts for nearly an hour longer, but the National Team Indoor Champions secured a 4-1 win over No. 15 seed San Diego.

Wake Forest will play the winner of Saturday's match between No. 8 Arizona and No. 9 Oklahoma, with Texas facing No. 10 seed Baylor, who posted the day's most dramatic victory.

Although Pepperdine dropped the doubles point in front of a large crowd in Waco, the Waves took four first sets in singles, requiring the Bears to force a third set somewhere. The only three-set match of the night was a line 1, with Devin Badenhorst forcing that third set by winning a deciding point on a passing shot winner with Edward Winter serving at 5-6. 

When Pepperdine's Aleksa Pisaric, the hero of his team's 4-3 win over LSU in last weekend's second round, closed out Connor van Schalkwyk in two tiebreakers, Badenhorst and Winter were midway through their final set. But Badenhorst was cramping, receiving treatment at every changeover, and relying on his big serve and his ability to shorten points was his primary strategy. 

Badenhorst took a lead early in the seemingly inevitable tiebreaker and went up 6-3, but Winter held both of his serves to put the pressure back on the junior from South Africa. To the delight of the crowd and his teammates, Badenhorst chose to serve and volley at that key moment and was rewarded for his bravery, with a first serve and forehand volley winner sending Baylor to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2022 with a 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(5) victory.

Baylor's secured their victory around 10:30 p.m. Eastern, but due to lightning delays at the women's Super Regional in Norman, the singles between No. 6 seed Oklahoma and No. 11 seed Pepperdine had just started. Pepperdine had taken the doubles point before the nearly three-hour delay, but Oklahoma fought back to tie it up with the match decided at No. 2 singles. Edda Mamedova of Oklahoma was up 4-2 in the third set against Pepperdine freshman Sonja Zhiyenbayeva, but the former ITF junior No. 15 from Kazakhstan swung freely and took the final four games to clinch the 5-7, 7-6, 6-4 win shortly after midnight local time. Oklahoma was sole higher seed and host to fall in Friday's 11 matches.

The box scores from the Super Regionals Friday, May 8th:

WOMEN:

Texas A&M[4] 5 Southern California[13] 1
Doubles
1. Lily Fairclough and Krisha Mahendran(USC) d. Lucciana Perez and Mia Kupres(TAMU) 6-2
2. Violeta Martinez and Ilinca Amariei(TAMU) v Emma Charney and Immi Haddad(USC) 5-5, unf.
3. Dani Borruel and Eugenia Zozaya(USC) d. Daria Smetannikov and Lexington Reed(TAMU) 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 3

Singles

1. Lucciana Perez(TAMU) d. Jana Hossam(USC) 6-1, 6-1

2. Mia Kupres(TAMU) d. Eugenia Zozaya(USC) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

3. Ilinca Amariei(TAMU) d. Emma Charney(USC) 6-4, 7-5

4. Lexington Reed(TAMU) d.  Krisha Mahendran(USC) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5

5. Violeta Martinez(TAMU) d. Lily Fairclough(USC) 6-1, 6-2

6. Daria Smetannikov(TAMU) v Dani Borruel(USC) 6-4, 5-7, 4-2 unf

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

Georgia[1] 4 UCLA 1

Doubles:

1. Anastasiia Lopata and Patricija Paukstyte(UGA) d. Kate Fakih and Olivia Center(UCLA) 6-3

2. Mayu Crossley and Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer(UCLA) v Deniz Dilek and Aysegul Mert(UGA) 5-3, unf.

3. Emma Dong and Anastasiia Gureva(UGA) d. Kayla Chung and Ahmani Guichard(UCLA) 6-2

Order of finish: 3, 1

Singles:

1. Anastasiia Lopata(UGA) v Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer(UCLA) 6-3, 6-6(1-5), unf.

2. Mayu Crossley(UCLA) v Aysegul Mert(UGA)  6-4, 5-4, unf.

3. Denis Dilek(UGA) d. Kate Fakih(UCLA) 6-4, 6-3

4. Bianca Fernandez(UCLA) d. Anastasiia Gureva(UGA) 7-5, 6-4

5. Emma Dong(UGA) d. Olivia Center(UCLA) 7-5, 6-2

6. Sofia Rojas(UGA) d. Ahmani Guichard(UCLA) 6-0, 7-5

Order of finish: 6, 3, 4, 5 

NC State[8] 4 Texas[9] 2

Doubles

1. Anastasia Abbagnato and Elizabeth Ionescu(TEX) d. Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria Osuigwe(NCST) 6-2

2. Christasha McNeil and Carmen Herea(TEX) d. Anna Zyryanova and Jasmine Conway(NCST) 7-5

3. Mia Slama and Lavinia Tanasie(NCST) d. Salma Drugdova and Eszter Meri(TEX) 6-1

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2 

Singles

1. Mia Slama(NCST) d. Carmen Herea(TEX) 7-5, 6-0

2. Anna Zyryanova(NCST) v Anasatasia Abbagnato(TEX) 7-6(4), 6-1

3. Gabriella Broadfoot(NCST) v Eszter Meri(TEX) 2-6, 7-5, 4-0 unf.

4. Lavinia Tanasie(NCST) d. Christasha McNeil(TEX) 6-3, 6-2

5. Victoria Osuigwe(NCST) d. Elizabeth Ionescu(TEX) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5

6. Kate Mansfield(TEX) d. Jasmine Conway(NCST) 6-3, 6-4

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

North Carolina[5] 4 Michigan[12] 2

1. Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton(UNC) d. Lily Jones and Jessica Bernales(MICH) 6-2

