Qualifying Complete, Main Draw Matches Underway at Orlando Men's and Women's $25Ks; Bellis Wins Again, Di Lorenzo Retires at Houston's WTA 125; UCLA's Smith Advances to Third Round at Champaign Challenger

This week's $25,000 tournaments are being play on the Har-Tru courts of the USTA's National Campus in Lake Nona Florida, as a part of the the Oracle Pro Series. The women's tournament was always on the schedule for Orlando, but the men were originally scheduled for their $25,000 event this week in Tuscaloosa Alabama. That has been cancelled and the men's event added to the women's event this week.

Qualifying was completed today, with just one American man and three American women earning places in the main draw. Recent Florida graduate Alfredo Perez lost only one game in his two qualifying wins, beating top qualifying seed Mwendwa Mbithi 6-0, 6-0 today to advance to the main draw. The US women moving into the main draw with wins today are Chanelle Van Nguyen(UCLA), Dasha Ivanova and Tori Kinard.

Wild cards into the women's draw were awarded to teenagers Carly Briggs, Alexandra Yepifanova and Elvina Kalieva, as well as former Duke star Maria Mateas. All three of the junior wild cards lost their first round matches today. Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands is the top seed. The 28-year-old from the Netherlands has won nine titles at the $25,000 level this year and is now back in the WTA Top 100 after reaching a career-high of 61 back in 2012. Claire Liu and Alycia Parks are the only other Americans, aside from the qualifiers and wild cards in the main draw.

Wild cards into the men's draw all went to teenagers: Toby Kodat, Martin Damm, Emilio Nava and North Carolina recruit Logan Zapp. Nava and Zapp met today in the first round, with Nava coming away with a 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 win. Kodat and Damm both play qualifiers in the first round Wednesday. 

The top seed was twice a point away from going out in the first round today, with 20-year-old Javier Barranco Cosano of Spain saving two match points serving at 3-5 in the third set and going on to defeat former LSU Tiger Justin Butsch 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(1).

Francesa Di Lorenzo's opportunity to earn the USTA's Australian Open wild card was hijacked this evening in Houston, when the former Ohio State star was forced to retired with a shoulder injury in her second round WTA 125 match with Canadian Eugenie Bouchard. No. 8 seed Di Lorenzo, who was in second place in the race after winning a title earlier this month in Toronto, trails Katerina Stewart in this final week of competition for the wild card. There are a number of other Americans in the Houston draw who can still pass Stewart, who is not playing this week, including Cici Bellis, who is into the third round with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5) win over No. 16 seed Varvara Lepchenko, her third win in three days.

At the ATP Challenger 80 in Champaign Illinois, UCLA junior Keegan Smith, a wild card, earned his best ranking win, defeating former Baylor standout Roy Smith, the No. 16 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) to advance to the third round of a Challenger for the first time.  He will face No. 4 seed Mikael Torpegaard(Ohio State) of Denmark next.

Denis Kudla is the top seed and he will take on Stefan Kozlov in the second round Wednesday.

Last night, Brandon Nakashima kept his hopes alive for the USTA's Australian Open wild card, although he will have to win the tournament in Champaign to pass Michael Mmoh. Nakashima defeated Strong Kirchheimer(Northwestern) 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-1 and will play No. 6 seed Christopher Eubanks(Georgia Tech) tomorrow. Free live streaming, with Mike Cation doing commentary, is available at the ATP Challenger website.

Chervinsky Sweeps, Anthrop Earns Another Title at ITF Grade 4 in Boca Raton; Stewart, Mmoh Lead USTA's Australian Open Wild Card Race; Bellis Comeback Begins with Houston Wins; Eddie Herr Announces Admission Charge

After a day of rain on Saturday, the ITF Grade 4 in Boca Raton concluded on Sunday, with Elaine Chervinsky winning both the singles and doubles titles and Jack Anthrop earning his third title on the Junior Circuit this fall.

No. 3 seed Chervinsky, who turns 16 on Sunday, defeated No. 5 seed Lan Mi of China, who turns 15 Friday, 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-0 in the final. Virginia recruit Chervinsky, who was a finalist at this event last year, trains at the Evert Academy, which hosts the tournament. Chervinsky partnered with another Evert Academy student, Makayla Mills, for the doubles title, with the No. 6 seeds beating top seeds Cadence Brance of Canada and Qavia Lopez 5-7, 6-1, 10-6. With the titles, Chervinsky has moved up to a career-high of 159 in the ITF Junior rankings.

