My Orange Bowl 16s Recap, Videos of Finalists; Tien Meets Basavareddy in Next Gen ATP Finals Semifinal Saturday

Six days ago the first Orange Bowl champions of 2025 were crowned at the newly renovated Jimmy Evert Tennis Center, and my article on the singles titles won by Matias Reyniak and Priscilla Sirichantho and the doubles titles claimed by Emery Combs and Olivia De Los Reyes and Sean Peng and Filip Djokic(the only non-USA champion) can be found today at the Tennis Recruiting Network.

Below are the videos from the 16s Orange Bowl finals, which, due to a good weather forecast, were played back-to-back on the Chris Evert Stadium court rather than simultaneously, as was the case for the J500 finals the next day.

My article on the 18s will be available at the Tennis Recruiting Network Monday.

Girls 16s Finalist Daniela Del Mastro:

 

Girls 16s Champion Priscilla Sirichantho:

Boys 16s Finalist Daniel Malacek:

 

Boys 16s Champion Matias Reyniak:

The Next Gen ATP Finals conclude this weekend in Saudi Arabia, with two former collegians from the United States competing against each other in the semifinals.

Learner Tien(USC) defeated Nicolai Budkov Kjaer of Norway 3-4(2), 4-1, 4-2, 4-2 to win the blue group, although he, Budkov Kjaer and University of Virginia sophomore Rafael Jodar of Spain all finished with 2-1 records. Tien won the first tiebreaker, the percentage of sets won; Budkov Kjaer finished second after he and Jodar tied in set percentage, with the ultimate tiebreaker for the second semifinal position coming down to the head-to-head. 

Alexander Blockx of Belgium finished at 3-0 in the Red Group,  while Nishesh Basavareddy(Stanford) made the semifinals with a 2-1 record after beating Justin Engel of Germany 4-3(3), 4-2, 4-3(5) today.

Basavareddy and Tien will play in the semifinals, with Tien holding a 3-0 advantage in their professional head-to-head. Tien beat Basavareddy last year in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger final, later that year in semifinals of the Knoxville Challenger, and then this year in the first round of Wimbledon. 

In the other semifinal Saturday Blockx and Budkov Kjaer will be playing for the first time, which is somewhat surprising given both were top juniors and have been playing primarily on the ATP Challenger circuit in the past 18 months.

The tournament website's preview is here.