2. Laura Rahnel and Reese Miller(MICH) d. Susanna Maltby and Maddy Zampardo(UNC) 6-3

3. Tatum Evans and Ange Oby Karjuru(UNC) d. Piper Charney and Emily Sartz-Lunde(MICH) 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles:

1. Piper Charney(MICH) d. Reese Brantmeier(UNC) 6-3, 6-2

2. Ange Oby Kajuru(UNC) d. Lily Jones(MICH) 6-2, 6-2

3. Tatum Evans(UNC) d. Reese Miller(MICH) 5-7, 7-5, 7-5

4. d. Emily Sartz-Lunde(MICH) d. Maddy Zampardo(UNC) 6-3, 6-1

5. Anna Frey(UNC) d. Jessica Bernales(MICH) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1

6. Thea Rabman(UNC) v Laura Rahnel(MICH) 4-6, 6-4, 6-5, unf. 

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

Auburn[2] 4 Duke[15] 2

Doubles:

1. Irina Balus and Shavit Kimchi(DUKE) v DJ Bennett and Ava Esposito(AUB) 5-3, unf.

2. Angella Okutoyi and Merna Refaat(AUB) d. Claire An and Eleana Yu(DUKE) 6-1

3. Ashton Bowers and Ekaterina Khayrutdinova(AUB) d. Liv Hovde and Aspen Schuman(DUKE) 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 2

Singles:

1. Irina Balus(DUKE) d. DJ Bennett(AUB) 7-5, 6-3

2. Ekaterina Khayrutdinova(AUB) d. Aspen Schuman(DUKE) 6-2, 6-1

3. Angella Okutoyi(AUB) d. Liv Hovde(DUKE) 5-7, 7-5, 6-0

4. Claire An(DUKE) d. Merna Refaat(AUB) 6-2, 6-4

5. Shavit Kimchi(DUKE) v Ashton Bowers(AUB) 5-7, 7-6(3), 1-0, unf.

6. Ava Esposito(AUB) d. Eleana YU(DUKE) 6-2, 7-6(3)

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

Pepperdine[11] 4 Oklahoma[6] 3

Doubles:

1. Ziva Falkner and Sonja Zhiyenbayeva(PEPP) d. Gloriana Nahum and Roisin Gilheany(OU) 7-5

2. Chantal Sauvant and Anastasia Grechkina(PEPP) d. Evialina Laskevich and Edda Mamedova(OU) 6-3

3. Julia Garcia Ruiz and Salakthip Ounmuang(OU) d. Duru Soke and Shihomi Leong(PEPP) 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles:

1. Evialina Laskevich(OU) d. Ziva Falkner(PEPP) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

2. Sonja Zhiyenbayeva(PEPP) d. Edda Mamedova(OU) 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-4

3. Julia Garcia Ruiz(OU) d. Anastasia Grechkina(PEPP) 6-1, 6-2

4. Chantal Sauvant(PEPP) d. Salakthip Ounmuang(OU) 6-1, 6-4

5. Chloe Noel(OU) d. Duru Soke(PEPP) 6-3, 6-1 

6. Alexis Harmon(PEPP) d. Gloriana Nahum(OU) 6-2, 7-5

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

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MEN:

Ohio State[3] 4 Illinois[14] 0

Doubles:

1. Nikita Filin and Brandon Carpico(OSU) d. Gabriel Debru and Kenta Miyoshi(ILL) 7-6(4)

2. Tyler Bowers and Will Mroz(ILL) v Alex Kim and Bryce Nakashima(OSU) 6-6, unf.

3. Alex Bernard and Alex Okonkwo(OSU) d. David Bakonyi and Zach Viiala(ILL) 6-2

Order of finish: 3, 1

Singles:

1. Aidan Kim(OSU) v Gabriel Debru(ILL) 6-3, 3-6, 3-0, unf.

2. Jack Anthrop(OSU) d. Kenta Miyoshi(ILL) 6-4, 6-3

3. Preston Stearns(OSU) v William Mroz(ILL) 7-5, 2-4, unf.

4. Nikita Filin(OSU) d. Adam Jilly(ILL) 6-1, 6-4

5. Zach Viiala(ILL)  v Bryce Nakashima(OSU) 6-1, 3-6, 1-0, unf.

6. Alex Bernard(OSU) d. Hayden Jones(ILL) 6-2, 6-2

Order of finish: 4, 6, 2

Virginia[4] 4 South Carolina[13] 1

Doubles:

1. Mans Dahlberg and Dylan Dietrich(UVA) v. Lucas da Silva and Paul Barbier Gazeu(SCAR) 5-3, unf.

2. Andres Santamarta and Jangjun Kim(UVA) d. Max Stenzer and Sean Daryabeigi(SCAR) 6-2

3. Stiles Brockett(UVA) and Keegan Rice(UVA) d. Gabe Avram and Charlie Swaine(SCAR) 6-3

Order of finish: 2, 3

Singles:

1. Lucas da Silva(SCAR) v Dylan Dietrich(UVA) 7-5, 6-7(3), 1-0 unf.

2. Keegan Rice(UVA) d. Paul Barbier Gazeu(SCAR) 6-2, 6-3

3. Jangjun Kim(UVA) d. Sean Daryabeigi(SCAR) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2

4. Max Stenzer(SCAR) d. Andres Santamarta(UVA) 7-5, 2-6, 6-1

5. Stiles Brockett(UVA) d. Atakan Karahan(SCAR) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

6. Mans Dahlberg(UVA) v. Gabe Avram(SCAR) 5-7, 6-3, 3-1  unf.

Order of finish: 2, 5, 4, 3

Wake Forest[1] 4 UCF[16] 1

Doubles:

1. DK Suresh and Andrew Delgado(WAKE) v Yassine Dlimi and Paul Colin(UCF) 5-4, unf.

2. Meese Rottgering and Kacper Szymkowiak(WAKE) d. Luca Hotze and Nicolas Oliveira(UCF) 6-2

3. Luca Pow and Aryan Shah(WAKE) d. Wissam Abderrahman and Clement Lemire(UCF) 6-0

Order of finish: 3, 2 

Singles:

1. Yassine Dlimi(UCF) d. DK Suresh(WAKE) 6-3, 6-4

2. Mees Rottgering(WAKE) d. Wissam Abderrahman(UCF) 6-4, 6-1

3. Luca Pow(WAKE) d. Pedro Rodrigues(UCF) 6-2, 6-3

4. Charline Robertson(WAKE) v Paul Colin(UCF) 7-5, 1-4, unf.

5. Aryan Shah(WAKE) d. Nicolas Oliveira(UCF) 6-0, 6-3

6. Clement Lemire(UCF) v Joaquin Guilleme(WAKE) 7-5, 3-1, unf.

Order of finish: 5, 1, 2, 3

Baylor[11] 4 Pepperdine 3

Doubles:

1. Alexandru Chirita and Zsombor Velcz(BAY) d. Edward Winter and David Fix(PEPP) 6-3 

2. Luc Koenig and Connor Van Schalkwyk(BAY) d. Lasse Poertner and Gustavo Almeida(PEPP) 6-4 

3. Aleksa Pisaric and Maxi Homberg v Devin Badenhorst and Calvin Baierl(BAY) 5-4, unf.

Order of finish: 2, 1

Singles:

1. Devin Badenhorst(BAY) d. Edward Winter(PEPP) 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(5)

2. Zsombor Velcz(BAY) d. Lasse Poertner(PEPP) 6-1, 6-1

3. Aleksa Pisaric(PEPP) d. Connor van Schalkwyk(BAY) 7-6(6), 7-6(6) 

4. Gustavo Almeida(PEPP) d. Alexandru Chirita(BAY) 6-1, 6-3

5. Luc Koenig(BAY) d. Maxi Homberg(PEPP) 6-1, 6-4

6. David Fix(PEPP) d. Louis Bowden(BAY) 6-1, 6-2

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

Texas[2] 4 San Diego[15] 1

Doubles:

1. Kalin Ivanovski and Abel Forger(TEX) d. Adrien Berrut and Lambert Ruland(USD) 6-0

2. Sebastian Gorzny and Lucas Marionneau(TEX) v Stian Klaassen and Oliver Tarvet(USD) 4-2, unf.

3. Oliver Ojakaar and Sebastian Eriksson(TEX) d. Manvy Balciunas and Vincent Marysko(USD) 6-2.

Order of finish: 1, 3

Singles:

1. Oliver Tarvet(USD) d. Sebastian Gorzny(TEX) 6-4, 6-3

2. Manvy Balciunas(USD) v Kalin Ivanovski(TEX) 6-7(4), 6-2, 2-1, unf

3. Sebastian Eriksson(TEX) d. Stian Klaassen(USD) 7-6(4), 6-4

4. Oliver Ojakaar(TEX) d. Vincent Marysko(USD) 6-3, 6-3

5. Abel Forger(TEX) v Adrien Berrut(USD) 7-6(1), 6-6, unf.

6. Lucas Marionneau(TEX) d Lambert Ruland(USD) 6-4, 6-2

Order of finish: 6, 4, 1, 3

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Women's Super Regionals Saturday May 9:

Ohio State[3] v Vanderbilt[14]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Columbus OH

Virginia[7] v LSU[10]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Charlottesville VA

Men's Super Regionals Saturday May 9:

Mississippi State[5] v Georgia[12]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Starkville MS

Stanford v TCU[6]

Saturday May 9th, 2 p.m. Fort Worth TX

Oklahoma[9] v Arizona[8]

Saturday May 9th, 4 p.m. Tucson AZ

Links to live scoring and live streams can be found at the ITA's Super Regional pages, with the men's page here and the women's page here.

Cracked Racquets will again be providing multiple streams on their YouTube Channel.

The men's draw is here; the women's draw is here.

The UTR Sports NIT Championships concluded today in Rome Georgia, with Virginia Tech beating North Alabama 4-2 for the men's title. Arkansas State claimed the women's title Thursday, beating North Alabama 4-2. For results and photos of the event, see the UTR Sports NIT page.

Sixteen-year-old wild card Kristina Liutova, originally from Russia, but a longtime resident of Washington state, reached her first W100 semifinal with a 6-4, 6-3 win over No. 3 seed and WTA No. 145 Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands today in Indian Harbour Beach Florida.  It's Liutova's first WTA Top 200 win, although she had reached the quarterfinals of the W100 in San Diego earlier this year. She will face No. 5 seed Jazmin Ortenzi of Argentina Saturday, after Ortenzi defeated No. 2 seed Elvina Kalieva 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Top seed Dasha Vidmanova(Georgia) will play No. 8 seed Julia Riera of Argentina in the other semifinal. 

