Antonius Avenges Kalamazoo Loss at ITF J300 College Park, Seeds Begin Play Tuesday; US Open Wild Cards Blanch, Basavareddy and Dostanic Advance at ATP 250 Winston-Salem Open; Eight Americans Reach Second Round of US Open Qualifying

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A 12-hour-plus day ended on the indoor courts at the Junior Tennis Champions Center, as afternoon showers disrupted the first round of boys singles and girls doubles at the ITF J300 in College Park Maryland.

The first round of girls singles finished before the rain arrived, with even Japan's Riyo Yoshida's four-hour, 26-minute 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-2 win over qualifier Sena Yoon completed.

Only four boys first round singles matches finished outdoors, with two separate showers mid-afternoon sending the final 12 matches indoors, with the last not finishing until after 9:30 p.m.

Both recent USTA National 16s champions lost today, with Hannah Ayrault beaten by Carrie-Ann Hoo 6-0, 6-2 and Marcel Latak falling to Michael Antonius 6-1, 2-6, 6-1, with the final set of their Kalamazoo quarterfinal rematch played indoors.

Antonius, who had led Latak 6-3, 4-1 serving ten days ago in Kalamazoo, lost that match 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, so he wasn't disappointed to see Latak as his opponent in the first round this week.

"The first thought I had was just 'rematch and revenge'," said the 15-year-old from Buffalo New York. "He was playing very well in Kalamazoo and I knew he was going to be on a streak, with some confidence. In the first set today I brought it to him, but then, what he did in Kalamazoo, that level, it came back in the second and I kind of slowed down."

Antonius had a break point in the opening game of the third set when the rain stopped play, so the timing wasn't the best for a long wait, but he won the first point played indoors to convert it.

Then came a six-deuce game, with Antonius finally holding after saving three break points. The game featured grueling rallies, with nearly every shot landing within a foot of the baseline, but the length and quality of the game, not just its result, gave Antonius confidence.

"I think that game decided the third set," Antonius said. "That game, getting used to the indoors, I felt that it showed I was into the third set, I was back into the match. Even if he won that game, I felt I had shown I was ready to compete again, and was not giving him any freebies."

Antonius was again serving with a 4-1 lead in the third set, but this time, perhaps because of his recent experience and knowledge of Latak's comebacks in Kalamazoo, there was no drama.

"It made me stay extra focused, no matter what he was going to bring," Antonius said. "I was very clear in thinking I needed to focus, not give him anything. Even the one game he did win in the third set, I was still making him work, make every game as close as possible. Last time, 6-3, 4-1 in Kalamazoo, I still went up 5-3, but at that point I was giving him freebies and he got the momentum, so I was trying to avoid that today. I was trying to push him back, as tough as that is, and that was the main focus."

Antonius will face No. 12 seed Savva Rybkin of Russia in the second round Tuesday.

All seeds, listed below, will be in action Tuesday.

1. Oskari Paldanius(FIN)

2. Yannick Alexandrescou(ROU)

3. Alan Wazny(POL)

4. Ryo Tabata(JPN)

5. Timofei Derepasko(RUS)

6. Ronit Karki(USA)

7. Jamie MacKenzie(GER)

8. Keaton Hance(USA)

9. Noah Johnston(USA)

10. Jack Secord(USA)

11. Dominick Mosejczuk(USA)

12. Savva Rybkin(RUS)

13. Linus Lagerbohm(FIN)

14. Krish Tyagi(IND)

15. Zangar Nurlanuly(KAZ)

16. Ryan Cozad(USA)

Girls

1. Luna Cinalli(ARG)

2. Ruen Zhang(CHN)

3. Laima Vladson(LTU)

4. Beatrise Zeltina(LAT)

5. Anastasija Cvetkovic(SRB)

6. Yushan Shao(CHN)

7. Ksenia Efremova(FRA)

8. Tahlia Kokkinis(AUS)

9. Xinran Sun(CHN)

10. Yihan Qu(CHN)

11. Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi(IND)

12. Allegra Korpanec Davies(GBR)

13. Kanon Sawashiro(JPN)

14. Kamonwan Yodpetch(THA)

15. Renee Alame(AUS)

16. Capucine Jauffret(USA)

Live scoring and live streaming(if outdoors) is available at the JTCC tournament page, along with the draws and order of play.

