Olson Sweeps ITF Grade 5 Titles In Bahamas, Soliman Wins First ITF Event in Guatemala; Neumayer and Bonderenko Claim Cancun Grade 1 Titles; USTA Indoor Nationals Begin Friday

Thirteen-year-old Brooklyn Olson captured her second ITF singles title in as many months, with the Floridian also winning the doubles title at the ITF Grade 5 Goombay Splash Bowl in the Bahamas. Olson, the No. 2 seed, defeated fellow American Sophia Wang, who was unseeded, 6-0, 6-0 in the final. She and Sage Loudon, seeded No. 2, won the doubles title in another all-USA final, beating unseeded Artemi Pados and Wang 6-1, 3-6, 10-8.  Olson, who was eligible to begin playing ITF Junior circuit events in May, is now up to 514 in the rankings.  Fourteen-year-old Cooper Williams, who was unseeded, made the boys final, losing to top seed Matias Gaedechens of Chile 6-3, 6-2.

At the Grade 5 in Guatemala, high school junior Gabriella Soliman won her first ITF Junior Circuit title in another All-USA final, with the top seed beating No. 8 seed Teja Tirunelveli 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Soliman also reached the doubles final.

The Grade 1 in Cancun concluded Sunday with the singles champions crowned. No. 2 seed Maria Bondarenko won her sixth ITF Junior Circuit title this year, but her first at the Grade 1 level, beating Dayeon Back of Korea, the No. 8 seed, 6-2, 6-2. The 16-year-old Bondarenko moved up to 14 in this week's ITF Junior rankings.  On Saturday, Bondarenko won the doubles title, with Darja Semenistaja of Latvia. The No. 2 seeds beat No. 5 seeds Victoria Jimenez Kastintseva of Andorra and Amarissa Toth of Hungary 3-6, 6-0, 10-8 in the final.

The boys champion in Cancun is 17-year-old Lukas Neumayer of Austria, the No. 11 seed. He defeated No. 4 seed Eliakim Coulibaly of Cote D'Ivoire 6-3, 6-2 in the final to earn his first Grade 1 title, which moved him into the Top 100 for the first time. Unseeded Mikolaj Lorens of Poland and Marko Topo of Serbia won the boys doubles title Saturday, beating top seeds Roman Andre Burruchaga and Santiago De La Fuente of Argentina 6-4, 1-6, 10-3 in the final.

The USTA National Indoor Championships begin on Friday in eight locations across the country.  Below are the Tennis Link sites, with the 12s divisions already posting seeds.

Boys 12s, BJK National Tennis Center New York

Boys 14s, Midtown Athletic Club Chicago

Boys 16s, Longfellow Tennis Club Wayland MA

Boys 18s, Overland Park Racquet Club Kansas

Girls 12s, Manchester Athletic Club MA

Girls 14s, Twos Athletic Club Toledo

Girls 16s, University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center

Girls 18s, Indianapolis Racquet Club