23 Americans Reach Second Round of Australian Open; Qualifying for Australian Open Junior Championships Begins Wednesday; ITF J300 Traralgon Finals Set; Qualifying Complete at USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Weston FL

Seven more Americans won their matches Tuesday, the third and last day of first round competition at the Australian Open, bringing the total number of US players in the second round to 23.

Two former collegiate stars pulled off upsets, with Eliot Spizzirri(Texas) running his record against Joao Fonseca of Brazil to 2-0 with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over the No. 28 seed. Spizzirri had beaten Fonseca 7-6(8), 6-7(5), 6-4 in the final round of qualifying at the 2024 US Open final.

Ethan Quinn, the 2023 NCAA singles champion while at Georgia, had 32 winners and just 16 unforced errors to breeze past No. 23 seed Talon Griekspoor of the Netherlands. Griekspoor had beaten Quinn in the third round last year at Roland Garros. 

One of the most intriguing first round matches was between two qualifiers, with 2024 Australian Open boys champion Rei Sakamoto of Japan facing 2024 US Open boys champion Rafael Jodar of Spain.  Jodar, who recently announced he was not returning to Virginia for his sophomore year, had beaten Sakamoto 6-3, 6-1 in the semifinals of the US Open juniors, but their first meeting as professionals was much closer, with Jodar winning 7-6(6), 6-1, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3 in just under four hours.

Tuesday's first round Australian Open results of Americans:

Madison Keys[9] d. Oleksandra Oliynykova(UKR) 7-6(6), 6-1
Karolina Pliskova(CZE) d. Sloane Stephens[Q] 7-6(7), 6-2
Ashlyn Krueger d. Sara Bejlek(CZE) 6-3, 6-3

Ben Shelton[8] d. Ugo Humbert(FRA) 6-3, 7-6(2), 7-6(5)

Karen Khachanov[15](RUS) d. Alex Michelsen 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3

Taylor Fritz[9] d. Valentin Royer(FRA) 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-1, 6-3

Eliot Spizzirri d. Joao Fonseca[28](BRA) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2

Nishesh Basavareddy[Q] d. Chris O'Connell[WC](AUS) 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-3

Ethan Quinn v Talon Griekspoor[23](NED) 6-2, 6-3, 6-2

Twelve of the 23 remaining Americans are in second round action Wednesday (tonight in the US):

Iva Jovic[29] v Priscilla Hon[WC](AUS)

Coco Gauff[3] v Olga Danilovic(SRB)

Caty McNally v Victoria Mboko[17](CAN)

Alycia Parks v Karolina Muchova[19](CZE)

Hailey Baptiste v Storm Hunter[Q](AUS)

Ann Li v Magda Linette(POL)

Frances Tiafoe[29] v Francisco Comesana(ARG)

Reilly Opelka v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina[14](ESP)

Tommy Paul[19] v Thiago Tirante(ARG)

Learner Tien[25] v Alexander Shevchenko(KAZ)

Michael Zheng[Q] v Corentin Moutet[32](FRA)

Emilio Nava v Cam Norrie[26](GBR)

Qualifying for the Australian Open Junior Championships starts Wednesday, with just three Americans competing for spots in the main draw: Ford McCollum, Ciara Harding and Anita Tu[4]. Carel Ngounoue, who played Traralgon, is not in qualifying, so I assume he moved into the main draw.  Traralgon semifinalist 2025 girls doubles champion Annika Penickova, who withdrew from Traralgon, also withdrew from the Australian Open Juniors three days ago.

Aleksander Blus of Poland is the top boys seed in qualifying; Ada Kumru of Turkey is the top seed in the girls qualifying.

Live scoring is available here.

Ntungamili Raguin of Botswana, who lost in the semifinals of the J300 in Traralgon today, is the No. 12 seed in Australian Open qualifying.

Raguin lost to No. 8 seed Kuan-Shou Chen of Taiwan 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 with Chen moving into the final against No. 2 seed Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil. Guto Miguel beat No. 3 Keaton Hance for the fourth consecutive time, 6-3, 6-4 in the other semifinal.

Miguel and Chen will also face off in the doubles final, after No. 3 seeds Chen and partner Flynn Thomas of Switzerland defeated top seeds Hance and Yannick Alexandrescou of France 6-3, 6-3 and No. 2 seeds Guto Miguel and Ziga Sesko of Slovenia beat No. 6 seeds Ryan Coad and Gavin Goode 6-2, 6-2.

Orange Bowl champion Xinran Sun of China extended her ITF Junior Circuit winning streak, with the No. 5 seed beating unseeded Rada Zolotareva of Russia 7-6(3), 6-3. She will face No. 2 seed Kzenia Efremova of France, who beat No. 10 seed Kanon Sawashiro of Japan 6-3, 6-1.

The girls doubles final features No. 8 seeds Renee Alame of Australia and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi of India against the unseeded Russian pair of Zolotareva and Mariia Makarova.

The only USTA Pro Circuit tournament this week is a W35 in Weston Florida.

Just two Americans made it through qualifying: Malkia Ngounoue(Kansas) and Allura Zamarripa(Texas).

Bianca Andreescu of Canada, who won last week's W35 title in Bradenton, is the No. 2 seed this week in Weston, with the top seed WTA No. 217 Jazmin Ortenzi of Argentina. Ayana Akli(Maryland, South Carolina) is the only American seeded, at No. 4.

Andreescu will face qualifier Sofia Johnson of Great Britain, a former All-American at Old Dominion, in the first round.

Wild cards were given to University of Georgia signee Ava Rodriguez, Maya Iyengar and Kylie Collins(Texas, LSU, Oklahoma State). Only two main draw matches were played today, with Collins losing to Ena Koike of Japan 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 and Akasha Urhobo beating Tatiana Pieri of Italy 7-5, 6-4.