Kockinis Takes Out Top Seed Alexander, Rain Disrupts Hoo and Combs on the Brink, Top Seeds Johnson and Konduri Roll into Semifinals at J300 Pan Am Closed; Pareja and Penickova Reach Quarterfinals at W100 Templeton

©Colette Lewis 2026--
Spring Texas--

Carrie-Anne Hoo has had a long junior career, but the 17-year-old from New York had a new experience today in the quarterfinals of the World Tennis J300 Pan American Closed Championships today: a rain delay when she had reached match point.

The second-seeded Hoo, a singles finalist at this tournament last year, had taken control of her match against No. 12 seed Brooke Wallman, building a 5-1 lead in the third set, after Hoo had taken the first set 6-2 and Wallman the second set 6-4. As the sprinkles began and thunder approached, Hoo had worked her way back to 40-30 when the walkie-talkie call to the roving umpires came to suspend play at 11:45 a.m.

"I was actually down 0-30 in that game and I came back, so I felt like good momentum," said Hoo. "That's why I was a little bit upset. I was feeling good, and then the rain delay happened."

The downpour lasted only about 20 minutes, but play didn't resume until 1:45 p.m., so Hoo had a long time to think about how she would approach that match point.

"I was thinking when I went back on court that I had to focus on a first serve, getting that in," Hoo said. "I was definitely a little bit tight, a little nervous, but I tried to forget that it was match point. I was having problems with my serve, my toss, jumping, so I was focusing more on the steps in my serve rather than what the score was."

In ten seconds or less, the match was over, with Hoo getting her first serve in and Wallman sending the return long to secure the 2-6, 4-6, 6-1 victory.

Hoo's opponent in the semifinals, No. 4 seed Emery Combs, was not quite as unlucky as Hoo, but she was serving for the match at 7-6(6), 5-4, 15-0 against No. 10 seed Londyn McCord when play was suspended.

Combs, who had claimed the 95-minute first set by winning the last four points of the tiebeaker, ended up losing the first five points when play resumed after the rain delay, but chalked that up to a failure of execution, not a failure of strategy.

"My goal was just to play my game," said the 15-year-old from South Carolina, who will be playing in her second J300 semifinal Friday. "I have a very aggressive game, I'm an all-court player, so I tried to open up the court with big targets and make my way into the net. But I was very nervous. I think I did the right things, just didn't make the shots."

Combs broke McCord again and served for the match for the second time at 6-5, but didn't get to match point in that game either. In their second tiebreaker, Combs got the mini-break she needed with a great overhead from deep in the court for a 5-3 lead. McCord held for 5-4, but Combs earned her first match point by forcing an error with a big forehand and converted it with an excellent first serve.

Combs and Hoo have been doubles partners but have not played in singles.

"I've seen here play a little bit, but obviously I've never seen how my game would do against her," Hoo said. "I think it'll be a fun match tomorrow. She's younger, they play with no pressure."

"I think I can go into tomorrow with a similar game plan," Combs said. "She's a little craftier, but she's going to force me to make that extra ball."

The semifinalists in the top half both finished before the rain, with No. 11 seed Ellery Mendell ending the run of unseeded Sena Yoon 7-5, 6-1 and No. 5 seed Armira Kockinis taking out top seed Avery Alexander of Canada 7-6(3), 6-4.

Kockinis had beaten Alexander in July in the semifinals of a J200 in Mexico, a win that helped her in her approach to today's match.

"She played really well today and she played really well in Mexico as well," said the 16-year-old from Southern California. "I knew she wasn't going to miss many of balls, so I was definitely trying to be consistent, but when I saw something I could go for, I tried to go for it, move her around a bit."

Kockinis played a nearly flawless first set tiebreaker taking a 6-0 lead before making her only unforced error in the nine points played.

"In the breaker, it's obviously a tight situation, so I'm going to go for it," Kockinis said. "I was starting out in the first set I was going mostly cross, so in the breaker I started going line for the first time in the match."

Down 3-1 in the second set, Kockinis won five of the next six games, but had to come from 15-40 down to close it out serving at 5-4.

Kockinis has been disappointed in her results this summer.

"This whole year I've been working toward getting to the US Open and Hard Courts, I had a pretty bad result, College Park, I had a pretty bad result, and US Open (qualifying), I had a pretty bad result," Kockinis said. "So I've been trying to stay positive from the low, so this is my first tournament since US, so, so far, so good. Just trying to get back on track."

Kockinis knows she will always be trying to calibrate her big game with the errors that are a byproduct of that style.

"Me and my coaches have always said my game is going to have a lot of mistakes," said Kockinis, who is coached by Jay Leavitt at Tier 1 Performance. "But I'd rather go for it than stay in these long rallies. I think in breakers and in tight moments I know how to pull the trigger when other people wouldn't. That gives me an edge in third sets or breakers. I'm trying to be smarter on when to pull the trigger, but it's going to get pulled."

Kockinis and Mendell will be meeting for the first time in the first J300 semifinal for both.

The top two seeds in the boys draw made short work of their opponents today, with No. 1 Andy Johnson defeating 15-year-old qualifier Piotr Gradzki 6-1, 6-2 and No. 2 Tanishk Konduri avenging his loss this spring to No. 7 seed Erik Schinnerer 6-1, 6-1.

