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SPRING, Texas – A warm and sunny week ended with four all-American finals at the International Tennis Federation's J300 Pan American Regional Championships, hosted by the Giammalva Racquet Club.
Girls Singles Champion Maya Iyengar
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Sixteen-year-old Jack Kennedy earned his second J300 title, beating Ian Mayew 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, while 17-year-old Maya Iyengar claimed her first title at the J300 level with a three-hour, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win over Aspen Schuman. Unseeded Jon Gamble and James Weber won the boys doubles title, with No. 6 seeds Alanis Hamilton and Kayla Chung taking the girls doubles championship.
The upsets began early, with 2024 Kalamazoo 16s champion Gus Grumet, a wild card, ousting 2023 Kalamazoo 16s champion and No. 2 seed Cooper Woestendick 6-4, 7-5 in the second round. The top seeds both exited in the quarterfinals, with 16-year-old Jack Secord, the No. 11 seed, defeating Jagger Leach 6-2, 6-2 and No. 6 seed Schuman beating Thea Frodin 6-3, 6-2.
Schuman, a semifinalist at last year's tournament, defeated No. 8 seed Claire An 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals, while No. 5 seed Iyengar had earned a quarterfinal win over No. 3 seed Nadia Lagaev of Canada 6-4, 6-3 and a survived a roller coaster of a semifinal against No. 2 seed Annika Penickova 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
