Brenda Fruhvirtova Wins J1 in Belgium; ITF's Top Junior Shang Beats Boitan to Reach Fayetteville $15K Final; Holmgren Earns ATP Top 100 Win in San Diego Qualifying

Fourteen-year-old Brenda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic won her second J1 title in the past 30 days this week at the rescheduled Astrid Bowl in Belgium. Fruhvirtova, who won her first J1 in College Park last month, moving up to 33 in the ITF junior rankings, was the No. 2 seed this week in Belgium. She dropped only one set en route to the final, where she met No. 4 seed Barbora Palicova, also of the Czech Republic. Fruhvirtova dropped the first set to the 17-year-old, but came back to claim a 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory.

No. 14 seed Gabriel Debru of France, who won a J2 in the Czech Republic the week of the US Open Junior Championships, defeated unseeded James McCabe of Australia 6-2, 6-4 to win the boys title. Debru, who is 15, hadn't played the main draw of a J1 until this week.

In doubles, top seeds Lucija Ciric Bagaric of Croatia and Sofia Costoulas of Beligum won the title, beating the unseeded Swiss team of Karolina Kozakova and Celine Naef 6-0, 7-5 in the final.

The boys doubles title went to No. 2 seeds Bor Artnak of Slovenia and Vilius Gaubas of Lithuania, who defeated No. 7 seeds Liam Gavrielides and Neo Niedner of Germany 6-3, 6-4 in the final. 

Juncheng Jerry Shang is through to Sunday's final at the $15,000 men's Pro Circuit tournament in Fayetteville Arkansas after posting a 6-3, 7-5 win over Baylor junior Adrian Boitan of Romania. The 16-year-old, who is the ITF's top-ranked junior, will face 28-year-old Mark Whitehouse of Great Britain, the No. 7 seed. Whitehouse defeated qualifier Henry Patten(UNC-Asheville) of Great Britain 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. This is Shang's first main draw of a Pro Circuit tournament; he lost in the second round of qualifying back in May in Pensacola, his only other appearance at that level. His professional debut came in the qualifying of the Miami Open this past March, where he took Liam Broady to a third set tiebreaker.

The doubles title went to the University of Arkansas team of Alexandre Reco and Nicolas Rousset of France. The unseeded Razorbacks defeated No. 2 seeds Abraham Asaba of Ghana and Sekou Bangoura(Florida) 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 in today's final. 

The Ohio State team of James Trotter and Andrew Lutschaunig fell just short of accomplishing what the Arkansas pair did, with the Buckeyes falling today to Stefan Kozlov and Canadian Peter Polansky in the final of the ATP Challenger 80 in Columbus 7-5, 7-6(5).  

Kozlov will play for his second title of the week in Columbus after defeating No. 7 seed and hometown favorite JJ Wolf(Ohio State) today 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. Kozlov, who is only 23, but has been playing in Challengers since 2014, will be playing in his first Challenger final since 2017, when he won the Las Vegas Challenger in October of that year.  He will face unseeded Max Purcell, who beat fellow Australian Aleks Vukic(Illinois) 7-6(3), 7-6(6) in today's semifinals.

Kayla Day has reached her first final since 2017 with a 6-1, 7-6(6)victory over No. 4 seed Maria Carle(Georgia) of Argentina today at the $25,000 women's Pro Circuit tournament in Fort Worth. Day, who turns 22 on Tuesday, will face top seed and WTA No. 65 Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, who defeated Alexandra Bozovic of Australia 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. 

The qualifying for next week's ATP 250 in San Diego began today, with a big upset in qualifying. University of San Diego senior August Holmgren, who got into qualifying as a last-minute alternate, defeated ATP No. 76 Jordan Thompson of Australia, the No. 3 seed in qualifying, 6-4, 7-6(6). Holmgren, with an ATP ranking of 903, recently returned from playing a Davis Cup tie for Denmark, winning two singles matches to help his country to a 4-1 win over Thailand. He will face Italian Salvatore Caruso, the No. 6 seed in qualifying, for a place in the main draw. Caruso beat Ernesto Escobedo 7-5, 1-6, 6-4.

Denis Kudla defeated two-time Kalamazoo champion Zachary Svajda, who received a wild card into qualifying, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.