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Monday, September 28, 2026

Temperatures Soar for Pan Am Closed J300 First Round; Drenser-Hagmann Sweeps at J200 in Uruguay; Stratton and Bosso Claim Singles at J100 in Canada


©Colette Lewis 2026--
Spring Texas--

The Giammalva Racquet Club has plentiful shade and an air-conditioned clubhouse with Tennis Channel playing on mjltiple monitors, which was certainly a relief on Monday, when temperatures reached the low 90s for the first round of the World Tennis J300 Pan American Regional Closed.

With 48-player draws, no seeds play until Tuesday, but there were plenty of competitive matches, as well as the first round of doubles.

Those players who qualified with wins on Sunday were back on court today, and of 12 qualifiers, two boys and two girls earned their places in the second round. All played fellow qualifiers in the first round, with Piotr Gradzki, Antanas Daugis, Molly Widlansky and Vibha Gogineni set to play seeds in their second round matches Tuesday.

Three of the 12 wild cards also are through to the second round: Elijah Mireles, Achyuth Binu and 14-year-old Nadia Poznick.

The seeds (USA unless noted):

Boys:
1. Andy Johnson
2. Tanishk Konduri
3. Safir Azam
4. Joshua Adamson, Canada
5. Daniel Malacek
6. Mason Vaughan
7. Erik Schinnerer
8. Jerrid Gaines Jr
9. Kamil Stolarczyk
10. Teodor Davidov
11. Kayden Colombo
12. Felipe Mamede, Brazil
13. Mauricio Schtulmann Gasca, Mexico
14. Caden Colburne, Canada
15. Antoine Clavel, Canada
16. Sebastian Inaki Godoy

Girls:
1. Avery Alexander, Canada
2. Carrie-Anne Hoo
3. Adla Lopez
4. Emery Combs
5. Armira Kockinis
6. Ireland O'Brien
7. Olivia De Los Reyes
8. Isabelle DeLuccia
9. Thara Gowda
10. Londyn McCord
11. Ellery Mendell
12. Brooke Wallman
13. Camille Allegre
14. Andrea Cabio, Canada
15. Reiley Rhodes
16. Anya Arora

Play begins on Tuesday at 8 a.m. with girls top seeds Avery Alexander facing Kathryn Cragg.

Two of the Americans in action today at the Pan American J300 won J100 titles in Quebec City. Tristan Stratton, the top seed in Canada, defeated Loic Massotte, the No. 2 seed, 6-2, 6-4 in Saturday's final. Today Stratton beat qualifier Joshua Dolinsky 6-1, 6-1 and will play another Joshua Tuesday--No. 4 seed Joshua Adamson of Canada. Fourteen-year-old Isabella Bosso, the No. 2 seed in Canada, defeating top seed Eve Thibault 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 for her second WT junior circuit singles title. Today Bosso lost to Elicia Lin of Canada 6-4, 7-6(5).



Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann has opted for the clay of South America instead of this hard court Texas swing, with the 17-year-old from Michigan capturing both the singles and doubles titles at the J200 in Uruguay. The top seed in singles, Drenser-Hagmann didn't drop a set all week, beating No. 4 seed Maria Eduarda Carbone dos Santos of Brazil 6-3, 6-2 in the final. Seeded No. 2 in doubles, Drenser-Hagmann and Alexandra Korneeva of Armenia defeated top seeds Carbone dos Santos and Nathalia Pontes Tourinho of Brazil 6-1, 6-3 in the final.

Sixteen-year-old David Beckles won his second straight J60 in Ghana last week, defeating Antoine Baudot of France 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. 

At the J30 in Nicaragua, 17-year-old Daven Aga won his first two titles on the WT junior circuit. Aga, unseeded, defeated Ricardo Dorantes Ramos of Mexico 6-1, 6-2 in the singles final. In the doubles final, he and Tyler Stout won when No. 4 seeds Francisco Correa Iguiniz of Argentina and Aziel Elie of Peru retired.

Sofia Mills reached the singles final, and won the doubles title in Managua with Clarice Ouvarova of Great Britain. The top seeds defeated the unseeded team of Seemontini Pal of Canada and Emelie Barbara Valdes 6-1, 6-0 in the final.

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