Boosarawongse One of Two Qualifiers to Advance to Eddie Herr ITF J300 Round of 16; Quarterfinals Set for 12s, 14s and 16s Divisions; Championship Results of USTA National Indoors
©Colette Lewis 2023--
Bradenton FL--
With half the seeds already eliminated from the boys field this week at the Eddie Herr ITF J300, it's not surprising that two of the 16 players remaining would be qualifiers. Thursday's boys third round action will feature just one match as projected by the seeds, when top seed Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez of Mexico takes on No. 15 seed Danil Panarin of Russia in a rematch of the final at the J300 in Zapopan Mexico two weeks ago.
The other seven boys matches Thursday will feature at least one unseeded player, including qualifier Thanaphat Boosarawongse of Thailand, who will face No. 11 seed Reda Bennani of Morocco after defeating unseeded Keegan Rice of Canada 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-0.
Today's win was the fifth in five days for the 17-year-old Boosarawongse, who saved three match points in his 1-6, 7-5, 11-9 second round qualifying match with Ian Mayew.
"It was a crazy match, I was down 6-1, 2-0 and then 9-6 three match points down," said Boosarawongse, who recently committed to Columbia for the fall of 2024. "So now I'm just playing, just enjoying it."
Boosarawongse recently changed racquets, from the Yonex VCORE to the EZONE, and cites the new racquet as a reason for his recent success.
"I was wondering for a while, hey, why aren't my shots really going, I can't really get control of the ball, but now that I've changed, it's a different sport, honestly," Boosarawongse said. "I have a lot more control of the ball, and when you have control of the ball, you have control of yourself. I'm calmer on the court, more composed, and I'm thinking. Sometimes you don't expect certain things to change you, but it just does, and you just take it."
In his match with Rice, the last singles match to finish due to Gloria Nahum's 7-6(6), 6-4 win over Victoria Osuigwe running three hours and 15 minutes in the first match of the day, Boosarawongse had ample opportunities to lose his composure, but refused to do so.
"I was up 5-3 in the first set and I couldn't close it out in my service game," Boosarawongse said. "Maybe six, seven months ago, if I had gotten broken at 5-3, I might have panicked, thought what's going on?, but instead I stayed patient, I stayed calm and I took it in a tiebreak instead."
Dropping the second set so decisively also didn't alarm Boosarawongse.
"He played a much better set obviously and the balls slowed down a lot, and I was on the passive side," Boosarawongse said. "In the third set, I just told myself, stay aggressive, be aggressive, you have to dictate, because win or lose, you're in control."
Boosarawongse got an early break and then after a long game with Rice serving at 0-3, broke again and held for a 5-0 lead. Eighteen-year-old Jerry Shang, currently 184 in the ATP rankings, was supporting Boosarawongse, a fellow IMG Academy student and training partner, as he navigated those final three games.
"It's a privilege to hit with Jerry, he's an unbelievable player and an unbelievable guy," said Boosarawongse, who has trained at IMG for more than four years. "And he's my good friend too. He's playing really good, but he's still supporting us, hanging out with us."
Boosarawongse admitted to some fatigue from the qualifying, but the cool weather and the day off Monday did help.
"I've kept my attitude good, even if I'm physically a little bit tired," Boosarawongse said. "But I got through it, and now it's time for recovery to keep on going for the next days."
The other boys qualifier to advance is 15-year-old Jacopo Vasami of Italy, who defeated Jagger Leach 6-4, 6-7(0), 6-4. Vasami, who was also on the precipice of defeat in the second round of qualifying before beating Kerem Yilmaz of Turkey 3-6, 7-5, 12-10, had a challenging final game today, serving at 5-4 in the third.
The left-hander, who turns 16 next month, got all his first serves in and hit three winners to build a 40-15 lead, but Leach continued to hit out in those match points, forcing errors after fierce rallies to get it to deuce. But another forehand winner gave Vasami a third match point and he converted it with a good first serve that Leach couldn't handle. Vasami will face No. 8 seed Maxim Mrva of the Czech Republic, who defeated Atakan Karahan of Turkey 6-2, 6-3.
With losses by Leach, Cooper Woestendick, Joseph Oyebog, Andrew Delgado and Jack Kennedy, No. 4 seed Alex Frusina is the only American advancing to the third round.
Last week's Merida J500 finalist Max Schoenhaus of Germany and No. 16 seed Daniil Sarksian of Russia engaged in a prolonged battle before Schoenhaus and his one-handed backhand came out on top 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(4).
The girls third round features 14 of the 16 seeds, with just one seed falling in today's second round. Elena Bertea of Romania defeated No. 9 seed Luna Maria Cinalli of Argentina 7-6(0), 6-4 at the Legacy Courts.