At the W35 in Boca Raton Florida, Luna Cinalli, the 17-year-old from Argentina, ended the run of 18-year-old wild card Capucine Jauffret with a 6-1, 6-3 win in today's quarterfinals. Cinalli will face Carson Tanguilig, who beat fellow qualifier Sofia Rocchetti of Italy 6-3, 6-4 today. The top half semifinal will also feature two unseeded players: Dasha Ivanova, a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 winner over No. 5 seed Fernanda Labrana of Chile, and Justina Gonzalez Daniele of Argentina, who beat 17-year-old Hannah Klugman of Great Britain 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

At the M15 in Vero Beach, wild card JJ Wolf(Ohio State) retired from his quarterfinal match with qualifier Joaquim Almeida(VCU, Liberty) of Brazil 0-6, 7-6(7), 1-0. Almeida will face No. 4 seed Quinn Vandecasteele(Oregon), who beat No. 5 seed Tristan McCormick(Notre Dame Georgia) 6-3, 6-2.  The other semifinal has top seed Alex Rybakov(TCU) against unseeded Liam Krall(SMU). Rybakov defeated No. 8 seed Ryan Colby(USC, Georgia) 6-3, 6-4 and Krall beat 18-year-old Gavin Goode 6-4, 6-3.

At the ITF J200 in College Grove Tennessee, the doubles finals were played, but only the singles quarterfinals, so the tournament will not be ending on Saturday, as is customary for 48 and 32 player draws across most of the ITF junior circuit.

The girls semifinals will have unseeded Clemence Mercier of Canada facing doubles partner Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann, the No. 5 seed, while No. 4 seed Carlota Morena is playing unseeded Audrey Cao of Taiwan.

The boys semifinals will feature unseeded Tyler Lee and Colter Amey in the top half, and No. 3 seed Izyan Ahmad and Gurjot Singh in the bottom half.

No. 4 seeds Drenser-Hagmann and Mercier won the doubles title today, beating last week's J200 Sumter SC champions Olivia De Los Reyes and Emery Combs, the No. 3 seeds, 7-5, 6-4.

No. 3 seeds Theo Hegarty and Erik Schinnerer won the boys doubles, beating the unseeded pair of Lee and Justin Riley Anson 7-6(8), 6-7(5), 12-10 in this afternoon's final.

Eleven D-I Super Regionals on Tap for Friday; ITA Addresses Program Cuts, International Player Issue; Jauffret Reaches Quarterfinals at W35 Boca Raton; Wolf, Goode Advance at M15 Vero Beach; Quarterfinals Set at ITF J200 College Grove

The matches that will decide who travels to Athens next week for the quarterfinals of the Division I NCAA Team Championships begin tomorrow, with 11 of the 16 Super Regionals set for Friday. Five men's matches and six women's matches are on the schedule for Friday, beginning with the 3 p.m. Eastern time women's match between the Texas A&M and Southern California and ending with two 7 p.m. men's matches in Texas. Below are the matchups, in date/time order.

Women's Super Regionals Friday May 8:

Southern California[13] v Texas A&M[4]

Friday May 8th, 3 p.m. College Station TX

Georgia[1] v UCLA

Friday, May 8th, 4 p.m. Athens GA

Texas[9] v NC State[8]

Friday May 8th, 5 p.m. Raleigh NC

North Carolina[5] v Michigan[12]

Friday May 8th, 5 p.m. Chapel Hill NC

Pepperdine[11] v Oklahoma[6]

Friday May 8th, 6 p.m. Norman OK

Auburn[2] v Duke[15]

Friday May 8th, 6 p.m. Auburn AL

Men's Super Regionals Friday May 8:

Ohio State[3] v Illinois[14]

Friday May 8th, 4:30 p.m. Columbus OH

Wake Forest[1] v UCF[16] 

Friday May 8th, 5 p.m. Winston-Salem NC

South Carolina[13] v Virginia[4]

Friday, May 8th, 5 p.m. Charlottesville VA

Pepperdine v Baylor[10]

Friday May 8th, 7 p.m. Waco TX

San Diego[15] v Texas[2]

Friday May 8th, 7 p.m. Austin TX

Women's Super Regionals Saturday May 9:

Ohio State[3] v Vanderbilt[14]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Columbus OH

Virginia[7] v LSU[10]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Charlottesville VA

Men's Super Regionals Saturday May 9:

Mississippi State[5] v Georgia[12]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Starkville MS

Stanford v TCU[6]

Saturday May 9th, 2 p.m. Fort Worth TX

Oklahoma[9] v Arizona[8]

Saturday May 9th, 4 p.m. Tucson AZ

Links to live scoring and live streams can be found at the ITA's Super Regional pages, with the men's page here and the women's page here.

Cracked Racquets will again be providing multiple streams on their YouTube Channel.

The men's draw is here; the women's draw is here.

The ITA released a statement today on the recent issues that have been raised by the cutting of the programs at Arkansas. Chief Executive Officer Dave Mullins begins by addressing the new challenges for Olympic sports that the House settlement has produced, cites the study done to determine why programs are cut and discusses the benefits for the entire community, not just the varsity teams, that a tennis program provides.

The growth in tennis participation since the pandemic has increased demand for courts, but too often the university's courts are not open to the public. The ITA and the USTA do not want to see college programs cut and Mullins suggests that with advance notice, those two entities can help develop a plan to ease the financial burden.

The international player discussion, which has been in the news since former General Manager of USTA Player Development Patrick McEnroe wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, is addressed in two parts, with the ITA obviously reluctant to restrict international participation, but supportive of age limits that put American juniors on more equal footing with the often much older international players.

The full statement can be viewed here.

