Cozad Wins ITF J300 Coffee Bowl Title in Costa Rica; Three More US Boys Advance to Australian Open Junior Championships Second Round; Paul and Gauff Reach AO Quarterfinals; Les Petits As Begins Monday

Sixteen-year-old Ryan Cozad won his first ITF J300 title Saturday night in Costa Rica, defeating fellow unseeded American Yubel Ubri 6-2, 6-3 for his tenth consecutive victory.

The 2024 Kalamazoo 16s doubles champion, who had won the J100 in Costa Rica the week before the 60th Coffee Bowl, beat No. 1 seed Dantel Pagani of Argentina 7-5, 6-4 in the first round, and that proved to be his closest match of the week. The Atlanta resident then went on to beat four Americans, all in straight sets, while also reaching the boys doubles final.

Cozad and Gavin Goode lost in that doubles final, which was prior to the singles final, to the Danish team of Christian Gronfeldt-Sorensen and August Brostroem Poulsen 7-5, 1-6, 10-2. Cozad is the third American in the past four years to win the boys singles title.

Ava Rodriguez fell in the girls singles final to No. 4 seed Mariella Thamm of Germany 6-3, 6-3, with Thamm completing her sweep of the titles after she and Julieta Pareja claimed the doubles championship earlier in the day. Thamm and Pareja, seeded No. 2, defeated No. 3 seeds Alyssa James of Jamaica and Capucine Jauffret 6-1, 6-4 in the final.

The first round of Australian Open Junior Championships was completed Sunday, with all four US girls in action losing, while three of the four US boys playing Sunday advancing.  

The most dramatic win came from Dominick Mosejczuk, who collapsed on the baseline with what appeared to be a cramp serving at 5-6, 30-0 in his match with Nikita Bilozertsev of Ukraine. After a delay of several minutes, during which officials and trainers assessed Mosejczuk's condition, he resumed play, held to force the match tiebreaker and then won it, with a strategy of shorter points paying off.

Benjamin Willwerth won his first junior slam match, beating No. 15 seed Alan Wazny of Poland 6-3, 6-3.

The remaining 16 first round doubles matches are also on Monday's schedule, but no singles for those who played Sunday.

Sunday's first round results of American juniors at Australian Open:

Dominick Mosejczuk d. Nikita Bilozertsev(UKR) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(8)
Benjamin Willwerth v Alan Wazny[15](POL) 6-3, 6-3
Amir Omarkhanov[2](KAZ) d. Matisse Farzam 7-6(3), 7-6(8)
Jagger Leach[5] d. Ivan Iutkin(RUS) 6-4, 6-3

Kanon Swashiro(JPN) d. Aspen Schuman 6-3, 6-2
Mia Pohankova(SVK) d. Annika Penickova 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-2
Daphnee Mpetshi Perricard(FRA) d. Shannon Lam 7-5, 6-2
Sonja Zhenikhova(GER) d. Claire An 6-3, 6-4

Monday's Australian Open second round junior matches featuring Americans:

Thea Frodin v Emerson Jones[1](AUS)

Kristinia Penickova[6] v Yuhan Wang(CHN)

Jack Kennedy[4] v Karim Bennani(MAR)

Max Exsted[10] v Ognjen Milic(SRB)

Coco Gauff and Tommy Paul are through to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, with five more Americans attempting to join them in fourth round matches Monday(tonight in the US).

Sunday's fourth round Australian Open results of Americans:

Coco Gauff[3] d. Belinda Bencic(SUI) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1

Tommy Paul[12] d. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina(ESP) 6-1, 6-1, 6-1

Monday's fourth round Australian Open matches featuring Americans:

Madison Keys[19] v Elena Rybankina[6](KAZ)

Emma Navarro[8] v Daria Kasatkins[9](RUS)

Alex Michelsen v Alex de Minaur[6](AUS)

Ben Shelton[21] v Gael Monfils(FRA)

Learner Tien[Q] v Lorenzo Sonego(ITA)

The Les Petits As 14-and-under international championships in Tarbes France begin Monday with six US girls and four US boys in the draws. Eight of the US representatives won their spots by reaching the semifinals of the playoffs held last fall in Florida:

Daniela Del Mastro, Emery Combs[8], Allison Wang[16], Tanvi Pandey, Anthony Kirchner, Tristan Ascenzo[8], Smyan Thuta[16] and Daniel Gardality. Isabella Gonzalez Alvarez received a wild card and Khadija Adeniran was a direct entry.

Megan Knight of Great Britain is the No. 1 girls seed, with Rafael Pagonis of Greece the No. 1 boys seed.

Links to live streaming and live scoring can be found on the tournament website.

The Tennis Europe tournament page has printable draws.

For the second week in a row, Clervie Ngounoue fell in the final of a W35 to Victoria Mboko of Canada, this time in Guadeloupe. The 18-year-old from Washington DC, seeded No. 2, lost to No. 4 seed Mboko 6-4, 6-0 in the final. Unlike last week however, Ngounoue didn't lose twice to Mboko, with this week the two partnering in doubles, not facing off in the final. Ngounoue and Mboko, the No. 2 seeds, beat unseeded Jenna Dean and Mexico's Amanda Carolina Nava Elkin 6-3, 6-1 in the final.