Kennedy and Lee Meet Sunday for Kalamazoo 18s Title; 16s Doubles Champions Malacek and Stolarczyk Face Off in 16s Final; Alvarez and Johnston Win 18s Doubles Title, USO Wild Card; Frodin Beats Pareja; Selvan Takes 16s Title in San Diego

©Colette Lewis 2026--
Kalamazoo MI--

As it turned out, most of the drama on the second Saturday of the USTA Boys 18s and 16s National Championships came from the dull gray skies, not from the US Open blue courts. But the sprinkles throughout the day didn't turn into full-fledged wet courts until the final trophy of the day was being awarded to the 18s doubles champions.

The early 10:00 am start, without the customary 16s semifinals, which were played on Friday due to the forecast, produced two quick results in the 18 semifinals, with No. 6 seed Jordan Lee defeating No. 3 seed Andy Johnson 6-2, 6-0 in 59 minutes and top seed Jack Kennedy beating No. 9 seed Jack Secord 6-3, 6-1 in 90 minutes.

Choosing the more impressive performance isn't an easy task, with Lee playing aggressive, yet error-free tennis to cruise past Johnson. But the nod probably goes to Kennedy, who played six sets of tennis on Friday--a three-hour-plus singles quarterfinal and a three-set doubles semifinal that finished after 8 pm--and still came out this morning with his groundstrokes firing and his energy high.

"It's top secret stuff," Kennedy joked when asked how he recovered so quickly. "Yesterday was a long day; I felt I was on the court for a whole year yesterday. Had a long, long match with Ryan(Cozad) and three sets in doubles and I was just fighting to get through the day, honestly. I didn't want to let Keaton(doubles partner Hance) down with my energy, it's a big opportunity for us, semifinals, but we fought. I had a really good recovery: ice bath, massage gun, a quick dinner. But today I felt really good surprisingly, after the day I had yesterday."

Kennedy was playing in his third consecutive Kalamazoo 18s semifinal, winning the first, in 2024, and losing to champion Darwin Blanch last year.

"Semifinals here in Kalamazoo, you're playing for a spot at the Open, so you've got to go all out," said Kennedy, an 18-year-old from New York, who begins his collegiate career at Virginia in September. "Give every last drop of energy you have on that court and whatever happens, happens. Today I thought I played pretty well in the circumstances, and Jack was hitting a pretty clean ball, but I think sometimes he would get a little too antsy to be done with the point, rushed it a little bit."

Kennedy thinks his experience in the 2024 final, a 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 loss to Matthew Forbes, may provide him with an advantage over the 16-year-old Lee.

"I think I have a little bit of the edge with the experience of playing three out of five two years ago," Kennedy said. "it's going to be interesting to see how Jordan holds up, but I'm going to be ready."

Lee admitted he didn't have any lapses of concentration in his performance against Johnson.

"I made a couple, but not many," Lee said of his unforced error count. "I think my biggest strength on the court is my mental toughness. I compete very well and I'm willing to suffer."

Lee knew that Johnson's quickness could be a problem if he didn't finish points at the net. 

"I think against anyone now, the game's so fast, if you don't close the net, it's hard," Lee said.

Lee's winning streak in juniors, which is now at 14 matches after eight victories en route to the Wimbledon boys title, was interrupted by a loss in the first round of qualifying of the Washington DC ATP 500 last month. He believes the experience will help however, as he is now guaranteed at least a qualifying wild card at the US Open later this month.

"I learned a lot from that match," Lee said of his 7-5, 6-1 loss to ATP No. 197 Moez Echargui of Tunisia. "I think the main thing I learned is that my level's there, but staying disciplined is the most important thing."

Lee and Kennedy have never played, but Kennedy knows Lee from their frequent encounters at the USTA's National Campus in Lake Nona.

"Jordan, Wimby champ, he's got a lot of momentum going on right now," Kennedy said. "He's playing really good tennis, and he's healthy, which I am really happy to see. Besides tennis and all that, Jordan's a great kid. At USTA when I see him he's always smiling, having fun, and on the court, he's such a hard worker, so disciplined. I have nothing but good things to say about Jordan. He's in the situation I was in two years ago, and it's going to be a great match, I'm really looking forward to it."

