Americans Sweep Titles at ITF J60 in Jamaica; Three Americans Qualify at Lexington Challenger; UTR Pro Tennis Tour Update

Last week was a quiet one on the ITF Junior Circuit for Americans, with just six titles, four of them coming at the J60 in Jamaica.

Seventeen-year-old Brennon Chow, who won the singles and doubles titles at the J30 two weeks ago in Jamaica, extended his singles winning streak to nine matches, with the No. 6 seed beating No. 7 seed Ian Miller 6-1, 7-5 in an all-USA final. Chow is playing Kalamazoo this weekend, and is unseeded.

Top seeds Nicolas Iantosca and German partner Victor Kimpel won the doubles title, beating No. 3 seeds Miller and Sklar Phillips 6-4, 6-2 in the final. It's the third ITF Junior Circuit doubles title for the 16-year-old Iantosca. 

Unseeded 16-year-old Aspen Chung, who began playing ITF tournaments in February, won her first title on the Junior Circuit, beating top seed Francesca Saroli of Switzerland 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 in the final.

Daniela Chica and Alba Martinez won the girls doubles title, with the No. 2 seeds beating top seeds Saroli and Sanjana Devineni of the United States 6-2, 7-6(0) in the final. It's the second title as a team for the 16-year-olds.

The third singles title for an American this week came at the J30 in Lithuania, with 15-year-old Alessandra Sikharulidze claiming her second title on the ITF Junior Circuit this summer. Seeded No. 4, Sikharulidze defeated No. 3 seed Madara Markevica of Latvia 6-4, 7-5 in the final. 

At the J200 in South Africa, Maya Iyengar took the girls doubles title with Gloriana Nahum of Benin. The No. 3 seeds defeated No. 4 seeds Marelie Raath of Great Britain and Dune Vaissaud of France 6-4, 6-4 in the final. It's the fifth ITF Junior Circuit doubles title for the 16-year-old Iyengar, all with different partners.

Norway's Emily Sartz-Lunde, who has verbally committed to Michigan, won the singles title.

Fourteen-year-old Carel Ngounoue, brother of Wimbledon girls champion Clervie, reached the semifinals in singles, where he lost to top seed Yuvan Nandal of India 6-4, 6-2. Iyengar, Ngounoue and several other Americans are playing the J300 this week in South Africa.

Qualifying was completed today at the ATP 75 Challenger in Lexington Kentucky, with Tristan Boyer(Stanford), Stefan Dostanic(USC) and Aidan Mayo reaching the main draw. Boyer defeated Michael Zheng(Columbia) 6-3, 6-2, Dostanic beat No. 3 seed Blake Ellis of Australia 6-4, 6-4 and Mayo defeated Colin Markes 6-2, 7-5. Six first round matches were also on the schedule today, with ITA Player of the Year Eliot Spizzirri(Texas) playing Christian Harrison later this evening.

With a lot of junior tennis coming up in the next two months, I think now is a good time to post the latest UTR Pro Tennis Tour results, which featured four tournaments this past week, but none this week. There are lots of familiar college names among the finalists. For more on future events, see the PTT calendar.

WOMEN:

June 12 Atlanta GA

Angela Huang d. Reese Miller 6-4, 6-3

June 25 Boca Raton FL

Victoria Hu d. Katja Wiersholm 6-3, 6-2

July 9 Boca Raton FL

Akasha Urhobo d. Alina Shcherbinina 6-3, 6-2

July 17 Newport Beach CA

Savannah Broadus d. Malkia Ngounoue 6-0, 6-1

July 23 Ann Arbor MI

Julia Fliegner d. Maddy Zampardo 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

July 24 San Diego CA

Julia Garcia Ruiz d. Daria Smetannikov 6-3, 6-2

MEN:

June 12 Atlanta GA

Andre Ilagan d. Holden Koons 7-5, 6-0

June 19 Boca Raton FL

Henrik Wiersholm d. Dimitri Badra 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3

July 2 Boca Raton FL

Matija Pecotic d. Matthis Ross 6-2, 6-1

July 10 Boston MA

Vignesh Gogineni d. Mitchell Lee 7-6(4), 7-5

July 17 Los Angeles CA

Alexander Kotzen d. Constantinos Djakouris 6-3, 7-5

July 24 Ann Arbor MI

Sebastian Sec d. Jacob Bickersteth 5-7, 6-1, 6-2

July 24 San Diego CA

Ryan Seggerman d. Isaiah Strode 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2