All five American juniors playing in the second round Australian Open Junior Championships Tuesday earned victories, joining Alex Razeghi[6] and Roy Horovitz[10], who had won their matches on Monday, in Wednesday's third round. Three of the boys were expected by their seeds to advance, as was No. 9 Tyra Grant, with three others having excellent results on the hard courts in Melbourne: qualifier Aspen Schuman, NC State signee Mia Slama and reigning Kalamazoo 16s champion Cooper Woestendick. Woestendick avenged his November second round loss on Mexican clay to Max Schoenhaus of Germany in the closest of the five matches, breaking in the final game, with the assist of two double faults, for a 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-5 win.
Woestendick is also one of six US boys in the doubles quarterfinals Wednesday, with he and Max Exsted, last week's champions at Traralgon, beating No. 3 seeds Razeghi and partner Hayden Jones of Australia 6-3, 6-2. Woestendick and Exsted will face Horovitz and his partner, future Virginia teammate Keegan Rice of Canada, who beat Eddie Herr champions Daniil Sarksian and Timofey Derepasko of Russia 6-4, 7-5. The all-US pair of Kaylan Bigun and Jagger Leach will play Matthew Forbes and his partner Max Stenzer of Germany, who defeated No. 2 seeds Tomasz Berkieta of Poland and Maxim Mrva of the Czech Republic 6-0, 7-5 in the second round.
No. 3 seeds Iva Jovic and Grant, the two-time Orange Bowl doubles champions, are also through to the quarterfinals after beating Yelyzaveta Kotliar of Ukraine and Monika Stankiewicz of Poland 6-3, 6-4.
Tuesday's second round Australian Open junior results of Americans:
Kaylan Bigun[5] d. Thijs Boogaard(NED) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Cooper Woestendick d. Max Schoenhaus(GER) 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-5
Mia Slama d. Hephzibah Oluwadare[Q](GBR) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Tyra Grant[9] d. Julie Pastikova(CZE) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Aspen Schuman[Q] d. Gaeul Jang(KOR) 7-6(5), 6-1
Wednesday's third round Australian Open junior matches featuring Americans:
Kaylan Bigun[5] v Petr Brunclik[11](CZE)
Roy Horovitz[10] v Mees Rottgering(NED)
Alex Razeghi[6] v Jan Kumstat(CZE)
Cooper Woestendick v Atakan Karahan(TUR)
Mia Slama v Ksenia Efremova[WC](FRA)
Tyra Grant[9] v Emerson Jones[6](AUS)
Aspen Schuman[Q] v Iva Ivanova[16](BUL)
The last American standing in the men's and women's singles at the
Australian Open is the same as it was the US Open, with Coco Gauff surviving a three-hour battle with Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine 7-6(6), 6-7(3), 6-2 to advance to the semifinals. She'll face the woman she beat to take the US Open title, No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, who has yet to be tested in her first five matches. Taylor Fritz, the last US man in the draw, lost to top seed Novak Djokovic 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the men's quarterfinals last night.
Two more American boys advanced to the second round of the
Les Petits As in Tarbes France today, with Jason Eigbedion and No. 16 seed Tabb Tuck picking up victories. They join Michael Antonius[2], Jordan Lee[3], Zizou Ahmad[8] and Teodor Davidov[12], all of whom won Monday, in second round action Wednesday. The two US girls in the second round are Maggie Sohns[15] and Lani Chang, who won their first round matches Monday.
The six players advancing to the main draw are Arizona State senior Max McKennon, Michigan State sophomore Ozan Baris, 2022 Australian Open boys champion Bruno Kuzuhara, Matias Soto(Baylor) of Chile, Andre Ilagan(Hawaii) and Arizona State freshman Bor Artnak of Slovenia.
Both 2023 Kalamazoo 18s finalists were in action today, with two-time champion Learner Tien getting his second victory in as many weeks over Giovanni Oradini(Mississippi State) of Italy 6-2, 6-3. SMU freshman Trevor Svajda, the Kalamazoo finalist, started his match against No. 5 seed Tennys Sandgren(Tennessee) by losing the first set 6-0, but won the next two sets in tiebreakers to earn his first Challenger main draw win 0-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(3). The 17-year-old from San Diego served for the match at 5-4 in the third set, wasn't able to close it out, but kept his nerve in the tiebreaker to beat the current ATP No. 266, who has been ranked as high as 41. Svajda will play former Pepperdine star Sebastian Fanselow of Germany, who is 32 years old, in the second round.
Trevor's older brother Zach, a wild card recipient and the No. 1 seed this week, won his first round match today. The 2019 and 2021 Kalamazoo 18s champion defeated 18-year-old Gabriel Debru of France 6-4, 6-1. In addition to the Svajda brothers, Ryan Seggerman(Princeton/UNC) received a wild card. He lost to last week's finalist Brandon Holt(USC) 6-3, 6-4 today.
American men who qualified are Axel Nefve(Notre Dame/Florida) Kyle Overmyer, UCLA signee Rudy Quan, Alex Kobelt(Ohio State/UNLV), Patrick Maloney(Michigan), Preston Brown and Trey Hilderbrand(UCF/Texas A&M).
Wild cards were given to Jake Van Emburgh(Oklahoma/Ohio State), Jorge Cavero, NCAA champion Ethan Quinn(Georgia) and Auburn signee Alex Frusina. Frusina defeated No. 7 seed Victor Lilov 7-5, 6-2 in first round action today. Texas freshman and 2022 ITF World Junior Champion Gilles Bailly is the No. 4 seed this week and he won his first round match today.
Toby Kodat is the No. 1 seed this week in Wesley Chapel, with Quinn seeded No. 2.
The top seed in Vero Beach is WTA No. 101 Renata Zarazua of Mexico, with WTA No. 124 Maria Carle(Georgia) of Argentina the No. 2 seed.
Americans who qualified are Sophie Chang, Vivan Wolff(Georgia/UCLA) and Lea Ma(Georgia). Wild cards were given to Clervie Ngounoue, Madison Sieg(USC), Allie Kiick and Fernanda Castillo Huerta of Mexico.
NCAA singles finalist Layne Sleeth(Florida/Oklahoma) of Canada received an ITF Accelerator spot in the draw and beat No. 7 seed Elvina Kalieva 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in first round action today.
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