Singles Finals Set, Doubles Champions Crowned at USTA Winter Nationals 18s and 16s; Rain Wipes Out Semifinals in 12s and 14s; Costa Rica Coffee Bowl ITF J300 Acceptances; Nanda Claims Qualifying Wild Card for Indian Wells Challenger

After doubling up today, with both singles quarterfinals and semifinals on the schedule, the USTA Winter National Championships has its singles finalists in the 16s and 18s divisions. The results of the singles quarterfinals and semifinals are below, along with the doubles finals. Interesting to note that there is an unseeded player in three of the four singles finals, with both finalists unseeded in the girls 18s. I've used boldface to designate the finals.

B16s:

Quarterfinal results:
Jeremiah Braswell d. Lucas Smith[17] 6-1, 7-6(5)
Nischal Spurling[4] d. Benedict Graft[17] 6-2, 6-2
Ethan Chung[10] d. Zavier Augustin[17] 6-4, 6-3
Gavin Goode[5] d. Jon Gamble[2] 7-6(5), 6-2

Semifinal results:
Nischal Spurling[4] d. Jeremiah Braswell 6-1, 6-2
Gavin Goode[5] d. Ethan Chung[10] 6-1, 6-3

B16a singles final:
Nischal Spurling[4] v Gavin Goode[5]

B16s doubles final:
Gavin Goode and Yannik Alvarez[6] d. Evan Rigsby and Rajat Shirur[2] 7-6(3), 6-1

G16s:

Quarterfinal results:

Sena Yoon d. Alston Myatt[17] 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

Alyson Shannon[11] d. Isabelle DeLuccia[4] 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

Georgia Kulevich[17] d. Emerey Gross[17] 6-2, 6-2

Bella Payne[2] d. Maggie Sohns 6-2, 6-1

Semifinal results:

Sena Yoon d. Alyson Shannon[11] 6-4, 6-7(6), 7-6(6)

Bella Payne[2] d. Georgia Kulevich[17] 6-4, 6-0

G16s singles final:

Sena Yoon v. Bella Payne[2]

G16s doubles final:

Anna Bennett and Emerey Gross[3] d. Carrie-Anne Hoo and Danielle Young[6] 6-1, 7-6(3)

B18s:

Quarterfinal results:

Prathinav Chunduru d. Troy Kudrjavtsev[13] 6-4, 6-3

Saahith Jayaraman d. Ronin Kasday[4] 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

Niels Hoffmann[17] d. Dylan Long 6-1, 6-3

Lachlan Gaskell[9] d. Keaton Hance 6-3, 6-1

Semifinal results:

Saahith Jayaraman d. Prathinav Chunduru 6-0, 1-0 ret. inj.

Niels Hoffmann[17] d. Lachlan Gaskell[9] 7-6(3), 7-5

B18s singles final:

Saahith Jayaraman v Niels Hoffmann[17]

B18s doubles final:

Jordan Chang and Ronit Karki d. Dylan Jaen and Tanner Povey[9] 6-2, 6-2

G18s:

Quarterfinal results:

Anna Frey d. Ariel Madatali[17] 6-3, 6-4

Anita Tu[12] d. Avery Nguyen[16] 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

Alexis Nguyen d. Claire Shao[17] 6-2, 6-2

Aspen Schuman[2] d. Kristina Penickova[13] 6-2, 6-4

Semifinal results:

Anna Frey d. Anita Tu[12] 7-5, 6-2

Alexis Nguyen d. Aspen Schuman[2] 7-5, 4-1, ret. ill

G18s singles final:

Anna Frey v Alexis Nguyen

G18s doubles final:

Emily Deming and Kenzie Nguyen d. Polina Krumkachev and Katie Spencer 6-2, 6-0

Unfortunately, the bad weather forecast for the 12s and 14s in San Antonio Tuesday arrived as predicted and the singles semifinals and the doubles finals were canceled for the day this afternoon. Both semifinals and finals will be played on Wednesday, along with the doubles finals. Although it is raining now, the skies are expected to clear overnight. The semifinal matchups and doubles finals teams can be found in my post last night.

The acceptances for the ITF J300 Coffee Bowl in Costa Rica, scheduled for the second straight year on the same week on the calendar as the Australian Open Junior Championships, has seven US boys and seven US girls in the main draw, which is again a 32 draw. The tournament, one of the most popular on the junior circuit, was a 64-draw until the pandemic, but returned from that disruption in 2022 as a 32-draw, and has continued with that number.

The 11 US players who received main draw entry into the Australian Open Junior Championships are staying put there (Mia Slama moved into the main draw, Kaitlin Quevedo is now representing Spain), although the withdrawal deadline isn't until next Tuesday. The top four girls in the AO junior acceptances did not enter the J300 in Traralgon the week before, so they may pull out of Melbourne; Japan's Mayu Crossley, still struggling with a wrist injury, has withdrawn from both events.

Back to Costa Rica, where the girls top seed likely will be Alisa Oktiabreva of Russia, who withdrew from the Australian Open and entered Costa Rica instead. The American girls in the main draw are Katie Rolls, Claire An, Monika Ekstrand, Maya Iyengar, Christasha McNeil, Shannon Lam and Tori Osuigwe. Thea Frodin and Anya Murthy are one and three spots out of the main draw right now.

Nikita Filin, who was six out of the Australian Open boys main draw, opted for Costa Rica instead, and he tops the acceptance list. The six other US boys in the main draw are Stiles Brockett, Calvin Baierl, Noah Johnston, Kase Schinnerer, Matisse Farzam and Jack Kennedy. Max Dussault and Carel Ngounoue are three and four out of the main draw as of today.

The second of two wild card tournaments for Southern California Open ATP Challengers later this month in Indian Wells has finished with top seed Govind Nanda beating No. 3 seed Gianluca Brunkow(UC Santa Barbara) 6-3, 6-4 in the final to claim a qualifying wild card. 2019 Kalamazoo 18s finalist Nanda, who left UCLA after his junior year in 2021 for pro tennis, is on the Bruins' 2023-24 roster, although his eligibility won't be confirmed until he actually plays a match for UCLA. The draw for the wild card event can be found here. Jacob Bullard(Texas/Arizona State) won the first wild card tournament last month. For more information on the two Indian Wells Challengers, click on the banner on the left.