Penickovas, Leach Earn ITF J300 Titles in Malaysia, Rolls Wins Doubles at J500 Offenbach; Johns, Chirico Claim USTA Pro Circuit Titles; Arizona Men Win Pac-12; Michigan Women and Ohio State Men Defend Big Ten Titles; NCAA Selection Shows Monday

While I was focused on the J500 in Offenbach Germany and the J100 in Delray Beach this past week, I completely missed the title runs by American juniors at the J300 in Malaysia.

Fourteen-year-old Kristina Penickova swept the singles and doubles titles in Kuching, with the top seed earning her first J300 title in singles after making two finals earlier this year at that level in Costa Rica and San Diego. She defeated 15-year-old Kanon Sawashiro of Japan, the No. 13 seed, 6-2, 6-0 in the final, and didn't lose more than three games in any of the 10 sets she won. Kristina and twin sister Annika won the doubles title, their sixth on the ITF Junior Circuit and the biggest, with the top seeds defeating No. 2 seeds Reina Goto of Japan and Junhan Zhang of China 6-0, 6-1 in the final.

Sixteen-year-old Jagger Leach, seeded No. 4 and playing in his first J300 final, defeated No. 6 seed Ivan Iutkin of Russia 6-4, 7-6(2) after taking out top seed Hayden Jones of Australia 7-6(7), 5-7, 7-5 in the semifinals. Jones had beaten Leach 6-4, 6-0 in the second round of the Australian Open Junior Championships in January.

The titles should guarantee both Leach and Kristina Penickova a spot in the main draw of the Roland Garros Junior Championships, with the entry deadline this coming Tuesday.

Katie Rolls and her partner Jeline Vandromme of Belgium won the doubles title at the J500 in Offenbach Germany today. The No. 5 seedsd defeated top seeds Hannah Klugman and Mingge Xu of Great Britain 3-6, 6-0, 10-7 in the final.

The singles titles in Offenbach went to No. 6 seed Wakana Sonobe of Japan and No. 5 seed Max Mrva of the Czech Republic. The 16-year-old Sonobe won a rematch of last December's Eddie Herr J300, beating No. 9 seed Teodora Kostovic of Serbia again, this time by a score of 6-3, 3-1, retired. Mrva, also 16, defeated top seed Nicolai Budkov Kjaer of Norway 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals and won the title today in another retirement, with No. 2 seed Luca Preda of Romania retiring down 3-0 in the first set.

The boys doubles champions are Brazil's Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida and Vojtech Vales of the Czech Republic. They defeated Timofei Derepasko of Russia and Alexander Vasilev of Bulgaria 2-6, 7-5 10-8 in a battle between two unseeded teams.

There were two other ITF Junior Circuit singles titles last week for Americans, with Simon Caldwell, a 16-year-old from Grand Rapids, sweeping the singles and doubles at the J60 in Costa Rica this week. No. 5 seed Caldwell, a quarterfinals in Kalamazoo in the 16s, defeated top seed Zavier Augustin, also from the United States, 6-2, 6-2 in the final. Caldwell and Arnarv Bhadari won the doubles title, with the unseeded pair beating No. 3 seeds Augustin and Mason Taube 6-2, 6-0 in the final.

Americans swept the singles titles at the J30 in Jamaica, with 17-year-old James Weber and 14-year-old Ana Avramovic claiming their first singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit. Weber, the No. 5 seed, defeated top seed Jose Argenal of Guatamela 6-1, 6-1 in the final, while top seed Avramovic beat No. 3 seed Brooke Wallman 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 for the title. Avramovic and Ciara Harding won the girls doubles title, with Joseph Hernandez and Arin Menon taking the boys doubles championship.

Duke senior Garrett Johns warmed up for the NCAA championships this weekend with his fifth Pro Circuit singles title at the $15,000 tournament in Vero Beach Florida. The 23-year-old, seeded No. 2, defeated No. 3 seed Victor Lilov 7-6(1), 6-2 in today's final. Johns, currently 22 in the ITA singles rankings and No. 1 in the doubles rankings with Pedro Rodenas, will return to Durham for next weekend's first two rounds of the NCAA team championships, which the 13th-ranked Blue Devils will host.

Unseeded Louisa Chirico last won a Pro Circuit title two years ago in Charlottesville Virginia and she demonstrated today how comfortable she is at the Boars Head Club, beating top seed Kayla Day 6-1, 7-5 in today's final at the W75 tournament. Chirico now has 75 points in the USTA's Roland Garros Wild Card race with one week remaining for the women, and she is scheduled to compete next week in the W100 in Bonita Springs Florida. 

Former University of Virginia standout Alexander Ritschard of Switzerland won his second ATP Challenger title today in Savannah Georgia, defeating former University of Florida Gator Andres Andrade of Ecuador, a qualifier, 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the Challenger 75 tournament. The 30-year-old is now at 169 in the ATP live rankings, just below his career-high of 160, and with his first Challenger title on clay, can now begin preparing for the Roland Garros qualifying.

The final conference tournaments concluded today, and the top seeds took both Big Ten titles. The Ohio State men defeated No. 2 seeds Michigan 4-1 at Northwestern, with the Buckeyes claiming the tournament title for second straight year and the Michigan women taking their third straight conference tournament title with a 4-2 win over Ohio State in Ann Arbor. In each case, it was the team they defeated today who had last denied them a conference title. 

Last night in Ojai, the final Pac-12 championship went to the Arizona men, who beat Stanford 4-0 to avenge a regular season loss to the Cardinal. It's the first Pac-12 title for the Wildcats, who will moving to the Big-12 next season. 

The Division I NCAA selection show, which will announce the particpants, seedings and hosting sites, begin tomorrow with the men at 6 p.m. Eastern time at ncaa.com. The women's selection show will follow at 6:30 p.m.

CollegeTennisRanks.com has provided a travel matrix for both men and women, with projections on who will host and who will go where based on the NCAA rules governing those choices.