Top seed Jack Anthrop, who turned 16 last week, won back-to-back titles at the Grade 5 in Austin and the Grade 4 in Corpus Christi and he earned another title with a 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-1 win over No. 2 seed Bruno Kuzuhara. Anthrop fell just short of matching Chervinsky's sweep, with No. 5 seeds Ozan Colak and Hugo Hashimoto beating No. 2 seeds Anthrop and Braden Schick 6-2, 6-1 in the final. Colak and Hashimoto have won the last three tournaments they've played together, all Grade 4s this fall.

The USTA provided an update on its Australian Open Wild Card Challenge with Michael Mmoh taking over the top spot in the men's race and Katerina Stewart maintaining her lead in the women's race with one week to go. Mmoh, who won the Knoxville Challenger yesterday, leads Brandon Nakashima(Virginia) 80-36, with Mmoh playing the Oracle Series Houston Challenger and Nakashima playing the ATP 80 Challenger in Champaign. With 125 points on offer in Houston, any American who wins it could pass Mmoh, depending on how far Mmoh goes in the draw.

Stewart, who won her title at the $80,000 tournament in Macon three weeks ago, leads Francesca Di Lorenzo(Ohio State), who won her title at the $60,000 tournament in Toronto two weeks ago 116-88. Stewart had an ankle sprain that led to a retirement last week in Las Vegas and she is not entered in the WTA 125 in Houston, while Di Lorenzo is the No. 8 seed.

The updated numbers for both men and women are here.

Speaking of Houston, Cici Bellis, the 2014 USTA Girls 18s champion, has finally returned to competition after more than 18 months out due to wrist surgeries. Bellis took a wild card into qualifying, won that match over Alexa Glatch 6-4, 6-3 yesterday and then beat Australian Ellen Perez(Georgia) in today's first round match 6-3, 6-2.

IMG announced today that admission will be charged for the Eddie Herr tournament, which begins December 2 at the Academy in Bradenton Florida. Previously, there was a parking charge, but admission to the site was free. I am not sure how this impacts parents and coaches, as the only reference I've seen to the fee is below.

There is also mention on the website of a new requirement that players must stay at the IMG Academy dorms, hotel or book accommodations through the tournament's travel agency. I understand there has been some resistance to this concept and I expect to hear more on that requirement from the USTA in the coming days.

Texas's Ito and North Carolina's Daavettila Win Titles at Oracle ITA National Fall Championships; Mmoh Takes Knoxville Challenger Title

Top seed Yuya Ito of Texas came from a break down in the third set to defeat unseeded Damon Kesaris of St. Mary's 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, earning his second consecutive ITA major title. North Carolina senior Sara Daavettila, seeded No. 8, won her first major singles championship, avenging her recent loss to No. 6 seed Anna Turati of Texas with a 7-6(5), 6-1 victory in the women's final at the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships in Newport Beach California.

Ito couldn't hold onto the break he earned in the opening set, but at 5-5 in the first he broke Kesaris for a second time, and converted his third set point with an overhead winner.

Kesaris dropped the first game of the second set, and it appeared the senior from South Africa was in trouble, but he got the break back and held, with the first three games of the second set all going to a deciding point. Kesaris broke for a second time and that was all he needed, with Ito, a senior from Japan, committing more unforced errors than usual. 

Kesaris broke in the third game of the final set, but after holding for a 3-1 lead, he didn't win another game. Ito got back on serve by breaking Kesaris on a deciding point for 3-3, and on Kesaris's next service game, he could not convert either of his two game points from 40-15 up and Ito forced an error on the deciding point to earn the break. Kesaris, the first player from St. Mary's to appear in major final, kept fighting and had three chances to get the break back with Ito serving for the match, but two good serves and a forehand winner on another deciding point gave Ito the title.

Ito, who was the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA National Team Championships in May, is the first player to win both the All-American Championship and the Fall Nationals (formerly the Intercollegiate Indoor Championships) in the same year since Virginia's Mitchell Frank won both in 2011.

Daavettila had lost to Turati 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(7) in the quarterfinals of the All-American Championships last month, but once she took the first set, the Michigan native's pace was too much for the senior from Italy. Daavettila plays with little margin of error, aggressively going for lines, and she made almost no unforced errors in the second set. Serving for the match she went up 40-15, but a rare unforced error and some world class defense from Turati sent that game to a deciding point. After missing her first serve, Daavettila surprised Turati with an underhand serve and then took Turati's return and directed a forehand past her on the line for the title.

