Newman and Preston Beat Top 4 Seeds to Join Three US Boys in J300 Roehampton Quarterfinals; Twenty-three Americans Reach Wimbledon Second Round; Five Americans Qualify for Cary NC W100; SoCal Pro Series Moves to San Diego This Week

The boys quarterfinals at the J300 in Roehampton will feature a rematch of last month's Roland Garros final, with Michael Antonius hoping to avenge that loss on clay to Brazil's Luis Guto Miguel in Paris with a win on the grass courts of London. Antonius, the No. 6 seed, defeated wild card Vincent Fletcher of Great Britain 6-4, 6-0 to advance, while the top-seeded Miguel beat unseeded Jordan Lee 6-4, 6-4.

Also in the top half of the boys draw is No. 10 seed Andy Johnson, who is competing on grass for the first time in his career. He defeated Mark Ceban, the British 18s National Champion, 6-3, 6-4 and will face No. 4 seed and Australian Open champion Ziga Sesko of Slovenia in the quarterfinals. Sesko beat Ryan Cozad 7-6(2), 6-3 in the third round.

No. 3 seed Keaton Hance will take on No. 9 seed Yannik Alvarez of Puerto Rico, with Hance defeating Tito Chavez of Spain 6-3, 7-6(6) and Alvarez taking out No. 8 seed Dimitar Kisimov of Bulgaria 7-5, 7-6(4). The only unseeded player remaining in the boys draw is qualifier Svit Suljic of Slovenia, who beat British wild card Rhys Lawlor 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Suljic will face No. 2 seed Jamie Mackenzie of Germany, who beat Rihards Neimanis of Lativa 6-4, 6-4.

Antonius and Johnson are through to the doubles quarterfinals as the No. 3 seeds and will face Jack Secord and Kazakhstan's Damir Zhalgasbay, the No. 8 seeds, next.

Lee, who is playing with Lawlor, defeated No. 2 seeds Yannick Alexandrescou of France and Thilo Behrmann of Austria 2-6, 6-4, 11-9 in today's second round.

Two US girls advanced to the quarterfinals, both in the bottom half, with No. 16 seed Welles Newman beating No. 2 seed Jana Kovackova of Czechia 4-6, 6-0, 6-0. Newman had lost to Kovackova in the final of the ITF World Junior Tennis 14-and-under team event in 2024, the year after she had lost to the Czech in the final of the Junior Orange Bowl 14s, when both were 13 years old. Newman's opponent in the quarterfinals is No. 5 seed Anastasija Cvetkovic of Serbia, who beat No. 9 seed Charo Esquiva Banuls of Spain 6-2, 6-4.

Janae Preston, the No. 15 seed, defeated No. 4 seed Nana Leme Da Silva 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, repeating her win over the Brazilian in the first round of last year's US Open Junior Championships. Preston will face unseeded Yihan Qu of China, a 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3 winner today over Melije Clarke, with Preston also having a win over Qu last year at the J300 in College Park Maryland. 

In the top half of the draw, No. 1 seed Ksenia Efremova of France rebounded to beat British 16s and 18s champion Daniella Britton 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and will face No. 6 seed Mariia Makarova of Russia in the quarterfinals. Two unseeded players will face off in the other quarterfinal, with Denisa Zoldakova of Czechia play Yu Jun Lin of China. 

No US girls advanced to the doubles quarterfinals.

Live scoring for the tournament can be found here.

Although two of the biggest stories at Wimbledon today were losses by Americans, with No. 4 seed Ben Shelton falling to qualifier Otto Virtanen of Finland 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(8), 6-2, 7-6(9) and wild card Serena Williams losing to Maya Joint of Australia 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3, the overall results from the US cohort were positive, with 11 wins and 7 losses today. Pending Frances Tiafoe's result, in which he led two sets to one over Terence Atmane of France when play was suspended for darkness, the US will be either 23-13 or 24-12 in the first round of singles at Wimbledon.

Qualifier Ashlyn Krueger defeated No. 31 seed and WTA 500 Queens champion Donna Vekic of Croatia 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4, and No. 23 seed Emma Navarro(Virginia) came from 5-2 down in the third set to beat Paula Badosa of Spain 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Tuesday's Wimbledon first round results of Americans:
Iga Swiatek[3](POL) d. Taylor Townsend 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
Maya Joint(AUS) d. Serena Williams[WC] 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3
Amanda Anisimova[6] d. Lina Gjorcheska[Q](MKD) 6-3, 6-2
Jasmine Paolini[13](ITA) d. Robin Montgomery[Q] 0-6, 6-4, 7-5
Madison Keys[26] d. Kayla Day[Q] 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3
Caty McNally d. Elena-Gabriela Ruse(ROU) 7-5, 6-3
Sofia Kenin d. Petra Marcinko(CRO) 7-6(4), 6-4
Ashlyn Krueger[Q] d. Donna Vekic[31](CRO) 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4
Emma Navarro[23] d. Paul Badosa(ESP) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5