Before Sunday's 18s final, scheduled for noon, 16s doubles champions Kamil Stolarczyk and Daniel Malacek will meet in the 16s final, set for 10 a.m.

Both Stolarczyk and Malacek have already secured their places on the boards of Kalamazoo champions displayed at Stowe Stadium after the No. 2 seeds defeated No. 9 seeds Kahven Singh and Griffin Goode 6-3, 7-6(3) in the 16s final on Acker Center Court. 

Stolarczyk served for match at 5-4 and had two match points, which Goode and Singh saved with help from Malacek and Stolarczyk, with Malacek missing an overhead and Stolarczyk netting a forehand to squander the 40-15 lead.

"The match went a little longer than it should have," said Malacek, a 16-year-old from Kirkland Washington. "We dropped that game, it was honestly an error on my part, but I think I made up for it pretty good in the following games. It almost felt like a relief, because I was very nervous in the tiebreaker, instead of pure joy."

"It's good to have my name in the history books at Kalamazoo now," said Stolarczyk, a 16-year-old from Glendale New York, who had not won any USTA ball until today. "I get to come back here next year, find my name."

"You'll be coaching kids one day, and show them our name," Malacek said. 

Stolarczyk, who played with Goode last year in Kalamazoo, reaching the quarterfinals, shrugged off a double fault that gave Goode and Singh a 2-1 lead. With Malacek and Stolarczyk getting the mini break back immediately, their confidence grew, while the nerves began to fray for Goode and Singh. When Singh double faulted down 3-5, Stolarczyk and Malacek could breathe a little easier.

"We found our tennis when we needed to," Malacek said.

Malacek and Stolarczyk, who have been rooming together throughout the tournament, plan to warm up together before Sunday's final, but Stolarczyk had scheduled a practice session after the doubles final with another player.

"I have a couple of things to work on, if I want to beat this guy," Stolarczyk said.

Noah Johnston may have been in the midst of his freshman season at the University of Georgia, but he knew who he wanted as his doubles partner eight months ago, and now he and Yannik Alvarez have earned a wild card into the main draw of the US Open men's doubles with a 6-4, 6-1 win Gavin Goode and Ryan Cozad.

"I tried to get him as fast as I could, right after he won the Orange Bowl, probably in January." said Johnston, who reached the 18s doubles final last year with Benjamin Willwerth, who aged out of Kalamazoo.

Although both Johnston and Alvarez have impressive doubles resumés, they did not look formidable in their first match in the second round, a 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 win over Connor Plunkett and Michael Lorenzetti, with Alvarez recovering from an illness.

"I started feeling sick after my singles match," said Alvarez, who withdrew from singles before his third round match. "I wasn't feeling my best, obviously, and Noah had to come in and help me. We barely won that match, and I guess that was the turning point."

"I felt we played really well together after that first match," said Johnston, who turns 19 in November. "I felt we got better and better every match."

The first set saw five of the ten games go to a deciding point, with the only break coming with Goode serving at 4-all. 

"We got that deciding point, it was an amazing point, and Yannik finished with the overhead and the crowd went crazy," Johnston said. "It was a lot of fun."

Johnston and Alvarez didn't lose their momentum after the set break, with an Alvarez hold and a second straight break of Goode giving them a 2-0 lead.

"We knew we just had to stay focused," said Alvarez, a 17-year-old from Georgia, who represents Puerto Rico on the World Tennis junior circuit. "I held pretty easily and we got the break and that was the energy shift. We kept playing aggressive, just played our game."

As for the US Open wild card, they are taking inspiration from last year's Kalamazoo champions Cooper Woestendick and Max Exsted, who won a round in the main draw in New York.

"Our friends Max and Cooper did very well last year," Johnston said. "I played them in the final last year, we had three match points against them and they got it done, did really well there. So hopefully we can match their footsteps."

Alvarez and Johnston have no preference regarding their US Open opponents.

"We'd be excited to play anyone there," Alvarez said. "We'll just enjoy it." "But if we could play some Americans, that would be fun."

The boys 16s final is scheduled for 10 a.m., with the 18s final to follow, but simultaneous finals are possible if the prediction for morning rain is accurate.

Live streaming will be available here; live scoring is provided by iOnCourt.

The singles finals are the only two matches remaining for Sunday.