I wrote an article for the Tennis Recruiting Network about Daavettila's commitment to North Carolina more than four years ago, which can be found here.

UCLA's Elysia Bolton and Jada Hart won the women's doubles title, with the No. 5 seeds defeating top seeds Anna Rogers and Alana Smith of North Carolina State 6-4, 6-3.  No. 2 seeds Dominik Kellovsky and Matej Vocel of Oklahoma State won the men's doubles title, beating Ohio State's Robert Cash and John McNally, the No. 8 seeds, 6-4, 1-6, 10-4.

St. Mary's Mariia Kozyreva won the women's consolation title, beating Georgia's Vivian Wolff 6-5, 7-6(7) and Gabriel Decamps of Central Florida won the men's consolation title, beating South Carolina's Raphael Lambling 6-4, 6-4.  Wolff and Eleni Christofi of Georgian won the women's doubles consolation title, beating Yale's Jessie Gong and Samantha Martinelli 6-1, 2-6, 10-8. Michigan's Andrew Fenty and Mattias Siimar won the men's doubles consolation title, beating Iowa's Will Davies and Oliver Okonkwo 6-1, 6-1.

Ito and Daavettila were the recipients of the sportsmanship awards.

The Turati twins went one for two in finals today, with Bianca taking the title at the $25,000 USTA Women's Pro Circuit tournament in Malibu. Bianca defeated 17-year-old Katie Volynets 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in a three-hour and 15 minute final for her second $25K title of the year. Down 4-1 in the third set, Volynets got it back to 4-all, but she was broken in her next service game and Turati closed it out.

At the men's $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Malibu, No. 2 seed Daniel Altmaier of Germany defeated Alex Sarkissian(Pepperdine) 6-2, 6-4 in the singles final. Top seeds Junior Ore(Texas A&M) and Alejandro Gomez(Kentucky) of Colombia won the doubles title, beating No. 4 seeds Austin Rapp(UCLA) and Martin Redlicki(UCLA) 6-3, 6-7(14), 10-7.

Mayo Hibi of Japan won the $60,000 USTA Women's Pro Circuit tournament in Las Vegas, beating Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 in the final. No. 3 seeds Olga Govortsova of Belarus and Mandy Minella of Luxembourg won the double title, beating unseeded Sophie Chang and Alexandra Mueller 6-3, 6-4 in the final.

Michael Mmoh won his first title of year today at the ATP Challenger 80 in Knoxville Tennessee, with the 2016 Kalamazoo 18s champion defeating No. 8 seed Christopher O'Connell of Australia 6-4, 6-4 in the final. Mmoh, who was out more than three months due to injury this year, moves his ranking to 237 with the title, improving his prospects for the Australian Open qualifying. He also now has a significant lead in the USTA's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge with one week to go. Mmoh is entered in next week's Oracle Challenger series tournament in Houston. 

The doubles title in Knoxville went to the unseeded team of Hans Hach Verdugo(Abilene Christian) of Mexico and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras of Spain, who defeated unseeded Bradley Klahn(Stanford) and Sem Verbeek(Pacific) of the Netherlands 7-6(6), 4-6, 10-5 in the final.

Finals Set at ITA National Fall Championships; Volynets Reaches Malibu $25K Final; Houghton Wins ITF Grade 2 Title in Peru; Coleman, Krug Earn Grade 3 Titles

Sunday's finals are set at the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, with Texas's Yuya Ito going for his second straight major title against Damon Kesaris of St. Mary's and Anna Turati of Texas taking on Sara Daavettila of North Carolina in the women's final.

Ito, a senior from Japan, lost his first set of the tournament in today's semifinal, but recovered for a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win over unseeded Valentin Vacherot of Texas A&M.  The unseeded Kesaris, a senior from South Africa, defeated unseeded Richard Ciamarra of Notre Dame 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 to become the first St. Mary's player to reach an Division I major final. 

John McNally and Robert Cash of Ohio State, seeded eighth, have reached the men's doubles final, and they will play the winner of tonight's match between No. 2 seeds Matej Vocel and Dominik Kellovsky of Oklahoma State and No. 6 seeds Franco Aubone and Benjamin Hannestad of Miami.

No. 8 seed Daavettila defeated reigning NCAA champion Estela Perez-Somarriba of Miami 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to reach the final, while Turati, the No. 6 seed, beat unseeded Megan Davies of South Carolina 6-3, 6-4. Both Daavettila and Turati are seniors.

