Stephens Wins Edmond W100, Ma Captures First Pro Title at Redding W35; Rolland de Ravel and Papamalamis Claim Singles Titles in Austin and Lexington; ITA Cup D-III, NAIA, JUCO Champions Crowned

The teenagers in the finals of the women's USTA Pro Circuit events Sunday fell to their more seasoned opponents, with 33-year-old Sloane Stephens defeating 16-year-old Kristina Liutova 6-3, 6-2 at the W100 in Edmond Oklahoma and 23-year-old Connie Ma beating 17-year-old Annika Penickova 7-5, 6-2 at the W35 in Redding California.

In handing the fourth-seeded Liutova just her sixth loss of the year, Stephens, the No. 5 seed, earns 100 points, bumping her WTA ranking up to 118. She will take the lead in the USTA's women's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge after the first two weeks, with three weeks remaining.

The doubles title in Edmond was won by No. 2 seeds Alicia Herrero Linana(Baylor) of Spain and Allura Zamarripa(Texas), who beat unseeded Sofia Johnson(Old Dominion) of Great Britain and Malaika Rapolu(Texas) 6-1, 6-2 in the final. 

Although Ma is six years older than Penickova, she came into the tournament with fewer matches and fewer singles titles on the women's WTT. Ma, who was an outstanding junior and on the USA Junior Billie Jean King Cup team that won the title in 2019, didn't play on the pro circuit once she entered college at Stanford. Ma reached the NCAA singles final in 2022 as a freshman and was a three-time All-American in singles, but only this fall, a year after her graduation, has she resumed competition on the USTA Pro Circuit, and was a wild card this week after qualifying and making the second round at the W50 in Berkeley last month.

Penickova, who won her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title this summer at the W35 in Florence SC, actually has played more pro matches than Ma, but Ma has now caught her in titles, with the first coming today. Penickova reached the final last night with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Ohio State junior Nao Nishino, a qualifier from Japan. It's Penickova's third W35 singles final of the year.

Ma was unable to pick up her first career doubles title, with No. 4 seeds Abigail Rencheli(NC State) and Maria Sholokhova(Wisconsin) of Russia beating Ma and Berta Passola(Cal) of Spain 2-6, 6-4, 14-12 in the final last night.

The men's USTA Pro Circuit singles title this week went to two French players. Texas A&M junior Theo Papamalamis, seeded fifth, defeated No. 8 seed Jack Anthrop, a recent Ohio State graduate, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 at the M15 in Lexington Kentucky. It's the second career WTT men's singles title for Papamalamis, with both M15s title coming this year.

At the M25 in Austin Texas, qualifier Cosme Rolland de Ravel of France took out top seed Alastair Gray(TCU) of Great Britain 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 for his first WTT men's title. The 22-year-old, who played for Old Dominion prior to joining TCU last year, is interested in a fifth year at TCU if the courts decide it should be extended to those who entered college in 2022. 

Rolland de Ravel has received a main draw wild card into the ATP Challenger 75 in Fort Worth next week, as have Trevor Svajda(SMU) and Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas). Sixteen-year-old Michael Antonius received a qualifying wild card and defeated No. 6 seed Quinn Vandecasteele(Oregon) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of qualifying today.

On the ATP tour, congratulations to former University of Virginia star Rafael Jodar of Spain, who reached his first ATP Masters 1000 in Shanghai. The 20-year-old, who won the US Open boys title in 2024, lost to compatriot Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who won the Wimbledon boys title in 2017, 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in today's final. Jodar, who ended 2025 at 168 in the ATP rankings, is now at a career-high of 11. More on the final from the ATP here.

The ITA Cup, the fall individual championships for Division III, Junior College and NAIA, concluded today in Rome Georgia. The results from the finals are below. Complete draws can be found here.

