No. 1 Seed Thuta Claims Boys' 18 & Under Title at Aptos Junior 18s Super Series
Tournament date: April 4, 2026
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)
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