In the women's doubles final, No. 5 seeds Elysia Bolton and Jada Hart of UCLA will face top seeds Anna Rogers and Alana Smith of North Carolina State.

The finals will be streamed live via ESPN3, and will be broadcast on tape delay next week on ESPNU.  Links and full draws can be found at the ITA tournament page.  Live scoring is available at Tennisticker.

Anna Turati's twin sister Bianca opted to play the $25,000 USTA Women's Pro Circuit event in Malibu, rather than the ITA Fall Nationals, and she has also reached the final. Bianca defeated unseeded Claire Liu 6-3, 6-2 and will play unseeded Katie Volynets for her second $25,000 Pro Circuit title Sunday. The 17-year-old Volynets beat qualifier Katrina Scott 6-2, 6-2 to reach her first Pro Circuit final.

In the doubles final, top seeds Dalma Galfi of Hungary and Kimberley Zimmerman of Belgium defeated No. 4 seeds Lorraine Guillermo(Pepperdine) and Anna Hertel of Poland 7-6(5), 6-3.

Michael Mmoh has advanced to the final of the ATP Challenger 80 in Knoxville, assuring himself of the lead in the USTA's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge with one more week to go.  Mmoh, who is unseeded, defeated unseeded Liam Broady of Great Britain 6-2, 7-6(5) in the semifinals and will face No. 8 seed Christopher O'Connell of Australia in Sunday's final. O'Connell defeated top seed Tommy Paul 7-6(3), 6-3 in today's other semifinal.

For the third straight week, the results of the ITF Junior Circuit final matches in the US have not been available on the ITF Junior website, so I will have to wait on the the Grade 4 Boca Raton information, but four Americans won titles this weekend at the Grade 3 in Anguilla and India Houghton claimed the singles title at the Grade 2 in Lima Peru.

Houghton, who has verbally committed to Stanford, was unseeded at the event, but she defeated three seeds, including No. 2 seed Giulia Morlet of France in the semifinals. In the final, Houghton, a 17-year-old from Northern California, downed No. 8 seed Tina Smith of Australia 6-3, 6-0 for her third career ITF singles title and the first above the Grade 4 level. No. 15 seed Lorenzo Claverie of Venezuela won the boys singles title with a 6-2, 7-6(1) win over No. 2 seed Gustavo Heide of Brazil.

In Aguilla, Ellie Coleman, the top seed in both singles and doubles, won both. The 16-year-old from Michigan beat four Americans to take her first ITF Junior Circuit singles title, with No. 4 seed Sofia Camilla Rojas falling in the final by a 6-2, 7-6(3) score. Coleman and Sasha Wood took the doubles title with a 6-1, 6-4 win over unseeded Cora Barber of Germany and Gabriella Broadfoot of South Africa.

Connor Krug celebrated his 17th birthday with his first singles title on the ITF Junior Circuit. Dick Vitale's grandson, seeded No. 8, beat unseeded Gabrielius Guzauskas 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(2) in the final. Guzauskas prevented an all-Krug final by beating Connor's twin Jake 6-4, 6-1 in the semifinals. Timothy Phung won the doubles title, partnering with Fnu Nidunjianzan of China. The unseeded pair defeated Nicholas Godsick and Ellis Short, also unseeded, 6-2, 7-5 in the final.

My Article on JJ Tracy Choosing Ohio State; Four Unseeded Semifinalists at Oracle ITA Fall Nationals; Three US Teens Reach Malibu $25K Semifinals

JJ Tracy is heading to Ohio State next fall, and last month at the ITF Pan American Closed Grade B1, I had an opportunity to talk with him about his decision to join the Buckeyes for this Tennis Recruiting Network article. This is the last article in TRN's Countdown to Signing Week, which begins Monday. Wednesday is the first day a high school senior can sign a National Letter of Intent.

At the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, both the round of 16 and the quarterfinals in singles competition were played today in Newport Beach California. Three of the four men's semifinalists are unseeded, with the one seeded player No. 1 Yuya Ito of Texas. Ito plays Texas A&M's Valentin Vacherot while Damon Kesaris of St. Mary's takes on Richard Ciamarra of Notre Dame.

Only one unseeded player remains in the women's semifinals: South Carolina's Megan Davies, who will play No. 6 seed Anna Turati of Texas. The other semifinals features No. 8 seed Sara Daavettila of North Carolina against NCAA champion Estela Perez-Somarriba of Miami, the No. 5 seed.  After two easy wins for the No. 1, 2, and 3 seeds from UCLA in the first two days, none of the three Bruins were able to advance past the quarterfinals.  Below are all the singles results from the round of 16 and quarterfinals.  Live scoring can be found here.