ITA Cup Finals, October 17, 2026

WOMEN:

NAIA
Singles:
Seohyeon Jang[3], Concordia Nebraska, d. Maria Purizaca, Doane 6-4, 6-1

Doubles:
Ivet Prat and Ruslana Kovalenko, Tennessee Wesleyan, d. Marylove Edwards and Suryanshi Suryanshi, Georgia Gwinnett, 6-2, 6-2

JUCO

Singles:

Dina Lipovski[1], Tyler JC, d. Emily Lederer[2], Hillsborough CC, 6-2, 6-2

Doubles:

Naiomi Crowell and Mirthe De Bresser[3], Hillsborough CC, d. Dina Lipovski and Idom Cho[2], Tyler JC, 6-4, 6-2

DIVISION III

Singles:

Caitlin Bui[4], Washington St. Louis, d. Rebecca Kong[3], Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles:

Clara Zou and Rosalyn Chan, Chicago, d. Yanire Marte and Devin Gilroy, Emory,  7-6(7), 6-1

MEN:

NAIA

Singles:

Kanan Gasimov[2], Georgia Gwinnett, d. Nicolas Cortes[4], Tennessee Wesleyan, 6-0, 6-2

Doubles:

Nicolas Philbert and Mariano Hasenkopf, Georgia Gwinnett, d. Facundo Grasso and Tadeo Ramirez[4], Lindsey Wilson, 6-1, 6-2

JUCO

Singles:

Koshiro Nakamae[2], Pratt CC, d. Matthew Harris[4], Pratt CC, 6-1, 6-3

Doubles:

Theo Cabre and Boitshepo Maake[3], Collin County CC, d. Edward Westgall and Oleksandr Ponomar[1], Pratt CC, 6-2, 6-2

DIVISION III

Singles:

Alex Feies[3], Carnegie Mellon, d. Garv Bahl[4], Tufts, 6-3, 6-3

Doubles:

Chase Kelley and Jesse Yang, Chicago, d. Juno Pethe and Mitchell Deames, Emory, 7-6(4), 7-5

Filing Now Open for NCAA Tennis Class Action Settlement Claims; Liutova Beats Zarazua, Faces Stephens for W100 Edmond Title; Connie Ma Makes W35 Redding Final; Gray Ends Mosejczuk's Winning Streak in Austin; Anthrop vs Papamalamis in M15 Lexington Final

The settlement announced in the case Reese Brantmeier(UNC) and others brought against the NCAA for restricting prize money has been out there for some time, but only now has the process for filing claims been established. The NCAA has set aside two million dollars to compensate student-athletes or prospective student-athletes who gave up money to retain their eligibility. The deadline for filing a claim is February 8, 2027; there will be a fairness hearing on January 8 in Greensboro North Carolina to determine if the settlement adequate. For more details on who is considered part of the Class seeking compensation, see this announcement, which has links to additional information.

Speaking of Brantmeier, the 2025 NCAA singles champion lost today in the semifinals of the W50 in Quebec, with No. 4 seed Kajsa Rinaldo Persson of Sweden posting a 7-5, 7-6(4) win. Rinaldo Persson will play unseeded Duke freshman Mimi Xu of Great Britain, who beat Ariana Arseneault(Auburn) of Canada 7-5, 6-2 to reach her first WTT women's final since last fall.

Brantmeier and Xu teamed up for the doubles title, with the unseeded pair defeating top seeds Arseneault and Raphaelle Lacasse(Kansas, Nebraska) of Canada 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-7. It's the fifth pro doubles title for Brantmeier and the seventh for Xu.

Sixteen-year-old Kristina Liutova has lost one match since July, to Qinwen Zheng of China in the first round of the US Open, and she is getting ever so close to the WTA Top 100 after reaching the final of the W100 in Edmond Oklahoma. In today's semifinal, the fourth-seeded Liutova earned her fourth WTA Top 100 win, beating No. 2 seed and WTA No. 85 Renata Zarazua of Mexico 6-1, 6-3.

Next up for Liutova, now 110 in the live rankings, is No. 5 Sloane Stephens, who prevented an all-teen final with a 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(5) win over 17-year-old Julieta Pareja. Pareja, who had advanced to semifinals earlier in the day with a 57-minute 6-1, 6-0 win over Kristina Penickova, served for the match at both 5-4 and 6-5, but only won one point in each of those service games.

