Michelsen, Kingsley Fall Short in Finals; Day Takes $100K Title in Granby; Unseeded Winners at European Championships in Klosters and Most

Alex Michelsen's unlikely run to the finals of the ATP 250 Infosys Hall of Fame Open ended in a 6-2, 6-4 loss today to No. 2 seed Adrian Mannarino of France, a 35-year-old who was playing in Newport for the tenth time, while the 18-year-old Southern Californian was playing in his second ATP event.

Next for Michelsen, who is now up to 139 in the ATP rankings, is the main draw of the Atlanta Open, where he'll have at least a day off, as he is not on Monday's schedule. The qualifying concluded today, with Michael Mmoh losing to Lloyd Harris of South Africa 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-6(2). Former Michigan star Jason Jung of Taiwan qualified; he will play former Ohio State All-American JJ Wolf, seeded No. 8, in first round action Monday. NCAA champion Ethan Quinn(Georgia), who received a last-minute main draw wild card, will play former Fighting Illini standout Aleks Vukic of Australia in another all-former collegiate battle. Eighteen-year-old Jerry Shang of China qualified into his first ATP 250 main draw today, defeating 20-year-old Arthur Cazaux of France 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-1. He will face No. 6 seed Ben Shelton(Florida) in the first round.

Georgia Tech assistant coach Kevin King and rising senior Andres Martin received a main draw doubles wild card and will face Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myeni(Alabama) of India Monday evening.

No. 4 seeds Nathaniel Lammons(SMU) and Jackson Withrow(Texas A&M) will be looking for their second straight title in Atlanta, after capturing the Newport title today. The top seeds defeated unseeded Will Blumberg(UNC) and Australian Max Purcell  6-3, 5-7, 10-5 to end Blumberg's quest for a third consecutive Newport doubles title.

Cannon Kingsley(Ohio State) lost for the third time in a USTA Pro Circuit final and the sixth time to Aidan Mchugh of Great Britain today at the $25,000 tournament in Champaign Illinois. Mchugh, the No. 2 seed, defeated No. 5 seed Kingsley 6-4, 6-3.

At the men's $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Rochester New York, No. 2 seed Darian King of Barbados defeated top seed Ignacio Monzon of Argentina 6-0, 7-6(2) in the final. It's the 31-year-old King's first singles title at any level since 2016; in 2017 he reached an ATP career-high ranking of 106.

No. 3 seed Karman Thandi of India won the women's $60,000 USTA Pro Circuit in Evansville Indiana, beating No. 4 seed Yuliia Starodubtseva(Old Dominion) of Ukraine 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in a two-hour and 44-minute final. 

Twenty-three-year-old Kayla Day won her second ITF World Tennis Tour $100,000 event this year today in Granby Canada, with the No. 3 seed defeating No. 5 seed Kathine Sebov of Canada 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 in three hours flat. Day, the 2016 USTA National 18s and US Open girls champion, won her first $100K title in Bonita Springs in May and is now into the WTA Top 100 for the first time after dropping outside the Top 500 less than two years ago. 

Unfortunately for Day, this title came a week after the cutoff for the US Open main draw, when she was ranked 125. I hope the USTA will give her a wild card if she doesn't win its Wild Card Challenge, which began last week for the women and extends through August 13th.

The European Junior Championships wrapped up today in Klosters Switzerland, where the ITF J300 is played, and in Most Czech Republic, the site of the 14s divisions.

Two unseeded players captured the singles titles in Klosters, with Patrick Schoen of Switzerland defeating unseeded Tiago Pires of France 6-2, 6-3 and Ariana Geerlings of Spain defeating top seed Nina Vargova of Slovakia 6-1, 6-2. Schoen, who also captured the boys doubles title with Adrien Berrut, is the first Swiss boy to capture the European boys singles title. The 18-year-old Schoen committed to the University of Michigan this spring, but that was before Adam Steinberg departed for Florida. Michigan has yet to announce Steinberg's replacement. Top seeds Mara Gae and Cara Maria Mester of Romania won the girls doubles title.

The 14s champions were also unseeded, but I doubt too many in Most were surprised when Svit Suljic and Luna Vujovic emerged with the titles. 

Suljic, the runner-up last Sunday at the Wimbledon 14U event, defeated No. 6 seed Daniel Jade of France 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to become the first Slovenian boy to win a title at the European Championships.

Vujovic, last week's Wimbledon 14U girls champion, defeated No. 12 seed Dusica Popovski 6-3, 6-3 in an all-Serbian final. 

For all results and photos from both European Championships, see the Tennis Europe tournament page.