At the USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Boca Raton Florida, University of Florida signee Capucine Jaufrett has advanced to the quarterfinals. The 18-year-old wild card from Delaware defeated No. 8 seed Ranah Stoiber of Great Britain 7-5, 6-1 to reach her first quarterfinal at the W35 level. She will face 17-year-old Luna Cinalli of Argentina, who defeated No. 3 seed Antonia Vergara Rivera of Chile 6-3, 6-0. Jauffret and Cinalli met in the first round of the J500 in Mexico in November of 2024, with Cinalli winning 3-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Seventeen-year-old Hannah Klugman of Great Britain, currently No. 2 in the ITF junior rankings, advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-1 win over No. 6 seed Sofia Shapatava of Georgia; qualifier Carson Tanguilig(North Carolina) defeated wild card Annika Penickova 7-6(3), 6-1 to reach her first quarterfinal at a W35. Tanguilig won her first title last month at the W15 in Bonita Springs.  Dasha Ivanova is the third American to reach the quarterfinals; she defeated Carla Markus of Argentina 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-0.

Eighteen-year-old Gavin Goode reached his second M15 quarterfinal today in Vero Beach, beating wild card Hunter Heck(Illinois) 6-4, 6-2. Goode, currently 29 in the ITF junior rankings, will face unseeded Liam Krall(SMU) Friday. Krall defeated No. 6 seed Roberto Cid Subervi(USF) 7-6(5), 6-4. Sixteen-year-old wild card Jordan Lee lost to to wild card JJ Wolf(Ohio State) 6-4, 6-2 today. For more on Wolf's comeback from a serious shoulder injury, see this article from World Tennis Magazine. Wolf faces the only non-American in the quarterfinals, qualifier Joaquim Almeida(VCU, Liberty) of Brazil. 

Top seed Alex Rybakov(TCU), No. 4 seed Quinn Vandecasteele(Oregon), No. 5 seed Tristan McCormick(Notre Dame, Georgia) and No. 8 seed Ryan Colby(USC, Georgia) are the other quarterfinalists.

At the W100 in Indian Harbour Beach, No. 2 seed Elvina Kalieva is the only American to reach the quarterfinals. The 22-year-old defeated Anna Rogers(NC State) 6-3, 7-5 in the second round today and will face No. 5 seed Jazmin Ortenzi of Argentina, who beat Ayana Akli(Maryland, South Carolina) 5-7, 6-4, 6-0.

Sixteen-year-old wild card Kristina Liutova advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Barbora Palicova of Czechia in the featured evening match.

The singles quarterfinals are set at the ITF J200 in College Grove Tennessee with six US girls and seven US boys advancing. Only three seeds remain in the boys draw: No. 3 Izyan Ahmad, No. 6 Jerrid Gaines Jr. and No. 8 Erik Schinnerer. 

Four seeds remain in the girls draw: No. 3 Emery Combs and No. 5 Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann, who play each other, and No. 7 Armira Kockinis and No. 4 Carlota Moreno, who also face off Friday. I don't know if they will double up and play the singles semifinals tomorrow too; after no play on Wednesday due to rain, they are a round behind for the customary Saturday finish.

USTA Head of Women's Tennis Rinaldi Departs; Inside American Tennis Newsletter; Arkansas Begins Quest to Save Tennis Programs; Goode and Lee Advance at Vero Beach M15; Teen Wild Cards Post Wins at W35 Boca Raton

Kathy Rinaldi, the head of women's tennis, announced last night on Instagram that she was leaving the USTA and will be starting a tennis academy in Palm Beach Florida.

Rinaldi's 18 years at the USTA, after a successful pro career that saw her reach No. 7 in the WTA rankings, began as a National Coach and she spent many years in that position before being named head of women's tennis and serving as captain of the Fed/Billie Jean King Cup, which her team won in 2017. 

Although I had been following junior tennis for several years before Rinaldi took the USTA job, we overlapped for the majority of my career as a journalist and her career as a coach, and I saw her frequently at not just the major junior events, but at smaller ones too, always watching of American girls and women and supporting them before, during and after their matches. She was always positive, encouraging and approachable, and while there are many reasons for the continued success of American women's tennis, Rinaldi deserves credit, not only for her role in building a culture, but for being so visible and so committed to an inclusive view of a Player Development position that holds great power and responsibility.

This is the internal memo, supplied to me by the USTA, which announced her departure to the USTA staff.

Kathy Rinaldi, Player Development’s Head of Women’s Tennis and one of the USTA’s most prominent lead national coaches since 2008, stepped down from her role at the USTA on April 30, and she has agreed to stay on in a consultancy role through August 31. We will be initiating a search for her successor in the near future.

Kathy's tenure with the USTA is marked by a commitment to the highest standards of integrity and helping players achieve their full potential – on and off the court – always prioritizing the person before the athlete. Her leadership has helped create a lasting foundation for American tennis with a culture of mentorship, strengthening teams, coaches and athletes with a relationship-based, team-first approach.

For much of the last 20 years, Kathy has been at the forefront of women’s tennis in America. The amount of players she’s coached and mentored is too long to list – from junior world champions to world No. 1s to Grand Slam winners and beyond, and her influence on this current era of success for U.S. women’s tennis is immeasurable. She captained and coached the USA to titles at every level of team competition – from the 14-and-unders, to the 16-and-unders, to the 2017 Billie Jean King Cup and medals won across two Olympic Games – and truly helped define an era. She will always be known as one of the preeminent mentors of her time.

We thank Kathy for everything she’s done for our game, and we wish her all the best in her next chapter.

Rinaldi's goodbye on Instagram was considerably longer, featuring her gratitude to the sport of tennis, her colleagues, her family and many others in the tennis community. She provides more details on her plans, and I'm grateful she is staying in tennis, as it's difficult to imagine tennis in the United States without her.  I've created a pdf of her Instagram post, which can be found here.

Last month the USTA created a new Substack newsletter called Inside American Tennis, which I did not know existed until today. But I was delighted to see lengthy feature articles on 16-year-old Welles Newman, who won her first title last month at the W15 in Orlando, and 17-year-old Jack Kennedy, who had a breakout April with a M15 title and a Challenger semifinal and final. There is also a weekly recap of notable American results on all levels of the pro tour; here is last week's.