It was a big day at the ATP 250 in Winston-Salem for US Open main draw wild card recipients, with Kalamazoo 18s champion Darwin Blanch, USTA Collegiate Playoff champion Stefan Dostanic(USC, Wake Forest) and Nishesh Basavareddy(Stanford) all advancing to the second round.

The 17-year-old qualifier Blanch won his first ATP main draw match, beating former ATP No. 12 Borna Coric of Croatia 6-4, 7-6(5). Blanch is the youngest American to win an ATP main draw match since Frances Tiafoe did it at Winston-Salem in 2015.

Basavareddy, who also qualified, beat Raphael Collignon of Belgium 6-2, 7-6(2), and wild card Dostanic beat qualifier Aleks Vukic(Illinois) of Australia 6-4, 6-2 for his first ATP main draw victory.

The first day of qualifying at the US Open ended this evening with eight Americans advancing to the second round, with all results below.

Monday's US Open first qualifying results of Americans:

Andres Martin[WC] d. Viktor Durasovic(NOR) 6-2, 6-3

Jay Clarke(GBR) d. Jack Satterfield[WC] 7-6(5), 6-1

Patrick Maloney[WC] d. Elias Ymer(SWE) 6-3, 7-6(3)

Murphy Cassone d. Thiago Monteiro(BRA) 6-3, 5-7, 7-5

Marco Trungelliti(ARG) d. Christopher Eubanks 7-5, 3-6, 6-3

Varvara Gracheva[6](FRA) d. Madison Brengle 7-5, 6-3

Hina Inoue d. Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-2 

Katie Volynets[7] d. Sofia Costoulas(BEL) 6-3, 6-4

Dalma Galfi[4](HUN) d. Akasha Urhobo[WC] 6-2, 6-4

Ena Shibahara[20](JPN) d. Kayla Day 7-5, 6-1

Amelia Honer[WC] d. Whitney Osuigwe 6-2, 6-3

Mai Hontama(JPN) d. Kristina Penickova[WC] 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(4)

Alina Charaeva(RUS) d. Monika Ekstrand[WC] 6-3, 6-4

Claire Liu d. Katarzyna Kawa[16](POL) 6-1, 6-3

Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva[28](AND) d. Alexis Nguyen[WC] 6-2, 7-5 

Fiona Crawley[WC] d. Louisa Chirico 6-2, 6-3

Emerson Jones(AUS) d. Bernada Pera[10] 6-1, 4-6, 6-2

Tuesday's first round matches featuring Americans:

Varvara Lepchenko[22] v Janice Tjen(INA)

Sachia Vickery v Anastasiia Sobolieva(UKR)

Mary Stoiana[WC] v Shuai Zhang[9](CHN)

Maya Iyengar[WC] v Dasha Vidmanova(CZE)

Elizabeth Mandlik v Jessika Ponchet[25](FRA)

Ayana Akli[WC] v Eva Vedder(NED)

Mitchell Krueger v Santiago Rodriguez Taverna(ARG)

Michael Zheng[WC] v Yasutaka Uchiyama(JPN)

Martin Damm[WC] v Stefano Travaglia(ITA)

Jack Kennedy[WC] v Thiago Tirante[24](ARG)

Zachary Svajda[22] v August Holmgren(DEN)

Benjamin Willwerth[WC] v Otto Virtanen[9](FIN)

Garrett Johns[WC] v Colton Smith[27]

Patrick Kypson v Bernard Tomic(AUS)

Tyler Zink[WC] v Rei Sakamoto(JPN)