Korneeva and Saito Meet for Girls Title, Pacheco and Schwaerzler to Decide Boys Champion at ITF Junior Finals; Ena and Bowman Win Titles at ITF J60 in South Carolina; All-Oklahoma State Final at Tennessee $15K; Shelton Reaches First ATP Final

Alina Korneeva won the battle of junior slam champions Saturday at the ITF Junior Finals in Chengdu China, with the 16-year-old Russian defeating Wimbledon girls champion Clervie Ngounoue 6-2, 7-6(1). Korneeva, who won titles at the Australian Open and Roland Garros this year, will face Japan's Sara Saito, who defeated compatriot Sayaka Ishii 6-4, 6-4 in the other semifinal. 

Saito, 17, has struggled at the junior slams, with a quarterfinal at the US Open her best showing in the eight she's played, but she won a $25K earlier this month in her home country and is up to 362 in the WTA rankings. Korneeva is 165 after winning a $100K in Portugal shortly after her Wimbledon loss. Saito holds a 1-0 head-to-head with Korneeva, having won their May 2022 meeting in the final of the ITF J200 in Italy 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

The boys final will feature two left-handers: former ITF junior No. 1 Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez of Mexico and Joel Schwaerzler of Austria. The 17-year-old Schwaerzler, who got into the Finals when Darwin Blanch withdrew, defeated Iliyan Radulov of Bulgaria 6-3, 7-6(4) in Saturday's semifinal. Pacheco, who is undefeated this week, beat Branko Djuric of Serbia 7-5, 7-6(3). The 18-year-old Pacheco defeated Schwaerzler, who won the J500 in Osaka last week, in the semifinals of May's J500 in Milan 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, their only previous meeting.

Live streaming (and replays) are available at the ITF YouTube channel, beginning with the girls final at 11 p.m. Eastern time tonight.

Live scoring is available here.

The ITF J60 in Lexington South Carolina concluded today, with 17-year-old Andrew Ena and 16-year-old Addison Bowman claiming their first ITF Junior Circuit singles titles. The eighth-seeded Ena, a junior who has recently committed to Columbia, defeated wild card Jack Satterfield 6-3, 6-4 in the final. Bowman, also the No. 8 seed, beat 15-year-old Ava Rodriguez, the No. 13 seed, 2-6, 7-6(8), 6-0. Bowman, a junior, has recently announced her commitment to Auburn.

Two unseeded teams won the doubles titles in Lexington, defeating unseeded opponents in the final. 

Seventeen-year-olds Davis Matney and Logan Tomovski defeated 14-year-olds Jerrid Gaines and Marcel Latak 6-2, 6-4 in the boys final.

Aoife Kuo and Danielle Young won the girls title, beating Andrea Chacon and Addison Acono 7-5, 6-3 in the final.

The final of the women's $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Jackson Tennessee will feature two teammates at Oklahoma State.

Graduate student Ayumi Miyamoto of Japan defeated No. 7 seed Panna Bartha of Hungary, a freshman at Florida Atlantic, 6-3, 6-2 to reach her first Pro Circuit final. She'll play top seed Lucia Peyre, an 18-year-old from Argentina, who is in her sophomore year in Stillwater. Peyre defeated No. 3 seed Carolyn Ansari, a fifth-year at Auburn, 6-3, 6-0 in the other semifinal.

The doubles title went to top seeds Connie Hsu(Penn) of Taiwan and Anita Sahdiieva(Baylor/LSU) of Ukraine. They defeated No. 3 seeds and current Auburn teammates Angella Okutoyi of Kenya and Adeline Flach 7-5, 6-3 in today's final.

Ben Shelton(Florida) came from a set and a double break down in the semifinals of the ATP 500 in Tokyo Saturday to defeat qualifier Marcos Giron(UCLA) 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-4 to reach his first final at the ATP level.  Shelton will play Aslan Karatsev of Russia, a 6-3, 6-3 winner over wild card Shintaro Mochizuki of Japan for the title. Shelton defeated Karatsev 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the third round of this year's US Open, their only previous meeting.