Men’s Round of 16 results:
Yuya Ito[1], Texas d. Adrian Boitan, Baylor 7-6(6), 6-3
Jack Lin[8], Columbia d. Daniel Rodrigues[10], South Carolina 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
Daniel Cukierman[4], USC d. Cannon Kingsley[14], Ohio State 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Valentin Vacherot, Texas A&M d. Sven Lah, Baylor 3-6, 6-4 1-0 ret.
Damon Kesaris, St. Mary’s d. Giovanni Oradini, Mississippi State 7-5, 6-2
Christian Sigsgaard[11], Texas d. John McNally[3], Ohio State 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Hady Habib[6], Texas A&M d. Joseph Guillin[13], UC-Santa Barbara 7-6(2), 6-0
Richard Ciamarra, Notre Dame d. Philip Henning, Georgia 6-3, 6-1

Men’s Quarterfinal results:
Yuya Ito[1], Texas d. Jack Lin[8], Columbia 6-3, 6-3
Valentin Vacherot, Texas A&M d. Daniel Cukierman[4], USC 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Richard Ciamarra, Notre Dame d. Hady Habib[6], Texas A&M 7-6(5), 6-3
Damon Kesaris, St. Marys, d. Christian Sigsgaard[11], Texas w/o

Women’s Round of 16 results:

Kelly Chen[11], Duke d. Elysia Bolton[1], UCLA 6-4, 6-4

Anna Turati[6], Texas d. Georgia Drummy[10], Vanderbilt 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Haley Giavara, Cal d. Alexa Graham[4], North Carolina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Megan Davies, South Carolina d. Shiori Fukuda[7], Ohio State 6-4, 6-2

Sara Daavettila[8], North Carolina d. Lexi Ryngler, Texas 6-4, 6-3

Mia Horvit[15], South Carolina d. Jada Hart[3], UCLA 3-6, 6-0, 6-4

Estela Perez-Somarriba[5], Miami d. Bunyawi Thamchaiwat[16], Oklahoma State 3-6, 6-4, 6-0

Abigail Forbes[2], UCLA d. Cameron Morra[12], North Carolina 6-3, 6-1

Women’s Quarterfinal results:

Anna Turati[6], Texas d. Kelly Chen[11] 7-6(5), 6-7(7), 6-4

Megan Davies, South Carolina d. Haley Giavara, Cal 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4

Sara Daavettila[8], North Carolina d. Mia Horvit[15], South Carolina 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Estela Perez-Somarriba[5], Miami d. Abigail Forbes[2], UCLA 6-2, 6-3

Three of the four semifinalists at the $25,000 USTA Women's Pro Circuit tournament in Malibu are unseeded teenagers: Katie Volynets, Katrina Scott and Claire Liu.

Volynets, 17, defeated wild card Ashley Lahey(Pepperdine) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; qualifier Scott, 15, beat unseeded Kimberley Zimmerman of Belgium 7-6(1), 7-5 and Liu, 19, downed wild card Jessica Failla(Pepperdine) 6-3, 6-2. Scott and Volynets will meet in the top half semifinal, with Liu taking on Bianca Turati, the University of Texas senior from Italy, in the bottom half semifinal. Turati defeated No. 2 seed Jovana Jaksic of Serbia 6-3, 6-0 in today's quarterfinals. 

Three Americans are also in the men's semifinals at their $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Malibu. Felix Corwin(Minnesota) will face Alexander Sarkissian(Pepperdine) in the top half semifinal, with No. 4 seed Collin Altamirano(Virginia) playing No. 2 seed Daniel Altmaier of Germany in the bottom half semifinal. 

No Americans reached the semifinals of the $60,000 Women's USTA Pro Circuit event in Las Vegas, with Alexa Glatch losing to Mayo Hibi of Japan today, No. 8 seed Caroline Dolehide falling to No. 3 seed Katarina Zavatska of Ukraine and No. 5 seed Varvara Lepchenko losing to Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine. Kalinina will face Katherine Sebov of Canada in the top half semifinal between unseeded players.

The semifinals are set at the ATP Challenger 80 in Knoxville, with top seed Tommy Paul facing No. 8 seed Christopher O'Connell of Australia and Michael Mmoh playing Liam Broady of Great Britain. Mmoh defeated Aleks Kovacevic 6-4, 6-3 today, but the University of Illinois senior won three matches this week to reach his first Challenger quarterfinal and earned his best win on the Pro Circuit with a 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-4 second round decision over No. 3 seed Bradley Klahn, 105 in the ATP rankings.