Konduri's semifinal opponent will be No. 4 seed Joshua Adamson of Canada, who reached the final of last week's J200 in Corpus Christi. The 17-year-old left-hander avenged his loss last month at a J200 to No. 9 seed Kamil Stolarczyk, beating the 2026 Kalamazoo 16s champion 6-3, 6-4 today.

Johnson will face No. 10 seed Teodor Davidov, who returned from the rain delay still in his second set with wild card Achyuth Binu. The 16-year-old Floridian, who had won the 100-minute first set 7-5, dropped the final two games of the second to give Binu a 6-3 set, but soon took control in the third for a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 victory and a place in his first J300 semifinal.

Johnson and Davidov played in the quarterfinals of the J300 in San Diego this spring, with Johnson winning 6-1, 6-3.

The doubles finals Friday will feature four of the singles semifinalists.

Top seeds Konduri and Johnson will face No. 8 seeds Antoine Clavel and Andy Tchinda Kepche of Canada for the boys title. Clavel and Tchinda Kepche defeated No. 4 seeds Mason Vaughan and Stolarczyk 6-3, 4-6, 10-7, while Konduri and Johnson beat No. 3 seeds Caden Colburne and Adamson 6-3, 6-4.

Hoo and Combs will play twice Friday, with Hoo and her partner Isabelle DeLuccia, the No. 2 seeds, facing No. 3 seeds Combs and her partner Olivia De Los Reyes. Hoo and DeLuccia beat No. 8 seeds Anya Arora and Sylvana Jalbert 7-5, 7-5; Combs and De Los Reyes defeated No. 5 seeds Thara Gowda and Ireland O'Brien 3-6, 6-4, 10-4.

The three singles semifinals featuring players in doubles are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, with the Kockinis - Mendell match second on, not before noon. The doubles finals times are to be determined, after the singles and suitable rest.

At the USTA Pro Circuit W100 in Templeton California, 17-year-olds Julieta Pareja and Kristina Penickova advanced to the quarterfinals with wins today.

Pareja defeated No. 2 seed Mary Stoiana 7-5, 7-5 to avenge her 6-3, 6-4 loss to Stoiana this summer in the second round of the W100 in Evansville.  Pareja will play the winner of tonights second round match between No. 7 seed Caroline Dolehide and UCLA junior Kate Fakih, a qualifier. 

Penickova, who received a Junior Exempt entry into the main draw, defeated No. 6 seed Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus 7-6(4), 6-2 in the first round and LSU sophomore Carolina Kuhl of Germany 6-2, 6-3 in the second round today. Penickova will play another LSU Tiger in the quarterfinals: junior Ella McDonald of Great Britain. McDonald, a qualifier, defeated Whitney Osuigwe 7-6(3), 6-2 today to advance.

Qualifier Gradzki Reaches Pan Am J300 Quarterfinals; Davidov Survives Three-Hour-Plus Battle with Gaines; Top Seeds Alexander and Johnson Need Comebacks to Advance; USTA's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge Begins Next Month

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The top seeds struggled in the third round of the World Tennis J300 Pan Am Closed Wednesday, with another steamy day at the Giammalva Racquet Club producing plenty of drama.

Andy Johnson, the top seed and 2025 finalist, couldn't serve out the first set at 5-4 against unseeded William McEwan, and McEwan took advantage of that hiccup by Johnson to take the first set 7-5. But McEwan couldn't continue his success on the serve plus one in the next two sets with Johnson earning a 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 victory.

Avery Alexander's 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over 14-year-old Isha Manchala followed a similar pattern, with Manchala taking advantage of Alexander's inability to stay in a long rally in the opening set. But as Alexander began to make more balls, the 16-year-old Canadian started to take control of points and force more errors from Manchala.

Johnson's opponent in Thursday's quarterfinals is 15-year-old qualifier Piotr Gradzki, who defeated No. 6 seed Mason Vaughan 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals in just his second World Tour junior circuit J300 tournament.

Gradzki had to win three qualifying matches just to reach the main draw, going three sets in his first round match as well, before beating No. 12 seed Felipe Mamede of Brazil 6-3, 6-3 in the second round Tuesday.

"This was like my third three-hour match," said Gradzki, who turns 16 in November. "One of my qualifying matches was a three-hour and 20-minute match and the guy cramped in the (match) tiebreaker. So I'm battling here. I've already had so many long matches, but I'm feeling fine. Go to sleep early, eat a good amount, but I feel fine every day."

Gradzki has confidence in his ground strokes, so he has concentrated on his serving and returning.

"I focus on two things: just making my returns and my first serve percentage," said Gradzki, who trains at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy in New York. "If I can make good returns and play the points after, I can out-rally a lot of people with my ball pace and quality."

Gradzki didn't get discouraged when he dropped the second set, saying reacting with frustration doesn't help him.

"My biggest go-to is being positive," Gradzki said. "Good mentality is always my best friend. Whenever I'm positive, whenever I want to do something, it happens, and I play my best when I'm my best friend."

