The videos of the finals of the 16s division are available below, with the videos of the 12s and 14s finals available at the tenniskalamazoo YouTube Channel.
Jack Kennedy, who won the M15 title in Boca Raton last week, has extended his USTA Pro Circuit winning streak to eight matches by getting his second career ATP Top 200 win today in the quarterfinals of the ATP Challenger 75 in Tallahassee. The 17-year-old from New York defeated No. 4 seed and ATP 177 Daniil Glinka of Estonia 6-4, 6-4 this evening. Glinka had beaten Darwin Blanch 6-3, 6-4 in the second round last night.
Kennedy had a bit of luck in the first set, getting a net-cord winner serving at 5-4, 40-30 after squandering five set points serving for it at 5-2, but he held on to an early break in the second set and closed it out, on his first match point, with his only ace of the match.
He will face unseeded Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva of Brazil in Saturday’s semifinals, Reis Da Silva beat Pedro Boscardin Dias of Brazil 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 earlier today.
Wild card Michael Mmoh is through to the semifinals with a 6-3, 7-6(5) win over qualifier Hynek Barton of Czechia. He will face the winner of tonight’s match between No. 5 seed Clement Tabur of France and Tyler Zink(Georgia, Oklahoma State).
Sixteen-year-old Michael Antonius is through to the semifinals of the M15 in Orlando, after the No. 8 seed defeated Dragos Cazacu of Romania 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in just under three hours today at the USTA National Campus. Antonius, who is 22-3 this year, with a 10-0 record in the two J300s he played and a 12-3 record in the four M25 and M15 tournaments. He will face Justin Roberts(USF, Arizona State) of the Bahamas, who beat fellow qualifier Nick Stoot, an LSU recruit, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.
In the top half, Barry senior Adam Lynch, a qualifier, defeated Yannik Alvarez of Puerto Rico 6-0, 6-4 to reach his first Pro Circuit semifinal. The 22-year-old, who was a three-star on Tennis Recruiting Network during his junior career, will face top seed Corentin Denolly of France, who beat qualifier Toby Martin of Great Britain 6-4, 6-1.
Alvarez and Ryan Cozad, the 2024 Kalamazoo 16s doubles champions, are through to Saturday’s final after defeating No. 1 seeds Wally Thayne(Utah, Brigham Young) and Jamie Vance 6-2, 3-6, 10-6. They will play No. 2 seeds Benjamin Thomas George(Western Michigan) of Canada and Christopher Li(UNC, Tennessee, Ohio State) of Peru for the title.
Three teenagers have advanced to the semifinals of the W15 in Orlando, with one of them quaranteed to reach Sunday’s final.
Fifteen-year-old wild card Emery Combs defeated 16-year-old junior reserved entrant Sarah Ye 7-5, 6-1 in today’s quarterfinals and will play 18-year-old qualifier Capucine Jauffret in the first pro semifinal for both. Jauffret, a University of Florida recruit, defeated qualifier Didi Bredberg Canizares of Spain 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-2.
Fourteen-year-old Sofiia Bielinska of Ukraine, playing in just her second Pro Circuit event, is through to the semifinals after beating unseeded Ava Markham(Wisconsin) 6-3, 6-2. She will play 24-year-old qualifier Margaux Maquet of Belgium, who beat Kailey Evans(Texas Tech, San Diego) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
At the W35 in Zephyrhills Florida, No. 3 seed Akasha Urhobo and unseeded Lea Ma(Georgia) have advanced to a semifinal meeting after No. 3 seed Urhobo defeated unseeded Shilin Xu of China 6-3, 7-5 and Ma beat Gina Feistel(SMU) of Poland 6-0, 1-6, 6-4.
In the bottom half semifinal, unseeded Alicia Herrero Linana(Baylor) of Spain will play No. 5 seed Angela Fita Boluda, also of Spain. Herrero Linana defeated No. 6 seed Eva Vedder of the Netherlands 7-5, 6-4, while Fita Boluda ended the run of 18-year-old Russian qualifier Daria Egorova 6-4, 6-2.
The North and Central America and Caribbean qualifying for the ITF’s Junior Davis Cup, Junior Billie Jean King Cup and World Junior Tennis team events concluded today in Montreal, with the United States finishing first in all four divisions. Canada finished second in all four groups, with those two nations qualifying for the finals this summer for the 14-and-under teams and this fall for the 16-and-under teams. The players competing this week are not necessarily those who will be on the teams going to the finals.
Individual results from the three-day competition can be found here.
Davis Cup Juniors
vs. Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico
Izyan Ahmad (15, Wayne, N.J.)
Gadin Arun (15, Paradise Valley, Ariz.)
Teodor Davidov (15, Bradenton, Fla.)
Captain: Sylvain Guichard, USTA Lead National Coach
Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Juniors
vs. Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico
Jordyn Hazelitt (15, Henderson, Nev.)
Welles Newman (16, Boca Raton, Fla.)
Janae Preston (15, Henderson, Nev.)
Captain: Thierry Champion, USTA National Coach
ITF World Junior Tennis – Boys
vs. Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico
Nathan Lee (13, Tustin, Calif.)
Rex Kulman (14, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Max Smith (13, Parkland, Fla.)
Captain: Jon Glover, USTA National Coach
ITF World Junior Tennis – Girls
vs. Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico
Isha Manchala (13, Hilton Head Island, S.C.)
Anna Kapanadze (13, Staten Island, N.Y.)
Nadia Poznick (13, Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Captain: Celeste Frey, USTA National Coach