Parry, Rune Claim ITF Junior Finals Titles; Ngounoue, Brantmeier Win WTA Future Stars Competition; Loeb, Stewart Take Pro Circuit Titles

Diane Parry could be ending her junior career on an 11-match winning streak after the 17-year-old from France claimed the ITF Junior Finals title Sunday in Chengdu China. Parry defeated Wimbledon girls champion Daria Snigur of Ukraine by the surprisingly routine score of 6-3, 6-1, which kept her undefeated during both the round robin and knockout portions of the competition.  Parry, who won the Grade A in Osaka Japan prior to the Junior Finals, told the ITF ,"For me, I will now play professional tournaments only. There will be some fears to overcome but I will try to go far in the rankings."

The title, the second in a row for France after Clara Burel's win last year, solidifies Parry's place at the top of the ITF Junior Circuit rankings, but since she is not defending her Grade A points from Mexico last year, it's doubtful she has the year-end ranking wrapped up. Clara Tauson, Leylah Fernandez and Snigur are unlikely to return to junior competition, but with two Grade As and two Grade 1s still to be played this year, someone could pass Parry.

Sixteen-year-old Holger Rune of Denmark will move to No. 1 in the ITF Junior rankings after defeating Harold Mayot of France 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2 in the final. Rune, the French Open boys champion, barely made it out of the round robin phase of the tournament after losing to Jonas Forejtek of the Czech Republic, does not reveal any of his plans for this fall in the ITF Junior website's article on the boys final.

The final standings for all 16 participants in the competition are here.

The United States swept the titles at the WTA Future Stars competition in Shenzhen China, with Clervie Ngounoue winning the 14-and-under division and Reese Brantmeier capturing the 16-and-under title. Top seed Ngounoue, 13, defeated No. 2 seed Kayla Cross of Canada 6-2, 7-6(2) in the final. No. 1 seed Brantmeier, 15, took out No. 2 seed Annabelle Xu of Canada 6-3, 6-4 in the final. The WTA provided this article, which includes quotes from Ngounoue and Brantmeier. The article says Ngounoue gets a main draw wild card into Les Petits As, but she already had that by winning the USA Playoff, which is what got her a spot in the WTA Future Stars, so they may have that backwards.

Katerina Stewart won the biggest title of her career today, beating Shelby Rogers 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the $80,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Macon Georgia. The 22-year-old Floridian, an unseeded wild card, has played only eight Pro Circuit/World Tennis Tour events this year, but has made the finals of four and won two. She will take the lead in the USTA's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge.

Robin Anderson fell in the final of the $60,000 tournament in Saguenay Canada, with the former UCLA star, seeded No. 3, losing to unseeded Indy De Vroome of the Netherlands 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.  Canadian juniors Melodie Collard and Leylah Fernandez won the doubles title, with the wild cards beating top seeds Samantha Murray of Great Britain and Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands 7-6(3), 6-2 in the final.

Seventh seed Jamie Loeb won her first singles title since 2017 today at the $25,000 tournament in Dallas, beating top seed Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine 6-0, 6-7(3), 6-0 in the final. The 2015 NCAA champion, whose ranking has fallen into the 300s, needs a good fall to assure herself a spot in Australian Open qualifying.

Former South Florida All-American Roberto Cid of the Dominican Republic swept the titles at the $25,000 tournament in Fayetteville Arkansas, with the top seed beating unseeded University of Illinois senior Aleks Kovacevic 6-2, 6-2 in the singles final. He and Evan Song won the doubles title Saturday with a 7-6(3), 6-2 decision over Korey Lovett and Justin Butsch.

Jesper De Jong of the Netherlands won the men's $25,000 tournament in Fort Worth Texas, with the unseeded 19-year-old beating No. 3 seed Ryan Peniston(Memphis) of Great Britain 6-2, 6-0. De Jong now has three singles titles since August (and in his career), with the other two at the $15,000 level.  Yates and Hunter Johnson(SMU) won the doubles title, with the No. 2 seeds defeating the unseeded pair of Alfredo Perez(Florida) and Charlie Emhardt(Valparaiso) 6-2, 6-4 in the final.

And finally, the championship match at the $15,000 tournament in Austin Texas was a close as one might expect. Top seed Bianca Turati defeated twin sister Anna Turati, the No. 2 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in two hours and 37 minutes. The Italians, seniors at the University of Texas, won the doubles title yesterday.