Gradzki admits that he's didn't anticipate this kind of performance this week. 

"I had no expecatations for this tournament," Gradzki said. "I'm surprised I'm winning, so I don't expect anything. I do whatever feels best for me and if it works, it works."

In addition to a qualifier, the boys quarterfinals also features a wild card, with Achyuth Binu continuing his run with a 6-1, 7-6(4) win over unseeded Gadin Arun.

Binu will next face No. 10 seed Teodore Davidov, who played the longest match of the day, a three-hour and 20-minute, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 win over No. 8 seed Jerrid Gaines Jr.

The heat rule, which mandates a 10-minute break between the second and third sets, had just been announced when Davidov lost the second set, so it was an opportunity for him to regroup.

"I got some electrolytes in, some gels, went to the bathroom to cool down a little," said the 16-year-old from Bradenton Florida, who beat Gaines 6-3, 7-6(0) this summer in the J200 in Mason Ohio. "I got right back to it, but got broken to go down 2-1. He has a really big serve, so it's really important to hold serve, but I broke back, and we had some really intense games."

Davidov, who is famous among tennis nerds for hitting only forehands and serving both left-handed and right-handed, got the key break at 4-3, but then immediately squandered the opportunity to serve out the match, hitting a double fault and two unforced errors to give Gaines an opportunity to get back on serve.

Gaines then took his second medical timeout, complaining of pain in his legs, although he wasn't showing any of the obvous signs of cramping.

"I got a little distracted with all his shenanigans, but I locked it down," said Davidov, who will be representing the United States as a member of the Junior Davis Cup team that is competing in Egypt in November. "The medical timeout was pretty quick, just 45 seconds or a minute, so it was ok. I saw him mentally breaking down, so I wasn't too worried. I know he's not mentally strong, he's known for it, so it was ok."

Davidov broke Gaines to end the match and will have an opportunity to reach his first J300 semifinal with a win over Binu.

"I played him once, two years ago but he's having some great results," Davidov said, referring to his 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 win in the 16s quarterfinals at IMG in 2024. "Even though he's not seeded, I'm definitely not going to underestimate him."

In the rematch of the rematch of the Kalamazoo 16s final in August, Kamil Stolarczyk retook the lead in the recent head to head, beating Daniel Malacek 7-5, 6-1. Stolarczyk won the Kalamazoo final 6-4, 6-2, but in the semifinals at the J200 in Montreal earlier this month Malacek beat Stolarczyk 7-5, 2-6, 6-2.

Stolarczyk will play the only non-American in the quarterfinals, No. 4 seed Joshua Adamson of Canada, who Stolarczyk beat 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the Montreal quarterfinals. Adamson defeated No. 16 seed Sebastian Godoy 6-2, 6-3.

No. 2 seed Tanishk Konduri will have a chance to avenge his loss at the J300 in Tucson this past spring when he takes on No. 7 seed Erik Schinnerer Thursday. Konduri beat No. 13 seed Mauricio Schtulmann Gasca of Mexico 6-1, 6-4, while Schinnerer won a prolonged battle with Sulaiman Syed 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2.

All but one of the girls quarterfinalists is seeded, with Sena Yoon the exception. Yoon, who beat No. 3 seed Adla Lopez 6-1, 6-4 in a result I completely overlooked yesterday, took out unseeded Adelina Iftime today 6-4, 2-6, 6-1. She will play No. 11 seed Ellery Mendell, who defeated Kalista Papadopoulos 6-0, 6-2. 

Alexander's opponent in the quarterfinals is No. 5 seed Armira Kockinis, who defeated No. 9 seed Thara Gowda 6-0, 7-6(3). Kockinis beat Alexander in the semifinals of a J200 in Mexico earlier this summer 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

In the bottom half, No. 2 seed and 2025 finalist Carrie-Ann Hoo received a walkover from No. 15 Reiley Rhodes due to illness. Hoo will play No. 12 seed Brooke Wallman, who beat No. 8 seed Isabelle DeLuccia 6-4, 6-3. No. 4 seed Emery Combs defeated Daniella Sales 6-4, 6-1 to set up a quarterfinal with No. 10 seed Londyn McCord. McCord defeated No. 6 seed Ireland O'Brien 6-4, 6-2.

The doubles semifinals are scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon, after all eight singles quarterfinals are played at 9 a.m.

Top seeds Konduri and Johnson will face No. 3 seeds Adamson and Caden Colburne of Canada and No. 4 seed Stolarczyk and Vaughan will play No. 8 seeds Antoine Clavel and Andy Tchinda Kepche of Canada to decide the boys doubles finalists.

In the girls doubles, No. 2 seeds Hoo and DeLuccia will play No. 8 seeds Anya Arora and Sylvana Jalbert, and No. 5 seeds Gowda and O'Brien will face No. 3 seeds Combs and Olivia De Los Reyes.

The USTA announced its annual competition to decide the reciprocal wild card it receives for the Australian Open. The full release is below:

2027 Australian Open Wild Card Challenge to Begin Week of October 5 for Women, October 19 for Men

 

Orlando, Fla., September 30, 2026 – The Australian Open Wild Card Challenge, which will utilize indoor and outdoor hard-court and carpet professional tournaments to award an American man and woman a main draw wild card into the 2027 Australian Open, will begin with events the week of October 5 for the women and October 19 for the men.

