Mrva, Kostovic Top Seeds at ITF J300 Bradenton, Ten Americans Qualify Sunday; IMG International Championships Seeds for 12s, 14s, 16s; United States Team Wins Fifth Straight Master'U International Collegiate Championships

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Bradenton FL--

The qualifying is complete and the draws are out for the ITF J300 Bradenton, with Maxim Mrva of the Czech Republic and 2023 finalist Teodora Kostovic of Serbia receiving the top seeds. Both were No. 1 seeds at this week's J500 in Merida Mexico and both lost early, so they should not be dealing with the frantic travel schedules after late night matches that come with deep runs in the Yucatan Cup. 

The first round of singles is split between Monday and Tuesday, with 37 matches on Monday's schedule and 27 on Tuesday, plus the entire first round of doubles.

ITF J300 Seeds:

Girls:

1. Teodora Kostovic(SRB)

2. Jana Kovackova(CZE)

3. Alena Kovackova(CZE)

4. Tereza Krejcova(CZE)

5. Julie Pastikova(CZE)

6. Elizara Yaneva(BUL)

7. Maya Iyengar(USA)

8. Reina Goto(JPN)

9. Luna Maria Cinalli(ARG)

10. Laima Vladson(LTU)

11. Kanon Sawashiro(JPN)

12. Yoana Konstantinova(BUL)

13. Nellie Taraba Wallberg(SWE)

14. Deniz Dilek(TUR)

15. Shannon Lam(USA)

16. Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi(ARG)

Boys:

1. Maxim Mrva(CZE)

2. Jan Kumstat(CZE)

3. Hoyoung Roh(KOR)

4. Oliver Bonding(GBR)

5. Jagger Leach(USA)

6. Amir Omarkhanov(KAZ)

7. Oskari Paldanius(FIN)

8. Henry Bernet(SUI)

9. Jack Kennedy(USA)

10. Nathan Trouve(FRA)

11. Ian Mayew(USA)

12. Maxwell Exsted(USA)

13. Jan Klimas(CZE)

14. William Rejchtman Vinciguerra(SWE)

15. Timofei Derepasko(RUS)

16. Andres Santamarta Roig(ESP)

The United States will have 22 boys and 18 girls in the main draw, after a successful final day of qualifying, with six of the eight boys  four of the eight girls qualifiers from the USA. All the players listed below won two matches today to reach the main draw.

Mikael Arseneault(CAN)

Joaquin Blanco(USA)

Nischal Spurling(USA)

Jacob Olar(USA)

Jack Satterfield(USA)

Gus Grumet(USA)

Nathan Blokhin(USA)

Rafael Botran Neutze(GUA)

Zaire Clarke(USA)

Brooke Wallman(USA)

Anna Perelman(RUS)

Kristina Liutova(RUS)

Ireland O'Brien(USA)

Addison Comiskey(CAN)

Kayla Moore(USA)

Havana Kadi(CAN)

Three lucky losers also received entry:

Anastasia Pleskun(USA)

Francisco Castro(ECU)

Allan Gatoto(BDI)

Gatoto, the No. 9 qualifying seed, was beaten in the final round of qualifying this afternoon by 18-year-old Floridian Nathan Blokhin 6-2, 6-4. Blokhin, who has been concentrating on his application to Harvard the past few months, prepared for his last two ITF junior tournaments with a training block that paid dividends today.

"The last few weeks I've been running at 5 a.m. with my friend, then three hours training 7 to 10, and then we go back at 1:15 for another hour, so it's not too bad if you're doing that in practice, this is actually kind of easier, other than the nerves," said Blokhin, the younger brother of Stanford junior Alexis Blokhina. "You obviously get a little more tired, but I still feel good right now, I'm ready to play a third match."

Blokhin trains regularly with Marcus Fluitt at the Veltri Tennis Center in Plantation, but prepared for these tournaments at the Sanchez Casal Academy.

"I did a good block there because my parents were traveling and Sanchez Casal has dorming there so it was easier. That was the last two weeks," Blokhin said. 

After a long wait to get on court for his first match Saturday, Blokhin saw his level improve with each subsequent match.

"I'm definitely getting better match by match," Blokhin said. "I played good in the first round, but it was off and on. Today, this morning, it was pretty solid throughout and just now I think I played really well, without a lot of dips in the level. The guy(Gatoto) was pretty big, serving well, so I couldn't afford to give him any lackluster service games. I tried to stay locked in and yeah, I'd say I'm playing pretty good, some of my best level. I think I was broken only once or twice."

Blokhin said he is in the late stages of the admissions process at Harvard.

"I recently committed," Blokhin said.  "I'm going through admissions right now, I'm towards the end. I got my Common App, I did my interviews, so it's looking good and I should know pretty soon."

Blokhin qualified for the ITF J300 in Repentigny Canada at the end of August, which was his last ITF Junior Circuit event.

