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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Twenty-two Americans Reach Roland Garros Second Round; Eisenman Delivers Second NCAA D-III Title in Two Days for CMS; O'Brien, Dussault and Satterfield Advance to Quarterfinals at ITF J300 in Belgium

American women had another banner day at Roland Garros, with seven of the eight in action today on Day Three of the first round moving on. They join the seven who advanced on the first two days, giving the US women a first round record of 14 wins and five losses. According to the USTA, the 14 US women in the second round of Roland Garros is the most since 1987.

The US men went 8-7 in the first round, making the overall first round record for Americans 22-12. The USTA has determined that's the most second round appearances by Americans since 1994, when 24 advanced.

Wednesday's second round matchups for Americans are below, with the first all-American match, men or women, of the tournament featuring Sebastian Korda and Jenson Brooksby. Along with the winner of that match, Ben Shelton will be in the third round after receiving a walkover from Hugo Gaston of France.

In addition to all the Americans I've been focusing on, I wanted to mention that last year's Roland Garros girls singles and doubles champion, Tereza Valentova of the Czech Republic, is through to the second round after qualifying for the main draw. Valentova, who moved on from juniors after Roland Garros last year, is already in the WTA Top 200, earning her spot in the qualifying with her results in those past 11 months. The French federation does not extend qualifying wild cards to the previous year's junior champion as Australia and Wimbledon usually do. Today, Valentova defeated French wild card Chloe Paquet 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 for her first main draw win at a slam. The 18-year-old plays No. 2 seed Coco Gauff next.

Tuesday's first round results of Americans:

Sofia Kenin[31] d. Varvara Gracheva(FRA) 6-3, 6-1
Coco Gauff[2] d. Olivia Gadecki(AUS) 6-2, 6-2
Jessica Pegula[3] d. Anca Todoni(ROU) 6-2, 6-4
Alycia Parks d. Karolina Muchova[14](CZE) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
Hailey Baptiste d. Beatriz Haddad Maia[23](BRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Joanna Garland[Q](TPE) d. Katie Volynets 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Ashlyn Krueger d. Suzan Lamens(NED) 6-3, 6-4
Ann Li d. Maria Lourdes Carle[Q](ARG) 6-4, 6-0

Alexander Zverev[3](GER) d. Learner Tien 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Novak Djokovic[6](SRB) d. Mackenzie McDonald 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
Federico Gomez[LL](ARG) d. Aleks Kovacevic 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
Ethan Quinn[Q] d. Grigor Dimitrov[16](BUL) 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, ret.

Wednesday's second round matches featuring Americans:

Emilio Nava[WC] v Holger Rune[10](DEN)
Tommy Paul[12] v Marton Fucsovics(HUN)
Frances Tiafoe[15] v Pablo Carreno Busta(ESP)
Jenson Brooksby v Sebastian Korda[23]
Reilly Opelka v Mariano Navone(ARG)
Ben Shelton[13] d. Hugo Gaston(FRA) walkover

Amanda Anisimova[16] v Viktorija Golubic(SUI)
Bernarda Pera v Donna Vekic[18](CRO)
Caroline Dolehide v Jelena Ostapenko[21](LAT)
Danielle Collins v Olga Danilovic(SRB)
Iva Jovic[WC] v Elena Rybakina[12](KAZ)
The NCAA college tennis season ended today, with the crowning of the Division III women's singles and doubles champions. Junior Lindsay Eisenman of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps joined the CMS's Advik Mareedu as an NCAA singles champion. Top seed Mareedu won his title yesterday, with much less stress than No. 8 seed Eisenman, who got past No. 5 seed Jacqueline Soloveychik of Wesleyan 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4. Eisenman is the second CMS woman to win an NCAA singles title.

Babson's Oliver Soffer and Matia Cristiana defended their doubles title, with the No. 3 seeds defeating top seeds Nina Farhat and Sahana Raman of Middlebury 6-2, 6-2 in the final. 

The final warm-up tournament for the Roland Garros Junior Championships is this week's J300 in Belgium, and with the year's second junior slam beginning Sunday, the finals are scheduled for Friday.

Jagger Leach, the top seed, lost in the first round to Luka Talan Lopatic of Slovenia 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, but five American boys advanced to the second round, including 15-year-old qualifier Michael Antonius, who beat No. 3 seed Egor Pleshivtsev of Russia 6-1, 6-7(3), 7-5.  Antonius lost today to Ziga Sesko of Slovenia 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, but unseeded Maximus Dussault reached the quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-3 win over No. 7 seed Kuan-Shou Chen of Taiwan and No. 5 seed Jack Satterfield beat compatriot Jacob Olar, a qualifier, 6-2, 6-2 to join him in the final 8.  Satterfield faces No. 2 seed Nikita Bilozertsev of Ukraine, who is playing in his fifth straight week, having won two J200s and reached the final in the J300 Santa Croce and the semifinals last week in Milan. Dussault plays unseeded Connor Doig of South Africa in Wednesday's quarterfinals. 

The girls draw also lost its top seed in the first round with Vendula Valdmannova of the Czech Republic losing to Ida Wobker of Germany 6-4, 7-6(8). The No. 2 girls seeds also lost, with American qualifier Ireland O'Brien defeating Yushan Shao of China 3-6, 6-0, 6-4. The 17-year-old O'Brien defeated Maja Pawelska of Poland 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2 today to reach her first J300 quarterfinal. She will face No. 6 seed Ksenia Efremova of France next.

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