 

The USTA and Tennis Australia have a reciprocal agreement in which main draw singles wild cards for the 2027 Australian Open and US Open will be exchanged.

 

The women's wild card will be awarded to the American with the most ranking points earned at a maximum of three tournaments during a five-week window, beginning with events starting the week of October 5. The women's Challenge window runs through the week of November 2. All indoor and outdoor hard-court and carpet events at the W35 level and above, including WTA Tour events, will be included in the Challenge.

 

The men's wild card will be awarded to the American with the most ranking points earned from a maximum of four events during a five-week window that begins the week of October 19 and runs through the week of November 16. All indoor and outdoor hard-court and carpet events at the M25 level and above, including ATP Tour and Challenger events, will be included in the Challenge.

 

Ranking points earned in the main draw and qualifying will be counted toward each player's Challenge point total. Should the player with the highest number of Challenge points earn direct entry into the Australian Open, the wild card will go to the next eligible American in the Challenge points standings. In the event of a tie for the men or the women, the player with the best singles ranking on the Monday immediately following the conclusion of the Challenge will earn the wild card. Americans who otherwise earn direct entry into the Australian Open are not eligible.

 

Previous Americans to earn wild cards into the Australian Open (year specified is the year of the tournament):

 

2026: Patrick Kypson (1R); Elizabeth Mandlik (1R)
2025: Nishesh Basavareddy (1R); Iva Jovic (2R)
2024: Patrick Kypson (1R); McCartney Kessler (2R)
2023: Chris Eubanks (2R); Taylor Townsend (2R)
2022: Stefan Kozlov (2R); Robin Anderson (1R)
2020: Marcos Giron (1R); CoCo Vandweghe (1R)
2019: Jack Sock (1R); Whitney Osuigwe (1R)
2018: Tim Smyczek (2R); Kristie Ahn (1R)
2017: Michael Mmoh (1R); Kayla Day (1R)
2016: Noah Rubin (2R); Samantha Crawford (1R)
2015: Denis Kudla (1R); Irina Falconi (2R)
2014: Steve Johnson (1R); Sachia Vickery (1R)
2013: Rhyne Williams (1R); Madison Keys (3R)
2012: Jesse Levine (1R); Madison Keys (1R)
2011: Ryan Harrison (1R); Lauren Davis (1R)
2010: Ryan Harrison (1R); CoCo Vandeweghe (1R)
2009: John Isner (1R); Christina McHale (1R)
2008: Jesse Levine (2R); Madison Brengle (1R)
2007: Madison Brengle (1R); No men’s wild card competition.

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Binu Topples No. 3 Seed Azam Seconds Before Rain Arrives at Pan American Closed; Top Seeds Alexander and Johnson Advance; Pareja Avenges San Diego Loss to Frodin at Templeton W100

©Colette Lewis 2026--
Spring Texas--

Wild card Achyuth Binu could feel the drops of rain that began when he was leading No. 3 seed Safir Azam 5-1 in the third set of their second round match at the J300 Pan American Closed.

But the 17-year-old from Washington state, who won the match 7-5, 2-6, 6-1, was determined not to force the issue, continuing to stay in the long rallies until he found an opening or forced an error from Azam.

"If I was thinking I've got to finish, I'd probably just rush the points, so I was just focusing on every point," said Binu, who got an error from Azam on match point less than 30 seconds before play was halted on the other courts at the Giammalva Racquet Club. "I think he got a little tired, maybe mentally and physically, and I was just playing solid, fighting for every point."

Binu, who reached the semifinals of the J200 in Corpus Christi last week, where the weather was even more uncomfortable than here in the Houston area, where the heat index was over 100 early this afternoon before the clouds and rain arrived.

Although unsure why he received a wild card from the USTA for this event, Binu said he was relieved to have already posted two wins, acknowledging that his game has taken a big jump since he began training at the HITT Academy in Tamarac Florida.

"It's a small academy near Boca," said Binu, who has been in Florida training for the past four years. "I've been there for the last five months. I've been working really hard and I'm happy the results are showing. I had a tough loss in (the J100) in San Antonio, but I just trusted my training and it's working pretty well now."

Binu will face unseeded Gadin Arun next, after Arun defeated No. 14 seed Caden Colburne of Canada 6-4, 6-1.

That's the only round of 16 match Wednesday featuring two unseeded players, but in addition to Azam and Colburne, three other unseeded players have advanced. The only qualifier in either draw to reach the round of 16 is Piotr Gradzki, who defeated No. 12 seed Felipe Mamede of Brazil 6-3, 6-3. Sulaiman Syed beat No. 11 seed Kayden Colombo 6-3, 7-6(7) and William McEwan defeated No. 15 seed Antoine Clavel of  Canada 7-5, 6-4.

McEwan will play top seed Andy Johnson, who defeated Anay Kulkari 6-2, 6-1 in a match much tougher than the score would indicate.

