College Park J300 Recap, Videos; Zheng Claims First US Open Main Draw Victory; Junior US Open Wild Cards; 16 Americans Account for Half of Girls Qualifying Spots; Latak Reaches J300 Repentigny Semifinals

My recap of the World Tennis J300 tournament in College Park for Tennis Recruiting Network is available today, which condenses my week-long coverage into one article about the major warmup event for the US Open Junior Championships.

Videos of the singles finals are below; a full replay of both singles finals, with additional coverage of the doubles finals, can be found at the Cracked Racquets YouTube channel.

At the US Open today, there was more rain, but that didn't stop

two-time NCAA champion Michael Zheng from doubling the number of NCAA wild card winners advancing to the second round since 2012, although his wild card was not a result of his November 2025 NCAA singles title. Zheng, who graduated from Columbia in May, decided not to compete in the USTA's US Open Collegiate Playoff (he discusses his reason for skipping it in this conversation I had with him in July) but the fact that he qualified for all three slams this year made him an obvious choice for a US Open main draw wild card.

In the first slam where Zheng was not required to qualify, he easily defeated Fabian Marozsan of Hungary 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in a first round match that was scheduled for Tuesday but postponed until today due to rain. Zheng's win over Marozsan in the first round at Cincinnati went to a third-set tiebreaker, so the level Zheng brought today, with 33 winners and 17 unforced errors, is a testament to the comfort level he beginning to feel at slams, especially after reaching the third round at Wimbledon.

"Getting to the third round, knowing that I can compete with some of the top players in the world definitely helps," Zheng said in his press conference, attended by Michael Lewis and other reporters. "So I think just having those experiences definitely helped with the nerves, with everything today."

Zheng and Marozsan were playing on Court 10, one of the smaller outer courts at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, but Zheng saw that as an asset.

"Yeah, it was amazing," Zheng said when asked about the atmosphere. "I got, I would say, a solid court, but you know, one of the smaller courts, and I think that just made it better. It was
pretty much packed, and the energy was through the roof, so it was amazing.

"Coach Howie (Endelman) was there, a lot of alums that came out to watch," Zheng said. "But yeah, it just felt like a college tennis match, really. You know, Howie, I think, and his brother, really turned it into a college atmosphere. My teammates came out. They had the, 'let's go, Michael' chants and I'm not sure my opponent was ready for it, but that's just the college tennis atmosphere, and you rarely see so many people come out to college tennis match like today on one court, so to have that energy on one court was super special."

Because the match was postponed until today, Zheng will be back for his second round tomorrow, where he will play lucky loser Yunchaokete Bu of China, who shocked No. 12 seed Rafael Jodar(Virginia) 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in another first round match pushed from Tuesday to today. Many college fans were hoping to see Jodar vs Zheng, which did not happen in Jodar's sole semester at Virginia in 2025, but that will have to wait.

Sebastian Gorzny, the Texas graduate who won the USTA's US Open Collegiate Playoff in Zheng's absence, also got a first round victory Monday, saving five match points to beat Raphael Collignon of Belgium 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(9). He was not as competitive in his second round encounter today with No. 7 seed  Daniil Medvedev, falling 6-1, 6-3, 7-5, but Gorzny was encouraged by the 2021 US Open champion's comments when they shook hands.

"He was really nice. He told me, 'great match,'" Gorzny told Michael Lewis. "He said you have a great game, you should go pro. It was really nice to hear that from him, that he believed I was good enough."

Although Gorzny said he thinks he will have another year of eligibility in college, he is not currently planning to return.

"I'm not going to school in the fall for sure," Gorzny said. "I'll play futures, challengers, I'm planning on pro."

As for his four days at the US Open, Gorzny couldn't be more pleased.  

"It's been amazing. Couldn't have asked for a better experience. Was really struggling last year, then kind of turned it around. Had a decent summer, won the playoff. There's been learning and growing every single week. The first match, couldn't have painted a better first match, no matter how I dreamed of it happening. Today, getting to play on Armstrong, against a Grand Slam champion like Meddy, is just a great experience and something I'll learn from, and keep in the memory bank."

Wednesday's US Open first and second round results of Americans:

Daniil Medvedev[7](RUS) d. Sebastian Gorzny[WC] 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 

Frances Tiafoe[11] d. Rei Sakamoto[Q](JPN) 6-3, 7-6(2), 7-5

Ben Shelton[8] d. Hubert Hurkacz(POL) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(3), 7-5

Alex Michelsen d. Brandon Nakashima[16] 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 

Tommy Paul[20] v Dino Prizmic(CRO)

Michael Zheng[WC] d. Fabian Marozsan(HUN) (rd 1 moved from Tuesday) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

Zachary Svajda d. Daniel Altmaier(GER)(rd 1 moved from Tuesday) 6-3, 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-2

Ignacio Buse[32](PER) d. Marcos Giron 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 6-7(6), 6-1 (rd 1 moved from Tuesday)

Jessica Pegula[3] d. Sofia Kenin[WC] 6-3, 6-1

Marta Kostyuk[11](UKR) d. Sloane Stephens[WC] 6-1, 7-5

Emma Navarro[26] d. Caty McNally 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

Ann Li[29] d. Donna Vekic(CRO) 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-4

Taylor Townsend d. Taylah Preston[WC](AUS) 6-1, 6-1

Iva Jovic[14] d. Magdalena Frech(POL) 7-5, 6-3 (rd 1 postponed from Tuesday)

Thursday's US Open second round matches featuring Americans:

Taylor Fritz[9] v Matia Bellucci(ITA)

Learner Tien[14] v Gael Monfils(FRA)

Zachary Svajda v Arthur Gea[LL](FRA)

Michael Zheng[WC] v Yunchaokete Bu[LL](CHN)

Coco Gauff[4] v Paula Badosa(ESP)

Amanda Anisimova[10] v Lilli Tagger(AUS)

Madison Keys[22] v Anna Bondar(HUN)

Iva Jovic[14] v Francesca Jones[Q](GBR)

Americans went 21-20 in first round matches over the past four days, with the men having a 10-8 record and the women 11-12.

With the US Open Junior Championships qualifying beginning tomorrow at Cary Leeds Tennis Center in the Bronx, the USTA has provided me with the main draw wild cards for the US Open Junior Championships, which often change at the last minute when players move into the main draw or receive special exemptions from their performance in Canada.

Boys:

Kamil Stolarcyzk

Safir Azam

Navneet Raghuram

Teodor Davidov

Jerrid Gaines Jr

Matias Reyniak

Kayden Colombo

Mason Vaughan

Girls:

Shristi Selvan

Kristina Penickova

Annika Penickova

Hannah Ayrault

Emery Combs

Allison Wang

Isha Manchala

Thara Gowda

Marcel Latak was expected to receive a main draw wild card given his ranking and his position in qualifying, but he has advanced to the semifinals of the J300 in Repentigny, so he will receive a special exempt entry, freeing up a wild card for Raghuram.

