It was another great day for tennis on the seventh day of the Nationals. Today’s matches consisted of the fifth round of 16s and 18s feed-ins, the quarterfinals for 18s feed-ins, and the quarterfinals for 18s singles and 16s doubles.

Notable upsets occurred across the board. 

In the 16s doubles quarterfinals, top seed Michael Antonius and Roshan Santhosh were upset by the seventh seed Shaan Majeed of Cumming, Georgia, and Lucas Smith of Daniel Island, South Carolina (6-2, 7-6[5]). They will play the 15th seed Marcel Latak of Darien, Illinois, and Vihaan Reddy of San Jose, California. 

Unseeded Sebastian Bielen of Glen Cove, New York, and his partner Jerrid Gaines Jr of Palmetto, Florida, upset the sixth seed Anish Poojari and Soren Swenson. They will be facing the second seed, Andrew Johnson of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and his partner, Mason Vaughan of Austin, Texas, in the semifinals. 

Over in the 18s singles, notable upsets occurred. Sixth seed Keaton Hance (pictured above) of Torrance, California, emerged victorious against the second seed Cooper Woestendick of Olathe, Kansas (6-0, 5-7, 6-3). Hance, a Texas commit, will be playing Jack Satterfield of Tampa, Florida, in the semifinals. Satterfield, a Vanderbilt commit and the eighth seed in this tournament, upset the fourth seed Benjamin Willwerth in straight sets (7-6[5], 6-4). 

On the other side of the 18s singles bracket, the top seeds remained. Top seed Darwin Blanch of Orlando, Florida, will be making his Kalamazoo semifinal debut against the third seed and last year’s finalist, Jack Kennedy of Huntington, New York.

Source: Victoria Ryan