Higuchi Ousts Sixth Seed, Boys No. 2 Seed Tatlot Upset in Eddie Herr ITF Second Round

©Colette Lewis 2013--
Bradenton, FL--

Bradenton can be cool and windy during Eddie Herr week, but for second round play Wednesday it was anything but. Temperatures near 80 and the slightest of breezes made for ideal tennis weather, but that didn't help seeded players, with more than half of them gone as the ITF tournament moves into the third round.

On Monday, top seed and World No. 1 Alexander Zverev of Germany lost; on Wednesday, the other ITF Top 10 boy in the field, France's Johan Sebastien Tatlot made his exit.  Tatlot was beaten by Guy Orly Iradukunda of Burundi 6-4, 6-4. Iradukunda, 17, is a member of the ITF Grand Slam Development Team and won consecutive Grade 4s in Africa this summer, but his win over Tatlot, who won a Futures last month in Greece, is certainly the best of his junior career.

With Zverev and Tatlot gone, No. 3 seed Stefan Kozlov is the top seed remaining and he had no trouble with qualifier Ryotaro Matsumura of Japan, taking a 6-1, 6-2 victory. Kozlov has yet to play at the main site, and he is again on the Academy Park courts on Thursday, a tram ride away, when he takes on qualifier Reilly Opelka. Opelka rebounded to beat Djurabeck Karimov of Uzbekistan 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Only one round of 16 match will feature two seeds, with No. 5 seed Michael Mmoh taking on No. 9 seed Kamil Majchrzak of Poland. Majchrzak beat Taylor Fritz 6-2, 6-4 and Mmoh cruised by Alexander Sendegeya of Great Britain 6-3, 6-0.

Six of the 16 boys still remaining are from the United States. In addition to Kozlov, Mmoh and Opelka, qualifier Catalin Mateas, wild card Deiton Baughman and No. 13 seed Francis Tiafoe reached the third round. Mateas beat Omar Jasika of Australia 7-6(2), 6-2, while Baughman made short work of qualifier Artur Dubinski of Belarus.  Tiafoe had his hands full with Yucatan finalist Francisco Bahamonde of Argentina in the first set, but once Tiafoe got a break to open the second set, Bahamonde "laid an egg," in Tiafoe's words.  Barely moving for balls, Bahamonde didn't appear to be hurt, but he certainly was interested in getting off the court as soon as possible.

Unlike the boys draw, the top two girls seeds have had no trouble this week, with Varvara Flink of Russia and Tornado Alicia Black again posting straight set victories. Flink beat wild card Olivia Hauger 6-0, 6-2, and Black handled Dzina Milovanovic of Serbia 6-0, 6-3. Both Flink and Black will play qualifiers on Thursday, with Flink facing Seone Mendez of Australia and Black meeting Julia Terziyska of Bulgaria.

Aside from the top two seeds, there are only three others remaining in the girls draw, all of them double digit seeds.  No. 3 seed Camila Giangreco Campiz of Paraguay was beaten by Elena Ruse of Romania, and No. 6 seed Ioana Ducu was eliminated by wild card Emma Higuchi. Although the score was 6-3, 6-1, the match was nearly two hours long, and the 15-year-old Californian was relieved to finish it in straight sets.

"I was staying really patient, moving the ball," said Higuchi. "She kind of broke down and I took advantage of that. I kept on moving and getting everything."

Higuchi says she feels comfortable on clay, often training on it in Carson.

"I can get a lot of balls back, and clay court players do that a lot," said Higuchi, who will play No. 12 seed Sandra Samir of Egypt on Thursday. "You just have to adjust, and I think I did that well today."

The comeback of the day went to Sofia Kenin, who trailed Australian Naiktha Bains 6-1, 5-2 before coming all the way back for a 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 victory that took nearly four hours to complete.  Kenin will play Chloe Ouellet-Pizer in the third round, after Ouellet-Pizer posted a considerably less dramatic 6-3, 6-2 victory over qualifier Angelika Shapovalova of Russia.

The top seeded girls doubles team of Black and Fanny Stoller lost on Tuesday, and the top seeded boys doubles team of Zverev and Andrey Rublev went out on Wednesday.  After taking a long and emotional first set, Zverev and Rublev couldn't hold off the Polish team of Phillip Gresk and Jan Zielinski 6-7(10), 6-4, 10-6. Gresk has a very big serve, but it was a couple of his backhand return winners that proved key in the match tiebreaker.