"He trains in Orlando, so I play with him a lot," Johnson said of the 2026 Easter Bowl 16s champion. "He knows my game, I know his game. Obviously in a first match, it's finding a rhythm, he's already played a match so is going in with some rhythm already. I thought I played better and better throughout the match, maybe had a few more unforced errors than normal."

Johnson, who was playing on the same court where he lost in the final to Michael Antonius last year, says he knows he's in a different position now than he was then.

"I know all these boys here, everyone's good, everyone's out for me," said Johnson, who turned 17 last month. "I'm the one who technically should win the tournament, but anything can happen."

Playing next to Johnson for a brief time was the girls 2025 finalist Carrie-Ann Hoo, who was not coming from Southern California, like Johnson, but from Tokyo, where she made the final of a J200 and the third round at the J500 in Osaka. Hoo, who also was playing on the court where she lost in the final to Melije Clarke, said she only began to shake the jet leg today, but had enjoyed her trip to Japan so much last year that she wanted to return again this year despite the lack of time between that tournament and this one.

After her 6-2, 6-3 win over qualifier Vibha Gogineni, Hoo will face No. 15 seed Reiley Rhodes, who beat Teaghan Jou An Keys 6-3, 6-3.

Top seed Avery Alexander of Canada had to fight off a valiant effort from 15-year-old Kathryn Cragg, but she was able to get off the court in just under two hours, avoiding the worst of the day's heat, with a 6-4, 7-5 victory.

Alexander is making her debut at the Pan Am games, with the 16-year-old's ranking a year ago in the 350 range.

"I don't think I was getting in last year," said Alexander, currently 57 in the WT junior rankings. "It's been a good year so far, I've had a really fun summer, good tournaments, good experience. I'm really excited to play here, I love these courts, and I'm playing solid."

Alexander hadn't faced Cragg before, but she had friends who had, and knew Cragg was dangerous.

"I knew a little bit about her and I knew it was going to be a very tough match," Alexander said. "She's obviously a very good player and younger too, and it's always tough to play someone younger than you. I knew she has a really good serve and it was really who could break serve first. In the second set, at 5-all I got the only break. I hit two aces in the last game, and that helps a lot to close out a match."

Alexander will play an even younger opponent in Wednesday's third round, after 14-year-old Isha Manchala defeated No. 13 seed Camille Allegre 6-4, 6-3.

In addition to Allegre, four other seeds lost in their first matches today. Sena Yoon took out No. 3 seed Adla Lopez 61, 6-4; Kalista Papadopoulos defeated No. 7 seed Olivia De Los Reyes 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Daniella Sales beat No. 14 seed Andrea Cabio of Canada 6-3, 6-1 and Adelina Iftime outlasted No. 16 seed Anya Arora 6-2, 0-6, 6-2.

The girls doubles second round was underway when the last singles match between Azam and Binu finished, and there was a delay, but all the doubles matches were completed by Tuesday evening.

Girls top seeds Alexander and Cabio lost to Manchala and Sales 6-3, 6-2 and boys No. 2 seeds Azam and Teodor Davidov were beaten by Mamede and Vincent Weaver 7-5, 7-6(5). 

Top boys seeds Johnson and Tanishk Konduri advanced, as did No. 2 girls seeds Hoo and Isabelle DeLuccia, who also competed in the Osaka J500 last week, reaching the doubles quarterfinals with Hoo.

Play begins at 9 a.m. Wednesday with all eight boys third round matches, with the girls third round matches to follow. There is a chance of rain in the forecast again on Wednesday.

A rematch of the USTA Girls 18s Nationals semifinals took place today in the first round of the USTA Pro Circuit W100 in Templeton California, with Julieta Pareja getting her revenge over Thea Frodin, who received a wild card into the tournament. Frodin had beaten Pareja 7-6(2), 7-6(4) in San Diego and today's match was also close, but this time Pareja prevailed 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.

Temperatures Soar for Pan Am Closed J300 First Round; Drenser-Hagmann Sweeps at J200 in Uruguay; Stratton and Bosso Claim Singles at J100 in Canada

©Colette Lewis 2026--

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The Giammalva Racquet Club has plentiful shade and an air-conditioned clubhouse with Tennis Channel playing on mjltiple monitors, which was certainly a relief on Monday, when temperatures reached the low 90s for the first round of the World Tennis J300 Pan American Regional Closed.

With 48-player draws, no seeds play until Tuesday, but there were plenty of competitive matches, as well as the first round of doubles.

Those players who qualified with wins on Sunday were back on court today, and of 12 qualifiers, two boys and two girls earned their places in the second round. All played fellow qualifiers in the first round, with Piotr Gradzki, Antanas Daugis, Molly Widlansky and Vibha Gogineni set to play seeds in their second round matches Tuesday.

Three of the 12 wild cards also are through to the second round: Elijah Mireles, Achyuth Binu and 14-year-old Nadia Poznick.

