Hance and Kennedy Survive Rain Delays to Join Antonius in Roland Garros Junior Championships Round of 16; Bowers and Collins Qualify at Sumter W100; Tyler Challenger Qualifying Still Not Complete; SoCal Pro Series Week Two Begins

After no rain the first nine days of action in Paris, those playing second round junior singles matches Tuesday at Roland Garros contended with several delays, and the last first round doubles match didn't finish until 10:30 p.m. local time in Paris. 

The top eight seeds in the boys draw have all advanced to Wednesday's round of 16, while the only Top Eight seed missing from the girls draw is No. 1 Ksenia Efremova of France, who lost in the first round Sunday.

Fourteen-year-old qualifier Ekaterina Dotsenko of Russia, who beat Efremova, reached the round of 16 with a 7-6(2), 6-3 win over Giulia Popa of Romania. Three other unseeded girls have advanced to the third round: Ha Eum Lee of Korea, Maia Burcescu of Romania and Denisa Zoldakova of Czechia. Zoldakova beat No. 15 seed Janae Preston, the only US girl to reach the second round, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in just short of three hours. Zoldakova served for the match at 5-3 and had three match points that Preston saved, but Preston was broken at love to put an end to the drama.

No. 6 seed Keaton Hance managed to complete his 6-4, 6-2 victory over Pedro Henrique Chabalgoity of Brazil before a second rain delay and will play qualifier Kaan Isik Kosaner of Turkey, who beat No. 10 seed and 2025 Roland Garros boys semifinalist Ryo Tabata of Japan 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 today.

No. 4 seed Jack Kennedy's 6-4, 6-3 win over Daniel Jade was disrupted several times by rain, the first delay coming with Kennedy down a break 3-4 in the first set. But he got the break back, saved a break point at 4-all and broke Jade again to take the first set. The 17-year-old New Yorker led throughout the second set, with Jade's confidence, which was high coming into the match after his M25 title last week, began to wane as Kennedy's level rose. Kennedy will face unseeded Arnav Paparkar of India in Wednesday's third round.

Paparkar and Kosaner are two of the five unseeded boys in the final 16:  Baylor signee Connor Doig of South Africa, Flynn Thomas of Switzerland, Mathys Domenc of France and wild card Leonardo Storck Franca of Brazil. Storck Franca defeated No. 12 seed Yannik Alvarez of Puerto Rico 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(6) after Alvarez served for the match at 5-4 in the third.

Top seed Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil defeated Ryan Cozad 6-3, 7-6(4).

The first round of doubles was completed today, with Andy Johnson and Tanishk Konduri defeating No. 3 seeds Tabata and Yannick Alexandrescou of France 3-6, 6-4, 10-2. No. 7 seeds Zangar Nurlanuly of Kazakhstan and Savva Rybkin of Russia lost to the Australian team of Daniel Jovanovski and Mustafa Ege Sik 6-4, 6-3 Monday.

In the girls doubles, the only seeds to fall in the first round were No. 7 Popa and Adelina Lacinova of Latvia, who lost today to Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi of Argentina and 2025 Roland Garros girls doubles champion Sonja Zhenikova of Germany 7-5, 6-2.

Tuesday's Roland Garros second round junior results of Americans:

Jack Kennedy[4] d. Daniel Jade(FRA) 6-4, 6-3
Keaton Hance[6] d. Pedro Henrique Chabalgoity(BRA) 6-4, 6-2
Luis Guto Miguel[1](BRA) d. Ryan Cozad 6-3, 7-6(4)

Denisa Zoldakova(CZE) d. Janae Preston[15] 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4

Wednesday's Roland Garros third round junior matches featuring Americans:

Michael Antonius[13] v Yannick Alexandrescou[2](FRA)
Keaton Hance[6] v Kaan Isik Kosaner[Q](TUR)
Jack Kennedy[4] v Arnav Paparkar(IND)

