Happy New Year! Boys 16s and 18s Top Seeds Fall in USTA Winter Nationals Round of 16, Quarterfinals and Semifinals to be Played Tuesday; Semifinals Set at 12s and 14s in San Antonio

Before I get into the results from today's competition at the USTA Winter National Championships, I want to wish everyone a happy and productive new year. Thank you for reading as I start my 20th year of coverage of college and junior tennis!

Tthe 18s and 16s Winter Nationals at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona began last Thursday with rain, and the singles schedule has not been able to get back on track, although the doubles finals will be played on Tuesday, as originally planned.

The round of 16 in singles was played today, and after both No. 1 seeds lost in the girls draws yesterday, the boys followed suit today. No. 13 seed Troy Kudrjavtsev beat boys 18s No. 1 William Manning 6-4, 6-4, and unseeded Jeremiah Braswell defeated boys 16s No. 1 Nicholas Mekhael 7-5, 6-7(8), 7-5.

Monday's results:

B18s:

Troy Kudrjavtsev[13] d. William Manning[1] 6-4, 6-4

Prathinav Chunduru d. Alex Feies 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Ronin Kasday[4] d. Karan Raghavendra[17] 2-6, 6-4, 7-5

Saahith Jayaraman d. Adam Bain 6-4, 7-6(4)

Niels Hoffmann[17] d. Edward Liao[14] 6-2, 6-4

Dylan Long d. Noah McDonald[17] 7-6(5), 6-4

Keaton Hance d. Xavier Calvelo[8] 1-6, 7-6(0), 6-3

Lachlan Gaskell[9] d. Zachary Cohen[17] 6-2, 6-2

Tuesday's doubles final:

Dylan Jaen and Tanner Povey[9] v Jordan CHang and Ronit Karki

B16s:
Jeremiah Braswell d. Nicholas Mekhael[1] 7-5, 6-7(8), 7-5
Lucas Smith[17] d. Gregory Bernadsky[7] 6-4, 6-3

Nischal Spurling[4] d. Avner Wong[16] 6-2, 6-2
Benedict Graft[17] d. Lixing Jiang 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

Ethan Chung[10] d. Yannik Alvarez[8] 2-0, ret. ill
Zavier Augustin[17] d. David Wu[15] 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(5)

Gavin Goode[5] d. Amrith Kodumuri 6-1, 6-2
Jon Gamble[2] d. Arjun Prabhakar[17] 6-3, 7-5

Tuesday's doubles final:
Gavin Goode and Yannik Alvarez[6] v Evan Rigsby and Rajat Shirur[2]

G18s:

Anna Frey d. Blair Gill[14] 6-2, 6-0

Ariel Madatali[17] d. Karlin Schock[17] 6-3, 6-3

Avery Nguyen[16] d. Kayla Chung[3] 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 

Anita Tu[12] d. My-Anh Holmes 5-7, 6-4, 6-1

Alexis Nguyen d. Kaede Usui[17] 6-1, 6-3 

Claire Shao[17] d. Katiana Gonzalez[17] 6-2, 3-6, 6-2

 

Kristina Penickova[13] d. Alana Boyce[5] 6-1, 6-0

Aspen Schuman[2] d. Shannon Lam[10] 7-5, 6-4 

Doubles final:

Polina Krumkachev and Katie Spencer v Emily Deming and Kenzie Nguyen

G16s:

Sena Yoon d. Reagan Levine 6-7(8), 6-3, 6-3

Alston Myatt[17] d. Daniela Chica 6-2, 6-3

Isabelle DeLuccia[4] d. Amiya Bowles[17] 6-3, 6-3

Alyson Shannon[11] d. Audrey Feng[7] 6-4, 7-5

Emerey Gross[17] d. Zimora McKnight 7-6(5). 7-5

Georgia Kulevich[17] d. Elena Zhao[15] 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Maggie Sohns d. Shravani Chennamsetty 6-4, 6-2 

Bella Payne[2] d. Ireland O'Brien[17] 7-6(2), 6-1

Doubles final:

Carrie-Anne Hoo and Danielle Young[6] v Anna Bennett and Emerey Gross[3]

Both the quarterfinals and semifinals in singles will be played Tuesday, along with the doubles finals. The consolation tournament is still so far behind that three rounds will be necessary on Wednesday.

The weather in San Antonio, the site of the Winter Nationals 12s and 14s this year, has been good for the first five days, but that is about to change, with a 100% chance of rain Tuesday and high temperature in the lower 50s.

The semifinals in singles and the finals of doubles are scheduled for Tuesday; whether they are able to be played remains to be seen. Unlike the older age groups, three of the four top seeds in singles and all four of the top seeds in doubles are still in contention for titles. 

Monday's results:

Boys 12s:

Tristan Ascenzo[1] d. Vallab Kumar[7] 6-4, 6-0

James Borchard[16] d. Daniel Gardality[3] 4-6, 6-3, 4-2 ret. inj. 

Jiarui Zhang[5] d. Rex Kulman[4] 6-3, 6-4

Smyan Thuta[2] d. Andres Quijada[6] 6-4, 6-3

Doubles final:

Tristan Ascenzo and Sebastian Zavala[1] v Jason Zhao and Andres Quijada[5]

Girls 12s:

Daniela Del Mastro[1] d, Isha Manchala[7] 6-1, 6-1

Cissy Adams[3] d. Madeline Cleary[8] 6-4, 7-6(5)

Tanvi Pandey[30] d. Olivia De Los Reyes[16] 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 

Nikol Davletshina[2] d. London Evans[6] 6-2, 6-0

Doubles final:

Madeline Cleary and Olivia Lin[1] v Olivia De Los Reyes and Nikol Davletshina[2]

Boys 14s:

Safir Azam[1] d. James Ross[8] 6-4, 6-1

Rowan Qalbani[4] d. Tyler Lee[6] 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-5

Owen Conley[13] d. Tristan Stratton[5] 6-4, 6-1

Andrew Johnson[7] d. Tabb Tuck[10] 6-2, 6-0

Doubles final:

Tyler Lee and Andrew Johnson[1] v Aditya Pandey and Paxton Au

Girls 14s:

Aarini Bhattacharya[5] d. Elana Zaretsky[9] 6-4, 6-3

Bailey Scott[4] d. Camilla Kostik[8] 6-4, 7-5

Kayden Johnson[3] d. Goldie Kregar[22] 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 

Anjani Vickneswaran[6] d. Raya Kotseva[2] 6-4, 6-3

Doubles final:

Madeleine Bridges and Raina Kim[1] v Sammie Mercer and Bailey Scott[2]