I've always found the USTA's website difficult to navigate for news, with silos for sections and pros and juniors, etc., so this newsletter is the perfect solution to highlight results of Americans who might not be as well known to the general public, but can develop interest and fan bases for the future. Sign up for the free newsletter at https://insideamericantennis.substack.com/.

Supporters are not willing to see the Arkansas tennis programs cut without a fight, and this article from bestofarkansassports.com details who is leading the mission to restore them, with substantial funding already raised.

To sign a petition to restore the programs, click here.

At the M15 in Vero Beach Florida today, wild card Jordan Lee and Junior Reserved entrant Gavin Goode have advanced to the second round with straight-sets wins today. Lee, who celebrated his 16th birthday Monday, defeated qualifier Jon Gamble 6-2, 6-0 and will play former ATP No. 39 JJ Wolf(Ohio State), also a wild card, in Thursday's second round. Wolf defeated No. 2 seed Raphael Perot(Texas A&M) of France 6-3, 6-2. 

Goode defeated No. 3 seed Aidan McHugh of Great Britain 6-1, 6-4 and the 18-year-old will face wild card Hunter Heck(Illinois) on Thursday.

Wild cards Annika Penickova and Capucine Jauffret both won first round matches today at the W35 in Boca Raton Florida. Jauffret, 18, beat qualifier Anita Sahdiieva(Baylor, LSU) 7-6(5), 6-4; Penickova, 16, defeated Luiza Fullana of Brazil 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2 in just over three hours. Jauffret will play No. 8 seed Ranah Akua Stoiber of Great Britain, while Penickova will take on qualifier Carson Tanguilig(UNC), who beat No. 2 seed Gergana Topalova of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-1.

Alexis Nguyen, 18, also reached the second round, beating Thaisa Grana Pedretti of Brazil 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in three hours and 15 minutes.

At the W100 in Indian Harbour Beach, 16-year-old wild card Kristina Liutova defeated qualifier Allura Zamarripa(Texas) 6-1, 6-0 in 56 minutes to reach the second round. Amelia Honer's winning streak ended at 10, with No. 2 seed Elvina Kalieva defeating the former UC-Santa Barbara All-American 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Second round singles play was rained out today at the ITF J200 in College Grove Tennessee, with those matches now on Thursday's schedule, along with the doubles semifinals. 

Jadun Leaves Michigan State; Urhobo and Basavareddy Claim USTA's Roland Garros Wild Cards; Qualifying Complete at Three USTA Pro Circuit Events; Top Seeds Ousted at ITF J200 College Grove; NCAA Division II Regionals on Tap

Before the Division I Regionals began the college tennis community was shocked by the news of the demise of the Arkansas tennis programs. After a relatively predictable regional weekend, with 29 of the 32 seeds advancing to the Super Regionals, another off-court surprise was announced, with Harry Jadun departing as the head coach of the Michigan State men after four years leading the program.

After making history this year with the Spartans, featuring their first regular season conference title since 1967 and beating Ohio State twice, including in the Big Ten conference tournament final just ten days ago, Jadun is leaving college coaching. According to this afternoon's release from Michigan State, the former All-American and Spartan alum is leaving college coaching, with another alum, Mike Flowers, taking over.

Flowers, who has been an assistant at Michigan State since July of 2022, takes over a program that has risen dramatically in those years under Jadun's leadership. With a new facility thanks to a transformational gift from Joan Secchia in 2024, the program has become more relevant each year, with local star Ozan Baris, recruited by Jadun when Jadun was an assistant at MSU, also providing historic accomplishments during his four years. Baris is graduating, and the word is that 2024 Kalamazoo 18s champion Matt Forbes, a sophomore, has entered the transfer portal, so Flowers will face immediate challenges as he attempts to maintain that momentum. 

The USTA today confirmed the news that I reported over the weekend with Nishesh Basavareddy(Stanford) and Akasha Urhobo claiming its Roland Garros wild cards after the five-week window to earn ATP/WTA points closed Sunday. The complete release is below:

Akasha Urhobo and Nishesh Basavareddy Earn French Open Main Draw Wild Cards by Winning Roland Garros Wild Card Challenges

 

ORLANDO, Fla., May 4, 2026 – Akasha Urhobo and Nishesh Basavareddy have earned singles main draw wild cards into the French Open later this month by winning the USTA's Roland Garros Wild Card Challenges. The USTA and FFT have a reciprocal agreement to exchange main draw wild cards for the 2026 French Open and US Open, and the USTA uses this Challenge format to award its Roland Garros wild cards.

 

Urhobo, 19, has been one of the fastest-rising players on tour this year and clinched the wild card on Saturday by advancing to the singles final of the USTA Pro Circuit W100 in Bonita Springs, Fla. To date in 2026, Urhobo has compiled a 29-7 singles record, won three USTA Pro Circuit singles titles and improved her ranking from No. 332 at the beginning of January to No. 183 on Monday. This will mark her singles main draw debut at a Grand Slam event after playing US Open qualifying each of the last two years. She is currently coached by USTA National Coach Jermaine Jenkins. 

 

Basavareddy, who turned 21 on Saturday, will be making his French Open main draw debut after competing in Roland Garros qualifying last year. A former world No. 99 who qualified and reached the second round at the Australian Open in January, Basavareddy used the 75 points earned from winning the Challenger title in Savannah, Ga., two weeks ago to overtake and outlast second-place finisher Emilio Nava, who fell one victory short last week from retaking the lead. 