Latak defeated No. 6 seed Simone Massellani of Italy 7-5, 6-3 today and will play No. 5 seed Mark Ceban of Great Britain in the semifinals. Great Britain's Rhys Lawlor, the No. 15 seed, is also in line for a special exemption into the main draw after beating No. 8 seed Kanta Watanabe of Japan 7-6(5), 6-1. He will play No. 7 seed Kai Thompson of Hong Kong, who beat No. 3 seed Tito Chavez 7-6(7), 0-6, 6-1.

Camille Allegre and Canada's Andrea Cabio got a walkover in the doubles semifinal today from No. 5 seeds Daniella Britton, a singles semifinalist from Great Britain, and Anna Pircher of Austria. They are awaiting their opponents, who play later tonight. The unseeded Cabio will play Britton in one girls semifinal; No. 4 seed Antonina Sushkova of Ukraine plays No. 9 seed Hollie Smart in the other girls singles semifinal.

Half of the competitors in the girls qualifying draw for the US Open Junior Championships are Americans, with all 16 first round qualifying matches Thursday featuring a US girl.

Qualifying wild cards were given to the two 14-year-old girls who played on the USA World Tennis team competition in Czechia last month: Nadia Poznick and Anna Kapanadze, while the third member of the team, Wimbledon 14-and-under champion Isha Manchala receiving a main draw wild card. The other girls qualifying wild cards went to Anya Arora, Kathyrn Cragg and Natalie Kha, who won hers as the fifth-place finisher in the 18s in San Diego. The sixth wild card always goes to a Japanese high school player, this year it is Yui Kubota. Five of the 16 US girls in the draw are seeded; Pietra Rivoli of Brazil, No. 69 in the current WT junior rankings, is the top seed.

American boys are much more scarce in US Open Junior qualifying, with only six of the 32 players in the draw from the United States. Five are wild cards: Tomas Laukys, Izyan Ahmad, Daniel Malacek, Zen Uehling and Tyler Lee. The sixth American, in by his ranking, is Agassi Rusher. The Japanese high school wild card is Yoshihiro Sakurai.

College Park J300 champion Felix Roussel of Canada is the top seed in boys qualifying ,with his career-high junior ranking this week at 46. 

Matches begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, with live scoring available on the US Open website.

San Diego Champion Frodin Vows to Learn from US Open Loss; Fritz Beats Blanch; Collegiate Wild Card Brantmeier Drops First Round Match on Rain Marred Tuesday; Top Seeds Fall at Repentigny J300

After Thea Frodin won the USTA National 18s title last month in San Diego she was asked if she would rather face a qualifier on an outside court or a seed on Ashe at the US Open and she replied: "I'm going with seeded player on Arthur Ashe. I want it all. Bring it on!"

When she was drawn to play WTA No. 2 and reigning Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, ten years her senior, that scenario was a possibility. Rather than Ashe, however, their match was played on the Grandstand, and while Frodin showed flashes of her San Diego form, Rybakina won comfortably, 6-3, 6-2.

Frodin made her biggest impression when the match was all but over, serving at 1-5, 15-40 in the second set. Frodin hit five aces in the game, saving all three match points she faced, and ended the match with 11 aces to six for Rybakina, who is often cited as having the most dominant serve in women's tennis, Frodin only got 44 percent of her first serves in however, and was at a disadvantage in the rallies.

The 17-year-old from Southern California had come to New York with the irresistible story of being the tennis body double for a young Serena Williams in the 2021 move King Richard. (For more details on her experience during filming, see this article from the USTA Southern California website.) So, despite her loss today, she did get the main interview room for her press conference, which is extremely rare for a junior, and unheard of for one who lost her first round match.  But it gave her an opportunity to express how she viewed facing such a daunting opponent.

"Yeah, I mean, obviously I had a tough first round. Rybakina is a great player. I tried going out there to see what it would be like just to, I guess, feel no pressure, just go out there and have a fun time. I feel like that's what I accomplished, and obviously I have a lot to learn, but I'm excited with most of the things I did out there. Yeah, I'm excited to, I guess, experience this more times, hopefully."

When asked if she was considering college tennis as an option she said:

"Yeah, I mean, I think I'm trying to just finish high school, see where the rest of this year takes me. I'm not rushing into kind of making a decision with all that. I would say my answer to that is just I'm taking this year and next year to finish high school and then see where I am then."

Frodin will turn 18 this December, but with the new five-in-five NCAA eligibility there is little urgency to make that decision now.

She also confirmed that she is planning to play the US Open Junior Championships, which begin Sunday.

Last year's Kalamazoo 18s champion Darwin Blanch, who received a main draw wild card again this year, did get the seed on Arthur Ashe that Frodin was hoping for. But against 2024 US Open finalist and No. 9 seed Taylor Fritz, Blanch's experience was similar, with Fritz coasting to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win. That match went on as scheduled because it was in Ashe, but rain was a problem throughout today, with seven men's first round matches moved to Wednesday after more rain in the evening. Another shower after 9:30 p.m. postponed seven more matches that were in progress, including Iva Jovic's match.

USTA Collegiate Playoff winner Reese Brantmeier, who finished her illustrious career at North Carolina in May, did play outside this afternoon without disruption, but she too was unable to take a set, losing to Oleksandra Oliynykova of Ukraine 6-4, 6-4.

Brantmeier, who received a women's doubles wild card with Savannah Broadus(Pepperdine) and will face top seeds Taylor Townsend and Katarina Siniakova in the first round, was not happy with her execution today, as she told Michael Lewis after the match.

"Yeah, obviously she plays a little bit of an unconventional style, so that's a challenge in itself. That's not kind of the way that you practice often, but I did know that going in, and I definitely think I had my opportunities. But that is kind of what these early stages of my pro career are for, is getting those chances and getting comfortable at that level.

 
So, obviously disappointed with how I executed in a lot of those moments today. Obviously I would have loved to make a run in my first appearance here. But like, it's not necessarily the expectation. So I'm just trying to take away the learning opportunities from it."

No NCAA women's wild card recipient has won a match at the US Open since Bea Bielik of Wake Forest reached the third round in 2002.