In the younger age divisions, all the No. 1 seeds reached the third round. Anastasia Potapova of Russia and Alexander Zgirovsky of Belarus in the 12s, Kayla Day and Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia in the 14s and Helen Altick and Yunseong Chung of Korea in the 16s, all advanced in straight sets.

The day's most dramatic match, which was over four hours long, saw Alexa Bortles defeat No. 2 seed Jenna Friedel 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in girls 16s action. There were bathroom breaks, code violations and cramping before the match, begun in early afternoon sunlight, ended under the Stadium court lights.

No. 2 seeds Hurricane Tyra Black(12s), Sofia Sewing(14s), Adam Neff(12s), Noah Makarome(14s) and Mate Valkusz(16s) all advanced in straight sets.

For complete results, see eddieherr.com.

Qualifiers Keep Rolling, Rybakov Defeats Sixth Seed Safiullin at Eddie Herr ITF

©Colette Lewis 2013--
Bradenton, FL--

After several days of low clouds and fog, Tuesday dawned clear and bright for the second day of main draw action at the Eddie Herr International.  After Monday's major upset of top seed Alexander Zverev of Germany by Sameer Kumar, along with 42 other singles matches, Tuesday's schedule was lighter and more predictable, although the qualifiers did produce some notable results.

Of the eight girls qualfiers, five won and the other three lost to seeded players.  Top seed Varvara Flink of Russia beat qualifier Barbara Gatica of Chile 6-0, 6-4 and No. 2 seed Tornado Alicia Black was equally impressive, taking down qualifier Gabriela Knutson of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-0.  No. 12 seed Sandra Samir of Egypt's 6-1, 6-3 victory over qualifier Mira Ruder-Hook meant that Black was the only US girl to pick up a win Monday. Both Marie Norris and Madison Bourguignon lost three-hour plus marathons, with Norris dropping a 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-3 decision to qualifier Seone Mendez of Australia and Bourguignon fell to Sweden's Jacqueline Cabaj Awad 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.

In addition to Mendez, the other four girls qualifiers to post wins Tuesday are Katherine Sebov of Canada, Angelika Shapovalova of Russia, who beat No. 14 seed Jil Teichmann of Switzerland, Aleksandra Pospelova of Russia and Julia Terziyska of Bulgaria.

The top girls seed to fall on Tuesday was No. 5 Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic, but it was not much of an upset, given that it was Renata Zarazua who got the 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win. Zarazua, from Mexico, was a finalist at the Grade 1 Yucatan Cup last week.

The boys qualifiers were even more successful, with six of the eight advancing to Wednesday's second round.  Americans Catalin Mateas and Reilly Opelka won their fourth matches of the tournament, with Mateas beating Gabriel Hocevar of Brazil 6-1, 6-4 and Opelka downing No. 16 seed Nino Serdarusic of Croatia 6-4, 6-3.  Matos Zukas of Argentina beat Spencer Papa 6-2, 7-5, joining Artur Dubinski of Belarus, Marko Osmakcic of Switzerland and Ryotaro Matsumura of Japan as qualifiers reaching the second round.

In addition to Opelka and Mateas, another American reached the second round, with Alex Rybakov ousting No. 6 seed Roman Safiullin of Russia 7-5, 6-1.

Rybakov, a 16-year-old from Florida, jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead, but Safiullin won five of the next six games to serve for the set. Rybakov got his game back on track just in time, winning the last three games of the set, and Safiullin's resistance dissolved after he was broken serving at 1-2 in the second set.

"I feel like I had a good start in the beginning," said Rybakov, a left-hander with a one-handed backhand. "But then both of us weren't playing our best tennis. I kind of toughed it out mentally at the end of the first set, and then he kind of went away in the second. I just tried to keep it up the best as I possibly could. I think I competed hard at the end, so I was proud of that."

Rybakov grew up playing on the green Har-Tru, but it's red clay that tops his list of favorite surfaces.

"I played a couple of tournaments this year in South America on red clay and I loved it. Clay is my favorite surface, any clay, but I prefer red clay," Rybakov said.

After the completion of the ITF first round, there are 11 US boys remaining and five US girls.

The first round of doubles were played on Tuesday, with top seeds Black and Fanny Stoller of Hungary losing to Naiktha Bains of Australia and Anna Bondar of Hungary 6-4, 6-4.

In the younger age divisions, all the No. 2 seeds reached the second round, just as the No. 1 seeds had done on Monday.

In the 16s, Jenna Friedel beat Alana Smith 6-2, 6-3 and Mate Valkusz of Hungary beat John McNally 6-3, 7-6(3).

