Quinn Wins J3 in Croatia; Coleman Reaches J3 Final in Portugal; Korda Earns First ATP Title; Seven Americans in Action at French Open Sunday

Three Americans won ITF Junior Circuit titles this weekend, with another playing for a title Sunday, as the focus of the top American juniors shifts to European clay.

Ethan Quinn(left) with ITF J3 Croatia trophy
(contributed photo)

Seventeen-year-old Ethan Quinn, who won the J1 IOSC in San Diego in March and reached the Easter Bowl final the following week, added his third singles title of the spring at the J3 in Croatia. The top-seeded Quinn, who won the J4 in Coral Gables at the beginning of the month, defeated Aleksa Pesaric of Serbia 6-2, 6-2 in Friday's final.

Ellie Coleman has reached Sunday's final at the J3 in Portugal, with the Duke recruit, who is the top seed, facing unseeded Nina Vargova of Slovakia for the title. Elise Wagle won the doubles title today, with partner Mei Hasegawa of Japan. The No. 2 seeds defeated Coleman and her partner Matilde Jorge of Portugal, the top seeds, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7 in the final.

Maximilian Wuelfing won his second straight J5 in Kyrgyzstan, with the No. 4 seed defeating No. 2 seed Nikita Sidorov of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-2 in the final. Wuelfing, a high school junior from California, didn't drop a set in claiming his second career singles title. Wuelfing also won the doubles title this week, his second on the ITF junior circuit, with Pavel Petrov of Russia. The unseeded pair defeated No. 4 seeds Arslanbek Aitkulov and Alexander Chernomaz of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-2 in the final.

Sebastian Korda won his first ATP title today in Parma Italy, with the  unseeded 20-year-old American defeating wild card Marco Cecchinato of Italy 6-2, 6-4 in the final. Korda, who didn't drop a set all week, is the first American man to win a title on European clay since Sam Querrey won Belgarde in 2010. For more on Korda's run to the title in Parma, see this article from the ATP website, and this interview with the ATP on what winning his first title meant to him.

At the WTA 250 in Strasbourg France, top seeds Alexa Guarachi(Alabama) of Chile and Desirae Krawczyk(Arizona State) won their second title of the year and their fourth as a team, with the top seeds defeating unseeded Makoto Ninomiya of Japan and Zhaoxuan Yang of China 6-2, 6-3 in the final.

The first round of the French Open gets underway on Sunday, with seven Americans in action. Alison Riske, who was seeded 27, withdrew, so her match with Lauren Davis will not happen. Instead, Davis will play Paula Badosa of Spain, who was given the 33 seeding due to Riske's withdrawal.

Sunday's first round French Open matches featuring Americans:

Madison Keys[23] v Oceane Dodin[WC](FRA)
Lauren Davis v Paula Badosa[33](ESP)
Amanda Anisimova v Veronika Kudermetova[29](RUS)
Danielle Collins v Xiyu Wang[Q](CHN)
Christina McHale v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova[31](RUS)
Marcos Giron v Grigor Dimitrov[16](BUL)
Mackenzie McDonald[Q] v Emil Ruusuvuori(FIN)