No. 2 Seed Hernandez Upsets Field to Win Boys' 16 & Under Title at MTA Junior 16s & 14s Super Series

Tyler Hernandez captured the Boys' 16 & Under singles title at the Level 5 Open MTA Junior 16s & 14s Super Series, held April 4-5, 2026 at Manteca Tennis Center, MANTECA, CA. Tyler Hernandez pulled off the surprise of the tournament, knocking off No. 1 seed Alexander Fador 6-2, 6-1 in the final.

The Final

The final brought together No. 2 seed Tyler Hernandez and No. 1 seed Alexander Fador. Hernandez controlled the match from start to finish, winning 6-2, 6-1.

Semifinals

Fador (No. 1 seed) defeated Ho 6-1, 7-5.

Hernandez (No. 2 seed) defeated Quan 6-1, 6-1.

Fraley (No. 1 seed) needed three sets to get past Hom, prevailing 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Gryukov needed three sets to get past Scott, prevailing 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Deora (No. 1 seed) defeated Guo 6-1, 6-1.

Li pulled off the upset of the draw, rallying past No. 2 seed Vignesh 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a hard-fought three-set battle.

ZHANG defeated Song 6-2, 6-3.

Pande defeated Sukruth 6-3, 6-3.

An Upset-Filled Quarterfinal Round

Fador (No. 1 seed) defeated Miles 6-1, 6-3.

Ho defeated Kothari 7-5, 6-4.

Quan needed three sets to get past Ramkumar, prevailing 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Hernandez (No. 2 seed) defeated Chan 6-4, 6-4.

Fraley (No. 1 seed) needed three sets to get past Xu, prevailing 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.

Hom defeated Khinda 6-0, 6-2.

Scott needed three sets to get past Chen, prevailing 6-1, 1-6, 6-0.

Gryukov pulled off the upset of the draw, rallying past No. 2 seed Nakayama 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in a hard-fought three-set battle.

Deora (No. 1 seed) defeated Singh 6-2, 6-3.

Guo needed three sets to get past Lam, prevailing 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Li defeated Fogli 7-6(2), 6-2.

Song pulled off the upset of the draw, rallying past No. 1 seed Moore 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 in a hard-fought three-set battle.

ZHANG defeated Agarwal 6-1, 6-4.

Sukruth defeated Eagens 6-1, 6-1.

Pande upset No. 2 seed Bathula, winning 6-4, 6-0.

Detailed Results

Final

Tyler Hernandez [2] d. Alexander Fador [1], 6-2, 6-1

Blake Fraley [1] d. Volodymyr Gryukov, 6-2, 6-3

Gaurav Deora [1] d. Owen Li, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

AARON ZHANG d. Darsh Pande, 6-3, 6-0

Semifinals

Alexander Fador [1] d. Brandon Ho, 6-1, 7-5

Tyler Hernandez [2] d. Lucas Quan, 6-1, 6-1

Blake Fraley [1] d. Jonathan Hom, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2

Volodymyr Gryukov d. Austin Scott, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Gaurav Deora [1] d. Gavin Guo, 6-1, 6-1

Owen Li d. Smaran Vignesh [2], 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

AARON ZHANG d. Christopher Song, 6-2, 6-3

Darsh Pande d. Aakarsh Sukruth, 6-3, 6-3

Quarterfinals

Alexander Fador [1] d. Nolan Miles, 6-1, 6-3

Brandon Ho d. Dylan Kothari, 7-5, 6-4

Lucas Quan d. Rahul Ramkumar, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3

Tyler Hernandez [2] d. Timothy Chan, 6-4, 6-4

Blake Fraley [1] d. Alex Xu, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

Jonathan Hom d. Sartaj Singh Khinda, 6-0, 6-2

Austin Scott d. Matthew Xiaotong Chen, 6-1, 1-6, 6-0

Volodymyr Gryukov d. Yasuhiro Nakayama [2], 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

Gaurav Deora [1] d. Mankaran Singh, 6-2, 6-3

Gavin Guo d. Kaden Lam, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

Owen Li d. Nicolo Fogli, 7-6(2), 6-2

Christopher Song d. Andrew Moore [1], 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

AARON ZHANG d. Krish Agarwal, 6-1, 6-4

Aakarsh Sukruth d. Peyton Eagens, 6-1, 6-1

Darsh Pande d. Atharv Bathula [2], 6-4, 6-0