In the 14s, Noah Makarome advanced with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Jose Paz of Bolivia and Sofia Sewing defeated Avital Vulf of Israel 6-1, 6-0.

In the 12s, Hurricane Tyra Black, Tornado's sister, won 6-1, 6-0 over Andjela Skrobonja of Serbia and Adam Neff beat Gabriel Nini of Romania 6-0, 7-5.

For complete results and Wednesday's order of play for the ITF, see eddieherr.com.

Kumar Upsets World Number One Zverev in Eddie Herr ITF First Round

©Colette Lewis 2013--
Bradenton, FL--

The opening day of play at the Eddie Herr International saw seven No. 1 seeds in action, and all of them breezed to first round victories, with one major exception.  In the boys 18s, ITF World No. 1 Alexander Zverev of Germany was upset by Sameer Kumar 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(5).

Kumar, a 16-year-old from Indiana, received entry into the 18s by virtue of an exemption given to the top-ranked US player in the 16s, and he was a decided underdog to the 16-year-old Italian Open champion and French Open boys finalist.  Played on the far reaches of the IMG Bollettieri Academy property, which is a tram ride away from the majority of the courts, the match between World No. 1 and No. 448 wasn't expected to go the distance. But as word began to circulate that Kumar had won the second set, the crowd grew, and Prince, a major of the sponsor of the tournament and maker of Kumar's racquet, sent their cameraman, on site for an advertising shoot, to record the upset in the making.

Zverev served for the match at 5-4 in the third set, but never got to match point, with Kumar earning a break point at 30-40 when Zverev couldn't finish his first volley at the net and couldn't handle Kumar's pass.  Kumar converted the break point when Zverev hit a forehand long, a call that Zverev disputed, but when the roving umpire was called to check the mark, he let Kumar's call stand.

Kumar held at 15 to take a 6-5 lead, and Zverev held despite a couple of unforced errors to send the match into the tiebreaker.

Kumar got a minibreak early, and another to lead 5-1, when Zverev made yet another unforced error on the backhand side. But both those minibreaks were lost on two unforced errors and when Zverev put away an overhead, letting out a big roar afterward, it was 5-5.  The next point was a long one, with Kumar patiently waiting for the error, and giving Zverev several high deep balls, as well as some slices. Some 20 shots later, Zverev's forehand went wide, giving Kumar a match point on his serve.  A big first serve out wide that Zverev couldn't return and it was over, with the usually placid Kumar obviously delighted with the victory.

"I think this is the biggest win of my life," said Kumar, who enjoys playing on clay. "He's number one in the world for a reason, he's a very good player. So I'm very excited."

Kumar believed his position as an underdog helped him play more freely.

"Last night when I saw the draw I told myself I have nothing on me, I got a wild card into this tournament and I'm playing the No. 1 player in the world," said Kumar. "There's no pressure on me. But with that, I definitely knew I had a good chance to win, because I've been playing very well lately. I definitely didn't feel any pressure, even when it got tight in the second and third set tiebreakers."

Kumar was not the only American to take out a seed in Monday's first round, with  wild card Deiton Baughman defeating No. 8 seed Marcelo Zormann of Brazil 6-4, 7-6(4) and Julian Zlobinsky outlasting No. 4 seed Quentin Halys of France 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

The three seeded US boys advanced, with No. 3 Stefan Kozlov, No. 5 Michael Mmoh and No. 15 Francis Tiafoe winning in straight sets.  Taylor Fritz, AJ Catanzariti also made the second round with victories Monday.

The top two seeds in the girls 18s were idle on Monday, with No. 1 Varvara Flink of Russia and No. 2 Tornado Alicia Black drawn against qualifiers, all of whom received a day off after two matches on Sunday. Mira Ruder-Hook finished her qualifying match delayed by darkness to advance to the main draw, where she will play No. 12 seed Sandra Samir of Egypt Tuesday.

The only two US seeded girls in action Monday lost, with No. 7 seed Johnnise Renaud falling to Natalia Vikhlyantseva of Russia 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 and No. 13 seed Dasha Ivanova dropping a 7-6(9), 6-2 decision to Russian Anastasia Shaulskaya.  Olivia Hauger, Emma Higuchi, Chloe Ouellet-Pizer and Sofia Kenin were other US winners Monday.

Naiktha Bains of Australia ousted No. 4 seed Helen Ploskina of Ukraine 7-6(2), 6-4 and Isabella Wallace of Great Britain eliminated No. 8 seed Anastasiya Komardina of Russia 0-6, 6-2, 6-1.