Taylor Fritz[6] d. Dusan Lajovic[LL](SRB) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3

Otto Virtanen[Q](FIN) d. Ben Shelton[4] 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(8), 6-2, 7-6(9) 

Frances Tiafoe[17] leads Terence Atmane(FRA) 7-6(6), 6-1, 4-6, suspended darkness

Brandon Nakashima[28] d. Jack Pinnington Jones[WC] 6-3, 7-6(5), 7-5

Marcos Giron d. Corentin Moutet(FRA) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

Zachary Svajda d. Pablo Llamas Ruiz[LL](ESP) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

Patrick Kypson d. Mackenzie McDonald[Q] 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4

Jacob Fearnley[WC](GBR) d. Alex Michelsen 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2

Wednesday's Wimbledon first round matches featuring Americans:

Frances Tiafoe[17] leads Terence Atmane(FRA) 7-6(6), 6-1, 4-6, suspended darkness

Wednesday's Wimbledon second round matches featuring Americans:

McCartney Kessler v Aryna Sabalenka[1](BLR)

Coco Gauff[7] v Solana Sierra(ARG)

Jessica Pegula[4] v Sara Sorribes Tormo(ESP)

Iva Jovic[16] v Tatjana Maria(GER)

Alycia Parks v Mananchaya Sawangkaew[Q](THA)

Claire Liu[Q] v Zeynep Sonmez(TUR)

Tommy Paul[21] v Soonwoo Kwon[Q](KOR)

Learner Tien[16] v Marton Fucsovics(HUN)

Brandon Nakashima[28] v Jan-Lennard Struff(GER)

Jenson Brooksby v Ignacio Buse[31](PER)

Ethan Quinn v Shintaro Mochizuki[Q](JPN)

Martin Damm v Arthur Rinderknech[25](FRA)

Michael Zheng[Q] v Nicolas Mejia[Q](COL)

In addition to the ATP Challenger 75 in Cary North Carolina, three other USTA Pro Circuit events are on the calendar, with qualifying completed today at the W100 in Cary and the SoCal Pro Series M15 and W15 in San Diego.

Five American women qualified in Cary: Maya Iyengar, Tatum Evans(UNC), Malaika Rapolu(Texas), Savannah Broadus(Pepperdine) and Kylie Collins(Texas, LSU, Oklahoma State). 

All three wild cards were in first round action today, with Mia Slama(NC State) defeating Ana Sofia Sanchez of Mexico 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, but Slama's teammate Victoria Osuigwe lost to Momoko Kobori of Japan 7-6(4), 6-0, and NCAA singles champion Reese Brantmeier(UNC) was beaten by No. 4 seed YeXin Ma of China 6-2, 6-4.

Probably due to the heat, which has disrupted play at both the Challenger and the W100, eight women's first round matches were on the schedule today and several are still in progress. Elvina Kalieva and Italy's Lucrezia Stefanini are the top two seeds.

In San Diego, play did not begin until 3 p.m. Eastern time, so many of the first round main draw matches on the schedule aren't complete, but the qualifying has concluded.

At the M15, four Americans qualified for the main draw: Nav Dayal(UCLA), Hugo Hashimoto(Columbia), Bryce Nakashima(Ohio State) and Alex Petrov(Illinois).

Wild cards were given to Rudy Quan(UCLA), William Kleege(San Diego State) and Benjamin Berger, a rising freshman at Cal. Junior reserved spots went to Noah Johnston(Georgia) and Vanderbilt rising freshman Roshan Santhosh.

The top two seeds are Aidan Kim(Ohio State) and Marko Miladinovic(Baylor) of Serbia.

At the W15, Alina Shcherbinina(Baylor, Oklahoma) of Russia was forced to qualify this week, even after she won back-to-back titles on the SoCal Pro Series earlier this month. She did get through to the main draw, as did Americans Olivia Center(UCLA), Jessica Bernales(Michigan, UCLA), Simone Kay(USC), Kelly Keller(Arkansas), Kayla Chung(UCLA) and Angelo Ho(Cal State-Northridge). Shcherbinina will play Chung in the first round.

Wild cards were given to 14-year-old Tanvi Pandey, 16-year-old Yilin Chen, Elena Goodman(CSUN) and Alyssa Ahn(Stanford).

Pandey plays top seed Alexandra Vagramov(UCLA) of Canada in the opening round. Recent UCLA graduate Anne Christine Lutkemeyer is the No. 2 seed.