Tuesday's US Open first round results of Americans:

Madison Keys[22] d. Alina Korneeva(RUS) 7-5, 6-4
Coco Gauff[4] d. Zeynep Sonmez(TUR) 6-3, 6-4
Alexandra Eala[17](PHI) d. Mary Stoiana[Q] 6-1, 6-2
Elena Rybakina[2](KAZ) d. Thea Frodin[WC] 6-3, 6-2
Iva Jovic[14] v Magdalena Frech(POL) 4-4, postponed until Wednesday
Maria Sakkari[32](GRE) d. Robin Montgomery[Q] 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
Oleksandra Oliynykova(UKR) d. Reese Brantmeier[WC] 6-4, 6-4

Taylor Fritz[9] d. Darwin Blanch[WC] 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Tristan Schoolkate[Q](AUS) d. Nishesh Basavareddy[Q] 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Michael Zheng[WC] v Fabian Marozsan(HUN) (moved to Wednesday)

Zachary Svajda v Daniel Altmaier(GER)(moved to Wednesday)

Marcos Giron v Ignacio Buse[32](PER)(moved to Wednesdsay)

Wednesday's US Open second/first round matches featuring Americans:

Sebastian Gorzny[WC] v Daniil Medvedev[7](RUS)

Frances Tiafoe[11] v Rei Sakamoto[Q](JPN)

Ben Shelton[8] v Hubert Hurkacz(POL)

Brandon Nakashima[16] v Alex Michelsen

Tommy Paul[20] v Dino Prizmic(CRO)

Michael Zheng[WC] v Fabian Marozsan(HUN) (moved from Tuesday)

Zachary Svajda v Daniel Altmaier(GER)(moved from Tuesday)

Marcos Giron v Ignacio Buse[32](PER)(moved from Tuesday)

Jessica Pegula[3] v Sofia Kenin[WC]

Sloane Stephens[WC] v Marta Kostyuk[11](UKR)

Emma Navarro[26] v Caty McNally

Ann Li[29] v Donna Vekic(CRO)

Taylor Townsend v Taylah Preston[WC](AUS)

Iva Jovic[14] v Magdalena Frech(POL) 4-4, postponed from Tuesday

Both top seeds lost in today's third round at the J300 in Repentigny Canada. No. 14 seed Valentin Gonzalez-Galino of Spain defeated No. 1 seed Leonardo Storck Franco of Brazil 6-3, 6-1 and unseeded Masa Jankovic of Serbia beat Australian Open girls champion Ksenia Efremova of France 6-4, 7-6(9).

No. 16 seed Nancy Lee, who reached the quarterfinals yesterday, and unseeded Marcel Latak, who beat No. 16 seed Rihards Neimanis of Latvia 7-5, 7-6(2) today, are the only two Americans left in singles.

Latak and Spain's Tito Chavez, the No. 7 seeds, are through to the boys doubles semifinals, and unseeded Camille Allegre and Canada's Andrea Cabio are through to the girls doubles semifinals.

Collegiate Wild Card Gorzny Saves Five Match Points to Win US Open Debut; Frodin Faces Rybakina Tuesday Morning; College Park Boys Champion Roussel Loses in Repentigny J300 Second Round

It's been 14 years since one of the USTA's NCAA collegiate wild cards won a match at the US Open, but that drought ended today in dramatic fashion, with Sebastian Gorzny saving five match points to defeat Raphael Collignon of Belgium 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(9) to advance to the second round. 

The match took four hours and was played over two days, with Gorzny, who won the USTA's Collegiate US Open Wild Card playoff in June, and Collignon on serve at 3-4 in the third set last night when rain sent the match into a second day. 

Gorzny immediately lost the first two games after the resumption, but took the fourth set and was up a break 3-2 in the fifth, much to the delight of the crowd on Court 11, which was soon at capacity. But the recent University of Texas graduate gave the break right back, and each held without incident until 5-all, when Collignon saved a break point to take a 6-5 lead.

That was nothing compared to the next game, which went to six deuces with Gorzny saving two match points before getting to his first game point, with Collignon making two errors after long, tense rallies in each case.

Gorzny missed a volley to waste his first game point and then his defensive lob went long to give Collignon a third match point, which Gorzny saved with a big first serve.

An unforced error on the backhand resulted in a fourth match point for Collignon, but Gorzny went for the line on an inside out forehand and made it, hit another forehand winner for his third game point and brought the crowd to its feet with an inside in forehand winner to send the match to a 10-point tiebreaker.

Michael Lewis attended the Gorzny press conference and sent along this from Gorzny on that epic game.

"I'm going to have to watch it back," said the 22-year-old from Austin, with an ATP ranking of 731 to Collignon's 38. "I was just staying alive, staying alive, and the crowd was keeping me in it. I was just trying to make one more ball, one more ball, and you know that's just the way tennis goes. I got lucky today, sometimes you don't get lucky. I can't believe I came through there."

It looked bleak when Gorzny lost his two serves to go down 5-2 and worse when Collignon hit a forehand winner to make it 6-2. Then the first double fault from Collignon in the tiebreaker, his 15th in the match, and another the next time he served, made it 7-5 at the second change of ends. Collignon went up 8-5 with a good serve that forced a Gorzny error, only to see Gorzny make an acrobatic stab volley save to keep the point alive, with Collignon missing his backhand reply wide. Gorzny's good first serve made it 8-7, but Collignon could still serve out the match. He missed a routine volley on top of the net for 8-all, but Gorzny made an unforced forehand error to give Collignon his fifth match point. 

But Gorzy again came up with big first serve to save it, and then hit a deep forehand up the middle that caught Collignon by surprise and he netted his reply to give Gorzny his first match point.

When Collignon missed his first serve, some pumped up fans  cheered, and given his two recent double faults, were probably expecting what came next, with his second serve catching the tape for his 17th and final double fault of the match.

Gorzny, who had 12 aces and six double faults, was undoubtedly full of adrenaline during that last set, and particularly in the last two games, but he was able to stick to his game plan.

"Just staying aggressive, getting to net when I can, feeling it, and seeing who's going to crack first," Gorzny said. "That was crazy. Just crazy."

Highlights of the match can be found here.

The last NCAA wild card to win a match at the US Open, men or women, was USC's Steve Johnson, who reached the third round in 2012, after claiming his second NCAA title that May. 

Gorzny's opponent in the second round is 2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev of Russia, the No. 7 seed.

Gorzny's counterpart, NCAA champion and USTA Collegiate Playoff winner Reese Brantmeier(UNC) will play her first round match against Oleksandra Oliynykova of Ukraine tomorrow. Michael Zheng(Columbia), who received a wild card unrelated to his 2025 NCAA singles title, plays Fabian Marozsan of Hungary tomorrow. 

San Diego USTA National 18s champion Thea Frodin makes her singles main draw debut against No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan at 11 a.m. on the Grandstand.

Qualifiers Mary Stoiana(Texas A&M) and Nishesh Basavareddy(Stanford) are also playing their first round matches Tuesday, with Stoiana facing No. 17 seed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines in a night match on Armstrong, and Basavareddy playing qualifier Tristan Schoolkate on Court 11 at 11 a.m. Michael Lewis caught up with Basavareddy and coach Dean Goldfine after his final round qualifying win, see this article for more.

