US Girls Win Group, Advance to Junior BJK Cup Quarterfinals, US Boys Fall Short vs France; Seeds and Draws for Thursday's Start of ITA Conference Masters, Sectionals; Hance And Lee Meet at M25 in Harlingen; No. 2 Seeds Ousted in Orlando, Hilton Head
The group stage of the 2026 Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup competition concluded today in Cairo Egypt, with eight 16-and-under teams in each event advancing to Friday's tquarterfinals.
The second-seeded girls team from the United States, aiming for their fifth straight title, defeated Romania 2-1 to finish at the top of their group, and will play No. 4 seed Japan, who lost to No. 7 seed Great Britain in their match today. Australia, who lost today to finish second in their group, is the only unseeded team in the quarterfinals.
USA[2] d. Romania[6] 2-1
Sara Sitar d. Hannah Ayrault 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Jordyn Hazelitt d. Maria Pop 6-2, ret.
Hazelitt and Welles Newman d. Sitar and Veronica Cervack 6-0, 6-2
Friday's Junior BJK Cup quarterfinals:
Czechia[1] v Romania[6]
Spain[5] v Great Britain[7]
Ukraine[3] v Australia
USA[2] v Japan[4]
The US boys, also seeded second, finished lost to France 3-0 today and finished in a three-way tie with France and India at 2-1. France finished first and India second to move through to quarterfinals; I believe if they had won the doubles match against France, they would have qualified, but it was not to be. The US boys had won the last two Junior Davis Cup titles, but the best they can finish this year is ninth.
With Australia losing today to finish third in their group, the top two are the seeds who do not reach the quarterfinals. Hungary also finished tied with Brazil and Spain at 2-1 in their group, but did not advance based on one less set won than Spain during group play. Japan and Egypt are the only two teams who went undefeated in group play.
France[8] d. USA[2] 3-0
Benoit Geldof d. Izyan Ahmad 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
Pablo Pradat d. Teodor Davidov 7-5, 6-0
Geldof and Pradat d. Ahmad and Davidov 4-6, 7-5, 10-6
Friday's Junior Davis Cup quarterfinals
Egypt[6] v Czechia[7]
Brazil[3] v India
Japan[4] v Spain[5]
Serbia v France[8]
The final Division I tournaments serving as qualifying opportunities for the NCAA individual championships later this month in Athens Georgia begin tomorrow. There are four ITA Sectional tournaments for both men and women, which will produced 24 NCAA singles qualifiers and 12 doubles qualifiers, and the ITA Conference Masters, which will produce four singles qualifiers and two doubles qualifiers. For a list of players who have already qualified, see collegetennisranks.com.
The seeds for the Sectionals are below, with links to the draws in the headings. The semifinalists qualify for the NCAA. Note that seeding is being done by World Tennis Number, not ITA ranking.
Men's Sectional Seeds
1. Albert Pedrico, TCU
2. Oliver Ojakaar, Texas
3. Devin Badenhorst, Baylor
4. Cooper Woestendick, TCU
5. Erik Schiessel, Baylor (withdrew)
6. Jakub Vrba, Arkansas
7. Matt Forbes, Ohio State
8. Asahi Harazaki, Oklahoma
1. Toby Kodat, NC State
2. Jangjun Kim, Virginia
3. Noa Vukadin, Clemson
4. Aryan Shah, Wake Forest
5. Yannik Alexandrescou, Duke
6. Paul Barbier Gazeu, South Carolina
7. Ian Mayew, North Carolina
8. none
1. Sam Landau, Indiana
2. Raphael Vaksmann, Mississippi State
3. Eli Stephenson, Kentucky
4. Henry Jefferson, Florida
5. Noah Johnston, Georgia
6. Alaa Trifi, Florida
7. Hugo Coquelin, Vanderbilt
8. Blado Jankanj, Ole Miss
1. Rudy Quan, UCLA
2. Sasha Rozin, Arizona
3. Vincent Marysko, San Diego
4. Ofek Shimanov, Arizona State
5. Glib Sekachov, Arizona
6. Manvydas Balciunas, San Diego
7. Nathan Trouve, USC