The remainder of the first round of singles in the 18s will be played on Tuesday, along with all 32 doubles matches.

The top seeds in the younger age divisions all cruised to victories in their matches on a cloudy and unusually calm day.  Girls 12s No. 1 seed Anastasia Potapova of Russia defeated Hannah Viller Moller of Denmark 6-0, 6-1. No. 1 in the boys 12s, Alexander Zgirovsky of Belarus beat Alejo Lorenzo Lavallen 6-3, 6-1.  In the 14s, top girls seed Kayla Day beat Olga Basko of Russia 6-2, 6-0 and top boys seed Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia downed Malik Bhatnagar of Canada 6-1, 6-0.  In the 16s, girls No. 1 seed Helen Altick defeated Tatiana Samurgasheva of Armenia 6-2, 6-0, and No. 1 boys seed Yunseong Chung of Korea beat Alexandros Giannakitsidis of the United States 6-0, 6-0.  The bottom half of the draws in the 12s, 14s and 16s will be played on Tuesday.

Wayne Bryan explains the drill for junior participants

The evening ended with a demonstration of doubles drills with the No. 1 doubles team in the world, Bob and Mike Bryan, courtesy of Prince Tennis. The twins' father Wayne organized a competition with enthusiastic juniors in attendance, and several of the youngsters earned their way on the court with the Bryans.  Some of them even managed to win points from the Bryans, which resulted in Wayne commandeering a Sharpie and having his sons sign the ball and give it to the youngsters.

For complete results, see the eddieherr.com website.

Four US Boys Qualify for Eddie Herr ITF; Play Begins in All Age Divisions Monday; USA Collegians Win Master' U Title Over Russia

©Colette Lewis 2013--
Bradenton, FL--

Four American boys each won two qualifying matches on Sunday to reach the main draw of the Eddie Herr ITF Grade 1.  A day that started with a light drizzle and fog turned into a beautiful afternoon, but it wasn't quite long enough to finish the girls qualifying draw, with two matches left unfinished when play was called for darkness.

Catalin Mateas, Tommy Paul, William Blumberg and Reilly Opelka will join 15 other Americans in the boys main draw which will begin Monday, although qualifiers will have the day off.

No. 14 Paul was the only one of the US boys seeded in the qualifying. The Kalamazoo 16s champion defeated No. 6 seed Peter Bertran of the Dominican Republic 7-6(2), 6-2 in the final round of qualifying. Catalin Mateas won the battle of the one-handed backhands against No. 15 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3 to earn a main draw berth, while Blumberg defeated No. 7 seed Ivan Liutarevich of Belarus 6-2, 7-6(2).  Opelka downed Ilya Vasilyev of Russia 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the main draw.

Opelka said that clay is his favorite surface, an unusual preference for a big server now standing at 6-foot-8.

"I guess I just grew up on clay," said the 16-year-old from Palm Coast, Florida. "I've spent most of my life playing on clay, so I just used to it, and I seem to play better on it."

Opelka's focus was tested in the second set, when on the changeover with Opelka about to serve with a 4-3 lead, Vasilyev called for the trainer for his knee. After at least a five-minute delay while the trainer made his way to Court 1 and worked briefly on Vasilyev's right knee, Opelka sat for a few minutes, got up, snuck in a couple of serves before Vasilyev complained to a nearby roving umpire, then sat down for another minute or so before play began again.  Opelka failed to get a first serve in on any of the four points they played to open the game. He didn't get a first serve in on the next point either, but thought he had hit a forehand winner on the far sideline, which Vasilyev called out.  The roving umpire came and looked at the mark, said he could not overrule the call, but then Opelka suggested the ball had broken on the point, so a let had to be played.  The umpire retrieved the ball from Vasilyev, who had pocketed it, determined it was broken and ordered the point replayed.  Opelka finally got a first serve in and won the replayed point with a forehand winner, not quite as close to the line as before. An excellent second serve gave him the game, and Opelka had negotiated the tricky part of the match, with his first serve back on track when he closed out the final game at love.

"Before, I was missing like one first serve per game," said Opelka, who wasn't broken in the match. "And then there, I missed four, five in a row. He definitely was trying to bother me, but I just had to play eight good points, serve two games, and the match would be over."

Vasilyev was standing five or six feet behind the baseline to return Opelka's first serve, and Opelka's second serve also gave him trouble.

