No. 1 Seed Hopkins Battles to Boys' 12 & Under Title at 68th Long Beach Junior Tournament

Patrick Hopkins captured the Boys' 12 & Under singles title at the Level 4 Closed 68th Long Beach Junior Tournament, held February 14-22, 2026 at Lakewood Tennis Center, LAKEWOOD, CA. Patrick Hopkins had to dig deep in a three-set final, defeating Pavel Abadzhev 2-6, 6-3, 1-0(8) to earn the title.

The Final

The final brought together No. 1 seed Patrick Hopkins and No. 5 seed Pavel Abadzhev. Abadzhev took the opening set 6-2, but Hopkins fought back to take the next two sets and win 2-6, 6-3, 1-0(8).

Semifinals

Hopkins (No. 1 seed) defeated Yao (No. 5 seed) 6-0, 6-4.

Abadzhev (No. 5 seed) upset No. 2 seed Kanat, winning 6-0, 6-0.

Quarterfinals

Hopkins (No. 1 seed) needed three sets to get past Vignesh (No. 9 seed), prevailing 2-6, 6-2, 1-0(3).

Yao (No. 5 seed) defeated Svitolin (No. 9 seed) 6-1, 6-1.

Abadzhev (No. 5 seed) pulled off the upset of the draw, rallying past No. 3 seed Gallo 2-6, 7-6(3), 1-0(4) in a hard-fought three-set battle.

Kanat (No. 2 seed) needed three sets to get past FOREMAN (No. 5 seed), prevailing 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(5).

Detailed Results

Final

Patrick Hopkins [1] d. Pavel Abadzhev [5], 2-6, 6-3, 1-0(8)

Semifinals

Patrick Hopkins [1] d. Qingrui Yao [5], 6-0, 6-4

Pavel Abadzhev [5] d. Imangali Kanat [2], 6-0, 6-0

Quarterfinals

Patrick Hopkins [1] d. Vetri Vignesh [9], 2-6, 6-2, 1-0(3)

Qingrui Yao [5] d. Dionis Svitolin [9], 6-1, 6-1

Pavel Abadzhev [5] d. Anthony Gallo [3], 2-6, 7-6(3), 1-0(4)

Imangali Kanat [2] d. BENJAMIN FOREMAN [5], 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(5)