At 33, Stephens is more than twice as old as Liutova, which is demonstrated by the disparity in their records on the pro tour. Stephens has played more than 700 matches, going 410-311, while Liutova has played just 83, with a record of 66-17.

In the W35 in Redding California, 2022 NCAA singles finalist Connie Ma is into her first ever pro final after beating No. 2 seed Lea Ma(Georgia) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) this evening. The 23-year-old Ma, who had not played a pro event in five years, at the beginning of her freshman year at Stanford, qualified into the Berkeley 50 last month and reached the second round; she was awarded a wild card into the main draw this week. She will play the winner of tonight's match between No. 8 seed Annika Penickova and Ohio State junior Nao Nishino of Japan.

Ma is also through to the doubles final, with former Cal standout Berta Passola of Spain.

The M25 in Austin concludes Sunday with the singles final between French qualifier Cosme Rolland de Ravel, who played for TCU last year and top seed Alastair Gray of Great Britain, whose career at TCU lasted from 2017-21. Rolland de Ravel defeated No. 8 seed Lui Maxted of Great Britain, who graduated from TCU in 2025; Gray ended the 10-match USTA Pro Circuit winning streak of qualifier Dominick Mosejczuk, a sophomore at Wake Forest, with a 6-3, 7-5 win today.

The doubles title went to University of Texas teammates Gabriel Debru and Lucas Marionneau of France, who beat former Texas A&M teammates JC Roddick and Turkey's Togan Tokac 6-7(3), 6-4, 10-1 in the final.

Texas A&M junior Theo Papamalamis of France will face former Ohio State All-American Jack Anthrop in the final of the M15 in Lexington Kentucky Sunday.

Papamalamis, seeded fifth, defeated unseeded Nikola Slavic(Ole Miss) of Sweden 6-1, 7-6(4) in today's semifinals, with Anthrop getting by qualifier Eli Stephenson, a senior at Kentucky, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. 

LSU sophomores Erik Arutiunian of Belarus and Olaf Pieczkowski of Poland won the doubles title, with the unseeded pair beating top seeds Slavic and Denmark's Oskar Brostrom Poulsen(Middle Tennessee, Baylor) 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in the final.

Valencia and Dupere Win Les Petits As USA Playoffs; Guzman Shocks Top Seed Maria at W100 Edmond; TCU Dominates M25 Austin Semifinals; Semifinal Clash Set for Connie and Lea Ma in Redding W35

The annual Les Petits As USA Playoffs concluded today in Port St. Lucie, with two 2026 USTA National Clay Courts champions taking the top spot after three round robin matches and three knockout round matches.

Miguel Valencia, who won the boys 12s Clay Courts in July, was not one of the direct entries, coming through the qualifying event with three others to fill out the 16-player fields. 

Yesterday and today's results are not posted on the Les Petits As website, so this information is gathered from the Instagram account, but Valencia defeated No. 3 seed William McGugin in the quarterfinals, top seed Evan Fan 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the semifinals, and No. 4 seed James Borchard 7-6(10), 6-7(6), 6-2 in today's final. The other boys semifinalist was No. 2 seed Novak Masteller, with all four semifinalists receiving spots in the prestigious 14-and-under tournament next January 25-31 in Tarbes France.

Top seed Lucy Dupere, who finished fifth in last year's USA Playoffs, defeated Noa Boar 6-0, 6-2 in today's final. Dupere, the girls 14s Clay Courts champion, won her two matches Thursday in straight sets(no scores currently available), so it was a dominant performance from her. Anna Sandru reached the semifinals and has qualified for the tournament in Tarbes with Annabelle Huang the other girls semifinalist.

