Pareja Reaches Both Finals at ITF J300 Roehampton; Five US Juniors Advance at Wimbledon Qualifying, Junior Draws Released, 14U Fields Revealed; Holmgren Saves Match Points to Reach Wimbledon Third Round

Julieta Pareja is through to Friday's singles and doubles finals at the ITF J300 in Roehampton, with the 16-year-old Californian, seeded No. 3, beating No. 5 seed Jana Kovackova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-4. 

Pareja will face unseeded Elizara Yaneva in the singles final, after Yaneva defeated No. 12 seed Rositsa Dencheva 6-3, 7-6(7) in an all-Bulgarian semifinal. 

Kovackova will have another shot at Pareja in the doubles final, which is after the singles final Friday, with Jana and older sister Alena, the top seeds facing No. 2 seeds Pareja and Thea Frodin.

The Kovackovas defeated unseeded Renee Alame of Australia and Kamonwan Yodpetch of Thailand 6-2, 6-0, while Frodin and Pareja beating No. 4 seeds Jeline Vandromme of Belgium and Laima Bladson of Lithuania 5-7, 7-6(6), 11-9.

The boys final will also feature an unseeded player in Great Britain's Oliver Bonding, who prevented an all-Bulgarian final with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) win over No. 4 seed Ivan Ivanov. Bonding will play No. 9 seed Alexander Vasilev, who beat unseeded Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil 7-5, 6-3.

No. 2 seeds Timofei Derepasko of Russia and Jacopo Vasami of Italy will face British wild cards Conor Brady and Benjamin Gusic Wan in the boys doubles final.

In Wimbledon Junior Championships qualifying, also being played today in Roehampton, five Americans have advanced to Friday's final round of qualifying. In the girls draw, Capucine Jauffret, the No. 8 seed, advanced when Dora Miskovic of Croatia retired trailing 6-4, 1-0 and No. 7 seed Leena Friedman defeated Yasmin Vavrova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-2.

In the boys qualifying, top seed Ronit Karki defeated British wild card Gerran Redza 7-6(5), 6-2; No. 9 seed Gavin Goode beat Jake Dembo of Australia 6-3, 7-6(4) and No. 14 seed Matisse Farzam defeated British wild card Rafe Samuel 7-6(7), 6-3.

The Wimbledon Junior draws were released today, with the qualifiers spots not yet filled pending tomorrow's results. Click on the headings for pdfs of the draws.

The seeds:

Boys:

1. Andres Santamarta Roig(ESP)

2. Jacopo Vasami(ITA)

3. Mees Rottgering(NED)

4. Jagger Leach(USA)

5. Niels McDonald(GER)

6. Ivan Ivanov(BUL)

7. Benjamin Willwerth(USA)

8. Jack Kennedy(USA)

9. Yannick Theodor Alexandrescou(ROU)

10. Ryo Tabata(JPN)

11. Oskari Paldanius(FIN)

12. Alexander Vasilev(BUL)

13. Max Schoenhaus(GER)

14. Alan Wazny(POL)

15. Timofei Derepasko(RUS)

16. Amir Omarkhanov(KAZ)

Girls:

1. Emerson Jones(AUS)

2. Hannah Klugman(GBR)

3. Lilli Tagger(AUT)

4. Kristina Penickova(USA)

5. Teodora Kostovic(SRB)

6. Julieta Pareja(USA)

7. Mika Stojsavljevic(GBR)

8. Luna Vujovic(SRB)

9. Jana Kovackova(CZE)

10. Julia Stusek(GER)

11. Jeline Vandromme(BEL)

12. Alena Kovackova(CZE)

13. Charo Esquiva Banuls(ESP)

14. Luna Cinalli((ARG)

15. Ruien Zhang(CHN)

16. Rositsa Dencheva(BUL)

The fields have been posted for the Wimbledon 14U tournament, a 16-player invitational that begins a week from today at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

There are three Americans competing, with Tristan Ascenzo the sole US boy; with Emery Combs and Caroline Shao in the girls draw.  Les Petits As boys champion Mario Vukovic of France is in the field, but girls champion Ekaterina Dotsenko of Russia is not.

The boys field is here; the girls field is here.

The American presence at Wimbledon is diminishing, with just three women and Brandon Nakashima winning today to join Taylor Fritz, Madison Keys and Amanada Anisimova in the third round. Ben Shelton's match was suspended for darkness with Shelton serving for it against Rinky Hijikata of Australia.

Thursday's second round results of Americans:

Iga Swiatek[8](POL) d. Caty McNally 5-7, 6-2, 6-1

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro(ESP) d. Sofia Kenin[28] 6-1, 7-6(4)

Barbora Krejcikova[17](CZE) d. Caroline Dolehide 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

Emma Navarro[10] d. Veronika Kudermetova(RUS) 6-1, 6-2

Hailey Baptiste d. Victoria Mboko[LL](CAN) 7-6(6), 6-3

Elisabetta Cocciaretto(ITA) d. Katie Volynets 6-0, 6-4

Danielle Collins d. Veronika Erjavec[Q](SLO) 6-4, 6-1

Ben Shelton[10] v Rinky Hijikata(AUS) 6-2, 7-5, 5-4, suspended

Sebastian Ofner(AUT) d. Tommy Paul[13] 1-6, 7-5, 6-4, 7-5

Jakub Mensik[15](CZE) d. Marcos Giron 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) 

Brandon Nakashima[29] d. Reilly Opelka 7-5, 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-3

Friday's third round matches featuring Americans:

Taylor Fritz[5] v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina[26](ESP)

Madison Keys[6] v Laura Siegemund(GER)

Amanda Anisimova[13] v Dalma Galfi(HUN)

Second round:

Ben Shelton[10] v Rinky Hijikata(AUS) 6-2, 7-5, 5-4, suspended

Like many a player with SoCal connections, former USD Torero Holmgren kickstarted his pro career at the SoCal Pro Series

One of the biggest surprises of this Wimbledon is the performance of former University of San Diego All-American August Holmgren. The 27-year-old from Denmark, who reached the NCAA singles final in 2022, losing to Ben Shelton, had never played a main draw match at a major, qualifying for his first opportunity last week at Roehampton. 192 in the ATP rankings, Holmgren is now into the third round after beating No. 21 seed Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic 7-6(5), 6-7(8), 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(5) in four hours and 39 minutes.  Holmgren had to save three match points in his final round qualifying match and he saved three more today with Machac serving at 5-4, 40-0 in the fourth set. He will face No. 11 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia in the third round Saturday.