In the 16s consolation final, Mikaeel Alibaig[14] defeated Tristan Ascenzo[26] 6-4, 6-3 to finish in fifth place.

Zen Uehling[33] took fifth in the 18s, when Vihaan Reddy[12], who won two consolation matches today, elected not to compete in the final scheduled for Sunday.

The bronze ball in boys 16s singles went to Tristan Stratton[4], with Sulaiman Syed[2] withdrawing with an injury.

Andy Johnson took third in 18s singles, when Jack Secord withdrew from the third place match.

Kennedy and Hance finished third in 18s doubles, with Secord and Ford McCollum[8] withdrawing from the third place match. 

Alibaig and Ivan Rybak[1] took the bronze ball in 16s doubles, defeating Mason Fekete and Louden Muha[10] 6-2, 6-4.

The recipient of the Wes Richards Sportsmanship Award for Feed-In is George Ho.

Syed was given the Bobby Kaplan Sportsmanship Award for 16s and Secord received the Allen B. Stowe Sportsmanship Award for 18s.

The finals are set for Sunday at the Girls 18s in San Diego, with top seed Julieta Pareja falling to No. 3 seed Thea Frodin 7-6(2), 7-6(4) in the semifinals. Frodin will face No. 4 seed Janae Preston, who reached the final with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 win over No. 33 seed Melije Clarke.

The 18s doubles final will feature two No. 9 seeds: Bella Payne and Sara Shumate versus Welles Newman and Jordyn Hazelitt.

Top seed Shristi Selvan, who won the Winter National 16s and Easter Bowl 16s, added a third gold ball to her collection, beating fellow Junior Tennis Champions Center student Aarini Bhattacharya, the No. 14 seed, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

The 16s doubles title went to Abigail Haile and Olivia De Los Reyes, who defeated fellow No. 9 seeds Isabelle Nguyen and Madeline Cleary 6-3, 6-1 in this afternoon's final. 

The results of the singles and doubles finals at the 12s and 14s National Championships, with full draws in link in the heading.

Girls 14s:

Singles final:

Gabrielle Villegas[2] d. Daniella Yogumyan[4] 5-7, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles final:

Kareena Cross and Gabrielle Villegas d. Meghna Pillai and Harshitha Thiruganam 6-2, 2-6, 6-0

Girls 12s:

Singles final:

Lailah Cowgill[10] d. Vlada Hranchar 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(5)

Doubles final:

Nandika Singamala and Everly Cogdell[9] d. Grace Goode and Dargan Alexander[9] 7-6(6), 6-2

Boys 14s:

Singles final:

David Bender[7] d. Krish Advani[1] 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

Doubles final:

Sebastian Cheaney and London Slaton[1] d. Daniel Gardality and David Bender[9] 6-1, 4-6, 6-4

Boys 12s:

Singles final:

Aleksander Denisov[7] d. Zachary Burunov[6] 6-3, 6-0

Doubles final:

William Zhou and Thomas Gamble[1] d. AJ Williams and Miles Markham[2] 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

Stolarczyk Saves Match Points, Advances to Kalamazoo 16s Final Against Doubles Partner Malacek; Lee Beats Antonius, Secord Ousts Hance in 18s Quarterfinals, Johnson and Kennedy Reach 18s Semifinals; Finals Set in 12s, 14s and 16s

©Colette Lewis 2026--
Kalamazoo MI--

Kamil Stolarczyk took a roller coaster ride Friday morning, but when his three-hour 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2) excursion finished after noon, the top seed was through to the USTA Kalamazoo 16s final.

Stolarczyk got off to a miserable start against No. 4 seed and fellow New Yorker Tristan Stratton, falling behind 4-0 in the first set, which he attributed to nerves, and a lack of preparation on hard courts prior to the tournament.

Loudly berating himself in Polish after getting broken a second time, Stolarczyk recovered his composure and got one of the breaks back, but Stratton closed it out. 

Stolarczyk took the second set, holding onto his early break, and in the 10-minute break before the third set got some encouragement from a former coach, who is here with another player.

"We were talking and he helped me calm down," said the 16-year-old from Glendale New York. "It was still super stressful, but he told me mistakes are going to come, I just have to keep going for it, find his forehand as much as possible and keep hitting to it."