After two days of rain, Friday meant a surfeit of tennis at the W100 in Edmond Oklahoma, with former Sooner standout Dana Guzman getting not one but two big wins today. In her first round match the 23-year-old qualifier from Peru posted a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over former WTA No. 32 Caroline Dolehide, in the second round she recorded her first WTA Top 100 win, beating top seed and current WTA No. 71 Tatjana Maria of Germany 6-4, 2-6, 6-0. Next up for Guzman is a former major champion, with No. 5 seed Sloane Stephens beating Madison Brengle 6-2, 6-3 to advance.

Two 17-year-olds who have somehow not played before, Julieta Pareja and Kristina Penickova are the other quarterfinalists in the top half. Penickova defeated No. 3 seed Elvina Kalieva 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 for her best win by ranking, with Kalieva at 112. Pareja finished her first round match in one game, beating No. 6 seed Elli Mandlik 7-5, 6-1 after leading 7-5, 5-1 for two days, and then beat Varvara Lepchenko 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 to advance to the quarterfinals.

No. 8 seed Akasha Urhobo and No. 4 seed Kristina Liutova are playing their quarterfinal tonight, as they had completed their first round matches on Tuesday, before all the rain delays. Urhobo beat Alicia Herrero Linana(Baylor) of Spain 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 and Liutova defeated Malaika Rapolu(Texas) 6-3, 6-4 in their second round matches today.

The winner of that match will play No. 2 seed Renata Zarazua of Mexico in the semifinals.

Three of the four semifinalists at the M25 in Austin Texas have competed for TCU, with Wake Forest sophomore Dominick Mosejczuk the only player left that can keep a Horned Frog from a title.

Mosejczuk defeated Auburn sophomore Iker Urribarrens of Spain 6-2, 6-2 to earn a meeting with top seed and former TCU All-American Alastair Gray of Great Britain. Gray defeated Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas) 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-2 tonight to advance.

No. 8 seed Lui Maxted of Great Britain, the 2024 fall NCAA doubles champion, defeated Andrew Fenty(Michigan) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 in today's quarterfinals and will play qualifier Cosme Rolland de Ravel of France, who competed for TCU last year after transferring from Old Dominion. Rolland de Ravel beat Benjamin Willwerth 6-3, 6-2 in today's other quarterfinal in the bottom half.

Former Stanford All-American Connie Ma and former Georgia All-American Lea Ma have reached the semifinals of the W35 in Redding California and will play each other Saturday. Wild card Connie defeated Maria Sholokhova(Wisconsin) of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 and No. 7 seed Lea(no relation to Connie) defeated qualifier Salma Drugdova of Slovakia, a junior at Texas, 7-6(5), 6-1.

Ohio State junior Nao Nishino of Japan, a qualifier, advanced to the semifinals when top seed Vivian Wolff(Georgia, UCLA) retired at 6-7(6), 6-4, 2-1 in the third set. Nishino will play either No. 8 seed Annika Penickova or Pepperdine junior Duru Soke of Turkey who are playing tonight.

At the M15 in Lexington Kentucky, two current and two former collegians will face off in the semifinals. No. 8 seed Jack Anthrop(Ohio State) will play University of Kentucky senior Eli Stephenson, a qualifier, in the top half, while Texas A&M junior Theo Papamalamis of France, the No. 5 seed, takes on Sweden's Nikola Slavic, a former All-American at Ole Miss.

Reese Brantmeier(UNC) and Duke freshman Mimi Xu are through to the semifinals at the W50 in Quebec. Brantmeier defeated 17-year-old qualifier Thara Gowda 6-1, 6-3 and Xu beat Yuki Naito of Japan 6-4, 7-5. Brantmeier will face No. 4 seed Kajsa Rinaldo Persson of Sweden; Xu's opponent is former Auburn All-American Ariana Arseneault of Canada, who defeated No. 8 seed Ayana Akli 6-3, 6-3.

Another Rainout at Edmond W100; Penickova and Gowda Reach W35, W50 Quarterfinals; Qualifiers Outnumber Seeds in Austin M25 Quarterfinals; Last Eleven D-I Regionals Underway; Brateanu Out at Utah

A second straight day of rain has disrupted the USTA Pro Circuit W100 in Edmond Oklahoma, with just four first round matches completed so far. Here's Friday's schedule; it's not pretty.

