The second seeds take the singles titles:: juniortennis.com

2005 Chanda Rubin Pan American Closed~~~

I'm not the only one with technical problems--(I apologize to my bloglet subscribers; the blogger and bloglet servers aren't connecting and I'm powerless to fix it)-- the ITF's junior site has had issues all weekend and there are no scores available from Osaka for the semifinals and finals.

But Annie Paton is having no such difficulties. She once again does a terrific job of describing the atmosphere surrounding Ryan Sweeting's validation of his U.S. Open win-- a bizarre and volatile three-set victory over defending champion and world number one Donald Young.

I sympathize with her plight of being required to cover both finals at once, which explains why her story is tilted toward the boys' match. It is not possible to watch two matches simultaneously and do justice to either. What is the big hurry? There are only two matches--start one at 10 a.m. and one at noon and everybody can go home by 2:30 p.m. This happened at the U.S. Open Juniors too, and it's inexplicable. There are no cost savings from it that I can detect, so what drives this schedule?

Anyway, I was glad to hear that while both Sweeting and Young may be off to Futures events, they are still relishing the battle to be crowned the world's top junior. The Orange Bowl is shaping up as the perfect climax to a fascinating year on the boys' side.