That strategy gave Stolarczyk a 5-3 lead in the third, but got no closer than 30-all, when he missed an uncomplicated overhead that would have given him a match point, and Stratton broke to stay alive

"I made almost every single overhead in the match," said Stolarczyk. "I think I missed two. It was just really just down to the point that it was a tight moment, that's why I missed it. I usually don't miss overheads like that, especially ones that easy."

Stratton held to take a 6-5 lead, assuring himself a spot in the deciding tiebreaker, and a chance for avoiding it, when he hit a great return to go up 15-40. Stratton played his usual outstanding defense, but Stolarczyk hung in too and put away a forehand to save the first match point. The second will probably haunt Stratton, with an unforced error coming off his backhand, and Stolarczyk held to force the tiebreaker.

Stolarczyk wasn't happy with his serving throughout the match, but that shot came through for him in the tiebreaker. 

"I think I had 30 percent first serves (actually it was 54%) until that moment," Stolarczyk said. "But we're going to work on that."

Stolarczyk went up 3-2 thanks to two backhand errors by Stratton, then hit two good first serves for 5-2. Stolarczyk didn't need to do anything more, with Stratton unable to summon any energy, and two more backhand errors later, Stolarczyk had advanced to the final.

His doubles partner and roommate Daniel Malacek, the No. 3 seed, had a much less troublesome semifinal match, beating No. 2 seed Sulaiman Syed 6-1, 6-2.

"I think I played very, very solid, groundstroke wise," said the 16-year-old left-hander from Kirkland Washington. "I was passing him pretty smart, going forehand line and bunting it to his feet and that was working well. And I was able to fight for the corners really good, putting the return in play, and against a big server like him that's all you really need, to make him play as much as you can."

Malacek said he thought his 2025 Orange Bowl 16s final might have given him a mental edge as well.

"I think it really helped me today," Malacek said. "I think I was a little more prepared for the importance of the match, compared to him. He's been balling out, but I don't think he's been in this kind of scenario. Obviously, Kalamazoo, it's the biggest tournament of the year, and I think I was prepared once I shook off my nerves and could just play my game."

Malacek doesn't have any coach or family with him this week, so he is rooming with Stolarczyk and his father, with Stolarczyk revealing that his dad had purchased an air mattress for their third bed. Malacek and Stolarczyk have been warming up together every day and had agreed to continue doing so if they made the final. 

"We're best friends, so it's going to be a fun match out there," Stolarczyk said. "We're warming up every day and said before the semifinals, if we get to the final, let's just warm up together. There's no bad blood between us, so it won't really matter for either of us if we warm up together."

They will play for their first Kalamazoo title on Saturday in the 16s doubles, after the second-seeded pair defeated No. 10 seeds Mason Fekete and Louden Muha 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals this afternoon. Their opponents will be No. 9 seeds Griffin Goode and Kahven Singh, who beat top seeds Mikaeel Alibaig and Ivan Rybak 7-5, 6-3.

The 18s quarterfinals took to the Stowe Stadium show courts after the 16s semifinals, with No. 3 seed Andy Johnson, last year's 16s finalist beating No. 12 seed Vihaan Reddy 6-3, 6-4, and No. 9 seed Jack Secord defeating No. 4 seed Keaton Hance 6-4, 7-6(3).

Johnson, who had beaten Reddy 6-3, 6-1 in the 16s semifinals last year, was happy with his level.

"I felt pretty much in control," said the 16-year-old from Rancho Palos Verdes California. "I can't really control what he does, but I stayed calm, pretty relaxed the whole match. The quarterfinals of Kalamazoo, you just want to be relaxed when you're here, playing good tennis, trying to have fun."

Playing on George Acker Center Court, Johnson appreciated the oohs and aahs of the crowd when he hit an improbable winner from difficult position.

"It adds a lot, especially if they're cheering for you," Johnson said. "That's one of the best feelings there is when you're competing on a tennis court, having the crowd behind you. And Vihaan can play really well, has all the shots and they can go in, so you have to be ready for anything."

  

Secord was a break down against Hance in each set, 3-1 in the first and 5-4 in the second, but he battled back each time.