Monday's US Open first round results of Americans:

Ben Shelton[8] d. Tallon Griekspoor(NED) 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(3), 6-2

Frances Tiafoe[11] d. Martin Damm 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Valentin Vacherot[22](MON) d. Aleks Kovacevic 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 

Brandon Nakashima[16] d. Sebastian Baez(ARG) 6-2, 6-1, 6-0

Learner Tien[14] d. Nuno Borges(POR) 6-4, 6-1, 6-2

Alex Michelsen d. Federico Cina[Q](ITA) 6-4, 6-1, 6-0 (postponed from Sunday)

Sebastian Gorzny[WC] d. Raphael Collignon(BEL) 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(9) (postponed from Sunday)

Amanda Anismova[10] d. Ashlyn Krueger 6-1, 6-3 

Taylor Townsend d. Maja Chawalinska[20](POL) 6-2, 6-3

Caty McNally d. Anouk Koevermans[Q](NED) 7-5, 6-1

Linda Noskova[6](CZE) d. Katie Volynets 7-5, 6-1

Harriet Dart[Q](GBR) d. Peyton Stearns 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Ann Li[29] d. Antonia Ruzic(CRO) 7-5, 6-1

Sloane Stephens[WC] d. Clara Tauson(DEN) 6-4, 6-1

Emma Navarro[26] d. Lois Boisson(FRA) 7-6(6), 6-7(1), 6-3 (postponed from Sunday)

Tuesday's US Open first round matches featuring Americans:

Madison Keys[22] v Alina Korneeva(RUS)

Coco Gauff[4] v Zeynep Sonmez(TUR)

Mary Stoiana[Q] v Alexandra Eala[17](PHI)

Thea Frodin[WC] v Elena Rybakina[2](KAZ)

Iva Jovic[14] v Magdalena Frech(POL)

Robin Montgomery[Q] v Maria Sakkari[32](GRE)

Reese Brantmeier[WC] v Oleksandra Oliynykova(UKR)

Taylor Fritz[9] v Darwin Blanch[WC]

Nishesh Basavareddy[Q] v Tristan Schoolkate[Q](AUS)

Michael Zheng[WC] v Fabian Marozsan(HUN)

Zachary Svajda v Daniel Altmaier(GER)

Marcos Giron v Ignacio Buse[32](PER)

College Park J300 champion Felix Roussel played his second round match today at the Repentigny J300 in Canada, falling to No. 11 seed Matteo Gribaldo of Italy 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. Roussel, who played a singles match for eight consecutive days beginning last Monday in College Park, will now have two days off before US Open Junior Championships qualifying begins Thursday.

No. 16 seed Nancy Lee is through to the quarterfinals in Repentigny after defeating No. 3 sesed Lujza Beviz of Hungary 6-7(2), 6-1, 6-4 today. The other seven Americans play their third round matches Tuesday.

Kalamazoo Champion Kennedy Falls in US Open Main Draw Debut; Challenger Titles for Mayo and Volynets; Nakashima Wins M15 Champaign; Stolarczyk and Latak Oust No. 2 and No. 4 Seeds at J300 in Canada

The US Open kicked off today with 14 Americans in action, but rain this evening kept the schedule from being completed.

Kalamazoo 18s champion Jack Kennedy lost to qualifier Lloyd Harris of South Africa, and Michael Lewis was on the scene to file the article below for Zootennis.

Special to Zootennis.com

by Michael J. Lewis

NEW YORK – Jack Kennedy had played pro matches at the U.S. Open twice before he took to Court 12 on Sunday.

But he admitted things felt different this time. For the first time in his life, the 18-year-old from nearby Huntington, N.Y. on Long Island was in the main draw of the men’s singles.

As happened the last two years, hundreds of locals were in full-throated support of Kennedy, but veteran Lloyd Harris of South Africa proved to be too tough.

After a close first set, Harris used his bigger serve and much-greater experience to pull away from Kennedy and grab a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 win.

“The butterflies were there more than before, especially right after the warmup this morning,” Kennedy said. “Walking back into the locker room, and thinking about what was going to happen, it did feel a little different.”

The 18-year-old Kennedy, who earned the wild card by winning Kalamazoo earlier this month, broke serve early but was broken right back by Harris, and Kennedy was chasing the match the rest of the way.

Harris won 79 percent of his first-serve points, compared to only 59 percent for Kennedy, and the South African smacked 31 winners to just 15 for Kennedy.

“He did a really good job serving; he mixed them up a lot, and, you know, he was very accurate with the serves, and he was kind of putting them on lines,” Kennedy said. “I didn't get that many chances to put returns in, but, you know, he did just a great job and I think I could have done a better job kind of neutralizing some points here and there.

Harris had nothing but kind words for his young opponent after the match.

“He has a lot of positive things in his game,” Harris said. “He’s very aggressive, really goes after the ball. I felt like I could play the important points a little bit better. I had the edge on the serve, but he’s got a lot of potential, and a lot of upside.”

Kennedy reiterated he will be playing in the U.S. Open Juniors Tournament starting on Sept. 6, both in singles and doubles, as he and partner Keaton Hance look to defend their U.S. Open doubles crown won last year.

Greg Lumpkin, Kennedy’s longtime coach at Robbie Wagner Tournament Training in Glen Head, N.Y., said the match got a little bit away from Kennedy when he tried to do too much after falling behind.

“He was trying to force the issue and pressure (Harris) a little bit, which is understandable in the second and third sets,” Lumpkin said. “I think Jack learned a little bit about himself today. Now we’ll get ready for the next one."

That “next one” was expected to be at the University of Virginia, as Kennedy was previously expected to enroll at the school in Charlottesville this August.

But two weeks ago Kennedy announced that he would delay enrollment at UVA until January, so he could collect the $140,000 main draw U.S. Open first round paycheck, and continue to play pro tournaments throughout the fall.

Cavaliers head coach Andres Pedroso, who was in attendance on Court 12 for the match Sunday, said he fully supported his standout freshman’s decision to wait a few months before heading to school and joining the reigning NCAA champs.

“I think it was always in the back of his mind, he wants to be a pro tennis player and he’s earned the right to continue testing the waters on the pro tour,” Pedroso said. “We’re 100 percent behind him and we’ve got his back, and I thought it was a great decision he made.”

Pedroso was asked what he thinks Kennedy can improve on to get him ready to play at the high-major Division I level.

“It usually comes down to maturity and understanding their games, and being a little more calm and a little more clear out there,” Pedroso said. “Jack has a lot of game and has shown he can play with anyone in the world. For him it’s just understanding his game, and showing he can do it over and over again, regardless of the atmosphere or the moment. And that takes a little time.”

