Ten Americans Advance to Australian Open's Final Round of Qualifying; ITF Grade 1 Traralgon Begins; Stanford Women, Wake Forest Men Top 2019 D-I Team Rankings; Pitt Cuts Women's Tennis

Friday's final round of qualifying at the Australian Open will feature six US women and four US men after the second round was completed Thursday, with Americans going 10-6. Only one American was seeded to get through qualifying, Jennifer Brady, so to have this many in the final round is a good showing. American results from Thursday's second round are below:

Christopher Eubanks d. Felix Auger-Aliassime[2](CAN) 7-6(4), 6-3
Christina McHale d. Sofya Zhuk[12](RUS) 6-3, 6-3
Danielle Lao d. Caroline Dolehide[19] 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
Varvara Lepchenko[23] d. Tereza Mrdeza(CRO) 6-1, 6-3
Jennifer Brady[16] d. Conny Perrin(SUI) 6-1, 6-1
Victorija Golubic[3](SUI) d. Kristie Ahn 6-4, 6-4
Nicole Gibbs[18] d. Paula Ormaechea(ARG) 7-5, 6-2
Paolo Lorenzi[4](ITA) d. Tommy Paul 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3
Jamie Loeb def. Anhelinka Kalinina[5](UKR) 6-3, 6-4
Kamil Majchrzak(POL) d. Noah Rubin[28] 7-5, 6-1
Tim Smyczek d. Pedja Krstin(SRB) 6-3, 6-2
Ivana Jorovic[10] d. Asia Muhammad 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Bjorn Fratangelo[24] d. Stefan Napolitano(ITA) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-4)
Lin Zhu[11](CHN) d. Allie Kiick 6-1, 7-5
Mitchell Krueger d. Adrian Menendez Maceiras[20](ESP) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5

The singles main draws were revealed Thursday, with 13 US men and 14 US women receiving direct entry.  Jack Sock and Whitney Osuigwe earned the USTA's reciprocal wild cards in last fall's Wild Card Challenge.

Men:

Ryan Harrison

Jack Sock[WC]

Bradley Klahn

Sam Querrey

Mackenzie McDonald

Michael Mmoh

Tennys Sandgren

Taylor Fritz

Frances Tiafoe

Steve Johnson[31]

Reilly Opelka

John Isner[9]

Denis Kudla

Women:

Sonya Kenin

Venus Williams

Serena Williams[16]

Madison Brengle

Whitney Osuigwe[WC]

Madison Keys[17]

Amanda Anisimova

Sloane Stephens[5]

Taylor Townsend

Alison Riske

Danielle Collins

Sachia Vickery

Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Bernarda Pera

The Traralgon ITF Grade 1 warm-up tournament to the Australian Open Junior Championships begins Friday, with eight US boys and four US girls in the main draw.  Tyler Zink and Blaise Bicknell advanced through qualifying, with the other six US boys Tristan Boyer[12], Eliot Spizzirri[16], Zane Khan, Toby Kodat, Emilio Nava[13] and Cannon Kingsley[9]. The US girls in the draw are Chloe Beck, Kacie Harvey, Emma Navarro and Kylie Collins. 

The first ITA Division I Team rankings of the spring season was released yesterday with both 2018 NCAA champions, the Stanford women and the Wake Forest men, No. 1.  The first rankings are done via poll, with the computer taking over after the Team Indoor championships. The ITA release is here.

Women's Top 10:

1. Stanford [12] (first place votes received)

2. Vanderbilt

3. North Carolina

4. Duke

5. Georgia

6. Texas

7. Pepperdine

8. UCLA

9. Oklahoma State

10. Michigan

Men's Top 10:

1. Wake Forest [11]

2. Ohio State [1]

3. Mississippi State

4. Florida

5. USC

6. North Carolina

7. UCLA

8. Texas

9. Texas A&M

10. Stanford

Bad news in college tennis today, with Pitt announcing it is cutting its women's tennis team. The ACC school, which has not had a men's team since the 1990s, is adding women's lacrosse in 2021-22, which probably keeps the school in compliance with Title IX.