Three Americans Reach ITF J300 Traralgon Quarterfinals; Opelka Advances at Australian Open; Maloney Sweeps Ithaca $25K Titles, College Seniors Milavsky, Vives Win $15Ks

Three Americans have advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITF J300 in Traralgon Australia, the warm-up tournament for the Australian Open Junior Championships, which begin Saturday(Friday night in the United States). The rain that resulted in a six-hour delay completing first round matches at the Australian Open in Melbourne have also had an impact on the Traralgon tournament, with the first round of doubles not yet complete. But the singles have stayed on schedule, with upsets definitely a trend in the first three rounds. 

Boys top seed Jan Kumstat of the Czech Republic, the 2024 Australian Open boys finalist, lost to No. 14 seed William Rejchtman Vinciguerra of Sweden 6-7(8), 7-5, 6-2 in the round of 16,  and No. 3 seed Andres Santamarta Roig of Spain, the Bradenton J300 and Orange Bowl champion, lost to Alexander Vasilev of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-1 in the second round. With No. 4 seed Jack Kennedy losing to Jacopo Vasami of Italy in the second round, that leaves No. 5 seed Jagger Leach as the highest seed remaining in the boys quarterfinals. He defeated No. 11 seed Flynn Thomas of Switzerland 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 and will play unseeded Egor Pleshivtsev of Russia, who beat Amir Omarkhanov of Kazakhstan 6-4, 6-1 in the first round.

No. 10 seed Maxwell Exsted beat No. 6 seed Oliver Bonding of Great Britain 6-7(0), 6-3, 6-4 and will face No. 16 seed Ognjen Milic of Serbia in the quarterfinals. Exsted and Leach will meet in the semifinals if they win.

Girls top seed Jeline Vandromme of Belgium is through to the quarterfinals, but she and No. 9 Hannah Klugman of Great Britain are the only two seeds remaining, with two qualifiers--Brooke Black of Great Britain and Yihan Qu of China--also still in contention for the singles title. Unseeded Annika Penickova will play unseeded Ksenia Efremova of France for the second time in a month, with Efremova beating Penickova in the first round at the Orange Bowl. Efremova defeated No. 12 seed Thea Frodin 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the third round.

Reilly Opelka was the only American to advance on the first day of the Australian Open, with 14 more on Monday's schedule.

First Round Australian Open results of Americans:
Sunday (Saturday night in US)

Aryna Sabalenka[1] d. Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-2
Tatjana Maria(GER) d.  Bernarda Pera 7-6(3), 6-4

Reilly Opelka d. Gauthier Onclin[Q](BEL) 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-2

First Round Australian Open matches featuring Americans:

Monday (Sunday night in US)

Danielle Collins[10] v Daria Snigur[Q](UKR)

Caroline Dolehide v Sara Bejlek[Q](CZE)

Ashlyn Krueger v Ajla Tomljanovic[WC](AUS)

Hailey Baptiste v Laura Siegemund(GER)

Coco Gauff[3] v Sofia Kenin

Jessica Pegula[7] v Maya Joint[WC](AUS)

Katie Volynets v Rebecca Sramkova (SVK)

Marcos Giron v Yannick Hanfmann(GER)

Alex Michelsen v Stefanos Tsitsipas[11](GRE)

Frances Tiafoe[17] v Arthur Rinderknech(FRA)

Nishesh Basavareddy[WC] v Novak Djokovic[7](SRB)

Sebastian Korda[22] v Lukas Klein[Q](SVK)

Tommy Paul[12] v Christopher O'Connell(AUS)

Tuesday (Monday night in US)

Tristan Boyer[Q] v Federico Coria(ARG)

Taylor Fritz[4] v Jenson Brooksby

Ben Shelton[21] v Brandon Nakashima

Mitchell Krueger[Q] v Rinky Hijikata(AUS)

Learner Tien[Q] v Camilo Ugo Carabelli(ARG)

Emma Navarro[8] v Peyton Stearns

Madison Keys[19] v Ann Li

McCartney Kessler v Shuai Zhang[WC](CHN)

Caty McNally v Varvara Gracheva(FRA)

Amanda Anisimova v Maria Lourdes Carle(ARG)

Taylor Townsend v Renata Zarazua(MEX)

Iva Jovic[WC] v Nuria Parrizas-Diaz(ESP)

Former Michigan standout Patrick Maloney captured his second USTA Pro Circuit singles title today in Ithaca New York, with the No. 4 seed defeating unseeded Theo Papamalamis of France 7-6(5), 6-4 in the $25,000 tournament's final. The 24-year-old Maloney, who won the doubles title yesterday, claimed his first title at the $15K in Los Angeles last June.

Unseeded Katherine Sebov of Canada won the W35 in Naples, beating Jessica Pieri of Italy 6-2, 6-0.

Victoria Mboko gave Canada another ITF World Tennis Tour women's champion today at the W35 in Martinique, with the No. 4 seed beating No. 2 seed and fellow 18-year-old Clervie Ngounoue 7-5, 6-3 in the final. Mboko also beat Ngounoue in the doubles final Saturday night, partnering with Cadence Brace of Canada to defeat top seeds Ngounoue and Olivia Lincer(Central Florida) of Poland 6-2, 7-6(2).

Two 23-year-old college seniors collected titles today at $15,000 ITF men's World Tennis Tour tournaments, with TCU's Pedro Vives earning his first pro singles title in his home country of Spain and Harvard's Daniel Milavsky posting his second career title, both in the past two months, in Jamaica.

The unseeded Vives, who won the NCAA doubles title in November, defeated unseeded Georgii Savchenko of Ukraine 7-5, 6-4 in the final. 

The unseeded Milavsky, who won the $15K in Tallahassee in November, now has run his Pro Circuit winning streak to 12(including qualifying) with a marathon victory in the final. Milavsky defeated No. 8 seed Guillaume Dalmasso of France 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-5 in a three-hour and 13-minute final.