Pro Circuit Round-Up: Mmoh Shines in Stockton

Michael Mmoh continued his climb up the world rankings, reaching the semifinals at the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Stockton, Calif., last week. He was joined in the semis by fellow American Tim Smyczek.

With the run to Stockton’s final four, Mmoh inched up three spots in the rankings to No. 153 – just 12 spots off his career best. The 19-year-old has made steady progress this year, winning the USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Lexington, Ky., and reaching the final at a Futures in Wichita, Kan., and the semifinals at the Challenger in San Francisco.

Mmoh has also competed in the main draw at the Australian Open and at Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami. He reached the final round of qualifying at the US Open.

Here are some other highlights from Americans at the USTA Pro Circuit and ITF Pro Circuit last week:

Men:

• In addition to the semifinal runs in Stockton by Mmoh and Smyczek, Stefan Kozlov and Tennys Sandgren reached the singles quarterfinals and Denis Kudla advanced to the doubles final.
  
• At the $100,000 ITF Pro Circuit event in Monterrey, Mexico, former NCAA champ Bradley Klahn reached the singles final and Kevin King advanced to the semifinals. Evan King and Christopher Eubanks teamed to win the doubles title, with Evan King also reaching the singles quarterfinals.
• Hunter Reese won the doubles title at the $25,000 event in Falun, Sweden.
  
• Nate Lammons and Alex Lawson teamed to reach the doubles final at the $25,000 event in Nevers, France, and Hunter Johnson and Yates Johnson did the same at the $25,000 Futures in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy.
  
• Nathan Pasha reached the doubles final at the $25,000 event in Towoomba, Australia.
  
• Nicholas Hu advanced to the singles final at the $15,000 Futures in Nonthaburi, Thailand.
  

Women:

• At the $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Hilton Head Island, S.C., 2017 Wimbledon girls’ finalist Ann Li reached the semifinals and fellow junior standout Sofia Sewing advanced to the quarterfinals.
• The doubles final at the $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Hilton Head Island, S.C., featured three Americans, with Caty McNally winning the title over the all-U.S. tandem of Meg Kowalski and Kylie Collins.
  
• Chiara Scholl swept the singles and doubles titles at the $25,000 event in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy.
  
• Rushri Wijesundera reached the singles quarterfinals at the $15,000 event in Colombo, Sri Lanka.