The quarterfinals are set at the W35 in Redding California, with Annika Penickova, the No. 8 seed, the sole teenager still in contention. Penickova defeated Jenna DeFalco 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-3 and will face Pepperdine junior Duru Soke of Turkey Friday. Soke, who is obviously not playing the Southwest regional, beat No. 3 seed Francesca Pace of Italy 6-3, 7-6(1) today. Former Stanford All American Connie Ma continues her comeback, advancing to a quarterfinal meeting with former Wisconsin All-American Maria Sholokhova of Russia by beating Jo-Yee Chan(Oregon, San Diego State) 6-1, 6-2. Sholokhova defeated No. 7 seed Lan Mi(Cal) of China 6-2, 6-0.

At the W50 in Quebec, 2025 NCAA champion Reese Brantmeier and 17-year-old Thara Gowda have advanced to the quarterfinals, where they will play each other.

The unseeded Brantmeier beat No. 7 seed Hiromi Abe of Japan 6-4, 7-6(0), while Gowda took out fellow qualifier Francoise Abanda of Canada 3-6, 6-4, 6-0. Abanda had beaten top seed Katherine Sebov of Canada 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the first round last night. No. 8 seed Ayana Akli(Maryland, South Carolina) is the third American through to the quarterfinals, beating Hina Inoue 6-4, 6-2 today.

Duke freshman Mimi Xu of Great Britain beat No. 3 seed Cadence Brace 6-4, 6-0 to reach Friday's quarterfinals, where she will play unseeded Yuki Naito of Japan.

At the M25 in Austin, Wake Forest sophomore Dominick Mosejczuk will face his third straight qualifier in the quarterfinals, as all the upsets in the first round have left only British TCU alums as seeds in the draw: No. 1 Alastair Gray and No. 8 Lui Maxted.

Mosejczuk, who has now won nine straight USTA Pro Circuit matches this fall, including this week's qualifying, defeated qualifier Zsombor Velcz(Baylor) of Hungary 6-1, 6-3 today. He will play Auburn sophomore Iker Urribarrens of Spain, a qualifier who beat No. 3 seed Luciano Ambrogi(Oklahoma) of Argentina 6-2, 7-6(5) in the first round and Karl Poling(Princeton, UNC) 6-3, 6-1 today. Junior exempt entry Benjamin Willwerth, the 2025 Australian Open boys finalist, finished up his 6-3, 7-6(6) first round win over No. 5 seed Tyler Zink(Georgia, Oklahoma State) this morning and beat qualifier Micah Braswell(Texas) 6-4, 6-2 in the afternoon. 

Andrew Fenty(Michigan) and Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas) are the other two Americans in the quarterfinals.

Rain has also been a problem at the M15 in Lexington Kentucky, but four Americans are through to the quarterfinals: No. 8 seed Jack Anthrop(Ohio State), Kentucky senior Eli Stephenson, a qualifier, Noah Zamora(UC Irvine) and Felix Corwin(Minnesota).

The last 11 ITA Division I regionals are underway, with 22 more players qualifying for NCAA singles and 11 more teams qualifying for the NCAA doubles championships. All the results from last week's 15 regionals can be found in my Monday post.

The five men's regionals this week are in the Midwest at Ohio State, the Northeast at Penn, the Northwest at Washington, the Southeast at Georgia Tech and the Southwest at Pepperdine.

The top seeds, respectively, are Max Dahlin of Michigan, Simeon Stankovic of Princeton(no Paul Inchauspe), Hudson Rivera of Stanford,(no Alex Razeghi), Henry Jefferson of Florida, who is already out in the first round, and Emon van Loben Sels of UCLA(no Spencer Johnson).

The six women's regionals this week are the Atlantic at Liberty, Carolina at South Carolina, Central at Memphis, Mountain at BYU, Northeast at Princeton and Southwest at San Diego and San Diego State.