Kennedy spoke more about his decision to delay his enrollment after the match.

“Ultimately I just decided with the chances that I have with these wild cards from the Next-Gen accelerator program, it's a good chance to prove my level,” Kennedy said. “Who knows where I’ll end up in these next couple of months, but I just want to give myself the best chance possible, maybe with a chance to make the NextGen Finals.”

Kennedy currently sits 19th in the ATP Next Gen Finals race; the Top 8 finishers (open to players 20 and under) compete in the Finals, at a site and date still to be determined.

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Sebastian Gorzny(TCU, Texas), the USTA's Collegiate Wild Card Playoff champion, was on serve with Raphael Collignon of Belgium at 3-6, 6-3, 4-3* when rain suspended play.

Sunday's US Open First Round Results of Americans:

Jessica Pegula[3] d. Elena-Gabriela Ruse(ROU) 6-3, 6-2

Sofia Kenin[WC] d. Venus Williams[WC] 6-2, 7-6(6)

Katie Boulter(GBR) d. Carol Lee[WC] 6-4, 3-6, 6-0

Emma Navarro[26] v Lois Boisson(FRA) 7-6(6), 4-2 (postponed until Monday)

Ekaterina Alexandrova[18](RUS) d. McCartney Kessler 6-2, 6-2

Lanlana Tararudee(THA) d. Elvina Kalieva[Q] 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-2

Taylah Preston[WC](AUS) d. Alycia Parks 6-3, 6-3 

Alexander Bublik[15](KAZ) d. JJ Wolf[WC] 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 

Sebastian Gorzny[WC] v Raphael Collignon(BEL) 3-6, 6-3, 3-4 (postponed until Monday)

Alex Michelsen v Federico Cina[Q](ITA) 6-4, 1-1 (postponed until Monday)

Tommy Paul[20] d. Coleman Wong[Q] 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-3, 6-3

Lloyd Harris[Q](RSA) d. Jack Kennedy[WC] 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 

Jaime Faria(POR) d. Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 7-6(4), 4-6, 1-6, 6-2

Monday's US Open first round matches featuring Americans;

Ben Shelton[8] v Tallon Griekspoor(NED)

Martin Damm v Frances Tiafoe[11]

Aleks Kovacevic v Valentin Vacherot[22](MON)

Brandon Nakashima[16] v Sebastian Baez(ARG)

Learner Tien[14] v Nuno Borges(POR)

Ashlyn Krueger v Amanda Anismova[10]

Taylor Townsend v Maja Chawalinska[20](POL)

Caty McNally v Anouk Koevermans[Q](NED)

Katie Volynets v Linda Noskova[6](CZE)

Peyton Stearns v Harriet Dart[Q](GBR)

Ann Li[29] v Antonia Ruzic(CRO)

Sloane Stephens[WC] v Clara Tauson(DEN)

Volynets prepared for the US Open at the new WTA 125 tournament in Philadephia, taking the title, her second at that level in five appearances in the final. The 2019 National 18s champion, seeded sixth, defeated No. 3 seed Tereza Valentova of Czechia 6-3, 7-5 in the final.

Aidan Mayo won his second career Challenger title yesterday in Jamaica after getting into the main draw of the 75 level Kingston Open 2 as a lucky loser. The 23-year-old defeated No. 2 seed Andy Andrade(Florida) of Ecuador 6-3, 7-6(7) in the final.

In the only USTA Pro Circuit tournament this week, Bryce Nakashiima, No. 16 US Open seed Brandon's younger brother, won his second M15 title of his career this summer in Champaign Illinois. The Ohio State senior, seeded No. 5, defeated qualifier Jakub Vrba(Arkansas) of Czechia 6-2, 7-6(6) in the final. Nakashima, who didn't drop a set all week, beat teammates Jack Anthrop[3] and Preston Stearns[Q] in the quarterfinals and semifinals.

Three former collegiate standouts from the United States won W15 titles today on the World Tennis women's circuit.

No. 7 seed Sofia Rojas(Oklahoma State, Georgia) defeated top seed Alexandra Vagramov(UCLA) of Canada 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals and unseeded Riko Kikawada of Japan 6-3, 6-1 for her third W15 title, all coming in Monastir Tunisia. 

At the W15 in Torello Spain, recent UCLA graduate Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer won her first pro title, with the 22-year-old Southern Californian, seeded seventh, beating top seed Katarina Kuzmova of Slovakia 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(6) in the semifinals and No. 6 seed Celia Cervino Ruiz of Spain 4-6, 6-0, 6-4.

And former Pepperdine All-American Ashley Lahey, seeded No. 8, defeated No. 5 seed Ilinca Amariei(Texas A&M) of Romania 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the final to capture her third World Tennis women's singles title in the W15 in Romania.

The seeds at the J300 were in action for the first time today at the J300 in Repentigny Canada, and the last two Kalamazoo 16s champions ousted two of them today. 2025 Kalamazoo 16s champion Marcel Latak defeated No. 4 seed Hyu Kawanishi of Japan 6-4, 7-6(2), and 2026 Kalamazoo 16s champion Kamil Stolarczyk beat No. 2 seed Raffaele Ciurnelli of Italy 6-2, 6-1.

College Park J300 champion Felix Roussel won his first round match today over lucky loser Sulaiman Syed 6-0, 6-3, but he is still a match behind the rest of the draw.

Canada's Roussel and Spain's Pinera Celorio Claim First J300 Singles Title at College Park; Cozad Repeats as Doubles Champion, Chinese Pair Earns Girls Doubles Title; Fourteen Americans Play Sunday at US Open

©Colette Lewis 2026--
College Park Maryland--

Felix Roussel of Canada and Paola Pinera Celorio of Spain have a gap in the hard court experience that stems from the surfaces most common in their countries, yet both captured their first titles at the World Tennis J300 level today at the Junior Tennis Champions Center.

The fifth-seeded Pinera had the less arduous final on another warm and sunny day in the Washington DC area, defeating No. 3 seed Mariia Makarova of Russia 6-2, 6-4.

Pinera started slowly, losing 11 of the first 13 points as Makarova fired winners from every spot on the court.

"She played so good at the start," said the 15-year-old from Gijon Spain, who said she played even better today than she had in her 6-2, 6-1 semifinal win over Maia Burcescu of Romania Friday. "If she play like that in the first two games all the match, it's ok, you win, too good."

But the match turned quickly with Makarova broken from 40-0 up, and Pinera winning six games in a row, with a lob winner on set point. Pinera showed early that she was not intimidated by the Makarova serve, returning Makarova's strongest serves with pace and depth, and Makarova began to struggle in the rare rallies that went past four shots.

