Wimbledon Qualifying Finally Complete; Roehampton Grade 1 Begins Sunday; Texas Grand Slam Results

Although today was hardly rain-free in London, Wimbledon qualifying was finally completed at Roehampton, with Alexa Glatch of the US the final player to earn her spot in the main draw. Glatch defeated Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan 3-6, 7-6(2), 12-10 to join 11 other American women in the main draw, the largest number since 2007. In a disappointing lapse by wimbledon.com, the draws do not yet reflect where the qualifiers have been placed, but Kevin Fischer of the WTA tweeted that Glatch will play No. 8 seed Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, while Irina Falconi, who was fortunate to finish on Thursday, will play lucky loser Stephanie Dubois of Canada.

Ryan Harrison lost to Cedrik-Marcel Stebe of Germany 7-5 in the fifth, getting broken at love after returning from a rain delay with Stebe leading 6-5. His frustration at losing led to an eruption that Guy McCrea described on Twitter: "Harrison smashed racket at end, huge divot in turf. Big fine likely." Harrison got into the main draw as a lucky loser however, just as he had done at the French last month. Robert Kendrick apparently withdrew, so that means there are still nine Americans in the main draw. Harrison and Travis Rettenmaier had already qualified in doubles; Lindsay Lee-Waters and Megan Moulton-Levy won their final qualifying match today.

McCrea spoke with Stebe in his final qualifying podcast, and also talked with Conor Niland of Ireland, who in qualifying, becomes the first Irish player to compete in the main draw at Wimbledon since 1977. Niland played college tennis at Cal, where he was an All-American in 2006, reaching the quarterfinals in the NCAA individual tournament.

The podcasts from the qualifying can all be found at wimbledon.com.

The ITF Grade 1 in Roehampton begins on Sunday, with 16 American boys and girls competing in the main draws. The US boys in the main draw, none of whom are seeded, are: Mitchell Krueger, Shane Vinsant, Emmett Egger (a lucky loser), Dennis Novikov, Alexios Halebian, Mac Styslinger, Marcos Giron and Connor Farren. Novikov, who lost in the final of the Grade 2 Gerry Weber in Germany today, plays No. 3 seed Oliver Golding of Great Britain in the first round, a tough draw for both. The boys draw in Roehampton, as it is expected to be at Wimbledon, is extremely strong, with a world ranking of 20 required for seeding this week. Bjorn Fratangelo is one of the few top junior boys not playing the grass events this month.

The US girls at Roehampton include two seeds, No. 12 Vicky Duval and No. 14 Grace Min. The other six are: Madison Keys, Stephanie Nauta, Krista Hardebeck, Christina Makarova, Lauren Herring and Catherine Harrison. Hardebeck plays top seed Daria Gavrilova of Russia in the opening round. Gabby Andrews, who is still listed in the Wimbledon entries, is not playing Roehampton. The girls' field at Roehampton and at Wimbledon is not as strong as the boys', with a ranking of 34 the cutoff for seeding this week. An-Sophie Mestach of Belgium, the world junior No. 1, withdrew from Wimbledon, as did Monica Puig, Natalija Kostic and Saisai Zheng.

Complete Roehampton draws can be found at the LTA website.

The Texas Grand Slam, which is their big junior sectional event of the year, ended today. The final results are as follows:

18s:
Harrison Adams(1) def. Michael Riechmann (5) 6-3, 6-2
Peggy Porter(1) def. Brooke Hughes 6-2, 6-2

16s:
Bayo Philips(1) def. William Jou (5) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4)
Caroline Turner(1) def. Gabriella Umoquit(3) 6-3, 6-1

14s:
Emanuel Llamas(3) def. Grayson Broadus(1) 1-6, 6-2, 6-0
Sydney Riley(3) def. Abigail Chiu(2) 6-3, 6-3

12s:
King Roy(2) def. Zeb Zheng(1) 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4
Anna Bright(1) def. Danielle Quevedo(2) 6-4, 6-2

For complete results, see the TennisLink site.