The games were long and grueling, with the two sets taking over two and half hours, and it could have easily gone three sets, with Hance serving for the set at 5-4 and having three ads. But Secord came up big in those moments, hitting a scorching forehand winner on the first set point, a volley that forced an error on the second and a short ball to bring Hance in and pass him on the third. Two forehand errors later Secord was back even and he stepped up in the tiebreaker, with no errors despite his aggressive play. 

One forehand Secord hit drew loud appreciation from the crowd, with Secord agreeing with their assessment."

"It was 4-5, 15-30 (in the second set) and he went behind me and I flicked a line pass," said the 17-year-old from Lake Forest Illinois. "Yeah, that was a pretty good shot, I'd say so, yeah."

Secord will face top seed Jack Kennedy, who needed three hours and 20 minutes to get past No. 10 seed Ryan Cozad 7-6(6), 5-7, 7-5.

Kennedy trailed 6-3 in the first set tiebreaker before finding his level in the nick of time. And an outrageous set-saving pass in his string of five consecutive points produced a massive celebration from Kennedy, but an undoubtedly discouraged Cozad would not go away, and he took the second set in another physically draining set.

"There are a lot of people in that situation who would kind of crumble, lose hope in the second set," said Kennedy of his future University of Virginia teammate. "But Ryan took it as a chance to regroup, bounce back and step up his game, which he did. He made me play. He made me run around, come up with answers for his shots and this is one of the best matches I think I've ever played, level-wise, the physicality and the circumstances."

Kennedy admitted that nerves were a factor when he was broken at love serving for the match at 5-3 in third.

"It's tough closing out a match, especially at a quarterfinal in Kalamazoo and I'm not going to lie and say I wasn't nervous," said the 18-year-old from Huntington New York. "But Ryan played a good game, made me play, and after I was broken in that game, I didn't focus on it too much, because ultimately it's who can bounce back in those situations. I'm happy that I did that, didn't focus too much on the past, stayed focus on the future and the present."

Kennedy held for 6-5 and Cozad couldn't force the tiebreaker, broken at love to send Kennedy to his third straight Kalamazoo 18s semifinal.

Kennedy is excited to play Secord in Saturday's semifinals. 

"I was watching him against Keaton before I went on, and his level looks really good," Kennedy said. "It'll be a good a match. Let's feast, as we like to say."

While Kennedy was struggling to subdue Cozad, Wimbledon boys champion Jordan Lee was locked in a three-setter of his own with No. 2 seed Michael Antonius. The two 16-year-olds traded sets, with Lee dominating the first set and Antonius securing the second, before Lee pulled away late in the third of his 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory.

"I think we both played really well, it was a match we were both looking forward to," said the Orlando resident. "Much respect to Michael, we train together every day, see each other every day, I see him more than I see my own family. We have a lot of love and respect for each other, so yeah, it was fun."

Lee said he had to adjust to the level Antonius brought in the second set. 

"I don't think I dropped much, he was just taking control with his forehand," said Lee, who is making his Kalamazoo debut this year. "Everyone knows that once Michael starts taking control with his forehand you're not going to win too many points and you're going to get pretty tired. So right now, I am pretty tired. That's the player Michael is and it's super tough to play him."

Up 3-1 in the third set, Lee was broken, but Antonius lost serve again won only one more point in the next three games, as Lee converted his first match point with a forehand winner.

Lee and Johnson haven't played since 2023, when Johnson beat Lee in the Eddie Herr 14s quarterfinals and Junior Orange Bowl 14s semifinals, but he isn't taking any lessons from those distant losses.

"I think I'll just play my game," Lee said. "I don't like to focus too much on tactics. I just need to play my game and stay focused, that's all I can do."

The 18s doubles semifinals followed the boys 16s doubles semifinals, and with Kennedy and Cozad needing some rest time before they faced off again, the teams that would be playing for the men's US Open wild card wouldn't be decided until after 8 p.m. Friday evening.

Cozad avenged his loss in singles with partner Gavin Goode, with the No. 3 seeds beating top seeds Kennedy and Hance 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

Goode joins his younger brother Griffin, who is in the 16s final, and his younger sister Grace, who is in the 12s final, in playing for a doubles gold ball Saturday.

Goode and Cozad will play No. 2 seeds Noah Johnston and Yannik Alvarez, who defeated No. 8 seeds Secord and Ford McCollum 6-3, 6-4.