"I started to make mistakes and I think I lost the first set in like 20 minutes after this start," said the 16-year-old from Moscow, who had beaten Pinera on clay in back-to-back weeks last fall. "I could not play normal. It's so tough, playing in a final when you lose six games in a row."

Makarova made that seven games in a row when she was broken to open the second set, but she got the break right back only to give up another break serving a 2-all. Makarova kept herself within striking distance by saving a break point serving at 2-4, and had a break point to get back on serve at 3-4, but she missed a return and Pinera's forehand winners gave her the lead. 

Makarova won a rare easy game to force Pinera to serve for it, and the Spaniard went down 0-30, with a double fault to start the game.

"At 5-4, I'm so nervous, because it's 30-love," Pinera said. "But I said, come on, it's a final, focus, and I did. I'm so happy." 

"In last game, in my head, I think now I can do something, try to play better, but she had so good serve and I made mistakes on return," said Makarova, who is training in College Park for a few days before heading to New York for the US Open Junior Championships. "I thought I played better later, but I don't know, maybe it's time to change something before the US Open. She made all her mistakes in the first two games, and she played so good."

Pinera is also staying in College Park for a few days to rest and practice before heading to New York, where she is certain to be seeded after winning the title in the first junior event on hard courts she has played this year.

"In that last game I was nervous, but I played so good, and I am so happy to win," said Pinera, the first girl from Spain to win this tournament, which has been a J300 since 2013.

Roussel's 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-1 win over top seed Vincent Reisach of Germany put an exclamation point on his outstanding week, which also included a 6-4, 6-2 victory over No. 2 seed Yannik Alvarez of Puerto Rico in the quarterfinals.

Roussel wasn't able to find his form early in the match, and he admitted that he was not playing as aggressively as necessary at the beginning of his second J300 final. 

Reisach got 75 percent of his first serves in during the opening set and was able to dictate play, although he had to work to hold on to his break advantage for 3-1 and 4-2. But when he hit a passing shot winner for a 5-2 lead and served out the set comfortably, Roussel faced an uphill battle.

The 18-year-old left-hander from Canada was ready for it, despite feeling a twinge in his hamstring that required a medical timeout after the third game. Five of the first six games of the second set went to deuce, there were back-to-back breaks early, and the drama increased, especially in the ninth game, when Roussel saved two break points in a six-deuce game to hold. He had to come from 15-40 down in the 5-all game, but won four straight points to again put pressure back on Reisach, but the 17-year-old German held to force a tiebreaker.

Down 2-0, Roussel got back on serve with a volley winner and took control when he outlasted Reisach in a long rally, then ripped a forehand winner into the corner for a 6-3 lead. Roussel couldn't convert his first set point, netting a backhand, but Reisach netted a forehand on the next point to send the match to a third set after two hours and 10 minutes.

With the temperatures in the low 80s and not much breeze, both players were bound to begin feeling the effects of a week of daily matches and a lengthy final.

"Both my quads were cramping, especially my right one," said Roussel, who had the support of his future coach at the University of Kentucky Cedric Kaufman, who was among the several hundred spectators attending the final. "It was tough to explode up on the serve and run down balls, and I just pushed and it ended up working out."

Roussel said his physical issues weren't responsible for his more aggressive game style in the second set, but they did play a factor in the third set.

"In the first, I wasn't playing as aggressive as I normally do, and that's why I flipped it," said the Toronto resident. "In the third, I was extra aggressive, because I don't think my body could have handled longer points."

Reisach had requested the physio for the next changeover after the first game of the third set, and he received attention on his left leg, which was retaped, while Roussel had a visit for his left calf during the same changeover.

Reisach admitted that he began to wear down early in the third.

"Physically, I'm not feeling too good," said Reisach, who lives in a small town in Bavaria. "Honestly, it was the hardest match physically. I made the mistake that I was running after every ball, even was I was down 0-40, and it got me in the third set. I just didn't have the energy on the important points, to get to one more ball and give him the chance to make an unforced error."

Reisach said he wasn't expecting Roussel's backhand to be so effective.

"His backhand, he could really go down the line, pretty fast and with not much unforced, always got it over the net," said Reisach, a Wimbledon semifinalist who was playing in his first J300 final. 

Roussel was happy to win his first J300 title after falling in the final in the J300 in Costa Rica in January.

"It feels amazing, winning a big title here, especially from one set down, in my last year of juniors," said Roussel, who joins Felix Auger-Aliassime as the only Canadian singles champion in College Park. "It's something I'll remember for a long time."

Roussel said he met Auger-Aliassime, the College Park champion in 2015, at Wimbledon this year.

"He's a nice guy and hopefully I'll follow in his footsteps," Roussel said. "I'd love to be No. 3 in the world."

Rather than rest, Roussel is headed to the J300 in Canada, where he'll play his first round match tomorrow. 

"I'm excited, I love competing," said Roussel, who is scheduled to compete in the US Open Junior Championships qualifying Thursday if he does not reach the Repentigny J300 semifinals.

Reisach will rest this week, although he is heading to New York Sunday to be a spectator on the first day of the US Open.

"We're flying tomorrow to New York, and we're going to watch the match with (Alexander) Bublik in the night session," Reisach said. "My coach knows someone who is with Bublik. I'm looking forward to it, see how the pros are playing, so I can see something I can use there."

Boys doubles champion Yannik Alvarez is also heading to the US Open, where he'll compete in the main draw of men's doubles next week, and he and Ryan Cozad, last year's doubles champion, provided a confidence boost for that match with a title today. The top seeds defeated No. 3 seeds Kunanan Pantaratorn of Thailand and Arnav Paparkar of India 6-3, 6-2, without facing a break point.

"We knew they were going to return well, serve well," said Alvarez, who, alongside Noah Johnston, won the Kalamazoo 18s doubles title and with it, the US Open wild card. "We just kept staying aggressive, moving at the net, planning every point out and staying in every game, even if we were down, putting pressure on in every single game, not giving them any hope."

"We were just trying to make first serves, like we do always and a bunch of returns," said Cozad, who won last year's title here with Gavin Goode. "And like he said, stay in the games, when we were down returning, being aggressive at the net and just going for it."

After dropping the opening set in their first match in the second round, Alvarez, who represents Puerto Rico World Tennis junior competition, and Cozad didn't face another match tiebreaker the rest of the week.

"We played well the whole week," said Alvarez, who will be partnering with Cozad at the US Open Junior Championships, with Johnston no long eligible for junior slams.

Seventeen-year-olds Cozad and Alvarez won a USTA Pro Circuit M15 men's doubles title back in April, while girls doubles champions Yihan Qu and Yushan Shao of China, also both 17, earned a W35 title on the World Tennis women's circuit in Spain in June.

