Top Seeds Jones and Budkov Kjaer Plus 31 Americans in Action Sunday as US Open Junior Championships Begin; Grant and Kovacevic Advance to Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals; Basiletti and Mrva Claim Repentigny ITF J300 Titles

Sunday will be a busy day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with 40 first round US Open Junior Championships matches on the schedule, 31 of them featuring Americans.

Top seeds Emerson Jones of Australia and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer of Norway are both in action against American qualifiers, with Jones playing Maya Iyengar and Budkov Kjaer facing Keaton Hance.

The two boys who withdrew and were replaced by lucky losers were Trevor Svajda, who has an injury, and Australian Open
finalist Jan Kumstat of the Czech Republic, the ITF No. 5. Great Britain's Mingge Xu, who retired in Canada with a 5-2 lead in the first set of her semifinal match, is in the draw.

US Open junior seeds:

GIRLS:
1. Emerson Jones(AUS)
2. Tyra Grant(USA)
3. Iva Jovic[WC](USA)
4. Teodora Kostovic(SRB)
5. Jeline Vandromme(BEL)
6. Hannah Klugman(GBR)
7. Wakana Sonobe(JPN)
8. Mingge Xu(GBR)
9. Kristina Penickova(USA)
10. Rositsa Dencheva(BUL)
11. Iva Ivanova(BUL)
12. Antonia Vergara Rivera(CHI)
13. Kaitlyn Rolls(USA)
14. Sonja Zhiyenbayeva(KAZ)
15. Vendula Valdmannova(CZE)
16. Akasha Urhobo(USA)

Urhobo is seeded via her WTA ranking, which is 313.

BOYS:
1. Nicolai Budov Kjaer(NOR)
2. Kaylan Bigun(USA)
3. Rei Sakamotoa(JPN)
4. Mees Rottgering(NED)
5. Luca Preda(ROU)
6. Maxim Mrva(CZE)
7. Hayden Jones(AUS)
8. Theo Papamalamis(FRA)
9. Jagger Leach(USA)
10. Amir Omakhanov(KAZ)
11. Jangjun Kim(KOR)
12. Rafael Jodar(ESP)
13. Cooper Woestendick(USA)
14. Max Schoenhaus(GER)
15. Miguel Tobon(COL)
16. Marko Maksimovic(SRB)

Sunday's first round junior matches featuring Americans:

Maya Iyengar[Q] v Emerson Jones[1](AUS) 

Annika Penickova[WC] v Antonia Vergara Rivera[12](CHI)

Monika Ekstrand[Q] v Rositsa Dencheva[10](BUL) 

Kate Fakih[Q] v Wakana Sonobe[7](JPN) 

Christasha McNeil[Q] v Luna Maria Cinalli(ARG) 

Thea Frodin v Kanon Sawashirov[Q](JPN) 

Ishika Ashar[WC] v Yelyzaveta Kotliar(UKR) 

Kaitlyn Rolls[13] v Olivia Carneiro(BRA) 

Kristina Penickova[9] v Elizara Yaneva(BUL) 

Julieta Pareja[WC] v Teodora Kostovic[4](SRB) 

Tyra Grant[2] v Mayu Crossley(JPN) 

Iva Jovic[3] v Gaia Maduzzi[Q](ITA) 

Akasha Urhobo[16] v Laima Vladson(LTU) 

Alanis Hamilton[WC] v Lucia Urbanova(CZE) 

Valerie Glozman[WC] v Yuliya Perapekhina(BLR)

Aspen Schuman v Julie Pastikova(CZE) 

Capucine Jauffret[Q] v Malak El Allami(MAR) 

Dominick Mosejczuk[WC] v Hayden Jones[7](AUS)

Ian Mayew v Rafael Jodar[12](ESP)

Gus Grumet[WC] v Alessandro Battiston[SE]

Cooper Woestendick[13] v William Rejchtman Vinciguerra(SWE)

Kase Schinnerer[WC] v Reda Bennani(MAR)

Matthew Forbes[WC] v Mika Petkovic[Q](GER)

Rudy Quan[WC] v Viktor Frydrych(GBR)

Matisse Farzam[WC] v Lorenzo Angelini[SE](ITA)

Kaylan Bigun[2] v Andreas Timini(CYP)

Maxwell Exsted v Atakan Karahan(TUR)

Keaton Hance[Q] v Nicolai Budkov Kjaer[1](NOR)

Nikita Filin[WC] v Henry Bernet(SUI)

Noah Johnston v Marko Maksimovic[16](SRB)

Stiles Brockett[LL] v Max Schoenhaus[14](GER)

Bigun and Jovic lost their second round mixed doubles match to No. 4 seeds Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic and Matt Ebden of Australia 6-2, 6-3, but another wild card team, Tyra Grant and Aleks Kovacevic(Illinois) are through to the quarterfinals, with the pair saving a match point in their 4-6, 6-3, 11-9 win over wild cards Alycia Parks and Jackson Withrow(Texas A&M). Parks and Withrow had beaten No. 2 seeds Erin Routliffe(Alabama) and Michael Venus(Texas,LSU) of New Zealand in the first round. Their opponents in the quarterfinals have not yet been determined.

Jessica Pegula and Tommy Paul reached the second week with wins today, with five more Americans in fourth round action on Sunday. Former NC State star Diana Shnaider of Russia, the No. 18 seed, also advanced to the fourth round today with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Sara Errani of Italy and will play Pegula on Monday. Nuno Borges of Portugal, the 2019 NCAA singles finalist at Mississippi State, advanced the the fourth round saving three match points 6-7(5), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-0 win over Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic.

Saturday's third round results of Americans:
Jessica Pegula[6] d. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro(ESP) 6-3, 6-3
Liudmila Samsonova[16](RUS) d. Ashlyn Krueger 6-1, 6-1
Tommy Paul[14] d. Gabriel Diallo[Q](CAN) 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-1, 7-6(3)

Sunday's fourth round matches featuring Americans:
Emma Navarro[13] v Coco Gauff[3]

Frances Tiafoe[20] v Alexei Popyrin[28](AUS)

Brandon Nakashima v Alexander Zverev[4](GER)

Taylor Fritz[12] v Casper Ruud[8](NOR)

The top seeds made Saturday's finals at the ITF J300 in Repentigny Canada, but they did not take home the trophies. The boys title went to No. 8 seed Maxim Mrva of the Czech Republic, who avenged his Australian Open loss to Mees Rottgering of the Netherlands 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.  

Top seed Hannah Klugman of Great Britain lost to unseeded Noemi Basiletti of Italy 7-6(2), 6-4, giving the 18-year-old Basiletti the sweep of the Canadian titles and her first ITF J300 singles title.