Lahey Beats Top Seed, Scott Advances to Quarterfinals at Malibu $25K; Smith Falls in Second Round at ITA Fall Nationals; Tiafoe Reaches ATP NextGen Semifinals

Pepperdine senior Ashley Lahey, who won the ITA All-American title last month in Tulsa, is not playing the Oracle ITA Fall National Championships, opting instead to take a wild card into the $25,000 Oracle Pro Series tournament in Malibu this week. So far that choice has paid off, with the 20-year-old reaching the quarterfinals after a 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-3 win over top seed Olga Danilovic of Serbia, currently 187 in the WTA rankings.  Lahey's quarterfinal opponent will be unseeded 17-year-old Katie Volynets, the USTA 18s national champion, who beat No. 8 seed Leonie Kung of Switzerland 7-6(5), 6-4. Lahey's Pepperdine teammate Jessica Failla, also a wild card, defeated Olivia Tjandramulia of Australia 6-3, 6-2 to join her in the quarterfinals.

Katrina Scott, who hasn't played since Junior Fed Cup at the end of September, qualified for the main draw in Malibu, and the 15-year-old Southern Californian has advanced to her first Pro Circuit quarterfinal. Scott, who won a match in women's qualifying at the US Open and reached the quarterfinals of the Junior Championships in New York, defeated No. 4 seed Dalma Galfi of Hungary, the 2015 US Open girls champion, 7-6(2), 6-4 today.

At the Oracle ITA Fall National Championships, No. 2 seed Keegan Smith of UCLA lost in today's second round action, with Notre Dame's Richard Ciamarra coming back for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 victory. No. 5 seed Adam Walton of Tennessee lost to Valentin Vacherot of Texas A&M 6-0, 6-3 and No. 7 seed Matias Soto of Baylor was beaten by Giovanni Oradini of Mississippi State 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-1. Top seed Yuya Ito of Texas, the men's All-American champion, defeated Riley Smith of USC 6-3, 6-3.

The three top-seeded UCLA women--Bolton[1], Forbes[2] and Hart[3]--all won again today in straight sets.

Fall Nationals Seeds:
Men:
1. Yuya Ito, Texas
2. Keegan Smith, UCLA (out 2nd rd)
3. John McNally, Ohio State
4. Daniel Cukierman, USC
5. Adam Walton, Tennessee (out 2nd rd)
6. Hady Habib, Texas A&M
7. Matias Soto, Baylor (out 2nd rd)
8. Jack Lin, Columbia
9. Ondrej Styler, Michigan (out 1st rd)
10. Daniel Rodrigues, South Carolina
11. Christian Sigsgaard, Texas
12. Matej Vocel, Oklahoma State (out 2nd rd)
13. Joseph Guillin, UC-Santa Barbara
14. Cannon Kingsley, Ohio State
15. Kyle Seelig, Ohio State (out 1st rd)
16. Zeke Clark, Illinois (out 2nd rd)

Women:
1. Elysia Bolton, UCLA
2. Abigail Forbes, UCLA
3. Jada Hart, UCLA
4. Alexa Graham, North Carolina
5. Estela Perez-Somarriba, Miami
6. Anna Turati, Texas
7. Shiori Fukuda, Ohio State
8. Sara Daavettila, North Carolina
9. McCartney Kessler, Florida (out 1st rd)
10. Georgia Drummy, Vanderbilt
11. Kelly Chen, Duke
12. Cameron Morra, North Carolina
13. Adriana Reami, North Carolina State (out 2nd rd)
14. Michaela Gordon, Stanford (out 2nd rd)
15. Mia Horvit, South Carolina
16. Bunyawi Thamchaiwat, Oklahoma State

Live scoring can be found at TennisTicker. Live streaming links to Center Court matches can be found here.

Frances Tiafoe has advanced out of his round robin group into the semifinals of the ATP NextGen Finals in Milan Italy. Tiafoe defeated Mikael Ymer of Sweden 4-2, 4-2, 4-2 in today's final round robin match to finish 2-1 and second in his group, to Jannik Sinner of Italy. Tiafoe will face Alex de Minaur of Australia in the semifinals, after de Minaur finished undefeated in the other round robin group. Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia will face Sinner in the other semifinal Friday. For more on Tiafoe's win today, see this article from the ATP website.