The finals in the G16s, B12s, B14s and G14s are Saturday, with the B16s, B18s and G18s scheduled for Sunday. Results from today semifinals below, with links to full draws in the headings:

G16s semifinals:

Shristi Selvan[1] d. Avita Beitler[6] 6-4, 6-2

Aarini Bhattacharya[14] d. Nikol Davletshina[2] 6-2, 6-2

G18s quarterfinals:

Julieta Pareja[1] d. Jordyn Hazelitt[8] 6-2, 6-3

Thea Frodin[3] d. Alexis Nguyen[9] 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-0

Janae Preston[4] d. Annika Penickova[33] 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

Melije Clarke[33] d. Thara Gowda[16] 7-6(5), 6-3

Girls 14s semifinals:

Daniella Yogumyan[4] d. Victoria Park[16] 6-1, 6-1

Gabrielle Villegas[2] d. Jessie Janiak[3] 6-3, 6-3

Girls 12s semifinals:

Lailah Cowgill[10] d. Mandy Wei[13] 6-1, 6-3

Vlada Hranchar d. Reya Mahadoo[5] 3-6, 6-2, 6-0

Boys 14s semifinals:

Krish Advani[1] d. Matthew Finn[3] 6-3, 1-6, 7-5

David Bender[7] d. Daksh Bharadwaj[12] 7-5, 6-4

Boys 12s semifinals:

Zachary Burunov[6] d. William Zhou[1] 6-4, 6-2

Aleksander Denisov[7] d.Thomas Gamble[4] 1-6, 6-4, 6-2

Top Four Seeds Advance to Kalamazoo 16s Semifinals Friday; 18s Quarterfinals, Doubles Semis Also Friday; Pareja Reaches 18s Quarterfinals in San Diego, 12s, 14s, 16s Semifinals; Shelton Defends Title in Montreal; Wolf, Lee Win USO Wild Card Race

©Colette Lewis 2026--

Kalamazoo MI--

The top four seeds in the 16s division of the USTA Boys National Championships have all reached the semifinals, and while that is a new experience for them, the tournament will also be exploring new territory, with those semifinals being played Friday due expected rain on Saturday.

No. 1 seed Kamil Stolarczyk and No. 3 seed Daniel Malacek kicked off the action on another overcast and humid day, and both came through comfortably with plenty of rest time before their doubles quarterfinal later in the afternoon.

Stolarczyk, who had a three-hour 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2 win over No. 21 seed Aayush Vartak in the fourth round, has been much more efficient the past two days, and today took care of 15-year-old Tristan Ascenzo 6-2, 6-1.  

Malacek defeated No. 20 seed Joshua Dolinsky 6-3, 6-2, and after a rough go of it in his 2025 Kalamazoo, the 16-year-old left-hander developed a new strategy for this year.

"I had a tough first round, I think I lost 6-4, or 7-5 in the third," said the Kirkland Washington resident. "I grinded out some back draw matches, played through the injury for a few, and after four or five I had to call it. I got some matches in but not the best experience for me."

After reaching the Orange Bowl 16s final in December, Malacek focused on the World Tennis junior circuit, and with a Top 200 ranking and the benefit of the No. 3 seed, he recognized the importance of avoiding lengthy matches.

"It's a huge draw here, and when you're here, you've got to be locked in on the court," Malacek said. "It's match efficiency a lot of the time; it's very humid and once you play a long three-setter, you're not going to recover for the next day. So I practiced with a little extra focus before I came here."

Malacek has not dropped a set in his five matches, but that hasn't translated into less wear and tear on his shoes, and he had to resort to wearing a white shoe and a black shoe in his quarterfinal today.

"I've been going through shoes like crazy, Malacek said. "I came here with three pairs, two white and one black. This is shoe number one," Malacek said, pointing to his white shoe, "and this is shoe number three. My left shoe wears out so much faster, and I don't really know why--my dad thinks it's my serve--but I've gone through three pairs in six days."

Malacek will face No. 2 seed Sulamain Syed, who also hasn't dropped a set, although he had to overcome a 4-0 deficit in the second set to get past No. 22 seed Lennart Hammargren 6-4, 6-4.

"I've never played Sully before," Malacek said. "So that would be a fun first-time experience here, in a big match."

