US Boys Win Six 6-0 Sets in ITF World Junior Tennis Victory, US Teams Continue Undefeated in North and Central American Qualifying; Johnston Earns Doubles Title, Rolls and Grant Reach Semis in ITF J300 in France; Top 10 Collegiate Women by UTR

There are dominating performances and then there is today's 3-0 win by the US boys in the second day of the North and Central America and Caribbean ITF World Junior Tennis qualifying in Lake Nona. With Eddie Herr 14s and Les Petits As champion Michael Antonius slotted for No. 2 singles this week, the US team was an overwhelming favorite to advance to August's finals in the Czech Republic, but opponent Guatemala couldn't win a game today, over three separate matches.  With Jordan Lee, the US No. 1 due to his slightly higher ITF ranking, pulled for today's match, Teodor Davidov moved into the No. 2 singles position and Antonius into the No. 1 spot, but Guatemala was shut out in both matches, as well as the doubles.

The Junior Davis Cup team again dropped a singles match, with Carel Ngounoue retiring at No. 1 singles against the Bahamas, but the deciding doubles went to the United States team of Jack Secord and Keaton Hance.

The girls teams both posted 3-0 victories, and the United States is the only country to be 2-0 in any of the four competitions, so their places in the finals are already guaranteed with one more day of play scheduled for Friday.

The standings after two days can be found here and the results from the four matches not involving the United States can be found here.

USA d. Bahamas 2-1 Junior Davis Cup

No. 2 singles:

Keaton Hance d. Jackson MacTaggart 6-2, 6-2

No. 1 singles:

Jerald Carroll d. Carel Ngounoue 6-4  ret.

Doubles: 

Jack Secord and Keaton Hance d. Carroll and MacTaggart 6-4, 6-2

USA d. Puerto Rico 3-0 Junior Billie Jean King Cup

No. 2 singles:

Kristina Penickova d. Aurora Lugo 6-2, 6-2

No. 1 singles: Shannon Lam d. Carolina Castro 6-1, 6-2

Doubles: Thea Frodin and Kristina Penickova d. Lugo and Victoria Cajigas 6-1, 6-0

USA d. Guatemala 3-0 World Junior Tennis

No. 2 singles:

Maggie Sohns d. Carmen Fuentes 6-4, 6-4

No. 1 singles:

Welles Newman d. Sofia Dallamora 6-1, 6-1

Doubles: 

Sohns and Sarah Ye d. Camilla Castillo and Dallamora 6-0, 6-2

USA d. Guatemala 3-0 World Junior Tennis

No. 2 singles:

Teodor Davidov d. Jose Anibal Martinez 6-0, 6-0

No. 1 singles:

Michael Antonius d. Martin Garcia 6-0, 6-0

Doubles:

Davidov and Jordan Lee d. Julian Garcia and Martin Garcia 6-0, 6-0

The ITF J300 in Beaulieu-Sur-Mer France has already produced one champion from the United States, with two US girls advancing to the singles semifinals.

Noah Johnston won the doubles title today, partnering with Gustavo Ribeirode Almeida of Brazil. The unseeded pair defeated Felix Blashaw and Theo Papamalamis of France, also unseeded, 7-6(5), 6-0 in the final. Johnston, a 16-year-old from South Carolina, has now won three J300 doubles titles this year, each with a different partner.

Katie Rolls, who is playing in her first tournament since capturing the J500 Banana Bowl last month, extended her winning streak to nine matches as she advanced to the semifinals. The No. 5 seed defeated unseeded Daphnee Mpetshi Perricard 7-6(2), 6-3 in today's quarterfinals; she will face qualifier Lilli Tagger of Austria in the semifinals.

No. 2 seed Tyra Grant came from behind to defeat unseeded Noemi Basiletti of Italy 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 in today's quarterfinals and will play No. 8 seed Vittoria Paganetti of Italy.

I mentioned in my Tuesday post of the ITA rankings that I hadn't seen the women's version of the collegiate Top 10 by UTR that had been posted for the men. It showed up today on Twitter, as follows, with ITA rankings in parentheses:

1. Alexa Noel, Miami (11)

2. Fiona Crawley, North Carolina (7)

3. Amelia Rajecki, NC State (5)

4. Fangran Tian, UCLA (39)

5. Katherine Hui, Stanford (not ranked)

6. Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina (4)

7. Ayana Akli, South Carolina  (9)

8. Kari Miller, Michigan (3)

9. Mary Stoiana, Texas A&M (1)

10. Nicole Khirin, Texas A&M (19)

As John Parsons pointed out, Carson Branstine, who has returned to compete for Texas A&M in the post season, is at 11.53, which would put her at the top of the list, with Noel currently at 11.52.