"I'm comfortable with that (second serve)," said Opelka, who earned his first ATP point just two weeks ago at the Futures tournament on the very same set of courts. "He was behind the baseline, hitting up on my second serve. Today I served better (than yesterday) with my first and second serve, which kind of makes them think a little more."

No US girls qualified in the matches that finished, but two still have an opportunity. Mira Ruder-Hook lost the first set to Canadian Alexis Prokopuik 6-2, but was serving for the second set at 5-3 when play was called for darkness.  Ndindi Ndunda won the first set from Russia's Angelika Shapovalova 6-4, lost the second 6-1 and trailed 3-1 in the third set when play was suspended.

Top seed Nicole Frenkel lost in the second round to unseeded Seone Mendez of Australia, who went on to qualify.

In the 16s, American qualifiers to the boys main draw are: Jake Gabay, Nikola Samardzic, Christopher Morin, Nicholas Borchenko, Andrew Heller and Tony Leto.  The girls 16s qualifiers from the US are: Jaeda Daniel, Naomi Waters, Dominique Schaefer, Ashby Bland and Gabriella Rodriquez.

In the boys 14s, the US qualifers are: Ryan Goetz, Antoine Sanchez and RJ Fresen. The girls 14s qualifiers from the US are: Isabelle Boulais, Christie Wan and Miranda Ramirez.

The boys 12s US qualifiers are Billy Suarez and Nicholas Garcia, while the girls 12s qualifiers from the US are Nikki Redelijk, Andrea Sotova, Anastasia Khrustaleva, Elli Mandlik(daughter of Hana Mandlikova) and Ruth Marsh.

Complete qualifying draws can be found at eddieherr.com, where all the main draws and the 18s order of play for Monday are also posted. Not all the first round will be played on Monday; qualifiers and some of those who played on the final day of the Grade 1 Yucatan Cup will play Tuesday in the ITF.  The top half of the draws in all the other age divisions are playing Monday, with the bottom half on Tuesday.

Speaking of the Yucatan Cup, Italy's Filippo Baldi, the top seed, defended his title there, defeating No. 7 seed Francisco Bahamonde of Argentina 6-1, 6-1. In the all-Mexican girls final, No. 2 seed Alejandra Cisneros beat No. 6 seed Renata Zarazua 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

At the Master' U BNP Paribas event in France, the United States team of Mitchell Frank(UVA), Marcos Giron(UCLA), Peter Kobelt(Ohio St), Robin Anderson(UCLA), Lauren Herring(Georgia) and Sabrina Santamaria(USC) won the international collegiate team competition for the third straight year, defeating Russia 7-0 in the final.  For more on the tournament, see coach Greg Patton's blog on usta.com.

Darkness Delays Completion of First Round of Eddie Herr ITF Qualifying; USA Team Meets Russia Sunday for Master' U Title

©Colette Lewis 2013--
Bradenton, FL--

The first round of qualifying for the ITF Eddie Herr tournament fell two matches short of completion Saturday, with darkness descending on courts 1 and 2 of the IMG Bollettieri Academy's Har-Tru courts.

In the girls match, which had been moved from court 7, Mayka Aikawa of Japan led Claudia Cianci of Portugal 6-3, 4-4 when it was stopped at 5:40 p.m.  The boys match between Jake DeVine and alternate Sebastian Hawken of Norway, who received entry for No. 2 seed Alan Nunez Aguilera of Mexico, was in at 1-1 in the third set when it was stopped at around 5:30. There are no lights on the clay courts. Hawken had taken the first set 7-5, with DeVine taking the second 6-3. Both matches will resume at 8 a.m. on Sunday, but with two rounds of qualifying Sunday, a long day and a race against darkness could again face those two winners.

Girls top seed Nicole Frenkel posted a routine 6-1, 6-1 win over wild card Erisa Onchi of Japan, while boys No. 1 qualifying seed Ryotaro Matsumura of Japan defeated Stephen Watson 6-3, 6-4.  Matsumura broke Watson for a 5-3 lead, but was unable to serve out the match. Watson fell behind 0-40 in the next game, but saved the first match point with a drop shot winner. On the second, Matsumura hit a forehand wide. Watson again attempted a drop shot, a frequent strategy for him, especially on clay, but Matsumura was ready for it. He got to it, and ended the match with a deep volley winner two shots later.

Catalin Mateas ousted No. 3 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, and Reilly Opelka defeated No. 8 seed Brandon Laubser of South Africa 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-1. No. 14 seed Tommy Paul was in serious trouble throughout his match with Andres Torres of Colombia, but he came back to post a 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory.