The seeds (USA unless noted):

Boys:
1. Andy Johnson
2. Tanishk Konduri
3. Safir Azam
4. Joshua Adamson, Canada
5. Daniel Malacek
6. Mason Vaughan
7. Erik Schinnerer
8. Jerrid Gaines Jr
9. Kamil Stolarczyk
10. Teodor Davidov
11. Kayden Colombo
12. Felipe Mamede, Brazil
13. Mauricio Schtulmann Gasca, Mexico
14. Caden Colburne, Canada
15. Antoine Clavel, Canada
16. Sebastian Inaki Godoy

Girls:

1. Avery Alexander, Canada

2. Carrie-Anne Hoo

3. Adla Lopez

4. Emery Combs

5. Armira Kockinis

6. Ireland O'Brien

7. Olivia De Los Reyes

8. Isabelle DeLuccia

9. Thara Gowda

10. Londyn McCord

11. Ellery Mendell

12. Brooke Wallman

13. Camille Allegre

14. Andrea Cabio, Canada

15. Reiley Rhodes

16. Anya Arora

Play begins on Tuesday at 8 a.m. with girls top seeds Avery Alexander facing Kathryn Cragg.

Two of the Americans in action today at the Pan American J300 won J100 titles in Quebec City. Tristan Stratton, the top seed in Canada, defeated Loic Massotte, the No. 2 seed, 6-2, 6-4 in Saturday's final. Today Stratton beat qualifier Joshua Dolinsky 6-1, 6-1 and will play another Joshua Tuesday--No. 4 seed Joshua Adamson of Canada. Fourteen-year-old Isabella Bosso, the No. 2 seed in Canada, defeating top seed Eve Thibault 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 for her second WT junior circuit singles title. Today Bosso lost to Elicia Lin of Canada 6-4, 7-6(5).

Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann has opted for the clay of South America instead of this hard court Texas swing, with the 17-year-old from Michigan capturing both the singles and doubles titles at the J200 in Uruguay. The top seed in singles, Drenser-Hagmann didn't drop a set all week, beating No. 4 seed Maria Eduarda Carbone dos Santos of Brazil 6-3, 6-2 in the final. Seeded No. 2 in doubles, Drenser-Hagmann and Alexandra Korneeva of Armenia defeated top seeds Carbone dos Santos and Nathalia Pontes Tourinho of Brazil 6-1, 6-3 in the final.

Sixteen-year-old David Beckles won his second straight J60 in Ghana last week, defeating Antoine Baudot of France 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. 

At the J30 in Nicaragua, 17-year-old Daven Aga won his first two titles on the WT junior circuit. Aga, unseeded, defeated Ricardo Dorantes Ramos of Mexico 6-1, 6-2 in the singles final. In the doubles final, he and Tyler Stout won when No. 4 seeds Francisco Correa Iguiniz of Argentina and Aziel Elie of Peru retired.

Sofia Mills reached the singles final, and won the doubles title in Managua with Clarice Ouvarova of Great Britain. The top seeds defeated the unseeded team of Seemontini Pal of Canada and Emelie Barbara Valdes 6-1, 6-0 in the final.

Hazelitt Sweeps Titles at J500 Osaka; TCU's Pascual, Ohio State's Perry Claim ITA All-American Titles; Bonding Wins M15 Columbia SC; Basavareddy Takes San Diego Challenger Title; PanAm J300 Seeds; Kalamazoo Photo Gallery

Jordyn Hazelitt became the first American girl to capture the World Tennis J500 Osaka Mayor's Cup singles title, breaking a drought that extended back to the tournament's start in 1987. 

The 16-year-old from Nevada, seeded No. 2, defeated unseeded Miyu Nishiwaki of Japan 6-3, 6-2 in Sunday's final to add a J500 title to the J300 title she won in March in San Diego. 

In the girls doubles final, Hazelitt and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi, the top seeds, defeated the unseeded Japanese pair of Rei Sato and Nagisa Shiomi 6-2, 6-2.

With the two titles, Hazelitt will move to No. 11 in the WT junior rankings; her previous career-high was 18. She will now be behind only Janae Preston, who is the top-ranked American girl at No. 6.

The boys title went to Japan's Koki Nara, with the No. 8 seed beating No. 6 seed Ntungamili Raguin of Botswana 6-4, 6-1 in the final. The 16-year-old Nara's previous biggest title was at the J200 level.

The No. 2 seeded team of Hyu Kawanishi and Kanta Watanabe beat unseeded Sota Kagawa and Shintaro Ogaki 6-2, 7-5 in the all-Japan boys doubles final.

The finals of both the men's and the women's ITA All-American Championships didn't contain much drama, with three straight-sets victories and a retirement.

No. 2 seed Luciana Perry of Ohio State became just the second Buckeye woman to win the singles title, with Francesca Di Lorenzo, now the women's assistant coach at UCF, the first Ohio State All-American champion in 2016.

Perry defeated Duke freshman Mimi Xu, a wild card, 6-2, 6-1, in the women's final at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary North Carolina.

In the women's doubles final, North Carolina's Maddy Zampardo won her second All-American doubles title, with a different team and different partner from her title two years ago. Zampardo and Susanna Maltby, the No. 6 seeds, defeated No. 3 seeds Perry and her partner Flora Johnson 6-0, 6-1 in today's final. Zampardo and Gabby Broadfoot won the title in 2024 when Zampardo played for NC State.