Stolarczyk's semifinal opponent will be No. 4 seed Tristan Stratton, who kept calm after dropping a quick first set to No. 33 seed Carter Jauffret and went on to post a 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory.

"I was a little nervous, because there were a lot of people watching," said the 16-year-old from New York. "He's been playing really great the entire tournament and has had a couple of good wins, coming back from an injury. But I had a slow start and he really took advantage of that."

Stratton broke Jauffret three consecutive times in the second set, but couldn't consolidate any of them, so when Jauffret finally held for 4-all, the urgency of a hold increased.

"At 4-4, I was like, I need to hold serve here," Stratton said. "And I managed some kick serves to the backhand, focused and got it done."

Stratton, who said he prefers hard courts, won the USTA National 18s Clay Court Championships last month, so playing the 16s here changes the dynamic for him.

"Going down to the 16s is a little bit of pressure," Stratton said. "But I have so much confidence now, winning my first gold ball, and being able to take that to my next tournament. I'm playing great, so that's all that matters, really."

Although Stolarczyk and Stratton train at different academies in New York, with Stolarczyk at Robbie Wagner's and Stratton at John McEnroe's, they have a long history in USTA Eastern sectional tennis.

"I know him very well, we've played a bunch, a lot when we were younger," Stratton said. "I've known him for a while. We're good friends. He's gotten so much better in the past year, so it's going to be a really tough match, but I look forward to it."

The 18s doubles quarterfinals followed the 16s singles quarterfinals, with the top 3 seeds and the No. 8 seeds advancing to Friday's semifinals.

2025 US Open boys doubles champions and No. 1 seeds Jack Kennedy and Keaton Hance defeated unseeded Riley Anson and Andre Alcantara 6-2, 6-4 and will play No. 3 seeds Gavin Goode and Ryan Cozad, who beat No. 7 seeds William McEwan and Wesley Cotton 6-3, 6-1.

No. 2 seeds Yannik Alvarez and and Noah Johnston beat unseeded Mason Taube and Jacob Lee 6-1, 6-1 and will play No. 8 seeds Jack Secord and Ford McCollum, who defeated unseeded Nikolas Stoot and Tyler Lee 6-2, 6-4.

The 16s doubles quarterfinals were considerably more dramatic, with three of them decided in match tiebreakers.

No. 2 seeds Malacek and Stolarczyk cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over unseeded David Beckles and Ethan Valdez, but No. 3 seeds

Zesen Wang and Rafael Pawar lost to No. 10 seeds Louden Muha and Mason Fekete 6-2, 2-6, 11-9.

The other two quarterfinals that went to match tiebreakers had to finished indoors, with both in the match tiebreaker when another brief afternoon rain shower paused play.

Top seeds Mikaeel Alibaig and Ivan Rybak defeated No. 5 seeds Alexander Lerman and Aryan Ponugoti 1-6, 6-4, 10-3 and No. 9 seeds Griffin Goode and Kahven Singh defeated No. 15 seeds Jacob Harrelson and Ethan Hu 5-7, 6-1, 10-3.

The 16s singles semifinals are at 9 a.m., with the 18s quarterfinals times as follows. Rain is currently not expected for Friday.

B18s quarterfinals:

Keaton Hance[4] v Jack Secord[9] not before 10 a.m.

Vihaan Reddy[12] v Andrew Johnson[3] not before 10:30 a.m.

Jack Kennedy[1] v Ryan Cozad[10] not before 11:30 a.m.

Jordan Lee[6] v Michael Antonius[2] not before noon

Live streaming is available here; live scoring is provided by iOnCourt.

The quarterfinals of the San Diego girls 18s is below, along with the semifinals Friday in the 12s, 14s and G16s. Click on the headings for full draws.