"I haven't been playing too much, studying for the SAT a little bit, doing a lot school, playing UTRs near my house, so I'm excited to get out here and do well on the ITF tour."

The draws are out for the 12s, 14s and 16s division of the IMG Academy International Tennis Championships this week. Below are the seeds including their countries, which is a tough trove of information to assemble.

The USTA tournament site is having technical problems, but the draws can be accessed via pdfs on the Overview tab.

B12s Seeds:

1. Ethan Jake Frans(INA)

2. Novak Palombo(AUS)

3. Daniel Gardality(USA)

4. Cavan Donnelly(USA)

5. Aleksandr Kharkov(USA)

6. Reita Yamanaka(USA)

7. Sebastian Lavorato(AUS)

8. Camelot Carnello(USA)

9. Christan Pohoski(USA)

10. Liam Dent(USA)

11. Michael Rybak(USA)

12. Koo Ming Kevin Leung(HKG)

13. Max D Smith(USA)

14. Ethan Cyrus(USA)

15. Evaan Mohan(USA)

16. Patrick Paun(USA)

B14s Seeds:

1. Ethan Domingo(AUS)

2. Gadin Arun(USA)

3. Rafalentino Dacosta(USA)

4. Danill Bererzin(USA)

5. Lucas Han(AUS)

6. Tabb Tuck(USA)

7. Qi Hongjin(CHN)

8. Dharma Pantaratom(THA)

9. Anurag Shourya Kallambella(INA)

10. Heaton Pann(AUS)

11. Wu Junze(CHN)

12. Jang Junseo(KOR)

13. Carter Jauffret(USA)

14. Victor Pignaton(USA)

15. Hruthik Katakam(INA)

16. Har Abir Sekhon(AUS)

B16 Seeds:

1. Jordan Lee(USA)

2. Jerrid Gaines Jr(USA)

3. Luis Andres Flores Avila(MEX)

4. Emilio Camacho(ECU)

5. Maksim Nekrasov(RUS)

6. Agassi Rusher(USA)

7. William Zhang(USA)

8. Felix Triquart(GER)

9. Matthew Shapiro(USA)

10. Lucas Smith(USA)

11. Mason Vaughan(USA)

12. Achyuth Binu(USA)

13. Anthony Dry(USA)

14. Joshua Adamson(CAN)

15. Maddox Bose(USA)

16. Samim Filiz(TUR)

G12 Seeds:

1. Nikol Davletshina(USA)

2. Shina Okuyama(JPN)

3. Lucy Dupere(USA)

4. Seohyeon Kim(KOR)

5. Jacqueline Nick(USA)

6. Christina Li(USA)

7. Inie Toll(USA)

8. Agneshka Markina(USA)

9. Ana Maric(AUS)

10. Srishti Kiran(INA)

11. Aimee Peng(USA)

12. Shangran Cai(CHN)

13. Emilia Henningsen(DEN)

14. Mia Fedus(USA)

15. Cataleya Brown(USA)

16. Ayul Kim(KOR)

G14 Seeds:

1. Tea Kovacevic(BIH)

2. Boatong Xu(CHN)

3. Sofia Bielinska(UKR)

4. Sim Siyeon(KOR)

5. Camilla Kostik(USA)

6. Jiayi Lu(CHN)

7. Jinling Shi(CHN)

8. Alisa Terentyeva(RUS)

9. Vibha Gogineni(USA)

10. Sakino Miyazawa(JPN)

11. Emilie Chen(CAN)

12. Sara Park(USA)

13. Jiali Dong(CHN)

14. Tori Russell(AUS)

15. Maria Valentina Pop(ROU)

16. Anna Scott Laney(USA)

G16 Seeds:

1. Aisha Bisht(USA)

2. Isabelle DeLuccia(USA)

3. Olivia Traynor(USA)

4. Kennedy Dresner-Hagmann(USA)

5. Lyla Kessler(USA)

6. Paige Wygodski(USA)

7. Katerina Shabashkevich(USA)

8. Alyson Shannon(USA)

9. Ariana Ikwueme(USA)

10. Londyn Mccord(USA)

11. Yui Watanabe(USA)

12. Hanne Estrada(MEX)

13. Ahniya Vustsina(USA)

14. Tanika Saravanan(USA)

15. Delaney Letzel(USA)

16. Alanna Ingalsbe(USA)

The United States team won its fifth straight Master'U BNP Paribas international collegiate team competition today in France, beating Great Britain 4-1. Gavin Young(Michigan), Sebastian Gorzny(Texas), Michael Zheng(Columbia), Mary Stoiana(Texas A&M), Amelia Honer(UC-Santa Barbara) and Savannah Broadus(Pepperdine) defeated Germany 4-1 in the quarterfinals, and France 4-1 in the semifinals in the three-day event in Riems. 

For more on the final, see this article from Tennis Recruiting Network, with comments from Gorzny and Young, who clinched the win in doubles.