Secord Keeps Cool on Hot Day at Wimbledon to Upset Junior World No.1 Miguel, Unseeded Konduri and Qualifier Lee Join Secord in Wednesday's Round of 16; Gauff Reaches First Wimbledon Semifinal

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Jack Secord doesn't know their names, but the 17-year-old from Chicago appreciated the support two anonymous fans provided late in the third set of Secord's second round Wimbledon Junior Championships match with World Junior No. 1 Luis Guto Miguel. 

As the reliably impassioned Brazilian fans surrounded Court 6 at the All England Lawn Tennis Club erupted in "let's go Guto" chants when the 17-year-old Roland Garros champion broke Secord at 2-all in the third set, Secord was grateful to hear his name.

"The Brazilian crowd is always there for sure," said Secord, who survived the 90-degree heat and the partisan crowd to seal a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 victory. "But there were a couple of guys, I don't know who it was, but near the end there was someone screaming 'let's go Jack', so that was good."

The 2-all game was full of drama, going to deuce seven times and lasting 17 minutes, which included a lengthy discussion with the tournament supervisor after Secord was award a point for Miguel's second time violation.

"I was waiting on my serve a couple of points, and he'd gotten a time violation on his serve earlier," Secord said. "I was waiting on my serve for a while and that's why he got it."

Miguel argued with the chair umpire, who did not budge, with Miguel requesting the supervisor. When the superviosr arrived on court, he backed the umpire, and a furious Miguel won the next three points, finally converting his fifth break point in the game.

"He started playing better, because he started getting really mad," Secord said. "So that game he played unbelievable to break me, but I broke him right back at 3-2."

Secord saved a break point to take a 4-3 lead and when Miguel netted a backhand to fall behind 15-40, the opportunity to serve for the match was there for Secord. But Miguel came up with a service winner and an ace to brush those break points aside, holding for 4-4.

Secord, who had a two-break lead in the first set, said losing that set and the eighth game in the third actually kept him committed to his strategy.

"I was up two breaks, missed a backhand by this much on set point, and he started playing better and I started playing too tight," said Secord, who hit some brave volleys and made few unforced errors in the last four games of the set. "Once I start playing tight against him, he's just too good, you can't win anymore. So that almost gave me better clarity on what I needed to do in the third. If I get nervous, I'm going to lose."

After holding easily to go up 5-4, Secord put the pressure back on Miguel, who took a 40-15 lead in the game. But the unforced error count began to creep up, and three points later Secord had a match point. Secord made a rare unforced error himself on that first match point, but Miguel couldn't convert two more game points and three points and three unforced errors later, Secord secured the massive upset.

"I was pretty clear what I needed to do coming in, which was just rip the ball," said Secord, who also returned well, giving Miguel no free points on serve. "I knew if I was going to let him be aggressive I'd lose. Having a clear mindset definitely helped me today."

Secord was not the only future Stanford Cardinal to post an impressive win today, with unseeded Tanishk Konduri defeating Roehampton J300 finalist Svit Suljic of Slovenia 6-2, 7-6(4).

That match also featured an unusual game, with medical attention needed for both players at 4-4 in the second set. Siljic had a nose bleed before a point was played in his service game, then on the fourth point of the game, Konduri won the 30-15 point but slipped on the baseline, injuring his hip, and needed a medical timeout of his own. Konduri lost the game, and saved a set point on serve in the next game, but the drama wasn't over, with Siljic getting two more set points at 5-6 thanks to Konduri's consecutive double faults.

"I went down 15-40, but I served my way out of it, service winner, ace," said the 17-year-old from Cupertino California. "I played a good game there, got my momentum back."

Konduri, who was disappointed in his results at the previous two junior slams, picking up his first win at that level just two days ago over No. 9 seed Yannik Alvarez, changed his mindset for this tournament.

"I've been doing a good job of not thinking too much, but thinking just enough," said Konduri, who saved four match points against Alvarez. "I've been unburdened by any thoughts, playing without fear, with discipline and really brave. In the tiebreak, I just trusted, played brave when it mattered, especially in the important moments."

Konduri doesn't know former Stanford All-American Arthur Fery, who takes Centre Court for the men's quarterfinals tomorrow, but he feels there is a connection.

"I've never met him, but the idea that he was also a Cardinal, it gives me, not necessarily hope, but it gives me motivation to do well here as well," Konduri said. "I was playing doubles, but I saw the end of the match and a few highlights."

Konduri will face qualifier Jordan Lee, who defeated Tito Chavez of Spain 6-3, 6-3, guaranteeing an American will reached the quarterfinals on the boys side.  Secord's opponent will be No. 16 seed Dante Pagani of Argentina, who lost to Secord in the first round last week at Roehampton, after winning their quarterfinal in three sets at the J500 Banana Bowl on clay earlier this year.