That title convinced them they should continue playing as a team, after a rough start, and they won their first junior title together today, beating JTCC wild cards Shristi Selvan and Aarini Bhattacharya 6-3, 6-3.

"The first and second time we play, the result is not good, actually," Qu said. "So our coach said, maybe we try this year, and it's getting better."

"We know each other very well since we were really young," said Shao, who lost in the final last year with current World No. 1 Xinran Sun of China as her partner. "Then playing in some women's tournaments, we feel pretty good, won a 35K, so we decided to play here."

Shao believed they had a major advantage over Selvan and Bhattacharya, who were playing together for the first time.

"The service games, I think, we do better," Shao said.

The pair are planning to play together at the US Open Junior Championships, after staying in College Park to practice for the next several days.

Full replays of the finals, including coverage of the doubles finals can be found on the Cracked Racquets YouTube Channel.

The first round of the US Open begins at 11 a.m. Sunday, with 14 Americans in action, including Kalamazoo 18s champion Jack Kennedy, who will play qualifier Lloyd Harris second match on Court 12. Collegiate Playoff winner Sebastian Gorzny will play Raphael Collignon of Belgium fourth match on Court 11.

US Open First Round Matches Sunday Featuring Americans:

Women:

Jessica Pegula[3] v Elena-Gabriela Ruse(ROU)

Venus Williams[WC] v Sofia Kenin[WC]

Carol Lee[WC] v Katie Boulter(GBR)

Emma Navarro[26] v Lois Boisson(FRA)

McCartney Kessler v Ekaterina Alexandrova[18](RUS)

Elvina Kalieva[Q] v Lanlana Tararudee(THA)

Alycia Parks v Taylah Preston[WC](AUS)

Men:

JJ Wolf[WC] v Alexander Bublik[15](KAZ)

Sebastian Gorzny[WC] v Raphael Collignon(BEL)

Tommy Paul[20] v Coleman Wong[Q]

Jack Kennedy[WC] v Lloyd Harris(RSA)

Jenson Brooksby v Jaime Faria(POR)

Alex Michelsen v Federico Cina[Q](ITA)

Roussel Faces Top Seed Reisach in J300 College Park Boys Final; Makarova and Pinera Celorio Play for Girls Title Saturday; Four Americans, Liutova Qualify for US Open Main Draw

©Colette Lewis 2026--
College Park MD--

The four finalists at the World Tennis J300 in College Park have varying relationships with hard courts, yet all are happy with their performances this week at the Junior Tennis Champions Center as they prepare for the US Open Championships in New York.

Girls finalists Paola Pinera Celorio of Spain and Mariia Makarova of Russia are both making their first trips to the United States for this hard court swing, and both have had their challenges this week, but their routine semifinal wins today were a welcome break from the drama during the week.

Pinera, the No. 5 seed, defeated Maia Burcescu of Romania 6-2, 6-1 in 70 minutes, and after a grueling 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 quarterfinal victory yesterday over No. 14 seed Antonina Sushkova of Ukraine, and a three-set win in the third round over No. 9 seed Yushan Shao of China, Pinera said she was not expecting a quick match today.

"But today I play so good, I am very happy, so fast the match," said the 15-year-old, who has played only two matches all year on hard courts until this week. "I am playing so focused, all match. It's my first final on hard courts, and I'm excited."

Pinera did not serve well, but when she had an opportunity, she pounced, winning six of 13 break points, while Burcescu, who made a considerable number of unforced errors, won only one of her seven break points.

Pinera has had her left leg heavily taped all week, but said it is no longer giving her trouble, with the taping more preventative than necessary now.

"It's ok," said Pinera, who trains with Esteban Carril in Gijon Spain. "In the second match, I feel bad, third match better, and now, I think it's good. I put the tape because I want to stay confident, but it's good now."

Pinera's opponent in the final, No. 3 seed Mariia Makarova, owns two wins over Pinera at J200s on clay last fall, but Makarova prefers faster surfaces, the better to take advantage of her serve.

Today against unseeded Adla Lopez, Makarova needed some time to find her rhythm on that shot, but it was a key reason Lopez could not pull off another upset.

"After Wimbledon my coach and my physical coach, we change something in my serve," said the 16-year-old from Moscow, who was not planning to play the US Open Junior Championships, but unexpectedly received a visa. "In the first three games, I had some double faults, but after that I served so good. I'm so shocked; after the match I come to my mom and say, 'oh my god, I served so good today.'"

Although she had just two aces and made only 50 percent of her first serves, those stats don't reveal the number of service winners or short returns to put away her serve produced throughout the match.

Lopez had planned to use the strategy that had helped her beat top seed Ksenia Efremova of France in the third round, not matching the pace of her opponent and prolonging rallies, but Makarova seldom allowed her to get an opportunity to construct a point.

Makarova was down three match points to wild card Reiley Rhodes in the third round, and needed 12 match points to earn the 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(8) victory, so she is grateful to be able to play for her second J300 title Saturday, with the first also coming on hard courts.

"It's normal in tennis, you can win and you can lose," Makarova said of her narrow escape against Rhodes. "Your game today could be so wonderful and then you play so bad. I'm a girl, only 16, so maybe next time I don't do the stupid mistakes. It's tennis, it's life, it's ok."

Although boys top seed Vincent Reisach is No. 11 in the World Tennis junior rankings, the 17-year-old from Germany will be in new territory in tomorrow's final after defeating No. 4 seed Dan Brand of Israel 6-2, 6-4.

Although Reisach won the Roland Garros doubles title this summer, reached the singles semifinals at Wimbledon, and recently advanced to his first men's WT final at an M15 on hard courts earlier this month, he had played only three J300s and had not advanced beyond the quarterfinals until this week. 

Today against Brand, Reisach didn't face a break point in the first set, and saved all six against him in the second set, including coming from 0-40 down serving for the match at 5-4.

"I felt pretty good today, especially when I was serving, felt confident with my shots from the back," said Reisach, who lives in a small town in Bavaria and travels to Munich weekly for training and competition. "I had a little problem with returning today, but I worked into it and it got better and better."

Like Pinera, Reisach has been playing with heavy taping all week below his left knee.

"I'm fine, since Wimbledon I'm feeling my knee a little bit," Reisach said. "I fell on it, but it's nothing serious. It goes away by itself, so I can't make it worse. It's just with the tape, it feels a little bit better."

Reisach's unseeded opponent Saturday has reached a J300 final, with Felix Roussel of Canada advancing to the championship match of the J300 Coffee Bowl in Costa Rica at the start of the year. A few weeks later he lost to his semifinal opponent today, No. 15 seed Safir Azam, in the first round of a J200, but he turned the tables today by a 7-5, 6-2 score.