There are four events on the USTA Pro Circuit this week, the biggest of which is the W100 in Sumter South Carolina. Qualifying concluded today, with two Americans, wild card Ashton Bowers(Texas, Auburn) and Kylie Collins(Texas, LSU, Oklahoma State) advancing to the main draw. Bowers defeated No. 6 seed Dasha Ivanova in the first round of qualifying and No. 11 seed Salma Ewing(USC, Texas A&M) today, both in straight sets. The 20-year-old rising Auburn junior will face wild card Bella Payne in the first round. Collins, who was the No. 5 seed in qualifying, will play Sofia Shapateva of Georgia in the first round Wednesday.

Wild cards were given to Payne, Reese Brantmeier(UNC) and Malaika Rapolu(Texas). Whitney Osuigwe is the top seed, with Cadence Brace(LSU) of Canada the No. 2 seed.

An intriguing first round match features 16-year-old Kristina Liutova, who won the W100 in Indian Harbour Beach Florida last month, and Clervie Ngounoue, who retired from her quarterfinal match last week with Reese Brantmeier at the W35 in Wichita Kansas. 

At the ATP Challenger 75 in Tyler Texas, the qualifying should have finished Monday, but rain the past two days has caused significant delays, with the last qualifying match on the schedule for tomorrow morning.

So far, four Americans have qualifed: Braden Shick(NC State), Aidan Kim(Ohio State), Andrew Fenty(Michigan) and Daniel Milavsky(Harvard). Karl Poling(Princeton, UNC) could join them if he wins his match tomorrow with Olaf Pieczkowski(LSU) of Poland.

One main draw match was played today, with wild card Landon Ardila, a rising senior at Princeton, beating Tyler Zink(Georgia, Oklahoma State) 6-4, 6-4. Adam Walton(Tennessee) is the top seed, with another Australian, Dane Sweeney, the No. 2 seed. Trevor Svajda(SMU) and Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas) are the other two wild cards.

The SoCal Pro Series continues this week with the M15 and W15 tournaments again in Lakewood California.

Americans qualifying for the main draw with wins today are Kaitlyn Carnicella(Auburn, South Carolina), Patsy Daughters(Oregon), Olivia Center(UCLA), 17-year-olds Maria Aytoyan and Thara Gowda, 16-year-old Sophie Suh and 15-year-old Abigail Haile. 2023 US Open girls champion Katherine Hui(Stanford) received entry as a lucky loser and will play Daughters, who beat her in the final round of qualifying today 10-5 in a match tiebreaker.

Wild cards were awarded to 17-year-olds Tia Messerli and Ta'leighah Saulter and future Columbia teammates Amy Lee and Kenzie Nguyen. 

Alexandra Vagramov(UCLA) of Canada is the top seed, with UCLA freshman Mayu Crossley the No. 2 seed. Vagramov has drawn Tatum Evans, who received a special exempt into the main draw after winning last week's W15 in Lakewood.

Sixteen-year-old former ITF Junior No. 1 Kristina Penickova, who hasn't played this year due to an injury suffered last November, is in the draw as the No. 8 seed. 

Just two Americans advanced to the main draw from qualifying today, Kelly Giese(Lubbock Christian, Nebraska) and Marko Mesarovic(Clemson). Nathan Cox(Vanderbilt) reached the main draw as a lucky loser.

Wild cards were given to Avery Tallakson(New Mexico, Boise State), Alexander Petrov(Illinois), 16-year-old Tyler Lee and Jean Baptiste Badon(Arkansas, Utah State).  

Junior reserved spots went to Jack Satterfield(Vanderbilt), Oliver Bonding(TCU) of Great Britain, Noah Johnston(Georgia) and Marcel Latak. Latak lost 6-1, 6-1 today to No. 2 seed Kenta Miyoshi(Illinois) of Japan. Kentucky rising sophomore Nicolas Arseneault of Canada is the top seed.