8. Adrien Berrut, San Diego
Women's Sectional Seeds
1. Lexington Reed, Texas A&M
2. Melisa Ercan, Tulsa (withdrew)
3. Carmen Herea, Texas
4. Kristina Paskauskas, Texas A&M
5. Zoie Epps, Oklahoma
5. Alyssa Novoa, Tulsa
5. Raquel Caballero Chica, TCU
5. Valerie Shue, Texas Tech
1. Nina Vargova, Duke
2. Kaitlyn Carnicella, South Carolina
3. Anna Bergqvist Larsson, South Carolina
4. Eleana Yu, Duke
5. Oliwia Orlinska, Maryland
5. Tatum Evans, North Carolina
5. Thea Rabman, North Carolina
5. Claire An, Duke
1. Deniz Dilek, Georgia
2. Patricija Paukstyte, Georgia
3. Francesca Mattioli, Tennessee
4. Marta Makarova, UCF
5. Tegan Bush, LSU
5. Ranah Stoiber, Georgia
5. Nadia Lagaev, Georgia
5. Gianna Oboniye, Mississippi State
1. Kate Fakih, UCLA
2. Sara Svetac, Arizona State
3. Imogen Haddad, USC
4. Hannah Read, San Diego
5. Tianmei Wang, Stanford
5. Mao Mushika, Cal
5. Ciara Moore, Arizona
5. Vilma Krebs Hyllested, San Diego
The Conference Masters for both men and women is being held In Rome Georgia this year. There have been several changes in the field since the first release last week. The four semifinalists will qualifying, as well as the winners of two playoff matches between those losing in the quarterfinals.
Conference Masters Seeds:
1. Linea Bajraliu, Georgia
2. Alexis Nguyen, North Carolina
3. Xin Tong Wang, Wichita State
4. Kyoka Kubo, Kansas
5. Anastasiia Grechkina, Pepperdine
5. Lillie Murphy, Furman
5. Ulyana Romanova, Old Dominion
5. Uma Bakaityte, Rice
1. Amirkhamza Nasridinov, Texas A&M
2. Luca Pow, Wake Forest
3. Niksa Arsic, Texas Tech
4. Bryan Hernandez Cortes, Mississippi State
5. Oscar Martinez, East Tennessee State
5. Lorenzo Balducci, Purdue
5. Aleksa Pisaric, Pepperdine
5. Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar, Cornell
At the M25 in Harlingen Texas today, 16-year-old Jordan Lee returned to competition for the first time since winning the World Tennis Junior Finals in China. The Kalamazoo 18s finalist defeated No. 5 seed and spring 2024 NCAA singles champion Filip Planinsek(Alabama) of Slovenia 6-3, 6-3 for his first win at the M25 level. Lee will play 18-year-old Keaton Hance, a semifinalist at the WT Junior Finals, who defeated Ilia Snitari(UNLV, Texas A&M) of Moldova 6-4, 6-3. Due to their age difference and Lee's prolonged absences from competition due to injuries, Hance and Lee, who train together often at the USTA National Campus, will be meeting for the first time. They have won a pro doubles title together, at the M15 in Orlando this spring.
At the W35 in Orlando, Duke sophomore Aspen Schuman, a qualifier, defeated No. 2 seed and WTA No. 225 Kajsa Rinaldo Persson of Sweden 6-3, 6-2 in first round action, and will play Oklahoma sophomore Evialina Laskevich of Belarus Thursday. Laskevich defeated Florida freshman Capucine Jauffret 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. Janae Preston reached the second round with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 win over Auburn freshman Isabella Kruger of South Africa.
At the W15 in Hilton Head South Carolina, 15-year-old qualifier Abigail Haile defeated No. 2 seed Mika Muchnik(South Carolina) of Israel 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round. Southern Californian Haile, who won first round matches at two events during this summer's SoCal Pro Series, will now break into the WTA rankings with this her third pro tournament in which she has collected a point.
Haile will play 16-year-old wild card Scarlett Fagan, who defeated Petja Drame(FIU, Houston) of Slovenia 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Other juniors advancing in Hilton Head: Sumter champion Emery Combs, Maggie Sohns, Lani Chang and Juliana Singeorzan.
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