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The singles semifinals and doubles finals are set for Friday at the Barnes Tennis Center, with four players still in contention for two titles at this week’s ITF J300 North American Regional Championships.

No. 3 seed Ryan Cozad will take on top seed Andy Johnson in singles, hoping to reverse his 6-2, 6-2 loss in the final of last week’s J300 in Tucson before competing for a second consecutive doubles title with partner Gavin Goode.

Cozad won his 13th match in his last 14 attempts today, beating No. 11 seed Roshan Santhosh 6-1, 6-2, while Johnson had a similarly routine win, defeating unseeded Teodor Davidov 6-1, 6-3.

Goode, the No. 2 seed, ended the run of lucky loser Yashwin Krishnakumar 7-6(4), 6-4 and will play No. 9 seed Marcel Latak, who prevented a perfectly seeded semifinal bracket with a 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 win over No. 4 seed and doubles partner Tanishk Konduri.

The pair, who had warmed up together all week, found different hitting partners this morning, with Latak displaying peak form at the start.

“From the start I was playing super well, putting so much depth on the ball,” said the 17-year-old from Illinois. “He wasn’t making a lot of balls, but he was playing much better once the set ended, went to the bathroom and played a really good service game. I kind of stepped back a little bit, gave him way more time to do what he wanted to do and dictate.”

Latak took his father’s advice at the start of the third set and it paid off, with Latak taking a 3-0 and 4-1 lead.

“My dad just told me to go for it, basically, in the third set,” said Latak, who lost his opening round match in Tucson last week. “I lost to him at Orange Bowl anyway, so there’s not much pressure on my end, so I just told myself to go for it at the end.”

That one-break lead didn’t last, with Konduri holding for 4-2 and breaking to get back on serve, but Latak broke, hitting a forehand winner to go up 5-3 and served it out to reach his first J300 semifinal.

Latak said he felt much less fatigue today than in their quarterfinal match at the Orange Bowl, which was the second match of the day due rain earlier in the week.

“I was coming into the match much more confident this time, just because I knew I was fresh, and no matter what I wasn’t going to be too tired,” Latak said. “I also felt that last time he played at a better level–you can’t play well every day–but I definitely felt he played a better match last time.”

Latak defeated Goode in the second round of the Orange Bowl 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.

“That match was interesting too,” Latak said. “He was in control basically the whole match and then when it got close in the second set, 4-all, I just took my level up so much. It’s going to be a good match though, it’s going to be a fight.”

Latak will have a second match with Goode Friday afternoon, when he and Konduri, the No. 2 seeds, play Goode and Cozad for the doubles title.  Latak and Konduri rolled past No. 2 seeds Santhosh and Xavier Massotte of Canada 6-2, 6-2, while Goode and Cozad again were forced to a match tiebreaker, beating No. 4 seeds Zavier Augustin and Vihaan Reddy 6-2, 5-7, 10-7.

Three of the four Tucson finalists are into this week’s semifinals, with unseeded Allison Wang joining Johnson and Cozad. Wang, who lost to Camille Allegre last Saturday, ended the run of qualifier Sylvana Jalbert with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 victory.

Wang will face fellow 15-year-old Jordyn Hazelitt, the No. 2 seed, who dispatched No. 12 seed Hannah Ayrault 6-2, 6-0 in just over an hour.

Hazelitt did not play Tucson, because she had only one more ITF tournament left, with 15-year-olds unable to play more than 18 ITF Junior Circuit tournaments. Hazelitt, who turns 16 next month, opted for San Diego, but was a point from elimination in her first match against doubles partner Emery Combs before escaping with a 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(7) win.

“It was a tough first match for sure,” said Hazelitt, a Nevada resident. “But it gave me confidence that I if could battle through a three-and-a-half-hour match, then other things would be possible as well.”

Despite her No. 2 seed, Hazelitt wasn’t feeling any pressure coming into the event.

“I was excited, and I wasn’t really expecting anything,” said Hazelitt, who reached her first J300 final in Colombia in January. “I just wanted to try my best and get as far as I can.”

Hazelitt is taking the same attitude toward her match with Wang.

“She is one of my good friends,” Hazelitt said. “It should be an exciting match, I hope a good match. I’m not really expecting anything, I just want a good match to happen. I haven’t seen her play in a while, but I know for sure she’s a really good player. Everyone’s good here.”

Hazelitt and Combs, the No. 5 seeds, have advanced to the doubles final, beating No. 6 seeds Nadia Lagaev and Clemence Mercier of Canada 6-3, 2-6, 10-7, with Hazelitt reaching out to Combs early in the process.

“We practiced together one time, but other than that, this is our first time playing together,” Hazelitt said. “I asked way in advance, because I knew she was a good doubles player, and I really wanted to play with her.”

Hazelitt and Combs, who won the Tucson doubles title with Olivia Traynor, will face No. 7 seeds Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann and Karlin Schock, who beat top seeds Sarah Ye and Carrie-Ann Hoo 6-3, 6-1.

The top half semifinal in singles will feature two Canadians, with top seed Nadia Lagaev facing No. 14 seed Avery Alexander. Lagaev defeated No. 5 seed Sarah Ye 6-3, 6-2, while Alexander fought for over three hours to overcome No. 11 seed Isabelle DeLuccia 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-3. After the 90-minute first set, Alexander kept the pressure on DeLuccia, who couldn’t quite match the level of aggression that Alexander produced late in both the second and third sets.

The top eight seeds in each division:

The 18-year-old Blanch, who is eligible to compete in Kalamazoo again this August, earned his first Masters 1000 win today, beating Jan-Lennard Struff, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Nineteen-year-old Rafael Jodar(Virginia) of Spain also picked up his first Masters 1000 win today, beating Yannick Hanfmann(USC) of Germany 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.

Seventeen-year-old Moise Kouame of France defeated Zachary Svajda 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, becoming the youngest winner of a Masters 1000 match since Rafael Nadal in 2003. 

And 19-year-old Joao Fonseca of Brazil set up a much-anticipated second round meeting with top seed Carlos Alcaraz, beating Fabian Maroszan of Hungary 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.