The two seeded American boys were beaten in today's second round, with No. 12 Andy Johnson losing to Vincent Reisbach of Germany 7-6(3), 6-7(4), 7-6(5) and No. 3 Keaton Hance falling to Arnav Paparkar of India 6-2, 6-3.

No. 4 seed and Australian Open champion Ziga Sesko of Slovenia lost to British wild card Oliver Page 6-4, 6-4, so a first-time boys slam champion will be crowned on Sunday.

One of the five seeds remaining in the boys third round is No. 11 Thijs Boogaard of the Netherlands, who defeated Daniel Jade of France 7-6(1), 6-2, coming from a break down in first set to take control of the match.

Boogaard, who turned 18 on Sunday, didn't play Roland Garros in order to prepare for the ATP 250 last month on grass in his home country. He earned his first ATP win there, over Wu Yibing of China, and had a match point in his second round contest with Daniil Medvedev before falling in a third-set tiebreaker. He then claimed his first Pro Circuit singles title at an M25 in Portugal on hard courts, but wanted to play at the All England Club one final time as a junior.

"Just one more time," said Boogaard, who reached the quarterfinals here last year. "It's the last junior tournament for me. It's one of the best tournaments, the grass is so special."

Boogaard will experience another highlight tomorrow, when he plays against British wild card Rhys Lawlor on show court 18.

"He's a great player on the grass," said Boogaard, who beat Lawlor 6-0, 6-1 in the first round of an M15 in Greece this spring. "I watched a bit of his match against (Michael) Antonius and it was a great win for him. I've also played against him one time this year already, so I know a bit about him. I expect it to be a good match, and we'll both give our best."

The remainder of the first round of girls doubles matches were played this afternoon, with two of the top four seeds eliminated. Unseeded Roland Garros finalists Jordyn Hazelitt and Welles Newman beat No. 4 seeds Xinran Sun and Ruien Zhang 6-7(10), 6-3, 13-11, saving two match points in the tiebreaker to advance.

No. 2 seeds Charo Esquiva Banuls and Paola Pinera Celorio of Spain lost to Mailuodi Lei and Yu Jun Lin of China 2-6, 6-4, 10-8.

The third round singles matches in both draws and second round doubles matches in both draws are on Wednesday's schedule.

Tuesday's second round singles results of Americans:

Vincent Reisach(GER) d. Andy Johnson[12] 7-6(3), 6-7(4), 7-6(5)

Arnav Paparkar(IND) d. Keaton Hance[3] 6-2, 6-3

Jack Secord d. Luis Guto Miguel[1](BRA) 5-7, 6-1, 6-4

Tanish Konduri d. Svit Suljic[SE](SLO) 6-2, 7-6(4)

Jordan Lee[Q] d. Tito Chavez(ESP) 6-3, 6-3

Wednesday's third round singles matches featuring Americans:

Thea Frodin v Xinran Sun[1](CHN)

Melije Clarke v Anna Pushkareva[14](RUS)

Janae Preston v Charo Esquiva Banuls[10(ESP)

Jack Secord v Dante Pagani[16](ARG)

Tanishk Konduri v Jordan Lee[Q]

Wednesday's second round doubles matches featuring Americans:

Rhys Lawlor(GBR) and Jordan Lee v Yannick Alexandrescou(FRA) and Ryo Tabata(JPN[6]

Michael Antonius and Andy Johnson[2] v Dan Brand(ISR) and Pedro Henrique Chabalgoity(BRA)

Valentin Gonzalez-Galino(ESP) and Tanishk Konduri v Mathys Domenc(FRA) and Daniel Jade(FRA)[8]

Damir Zhalgasbay(KAZ) and Jack Secord v Rihards Neimanis(LAT) and Matei Todoran(ROU)

Safir Azam and Vihaan Reddy v Oluwaseun Ogunsakin(NGR) and Ntungamili Raguin(BOT)

Ryan Cozad and Gavin Goode v Raffaele Ciurnelli(ITA) and Leon Sloboda(SVK)

Lani Chang and Maggie Sohns v Ida Wobker(GER) and Denisa Zoldakova(CZE)[8]

Jordyn Hazelitt and Welles Newman v Daniella Britton(GBR) and Edie Griffiths(GBR)

Melije Clarke and Olivia Traynor v Felitsata Dorofeeva-Rybas(RUS) and Anna Pushkareva(RUS)[3]

Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi(IND) and Thea Frodin[7] v Ilary Pistola(ITA) and Giulia Safina Popa(ROU)

Maria Valentina Pop(ROU) and Anita Tu v Victoria Barros(BRA) and Nana Leme Da Silva(BRA)[1]

Coco Gauff won her fourth consecutive three-set match today at Wimbledon, with the No. 7 seed beating No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach her first Wimbledon semifinal. Gauff will play No. 10 seed Karolina Muchova of Czechia, the No. 10 seed Thursday. Muchova defeated Naomi Osaka of Japan 7-6(4), 6-4. For more on Gauff's win today, see this article from the Wimbledon website.