The top seeds, respectively, are Vivian Yang of Virginia, Tatum Evans of North Carolina, Kyoka Kubo of Kansas(no Evialina Laskevich of Oklahoma), Sara Akid of Utah, Margot Phanthala of Columbia and Emilija Tverijonaite of Arizona State(no Mayu Crossley of UCLA).

Links to the draws for all 11 regionals can be found at the ITA tournament page. Chris Halioris has added a new page at his website collegetennisranks.com with the NCAA qualifiers and will be updating it as these regionals conclude, with the latest finish date Tuesday October 20th.

A change at the top of men's tennis was announced today by Utah's athletic director Mark Harlan, with Roeland Brateanu out after 12 years as the head coach. A former player and assistant coach at Utah prior to taking the head coaching position, Brateanu has a 21-year history with the program. Associate head coach Sten van Beurden will take over as interim head coach of the Utes.

ITA Cup for D-III, JUCO and NAIA Fall Championships Begin Thursday; Vaughan Earns First ATP Point at Austin M25; Gowda Advances at W50 in Quebec; Rajeshwaran Revathi Feature

The annual ITA Cup, which serves as the fall individual championships for NCAA Division III, NAIA and Junior College schools, begins Thursday in Rome Georgia. The ITA has introduced separate NCAA Division II individual championships for the first time this year, which will be played in early November.

As with the NCAA Division I National Championships, regionals are played throughout the country to determine the 16 players who will compete in each of the ITA Cup men's and women's singles draws. Sixteen doubles teams also earn their spots in Rome via regional qualifying. A playoff to determine an over-all Small College champion had been discontinued.  The singles seeds are below; draws for singles and doubles for all three divisions can be found here.

Men's seeds:

Division III
1. Drew Goldman, Pomona Pitzer
2. Adamantios Stavrakas, Johns Hopkins
3. Alex Feies, Carnegie Mellon
4. Garv Bahl, Tufts

NAIA

1. Christian Sanchez, Xavier/LA

2. Kanan Gasimov, Georgia Gwinnett

3. Ching Wah Wai, Holly Cross/Notre Dame

4. Nicolas Cortes, Tennessee Wesleyan

JUCO

1. Willem de Waal, Tyler JC

2. Koshiro Nakamae, Pratt CC

3. Galo Gutierrez Matuk, Eastern Florida State

4. Matthew Harris, Pratt CC

Women's seeds:

Division III

1. Tina She, Amherst

2. Sophie Lau, Pomona-Pitzer

3. Rebecca Kong, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

4. Caitlin Bui, Washington St. Louis

NAIA

1. Maja Brnic, Xavier/LA

2. Suryanshi Suryanshi, Georgia Gwinnett

3. Seohyeon Jang, Concordia Nebraska

4. Maria Purizaca, Doane

JUCO

1. Dina Lipovski, Tyler JC

2. Emily Lederer, Hillsborough CC

3. Paola Cordero, Hillsborough CC

4. Mariia Ponochovna, Eastern Florida State

Seventeen-year-old Mason Vaughan passed a milestone today, with the Dallas resident earning his first ATP point at the M25 in Austin Texas. Vaughan, who received a main wild card this year after playing in the qualifying at the tournament last year, defeated University of Texas sophomore Abel Forger from the Netherlands, a qualifier, 6-3, 6-2 in first round action today. Vaughan will play qualifier Cosme Rolland de Ravel of France, who played at TCU last season, in the second round. Rolland de Ravel beat No. 2 seed Raphael Perot(Texas A&M) of France 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in the first round today. 

Dominick Mosejczuk of Wake Forest continued his USTA Pro Circuit winning streak, with the Fayetteville M15 champion beating fellow qualifier Johan Rodriguez(Oklahoma) of Colombia 6-4, 6-4. Mosejczuk will play another qualifier Thursday, after former Baylor standout Zsombor Velcz of Hungary beat former Texas All-American Timo Legout of France, the No. 7 seed, 0-6, 6-3, 6-2.