The NCAA qualifiers decided today were singles consolation finalists Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev of Ohio State and Mia Slama[5] of NC State, and doubles consolation champions Katie Rolls and Martina Genis Salas of Virginia.

While the No. 2 seed held off the unseeded player in the women's final, the opposite occurred in the men's final in Tulsa Oklahoma, with Roger Pascual of TCU defeating Keegan Rice of Virginia 6-3, 6-1. Pascual is the first Horned Frog to win the ITA All-American singles title. 

The all-Ohio State battle in the men's doubles final ended after one set, with top seeds Nikita Filin and Brandon Carpico winning it 6-2 before teammates Aidan Kim and Bryce Nakashima retired. 

The men's NCAA qualifiers are consolation finalists Aidan Kim of Ohio State and Connor Van Schalkwyk of Baylor, along with doubles consolation champions Matisse Farzam and Tiago Pires of Clemson.

Chris Halioris of College Tennis Ranks has posted a google doc tracking all the qualifiers for this November's NCAA individual championships in Athens, with the first 10 entries decided this week. The men's document is here; the women's document is here.

Pascual wasn't the only Horned Frog to claim a title today, with sophomore Oliver Bonding winning his third M15 title in Columbia South Carolina. The 19-year-old from Great Britain defeated University of South Carolina senior Sean Daryabeigi, a wild card, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the final.

Dakotah Bobo(LSU, Southern Miss) and Nathan Cox(Vanderbilt) won the doubles title, with the No. 4 seeds beating Florida State's Seydina Andre of Senegal and Luis Felipe Miguel, the older brother of Guto Miguel, seeded No. 3, 6-3, 6-1.

Nishesh Basavareddy(Stanford) won his fourth ATP Challenger title today at the San Diego 75 at Barnes Tennis Center. The 21-year-old from Indiana, who won a Challenger in April but was out for three months this summer with an injury, defeated unseeded Igor Marcondes of Brazil 7-5, 6-4 in the final. Basavareddy, the top seed, defeated ITA preseason No. 1 Dylan Dietrich of Virginia 6-7(10), 6-4, 5-1 retired in the semifinals last night. 

Local favorites Christopher Papa(San Diego Christian, Pepperdine) and Stian Klaassen(San Diego) of the Netherlands won the doubles title, with the unseeded pair defeating wild cards Vignesh Gogineni(Yale) and Noah Zamora(UC-Irvine) 7-6(6), 5-7, 10-3 in the final.

Sixteen-year-old qualifier Janae Preston fell in the final of the W50 in Berkeley California today, with top seed Kayla Day completing her impressive straight-sets run to the title with a 7-5, 6-4 victory. 

Sofia Cabezas(Iowa State, Tennessee) and Katherine Hui(Stanford) won the doubles title, beating Oklahoma teammates Reina Goto of Japan and Evialina Laskevich of  Ruissa 3-6, 6-4, 10-7 in today's final.

The draws are up for the J300 Pan American Closed in Spring Texas, with the first round set for Monday. The qualifiers are listed below, the seeds listed won't play until Tuesday in the 48-player draws. Countries given only when not USA.

Girls qualifiers:
Molly Widlansky
Vibha Gogineni
Ava Quincy Brewer
Charlotte Ballarin
Emily Golovanov
Sadira Ouyang

Boys qualifiers:
Antanas Daugis
Marko Mikic
Piotr Gradzki
Mateo Rizo-Patron
Justin Zhang
Joshua Dolinsky

Boys seeds:

1. Andy Johnson

2. Tanishk Konduri

3. Safir Azam

4. Joshua Adamson, Canada

5. Daniel Malacek

6. Mason Vaughan

7. Erik Schinnerer

8. Jerrid Gaines Jr

9. Kamil Stolarczyk

10. Teodor Davidov

11. Kayden Colombo

12. Felipe Mamede, Brazil

13. Mauricio Schtulmann Gasca, Mexico

14. Caden Colburne, Canada

15. Antoine Clavel, Canada

16. Sebastian Inaki Godoy

Girls seeds:

1. Avery Alexander, Canada

2. Carrie-Anne Hoo

3. Adla Lopez

4. Emery Combs

5. Armira Kockinis

6. Ireland O'Brien

7. Olivia De Los Reyes

8. Isabelle DeLuccia

9. Thara Gowda

10. Londyn McCord

11. Ellery Mendell

12. Brooke Wallman

13. Camille Allegre

14. Andrea Cabio, Canada

15. Reiley Rhodes

16. Anya Arora

The USTA Boys Nationals gallery is up now at the Tennis Recruiting Network, featuring all the boys in both divisions in the round of 16 and in the quarterfinal qualifying round of the consolation draws.

The US Open Juniors gallery should be up soon as well.

Xu vs Perry, Rice vs Pascual for ITA All-American Titles; Hazelitt Reaches Osaka J500 Final; Preston Advances to Final at Berkeley W50; Brantmeier Plays for WTA 125 Title Sunday; Davletshina Claims Corpus Christi J200 Title

The finals are set for the ITA All-American Championships, with the No. 2 seeds in both the men's and women's draws facing surprising opponents for the title.

