Razeghi and Horovitz Reach Third Round at Australian Open Juniors; Filin and Rolls Top Seeds at Costa Rica ITF J300 Coffee Bowl; Six Americans Advance at Les Petits As

This is the week I'm focusing on three vastly different time zones, with Les Petits As six hours ahead of EST, the Coffee Bowl in Costa Rica one hour behind EST and the Australian Open 16 hours and a day ahead of EST.

Monday's second round matches at the Australian Open Junior Championships featured four Americans, with the two seeded players advancing to the third round Wednesday. No. 6 seed Alex Razeghi(Stanford signee) defeated qualifier Yeonsu Jeong of Korea 6-3, 6-1 to make the last 16 of a junior slam for the first time, while No. 10 seed Roy Horovitz(Virginia signee) saved a match point in his 1-6, 7-6(8), 6-2 win over Eddie Herr finalist Theo Papamalamis of France.

Five Americans attempt to join Razeghi and Horovitz in the third round with wins Tuesday.

Monday's second round Australian Open Junior results of Americans:
Vlada Mincheva[15](RUS) d. Kate Fakih 6-1, 7-6(3)
Hayden Jones[16](AUS) d. Jagger Leach 6-4, 6-0
Alex Razeghi[6] d. Yeonsu Jeong[Q](KOR) 6-3, 6-1
Roy Horovitz[10] d. Theo Papamalamis(FRA) 1-6, 7-6(8), 6-2

Tuesday's second round Australian Open junior matches featuring Americans:

Kaylan Bigun[5] v Thijs Boogaard(NED)

Cooper Woestendick v Max Schoenhaus(GER)

Mia Slama v Hephzibah Oluwadare[Q](GBR)

Tyra Grant[9] v Julie Pastikova(CZE)

Aspen Schuman[Q] v Gaeul Jang(KOR)

While Kaylan Bigun (UCLA signee) takes on one of the top players from the 2008 birth year, his twin brother Meecah(Princeton commit) is in Costa Rica, where he qualified for the ITF J300 Coffee Bowl this past weekend and defeated No. 4 seed Cesar Cruz of El Salvador 6-4, 6-0 in today's first round action. Maximus Dussault took out No. 5 seed Connor Church of Canada 6-1, 6-3 to add to the win tally for American boys, who fill exactly one half of the 32-player draw. The best matches in Costa Rica are often scheduled late into the evening to accommodate the tournament's many fans; top seed Nikita Filin is unlikely to take the court before 10 p.m. EST tonight. The girls draw has "only" 12 US girls, the top three seeds are Americans.  Two-thirds of the first round singles matches were played today, the rest will play on Tuesday.  For a look at the strength of the field, which has many more European players than normal, see this article from the tournament website, which is arguably the most informative of any junior event in the world. 

Costa Rica Coffee Bowl Seeds:

Boys

1. Nikita Filin(USA)

2. Miguel Tobon(COL)

3. Rafael Segado Esteve(ESP)

4. Cesar Cruz(GUA)

5. Connor Church(CAN)

6. Bernado Munk Mesa[(ESP)

7. Goncalo Marques(POR)

8. Stiles Brockett(USA)

Girls

1. Kaitlyn Rolls(USA)

2. Claire An(USA)

3. Monika Ekstrand(USA)

4. Margot Phanthala(FRA)

5. Jeline Vandromme(BEL)

6. Dune Vaissaud(FRA)

7. Shannon Lam(USA)

8. Ema Mravcova(SVK)

In Tarbes France, four of the five US boys in action Monday at Les Petits As won their first round matches, as expected, as all four are seeded. Eddie Herr champion and No. 2 seed Michael Antonius defeated Thomas Grevoul of France 6-0, 6-0, with Jordan Lee[3], Zizou Ahmad[8] and Teodor Davidov[12] also posting wins. Jason Eigbedion, qualifier Tomas Laukys and Tabb Tuck[16] are on Tuesday's schedule.

In girls first round play, No. 8 seed Welles Newman, the Junior Orange Bowl 14s finalist, lost to Grace Bernstein of Sweden 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(7) in the first round today, but No. 12 seed Maggie Sohns advanced, as did wild card Lani Chang. Janae Preston plays her first round match Tuesday.

Top seed Jana Kovackova of the Czech Republic has picked up right where she left off after her Junior Orange Bowl 14s title last month, beating Junior Orange Bowl 12s champions Daniel Baranes of Israel 6-0, 6-1 in the first round. 

Draws can be found at the Tennis Europe tournament page. Live scoring and live streaming links are available from the tournament's website.