ITA All-American champion Roger Pascual of Spain beat Texas freshman Tomasz Berkieta, a wild card, 6-4, 6-2, and will play former teammate Lui Maxted of Great Britiain in the second round. Maxted, the No. 8 seed, beat Aidan Kim(Ohio State) 6-3, 6-2.

At the M15 in Lexington Kentucky, junior exempt entry Gavin Goode advanced to the second round when top seed Blaise Bicknell(Florida, Tennessee) of Jamaica retired trailing 6-2, 2-0.

In addition to the W100 in Edmond, which is still in the midst of its first round with rain pushing back the start times today, and the W35 in Redding, there are a number of American women competing this week at the W50 in Quebec City. Through to the second round are 2025 NCAA champion Reese Brantmeier(UNC), who just missed being seeded, Victoria Hu(Princeton), qualifier Jamilah Snells(Louisville), No. 8 seed Ayana Akli(Maryland, South Carolina), Hina inoue, Madison Sieg(USC), and qualifier Thara Gowda. I'm preparing an article for Tennis Recruiting Network next week about Gowda's commitment to Michigan; her three-hour 6-4, 6-7(12), 6-2 win over Jasmijn Gimbrere of the Netherlands today is her second main draw victory at the W50 level.

The 17-year-old Gowda will play 29-year-old Francoise Abanda of Canada, who reached a career-high of 4 in the World Tennis junior rankings back in 2013. Abanda, who has played sporadically over the past five years, and not all in 2024, defeated top seed and fellow Canadian Katherine Sebov 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 tonight.

Another 17-year-old, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi of India, won the first two World Tennis women's titles of her career last week at the W35 in Portugal. Rajeshwaran Revathi, who recently won the J500 Osaka doubles title with Jordyn Hazelitt, is No. 16 in the WT junior rankings, a career-high.  Rajeshwaran Revathi, who qualified for the main draw, beat top seed Justina Mukulskyte(Kentucky) of Lithuania in the first round 7-6(1), 6-1 and became the youngest Indian to claim a W35 or above title with a 6-4, 6-2 win over No. 7 seed Celia Cervino Ruiz of Spain. The 2025 Orange Bowl girls doubles champion partnered with fellow teenager Yelyzaveta Kotliar of Ukraine for the doubles title in Portugal.

For more on her historic title, see this article from the World Tennis website, and this feature from the Hindustan Times.

Frodin Qualifies for W100 Edmond, Liutova, Penickova Post First Round Wins; Letzel and Kha Qualify at Redding W35; Mosejczuk Earns Main Draw Spot at Austin M25; Goode Takes on Top Seed Bicknell in Lexington M15

The USTA Pro Circuit is back up to post-US Open speed, with four events--two women's and two men--this week, including the W100 in Edmond Oklahoma.

Although there are three WTA 125s this week in Europe, the W100 in Edmond is the biggest World Tennis tournament in the world, and the field reflects that, with two Top 100 players, Tatjana Maria of Germany and Renata Zarazua of Mexico the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds.

Qualifying concluded today, with 17-year-old Thea Frodin advancing to the main draw, with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 win over Sofia Cabezas(Iowa State, Tennessee) of Spain. The other two Americans to qualify are Alana Smith(NC State), who beat top qualifying seed Anastasia Kulikova of Finland 7-5, 6-1 today and has drawn Maria in the first round, and wild card Zoie Epps, a senior at Oklahoma. Epps defeated Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann 6-2, 6-2; Drenser-Hagmann had beat No. 2 qualifying seed Anna Rogers(NC State) in the first round.

In first round action today, Kristina Penickova, the right-hander of the twins, defeated Martina Capurro Taborda(Oklahoma) of Argentina 6-1, 6-2. I think Penickova must have received entry as a wild card, because her WTA ranking of 638 would not have given her direct entry into a W100. The only wild card showing on the draw is Maria Berlanga Bandera(Tulsa) of Spain, who plays Frodin next.