There was nothing to separate the two in the first ten games, but Roussel was holding serve more easily than Azam. Serving at 5-6, Azam made an unforced error to give Roussel a set point, which was the best point of the match. After a 20-plus shot rally, with neither player giving any ground or even changing the pace, Azam eventually sent a backhand long to give Roussel the set.

"I think I served really well," said Roussel, who was out from February to October of last year with a back injury. "And then I started to find the rhythm on my return and I got my chance and I took it."

Roussel had displayed an impressive transition game yesterday in his 6-4, 6-2 win over No. 2 seed Yannik Alvarez, but didn't employ that strategy with any frequency today against Azam.

"I wasn't feeling my volleys too well in the warmup," said the 18-year-old left-hander from Toronto. "And also I know he has really good passing shots, so I was trying to only come in when I had a really easy ball."

Roussel broke in the fourth game of the second set, and from there took control, with Azam getting no break point opportunities after the first set.

"He's a really good player, really solid," said Roussel, who earned his first two ATP points this summer at M15s. "I knew I had to be solid, grind through every point, because I was not getting any points for free. That's the mentality I had, and it worked."

Roussel and Reisach have never played and with a year's age difference between them, don't know much about each other.

"I don't know anything about him either," Roussel said when told Reisach was unfamiliar with his game. "But it will be a fun match, and I'm excited."

The doubles finals are set for Saturday, with the top seeds splitting their decisions in the semifinals this afternoon.

Boys No. 1 seeds Ryan Cozad, last year's doubles champion, and Yannik Alvarez of Puerto Rico defeated unseeded Pedro Henrique Chabalgoity and Francisco Fontes Damorim of Brazil 6-4, 6-0. They will play No. 3 seeds Kunanan Pantaratorn of Thailand and Arnav Paparkar of India, who beat unseeded Max Villar of Spain and Livas Eduardo de Carvalho Damazio of Brazil 6-4, 7-5.

Girls top seeds Ksenia Efremova of France and Paola Pinera Celorio of Spain lost to the JTCC wild card team of Shristi Selvan and Aarini Bhattacharya 5-7, 6-4, 10-8. Selvan and Bhattacharya will play No. 4 seed Yihan Qu and Yushan Shao of China, who defeated unseeded Kennedy Drenser-Hagemann and Hannah Ayrault 7-5, 6-2.  Shao reached the girls doubles final here last year with partner Xinran Sun.

The finals begin at 10 a.m. with the girls singles final on Court 17 and boys doubles final on Court 13.  There will be a 30-minute wheelchair tennis exhibition prior to the boys singles final on Court 17; the girls doubles final will follow the boys on Court 13.

Cracked Racquets will have coverage of all four finals at their YouTube Channel, with Chris Halioris providing commentary. Links to streams, live scoring and the order of play is here.

After rain postponed 23 US Open qualifying matches yesterday, those matches were played or continued today, with four Americans earning their spots in the main draw. Robin Montgomery had finished her 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Carson Branstine(Texas A&M) before the postponement Thursday; those qualifying today are Nishesh Basavareddy(Stanford), Mary Stoiana(Texas A&M) and Elvina Kalieva. 

Sixteen-year-old Seattle-area resident Kristina Liutova will be the first player born in the 2010s to play in a major after she defeated Martyna Kubka of Poland 6-4, 6-0 to qualify. Liutova will play fellow qualifier Qinwen Zheng of China in the first round.

Final round US Open qualifying results of Americans:

Nishesh Basavareddy[32] d. Arthur Gea[1](FRA) 6-3, 6-1

Dalibor Svrcina[8](CZE) d. Mackenzie McDonald[28] 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 

Hugo Gaston[3](FRA) d. Colton Smith 1-6, 6-4, 6-2

Robin Montgomery d. Carson Branstine(CAN) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

Lucrezia Stefanini[28](ITA) d. Julieta Pareja[WC] 6-4, 6-3

Mary Stoiana[17] d. Yue Yuan[13](CHN) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

Elvina Kalieva[8] d. Vendula Valdmannova(CZE) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Below are the main draw matchups for Americans with the qualifiers placed. Kalamazoo 18s champion Jack Kennedy will play fomer ATP No. 31 Lloyd Harris of South Africa, who qualified today.

Americans in US Open main draw:

Men:(18)

Michael Zheng[WC] v Fabian Marozsan(HUN)

Zachary Svajda v Daniel Altmaier(GER)

Marcos Giron v Ignacio Buse[32](PER)

Learner Tien[14] v Nuno Borges(POR)

Taylor Fritz[9] v Darwin Blanch[WC]

Sebastian Gorzny[WC] v Raphael Collignon(BEL)

Aleks Kovacevic v Valentin Vacherot[22](MON)

Martin Damm v Frances Tiafoe[11]

Brandon Nakashima[16] v Sebastian Baez(ARG)

Alex Michelsen v Federico Cina[Q](ITA)

Ben Shelton[8] v Tallon Griekspoor(NED)

Jack Kennedy[WC] v Lloyd Harris(RSA)

JJ Wolf[WC] v Alexander Bublik[15](KAZ)

Tommy Paul[20] v Coleman Wong[Q]

Jenson Brooksby v Jaime Faria(POR)

Nishesh Basavareddy[Q] v Tristan Schoolkate[Q](AUS)

Women: (23)

Taylor Townsend v Maja Chwalinska[20](POL)

Alycia Parks v Taylah Preston[WC](AUS)

Sloane Stephens[WC] v Clara Tauson(DEN)

McCartney Kessler v Ekaterina Alexandrova[18](RUS)

Ann Li[29] v Antonia Ruzic(CRO)

Katie Volynets v Linda Noskova[6](CZE)

Jessica Pegula[3] v Elena-Gabriela Ruse(ROU)

Venus Williams[WC] v Sofia Kenin[WC]

Emma Navarro[26] v Lois Boisson(FRA)

Caty McNally v Anouk Koevermans[Q](NED)

Carol Lee[WC] v Katie Boulter(GBR)

Ashlyn Krueger v Amanda Anisimova[10]

Iva Jovic[14] v Magdalena Frech(POL)

Reese Brantmeier[WC] v Oleksandra Oliynykova(UKR)

Coco Gauff[4] v Zeynep Sonmez(TUR)

Peyton Stearns v Harriet Dart[Q]

Madison Keys[22] v Alina Korneeva(RUS)

Thea Frodin[WC] v Elena Rybakina[2](KAZ)

Elvina Kalieva[Q] v Lanlana Tararudee(THA)

Mary Stoiana[Q] v Alexandra Eala[17](PHI)

Robin Montgomery[Q] v Maria Sakkari[32](GRE)

Sunday's schedule is here.