No. 1 Seed Thuta Claims Boys' 18 & Under Title at Aptos Junior 18s Super Series

Smyan Thuta captured the Boys' 18 & Under singles title at the Level 5 Open Aptos Junior 18s Super Series, held April 4-5, 2026 at Soquel High School, SOQUEL, CA. Smyan Thuta defeated Zade Azmeh 6-0, 6-3 in the final to claim the trophy.

The Final

The final brought together No. 1 seed Smyan Thuta and No. 2 seed Zade Azmeh. Thuta controlled the match from start to finish, winning 6-0, 6-3.

Semifinals

Thuta (No. 1 seed) defeated Riyaz 6-0, 6-3.

Azmeh (No. 2 seed) defeated Ward 7-6(5), 6-1.

Vidyarthi defeated Karthikeyan 6-1, 6-3.

Kumar pulled off the upset of the draw, rallying past No. 1 seed Char 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in a hard-fought three-set battle.

Gangarapu upset No. 2 seed Sitanggang, winning 6-1, 6-0.

Sudhir (No. 1 seed) defeated Lavrenov 6-1, 6-2.

Chiang (No. ~ seed) defeated Caputo-Hermans 6-3, 6-3.

An Upset-Filled Quarterfinal Round

Riyaz needed three sets to get past Wu, prevailing 6-2, 5-7, 6-0.

Ward defeated Anandkumar 6-1, 6-1.

Williams upset No. 1 seed Lee, winning 6-4, 6-3.

Popa needed three sets to get past Turnbull, prevailing 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4.

Vidyarthi defeated Ahl 6-1, 6-4.

Karthikeyan upset No. 2 seed Singh, winning 6-0, 6-4.

Char (No. 1 seed) defeated Norrell 6-4, 7-5.

Kumar upset No. ~ seed Agrawal, winning 6-1, 6-4.

Gangarapu defeated Buckallew 6-1, 6-2.

Sitanggang (No. 2 seed) defeated Chan 6-0, 6-2.

Sudhir (No. 1 seed) defeated Li 6-2, 7-5.

Lavrenov defeated Cordoba 6-1, 6-2.

Caputo-Hermans needed three sets to get past Garcia, prevailing 1-6, 6-0, 6-3.

Chiang (No. ~ seed) upset No. 2 seed Ramaraj, winning 7-6(2), 7-6(2).

Detailed Results

Final

Smyan Thuta [1] d. Zade Azmeh [2], 6-0, 6-3

Josh Williams d. Milo Vidyarthi, 6-4, 6-2

Abraham Gangarapu d. Kairav Kumar, 6-2, 6-1

Aryaman Sudhir [1] d. Ethan Chiang [~], 7-5, 6-4

Semifinals

Smyan Thuta [1] d. Darwish Riyaz, 6-0, 6-3

Zade Azmeh [2] d. Hudson Ward, 7-6(5), 6-1

Milo Vidyarthi d. Achyut Karthikeyan, 6-1, 6-3

Kairav Kumar d. SundaraVarada Char [1], 6-2, 4-6, 7-5

Abraham Gangarapu d. Logan Sitanggang [2], 6-1, 6-0

Aryaman Sudhir [1] d. Anthony Lavrenov, 6-1, 6-2

Ethan Chiang [~] d. Julien Caputo-Hermans, 6-3, 6-3

Quarterfinals

Darwish Riyaz d. Nathan Wu, 6-2, 5-7, 6-0

Hudson Ward d. Guhan Anandkumar, 6-1, 6-1

Josh Williams d. William Lee [1], 6-4, 6-3

Andre Popa d. Jack Turnbull, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4

Milo Vidyarthi d. Dylan Ahl, 6-1, 6-4

Achyut Karthikeyan d. Joshveer Singh [2], 6-0, 6-4

SundaraVarada Char [1] d. Grant Dullea Norrell, 6-4, 7-5

Kairav Kumar d. Punj Agrawal [~], 6-1, 6-4

Abraham Gangarapu d. Jason Buckallew, 6-1, 6-2

Logan Sitanggang [2] d. Kaeden Chan, 6-0, 6-2

Aryaman Sudhir [1] d. Zachary Li, 6-2, 7-5

Anthony Lavrenov d. Andre Cordoba, 6-1, 6-2

Julien Caputo-Hermans d. Gabriel Garcia, 1-6, 6-0, 6-3

Ethan Chiang [~] d. Gurudaran Ramaraj [2], 7-6(2), 7-6(2)