No. 2 seed Luciana Perry of Ohio State, a semifinalist last year, will face wild card Mimi Xu of Duke for the title at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Cary Tennis Park. Perry, a senior, defeated No. 16 seed Rose Marie Nijkamp of Texas 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to earn her spot in the final, while Xu, a freshman, prevented an all-Buckeye final with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Ohio State junior. Nao Nishino.

Perry will also compete in the doubles final, with Flora Johnson, after the No. 3 seeds defeated Oklahoma's Salakthip Ounmang and Zoie Epps 6-4, 4-6, 10-5. Their opponents are North Carolina's Maddy Zampardo and Susanna Maltby, whose partnership goes back to the juniors, with the No. 6 seed defeating Nijkamp and Carmen Herea of Texas 6-1, 6-2.

No. 2 seed Keegan Rice of Virginia continued his impressive march through the draw, defeating Wake Forest qualifier Dominick Mosejczuk 6-3, 6-4, to advance to the final. Rice will face TCU junior Roger Pascual, who defeated Nicolas Arseneault of Kentucky 6-4, 7-5. Pascual, who played at No. 6 for the Horned Frogs last year, had an outstanding summer on the Pro Circuit and has carried that form into the fall season. 

Top seeds Brandon Carpico and Nikita Filin of Ohio State have also picked up where they left off earlier this month. As the first NCAA wild cards to reach the third round of the US Open, Carpico and Filin were heavy favorites for this title, and they have reached the final with a 7-6(2), 6-0 win over the unseeded Ole Miss team of Mortiz Kudernatsch and Pietro Pampanin. It will be an all-Ohio State final in doubles with Bryce Nakashima and Aidan Kim defeating Noa Vukadin and Viktor Markov of Clemson 3-6, 6-3, 13-11 in a late match that was moved indoors due to rain.

Jordyn Hazelitt has advanced to the singles and doubles final at the World Tennis J500 in Osaka Japan. The No. 2 seed, Hazelitt defeated No. 3 seed Renee Alame of Australia 6-3, 6-1 and will face unseeded Miyu Nishiwaki of Japan for the title. Nishiwaki defeated top seed Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi of India 7-5, 6-4 in the semifinals.

Hazelitt and Rajeshwaran Revathi, the top seeds, have advanced to the doubles final, where they will play the unseeded Japanese team of Rei Sato and Nagisa Shiomi. Sato and Shiomi defeated No. 6 seeds Scarlett Fagan and Maggie Sohns 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals.

The boys singles final in Osaka will feature No. 6 seed Ntungamili Raguin of Botswana and No. 8 seed Koki Nara of Japan.

The boys doubles final will be an all-Japanese contest, with No. 2 seeds Hyu Kawanishi and Kanta Watanabe facing unseeded Sota Kagawa and Shintaro Ogaki.

Kawanishi and Watanabe defeated No. 3 seeds Naveet Raghuram and Raguin 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals.

Hazelitt isn't the only Henderson Nevada resident having a good week, with fellow 16-year-old Janae Preston advancing to the final of the W50 in Berkeley California as a qualifier.

Preston defeated ITA preseason No. 1 Lucciana Perez, a senior at Texas A&M, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Preston will face top seed Kayla Day in an all-American final, with Day beating LSU junior Ella McDonald of Great Britain 7-6(7), 6-3. 

At the M15 in Columbia South Carolina, Gamecock senior Sean Daryabeigi will face TCU sophomore Oliver Bonding, giving the Horned Frogs two players in finals Sunday. Daryabeigi, a wild card, advanced to the final when Will Jansen(UNC, Ohio State, Georgia) retired after losing the first set 7-6(4). Bonding defeated South Carolina junior wild card Gabe Avram 7-5, 6-1 and will play for his third M15 title, while Daryabeigi aims for his first.

2025 NCAA champion Reese Brantmeier(North Carolina) has reached the final of the WTA 125 in Portugal as a qualifier. The 21-year-old from Wisconsin, who has not dropped a set this week, will face top seed Maria Timofeeva of Uzebekistan in the final. Brantmeier picked up her first WTA Top 100 win today, beating No. 95 and No. 2 seed Sinja Kraus of Austria 6-3, 6-0. Regardless of the outcome of Sunday's final, Brantmeier will move into the WTA Top 300 for the first time.

At the J200 in Corpus Christi, 13-year-old Nikol Davletshina won her second title in two weeks, after winning the J100 in San Antonio last week. The Florida resident defeated No. 8 seed Ellery Mendell 6-4, 6-3 in today's final to run her winning streak in WT Junior Circuit tournaments to 17 matches. She will approach the Top 200 in the junior rankings with this title.

The boys title went to Turkey's Samim Filiz, with the No. 4 seed defeating top seed Joshua Adamson of Canada 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. 

No. 3 seeds Adamson and Caden Colburne won the boys doubles title, beating Antoine Clavel and Andy Tchinda Kepche 6-0, 6-2 in the all-Canadian final.

No. 6 seeds Ciara Harding and Reiley Rhodes won the girls doubles title, defeating the unseeded team of London Evans and Puerto Rico's Aurora Lugo Torres 7-6(2), 6-2 in the final.