Four Americans remain in the girls draw: No. 13 seed Alanis Hamilton, who plays top seed Laura Samsonova of the Czech Republic Thursday, No. 4 seed Tyra Grant, who plays No. 14 seed Emily Sartz-Lunde of Norway, No. 16 seed Mia Slama, who plays No. 3 seed Alena Kovackova of the Czech Republic and No. 2 seed Iva Jovic, who plays unseeded Mia Stojsavljevic of Great Britain.
The 12s, 14s and 16s divisions played their third round singles matches today, with the quarterfinals set for Thursday.
Top seed in the girls 14s, Nancy Lee of the United States, lost to the 2022 girls 12s champion Yeri Hong of Korea 6-0, 4-6, 7-5. Three Japanese boys, all of them unseeded, have advanced to the boys 12s quarterfinals, and an American champion is already guaranteed in the girls 16s, with all eight quarterfinalists from the United States.
Times for Thursday's quarterfinals can be found here.
B12s
Xiaohan Jiang(CHN) v Luke Jones[7](USA)
Thamma Kosiri[3](USA) v Kazuki Nakajima(JPN)
Haruto Tamaki[WC](JPN) v Jang Junseo[4](KOR)
Nanato Agui[WC}(JPN) v Geonho Kim(KOR)
G12s
Caroline Shao[1](USA) v Sofiia Bielinska[8](UKR)
Nikol Davletshina[3](USA) v Adriana Khomyakova[6](USA)
Yui Watanabe[5](USA) v Yerin Lee[11](KOR)
Audrey Dussault[10](USA) v Paweenon Nualsri[2](THA)
B14s
Michael Antonius[1](USA) v Kaan Isik Kosaner[10](TUR)
Andrew Johnson[3](USA) v Jordan Lee[6](USA)
Matei Victor Chelemen(ROU) v Jerrid Gaines[4](USA)
Samim Filiz(ECU) v Achyuth Binu(USA)
G14s
Yeri Hong(KOR) v Reagan Levine[9](USA)
Charlie Celebrini[4](USA) v Renee Alame[16](AUS)
Chukwumelije Clarke[5](USA) v Giulia Safina Popa(ROU)
Ariana Ikwueme[6](USA) v Joyce Geng[14](CAN)
B16s
Jack Satterfield[1](USA) v Jeremiah Braswell(USA)
Ryan Cozad[3](USA) v Keaton Hance[5](USA)
Nischal Spurling[6](USA) v Benjamin Saltman[4](USA)
Wenbo Bai(CHN) v Jack Secord[2](USA)
G16s
Annika Penickova[1](USA) v Ishika Ashar[5](USA)
Alisa Ozgun[9](USA) v Katerina Shabashkevich[8](USA)
Ava Rodriguez[7](USA) v Sara Shumate(USA)
Kayla Moore[6](USA) v Kristina Penickova[2](USA)
The USTA National Indoor Championships concluded on Monday, with the results of the singles and doubles finals below. Tennis Recruiting Network has a post of results that includes links to the TRN profiles of the finalists here. Full draws are available by clicking on the headers.
Singles:
Mark Krupkin[7] d. Jimin Jung 6-3, 6-2
Doubles:
Mitchell Shelton and Nolan Balthazor d. John Cross and Kosei Ogata 8-4
Singles:
Drew Fishback[3] d. Gregory Bernadsky[14] 6-4, 6-2
Doubles:
Nicholas Patrick and Drew Fishback[1] d. Gus Grumet and Lukas Phimvongsa[2] 8-5
Singles:
Safir Azam[1] d. Rafael Lopez[4] 7-5, 6-4
Doubles:
Rowan Qalbani and Izyan Ahmad d. Rafael Lopez and Keshav Muthuvel 9-7
Singles:
Smyan Thuta d. Andres Quijada 6-1, 6-2
Doubles:
Sebastian Zavala and Andres Quijada[6] d. Vallab Kumar and Aidan Wu[2]
Singles:
Elizabeth Ionescu[2] d. Capucine Jauffret[1] 6-3, 6-3
Doubles:
Olivia Benton and Campbell Ricci[8] d. Julia Werdiger and Natasha Rajaram[5] 8-4
Singles:
Karlin Schock[3] d. Alexandra Wolf[13] 6-4, 6-2
Doubles:
Chloe Qin and Lucia Fuduric d. JoAnna Kennedy and Alexandra Wolf[1] 8-4
Singles:
Margaret Sohns[9] d. Reiley Rhodes[1] 6-2, 1-0, ret. inj.
Doubles:
Bailey Scott and Sammie Mercer d. Madeleine Bridges and Autumn Xu[6] 8-3
Singles:
Kathryn Cragg[4] d. London Evans[15] 6-2, 6-2
Doubles:
Daniela Del Mastro and Anna Scott Laney d. Isha Manchala and Oleana Zerres[6] 8-6
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