Sixteen-year-old Kristina Liutova, seeded No. 4, was back in action today for the first time since the US Open, where she qualified and took Qinwen Zheng of China, who is now 23 in the WTA rankings, to three sets in the first round. Liutova, who is competing under the WTA age restrictions, has to choose her events carefully from now until her 17th birthday in February. By my count she has played in eight of the 12 tournaments she is allowed, although qualifying at the US Open will have earned a merited increase. Today she defeated Maria Carle(Georgia) of Argentina 6-3, 6-0 and is now 37-5 (including qualifying) this year on the WTA and WT circuits.

The other women's event on the USTA Pro Circuit this week is the W35 in Redding California. 

Seventeen-year-old Natalie Kha, a senior verbally committed to USC, reached the main draw with a 6-2, 6-1 win over No. 2 seed Ruby Cooling of Great Britain, a freshman at Texas A&M. Texas A&M freshman Sydney Jara advanced to the main draw, as did Abigail Rencheli(NC State). The fourth American to qualify is 17-year-old Delaney Letzel, a blue chip senior from LA, who has committed to SMU. Letzel, who reached the round of 16 at the San Diego 18s Nationals, defeated Texas A&M freshman Yoana Konstantinova of Bulgaria 6-0, ret. in the final round of qualifying today. Letzel will play former Cal standout Lan Mi of China, the No. 7 seed, in the first round.

The left-handed Penickova, Annika, seeded No. 8, defeated Amelie Hejtmanek of Czechia 6-0, 6-3 in first round action today.

Vivian Wolff(Georgia, UCLA) and Lea Ma(Georgia) are the top two seeds.  Wild cards were awarded to Lexington Reed, a junior at Texas A&M, Maria Aytoyan, a Cal recruit, and Connie Ma(Stanford), who won her first round match today over Victoria Rodriguez of Mexico 6-3, 6-2.

Dominick Mosejczuk, the Wake Forest sophomore, has continued his impressive fall, with the 19-year-old New Yorker qualifying for the M25 in Austin today. Mosejczuk, who qualified for the NCAAs with a semifinal appearance at the ITA All-Americans in Tulsa and won his first pro title the M15 in Fayetteville the following week, defeated Shu Matsuoka(Arizona State) 6-4, 6-4 today. He'll play fellow college sophomore and qualifier Johan Rodriguez(Oklahoma) of Colombia.

The other American qualifier was former Texas All-American Micah Braswell, who defeated current Texas sophomore Gabriel Debru, the No. 1 qualifying seed, 6-3, 2-6, 10-8. Braswell was out eight months this year before returning to competition late last month.

Wild cards were given to Spencer Johnson, a senior at UCLA, Texas freshman Tomasz Berkieta of Poland, Baylor senior Devin Badenhorst of South Africa and 17-year-old blue chip Mason Vaughan. Johnson lost to top seed Alastair Gray(TCU) of Great Britain 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-2 in first round action today. Benjamin Willwerth, the 2025 Australian Open boys finalist, received a WT junior exempt entry, and will play No. 5 seed Tyler Zink. Michael Antonius is back for his first competition since his second round loss at the US Open Junior Championships last month. He will face Andrew Fenty(Michigan) in the opening round. 

As you might expect, the M15 in Lexington Kentucky is UK Wildcat heavy, with wild cards going to sophomore twins Mikael and Nicolas Arseneault of Canada, freshman Johan Oscar Lien of Norway, and Matei Onofrei of Romania, a junior at Louisville. 

Blaise Bicknell(Florida, Tennessee) and Gavin Young(Michigan) are the top two seeds. Bicknell will face 18-year-old Gavin Goode, who received a WT junior reserve entry, as did Oklahoma State sophomore Christopher Thies of Germany, who is currently No. 74 in the WT junior rankings.

Other notable qualifiers today are Clemson senior Marko Mesarovic, Matt Rankin(Kentucky) of Great Britain and Kentucky senior Eli Stephenson. Recent Kentucky graduate Jaden Weekes of Canada also qualified today.