 

The final standings:  

 

Women's Standings

(Player's current ranking in parentheses)

 

1. Akasha Urhobo (183) -- 161
2. Mary Stoiana (149) -- 87
3. Kayla Day (148) -- 81

 

 

Men's Standings

(Player's current ranking in parentheses)

 

1. Nishesh Basavareddy (154) -- 112
2. Emilio Nava (108) -- 103
3. Jack Kennedy (433) -- 64

 

Should the player with the highest number of Challenge points earn direct entry into the French Open main draw, the wild card will go to the next eligible American in the Challenge points standings. The Challenge counted ranking points earned from each player's best three results at all clay-court pro events (at the W35 level and above for the women and the M25 level and above for the men) over the last five weeks.

 

Previous Americans to earn wild cards into the French Open via the Challenge and how far they advanced at Roland Garros are below, including Amanda Anisimova, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul and Emma Navarro.

 

Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge Winners:

 

2025: Iva Jovic (2R); Emilio Nava (2R)

2024: Sachia Vickery (1R); Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (1R)

2023: Emma Navarro (2R); Patrick Kypson (1R)

2022: Katie Volynets (2R); Michael Mmoh (1R) 

2019: Lauren Davis (2R); Tommy Paul (1R)

2018: Taylor Townsend (2R); Noah Rubin (1R) 
2017: Amanda Anisimova (1R); Tennys Sandgren (1R) 
2016: Taylor Townsend (2R); Bjorn Fratangelo (2R) 
2015: Louisa Chirico (1R); Frances Tiafoe (1R)
2014: Taylor Townsend (3R); Robby Ginepri (1R)
2013: Shelby Rogers (2R); Alex Kuznetsov (1R)
2012: Melanie Oudin (2R); Brian Baker (2R)

 

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This week on the USTA Pro Circuit looks an awful lot like last week, with the men's only tournament a 15K and the women competing at a W100 and W35, all in Florida.

At the M15 in Vero Beach, the talk of the final round qualifying match between 15-year-old Teodor Davidov and 45-year-old Ryan Haviland(Stanford). Davidov is the youngest player with an ATP ranking and Haviland is the oldest. Haviland prevailed 6-7(2), 6-3, 10-6 to advance to the main draw.

The other four Americans advancing to the main draw are 18-year-old Illinois signee Jon Gamble, Brigham Young junior Tygen Goldammer, Preston Brown and Matthew Segura.  

Wild cards were awarded to JJ Wolf(Ohio State), Hunter Heck(Illinois), Jordan Lee and Patrick Daciek(Virginia Tech).  Wolf and Lee would meet in the second round with wins Wednesday. The only Junior Reserved entrant this week is Gavin Goode, who plays No. 3 seed Aidan McHugh of Great Britain. All first round singles matches are scheduled for Wednesday. 

Alex Rybakov(TCU) and Raphael Perot(Texas A&M) of France are the top two seeds.

At the W35 in Boca Raton, Americans who qualified today are Paola Lopez, Adriana Reami(NC State), Kailey Evans(Texas Tech, San Diego) and Carson Tanguilig(UNC).

Four main draw matches were played today, with top seed Lea Ma(Georgia) already out, falling to Justina Gonzalez Daniele of Argentina 6-2, 6-3 and  No. 4 seed Monika Ekstrand(Stanford) losing to Carla Markus of Argentina 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. 

Wild cards were given to Ariana Ikwueme, who lost to fellow 17-year-old Hannah Klugman of Great Britain 7-5, 6-4, Capucine Jauffret and Annika Penickova. 

At the W100 in Indian Harbour Beach, five Americans qualified for the main draw: 17-year-old Thea Frodin, Ellie Coleman (Duke), Allura Zamarripa(Texas), Eryn Cayetano(USC) and Alana Smith(NC State). 

Wild cards were given to Madison Sieg(USC), who lost to No. 6 seed Eli Mandlik 6-4, 7-6(4) in a first round match today, Kristina Liutova, who reached the semifinals of the Indian Harbour Beach W50 a year ago as a 15-year-old, and Amelia Honer(UC-Santa Barbara) who will try to extend her 10-match winning streak whe she faces No. 2 seed Elvina Kalieva in the first round Wednesday.

NCAA 2024 fall singles champion Dasha Vidmanova(Georgia) is the top seed and will face last week's W100 Bonita Springs champion Angela Fita Boluda of Spain in the opening round Wednesday.

The top two seeds in both the girls and the boys draw were beaten in the first round today on the red clay at the ITF J200 in College Grove Tennessee.

Tyler Lee defeated No. 1 Agassi Rusher 6-2, 6-0 and Tristan Stratton beat No. 2 seed Roshan Santhosh 6-4, 6-2.

London Evans took out girls No. 1 seed Camille Allegre 6-3, 6-1 and Audrey Kao of Taiwan defeated second seed Londyn McCord 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

That leaves 15-year-olds Izyan Ahmad and Emery Combs as the highest remaining seeds heading into Wednesday's second round of singles.

The fields for the NCAA Division II championships were announced last night, but unlike Division I and Division III, there is no national draw, but rather 16 regional draws. The 16 winners of those regionals, played this weekend will advance to the final site, this year in Surprise Arizona, May 19-24. The list of the 48 women's D-II teams competing in the regionals is here; the list of the 48 men's D-II teams competing in the regionals is here.

Valdosta State is the defending men's champion; Barry is the defending women's champion.