The top four girls seeds made it through the first round, but No. 5 seed Lesedi Sheya Jacobs of Namibia was beaten by Rachel Chong 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, and No. 6 seed Ana Paula Neffa De Los Rios of Paraguay lost to Gabriela Knutson of the Czech Republic 7-6(5), 6-3.

Qualifying continued in the 12s, 14s, and 16s age divisions, with the eight qualifiers in each draw to be determined in Sunday's final round. See my post from Friday for the wild cards.

For the draws and the order of play for the 18s, see eddieherr.com.

At the Master' U BNP Paribas collegiate team event in France, the United States team of Mitchell Frank, Marcos Giron, Peter Kobelt, Robin Anderson, Lauren Herring and Sabrina Santamaria will play Russia in Sunday's final, after picking up 6-1 wins over Ireland and France in the first two matches. The US team is going for its third straight title. Boise State men's coach Greg Patton is blogging about the matches at usta.com.

Eddie Herr Wild Cards; Christian Harrison to Undergo Hip Surgery; Qualifying Begins Saturday for Eddie Herr ITF

©Colette Lewis 2013--
Bradenton, FL--

Qualifying continued Friday in the 12s, 14s and 16s divisions at the Eddie Herr, with the last match finishing around 9 p.m. The temperatures were seasonable and there was no rain, but still the day's last matches, scheduled for 4:30, went on well after dark, and only on the lighted courts.

Pat Harrison and Vicky Duval

When I first arrive at the IMG Bollettieri Academy, I immediately head for the Stadium court, to see who coach Pat Harrison may be working with. Today it was Vicky Duval, Stephanie Nauta, home from Virginia for the weekend, and Michael Venus, while Pat's son Christian watched.

Christian is scheduled for hip surgery next month, and a couple of months later he will have the other hip operated on, so he is unlikely to play much in 2014. I spoke briefly to Duval and Nauta, but because I hadn't seen Venus since his college days at LSU, we had a longer chat, and of course I congratulated him on recently winning the Asian-Pacific wild card into the Australian Open in doubles with Yuki Bhambri. It will be Venus' first appearance in the main draw of a slam. He has worked with Pat Harrison since he was a teenager, and rather than stay home, where hitting partners are scarce, he decided to spend the off-season in Bradenton. He isn't too optimistic about receiving a wild card into the Heineken Open, the January ATP event in New Zealand, although he is now the second-ranked man in the country.

The main draw wild cards for the Eddie Herr are as follows:

Girls 12s:
Qingwen Zheng
Viktoria Morvayova
Daria Tomashevskaya
Sanyukta Gawande
Lana Brezanin
Sara De Oliveira
Emily De Oliveira
Roopa Bains

Boys 12s:
Landon Hover
Harry Neel
Noah Berry
Alfredo Casso
Peter Dragar
Timmy Phung
Graham Hadesman
Fnu Nidunjianzan

Girls 14s:
Emily Pugachevsky
Yulin Chen
Mariela Martinez
Catherine Xu
Hoda Habib
Daniela Martinez
Dariya Kazentseva
Lillian Gabrielsen

Boys 14s:
Drew Baird
Vasyl Kiselov
Zicheng Zeng
Joao Fujiwara
Lutwin De Macar
Toi Kobayashi
Chanasorn Nakaurai
Sebastian Korda

Girls 16s:
Ingrid Neel
Nicole Johnston
Mimi Levine
Brooke Lashway
Alana Smith
Amber Policare
Tatiana Samurgasheva
Christina Jordan

Boys 16s:
Andres Andrade
Gabriel Pilones
Hady Habib
Alexandros Gianikitsidis
Soo Woo Kwon
Matus Lazar
Kalman Boyd
Alfredo Perez

Girls 18s:
Olivia Hauger
Emilie Francati
Raquel Pedraza
Emma Higuchi
Daniela Pedraza Novak
Josie Kuhlman
Nandini Das
Katarina Kozarov

Boys 18s:
Alejandro Tabilo
Toshiki Matsuya
Anudeep Kodali
Oscar Janglin
Deiton Baughman
Ulises Blanch
AJ Catanzariti
Taylor Fritz

The 18s qualifying gets underway at 9 a.m. Saturday. Nicole Frenkel is the top seed in the girls qualifying, with Ryotaro Matsumura of Japan the top seed in boys qualifying.  The order of play and qualifying draws are available at eddieherr.com