April Aces; NCAA Division III Team Championships Fields Announced; Alarms Sound Over Recent College Tennis Cuts; ITF J500 Offenbach Underway; Easter Bowl Champs Mendel and Kulkarni Claim ITF J100 Titles in Costa Rica

My column on the previous month's top performances is up today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, with ATP titles for former collegians and maiden USTA Pro Circuit singles titles for a trio of American juniors. Some of the April Aces I've covered when they've happened, but others I collect over the course of the month as I track the juniors and former collegians competing all over the globe.

The fields for the NCAA Division III Team Championships were announced today, with the first three rounds this weekend and the quarterfinals beginning for the women Monday May 18th and the men Tuesday May 19th in Chattanooga Tennessee. As an aside, both the men and the women in Division III get a day off after the semifinals, while in Division I only one gender gets a day off, after the quarterfinals, and that alternates each year. I think with the eight-team fields now at the final site for Division I, and no individual championships to follow, the NCAA D-I committee should consider adopting the Division III schedule.

Division III does not award seeds, which makes talking about the draws a bit awkward, but the top four teams in the ITA rankings are put in different quarters.

Third-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and second-ranked Denison, the defending champion, are on one side of the men's draw, with top-ranked Chicago and fourth-ranked Tufts on the other side.

In the women's draw, second-seeded Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and fourth-seeded Wesleyan are on one side, and top-ranked Chicago and third-seeded Washington-St. Louis are on the other side. Washington-St. Louis won the title last year.

The conversation that has arisen around college tennis's future since the elimination of the men's and women's programs at Arkansas hasn't died down, and I'm linking to three articles about the demise of college programs that I've seen in the last few days.  The Arkansas men played their last match in Fort Worth on Friday, and a reporter from WholeHogSports talked to all four coaches at the TCU regional for this article at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

The Associated Press provided this article about the cuts, with a quote from USTA's Chairman and President Brian Vahaly. It also gives numbers I hadn't seen before on the cost per athlete, which I assume is higher in tennis due to the sport's small rosters.

Front Office Sports talked with Intercollegiate Tennis Association CEO Dave Mullins for its article on the number of college programs cut recently, and also quotes a similar statement from Vahaly, who played college tennis at the University of Virginia. 

I don't have much to add to this, but I do think the lack of a full-time college tennis advocate at the USTA has been sorely missed during this crisis, as they are organization with the budget and the clout to make a real difference in how college programs connect with their communities.

Before I get to the review of last week's results of Americans on the ITF Junior Circuit, there are two big tournaments this week with US juniors in the draw.

The new J200 in College Grove Tennessee has begun, with Agassi Rusher and Tucson ITF J300 champion Camille Allegre the top seeds.  Although these events are open to all nationalities, there are just three non-Americans in the girls draw and six in the boys draw.

This week's J500 in Offenbach Germany features four US girls, but no boys, with the four US boys that entered all withdrawing after the deadline. Maggie Sohns[16], Yael Saffar and Isabelle DeLuccia all won their first round matches today; Ireland O'Brien, the fourth US girl in the draw, lost to No. 5 seed Paola Pinera Celorio of Spain 6-3, 6-4. 

Brazil's Victoria Barros and Kazakhstan's Zangar Nurlanuly are the top seeds, and both advanced to the second round with wins today.

The ITF's preview of the tournament is here.

In other news, Jack Kennedy has withdrawn from the J500 in Milan, although he is still on the Roland Garros acceptance list.

I covered Jordan Lee and Hannah Ayrault's titles at the J200 in Sumter in Friday's post.

At the ITF J300 in Bulgaria, Olivia Traynor and Anita Tu made the singles quarterfinals and won the doubles title. Traynor and Tu, the No. 2 seeds, defeated No. 4 seed Polina Berezina of Russia and Dusica Popovski of Serbia 2-6, 7-5, 12-10 in the final. 

Americans swept the titles at the J100 in Costa Rica last week, among them two Easter Bowl champions. Girls 18s champion Ellery Mendell, the No. 3 seed, defeated doubles partner Aarini Bhattacharya, the No. 2 seed, 6-4, 6-4 in the final. It's the 16-year-old Mendell's third ITF singles title of the year, her fourth overall and the first above the J60 level.

Easter Bowl boys 16s champion Anay Kulkarni swept the boys titles, with the No. 4 seed defeating No. 3 seed Jayden Summers of South Africa 7-6(6), 6-4 in the final. He too has won four career ITF junior singles titles, with this his first above the J60 level. Kulkarni and partner Nicolas Pedraza, seeded No. 3, won the doubles title, beating unseeded Aaron Ascanio Prato of Venezuela and Xavier Tonioni of Italy 6-3, 6-2 in the final. 

Sixteen-year-old Ava Khalil won her second ITF Junior Circuit doubles title, with Korea's Sera Park. The unseeded pair defeated No. 3 seeds Azul Lopez Vazquez R of Mexico and Aurora Lugo of Puerto Rico 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 in the final.

At the J30 in Jamaica, 16-year-old Ross Johnson won an all-USA final, with the top seed claiming his first ITF Junior Circuit singles title with a 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-3 win over unseeded 15-year-old Krish Ferwani. Ferwani and Luca de Calice won the doubles title, unseeded, beating No. 2 seeds Danylo Glinnyi of Canada and Kai Lev of Israel 6-3, 6-2 in the final.

Fourteen-year-old wild card Ava Chua won the all-USA girls title, her first on the ITF Junior Circuit, beating No. 4 seed Alissa Jean-Baptiste 6-1, 6-4 in the final, after defeating the No. 1, No. 5 and No. 3 seeds, all in straight sets, to reach the championship match.

At the J30 in Rwanda, top seeds Eaden-Zack Harron and Legan Thomas won the doubles title, beating unseeded Angelo and Valentino Chiappero 6-3, 6-3 in the final.