Girls 18s quarterfinals: 

Julieta Pareja[1] v Jordyn Hazelitt[8]

Thea Frodin[3] v Alexis Nguyen[9]

Annika Penickova[33] v Janae Preston[4]

Melije Clarke[33] v Thara Gowda[16

Girls 16s semifinals:

Shristi Selvan[1] v Avita Beitler[6]

Aarini Bhattacharya[14] v Nikol Davletshina[2]

Girls 14s semifinals:

Victoria Park[16] v Daniella Yogumyan[4]

Jessie Janiak[3] v Gabrielle Villegas[2]

Girls 12s semifinals:

Lailah Cowgill[10] v Mandy Wei[13]

Reya Mahadoo[5] v Vlada Hranchar

Boys 12s semifinals:

William Zhou[1] v Zachary Burunov[6]

Thomas Gamble[4] v Aleksander Denisov[7]

Boys 14s semifinals:

Krish Advani[1] v Matthew Finn[3]

Daksh Bharadwaj[12] v David Bender[7]

At the ATP Masters 1000 in Montreal, Ben Shelton(Florida) defended his title, defeating Brandon Nakashima(Virginia) 6-3, 7-6(4). Shelton retakes the position of No. 1 American, moving to No. 6 in the rankings, while Nakashima moves to a career-high of 22 after his first Masters final.  For more on the final, see this article from the ATP.

The USTA announced the winners of its annual US Open Wild Card Challenge in a press release today:

J.J. Wolf and Carol Young Suh Lee Clinch US Open Wild Card Challenges

 

ORLANDO, Fla., August 13, 2026 – J.J. Wolf and Carol Young Suh Lee have clinched main draw singles wild cards into the 2026 US Open after winning the men’s and women’s US Open Wild Card Challenges.

Lee, 24, clinched the top spot in the Challenge last week by qualifying and winning the WTA 125 in Warsaw, Poland. Her strong finish in the final two weeks of the four-week Challenge – which included qualifying and reaching the second round of the WTA 250 in Prague – put her at the top of the race, while Caroline Dolehide finished second, with 122 points, and Elvina Kalieva finished third, with 120 points.

 

Wolf, 27, clinched the men’s wild card this week, when second-place Andres Martin was eliminated from the USTA Pro Circuit ATP Challenger 75 in Brownsburg, Ind. Wolf, who has twice reached the third round of the US Open and was ranked inside the Top 40 as recently as 2023, banked 125 points from winning the ATP Challenger 125 in Vancouver, for his first Challenger-level title since 2021.

The top of the standings after Week 4 are below. The final men’s standings will publish next week.

Women's Standings

(Player's current ranking in parentheses)

 

1. Carol Young Suh Lee (165) -- 174

2. Caroline Dolehide (256) -- 122
3. Elvina Kalieva (121) -- 120

 

 

Men's Standings

(Player's current ranking in parentheses)

 

1. J.J. Wolf (282) -- 147
2. Andres Martin (340) -- 73
3. Michael Zheng (113) -- 60

 

Johnson Turns Tables on Latak to Advance to Kalamazoo 18s Quarterfinals; Cozad Regroups to Beat No. 5 Seed Karki; Top Four Seeds Advance to 16s Quarterfinals; Unseeded Kwon Defeats San Diego's No. 2 Seed Payne in Third Round, Reaches Round of 16

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The memorable USTA National Boys 16s final in Kalamazoo last year, in which Marcel Latak came from 5-1 down in the third set to defeat Andy Johnson, saw a dramatic role reversal this evening in the fifth round of 18s singles, with Johnson coming from 6-4, 5-2 down to steal a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory. 

"I thought down 6-4, 5-2, if I start making balls maybe there was a chance," said the 16-year-old from Rancho Palos Verdes California. "He was playing well, and I'm like, if he's going to play this way, it's too good. He was playing ridiculous, every forehand, every backhand a foot away from the line. But I thought if I start making balls, maybe he'll start missing a little more, maybe the pressure got to him."

And although Johnson recovered from his crushing loss in the Kalamazoo 16s final last year to reach the US Open Junior quarterfinals just three weeks later, that memory was bound to resurface.

"It started going through my head, last year," Johnson said. "It made me want it even more. If he can come back from 5-1 down in the Kzoo finals, I can do it."

After Latak failed to serve it out at 5-2 and 5-4 without getting to match point, Johnson broke to take the set, and the 10-minute break before the start of third wasn't ideal.

"I was playing well, won five games in a row, so there wasn't much to talk about," Johnson said of his conversation with his coach Vasile Beches. "Just keep playing your game, you're playing well, not sure you want to change anything, just stick to it. And I ended up playing better and better throughout the third set."

Johnson will face Vihaan Reddy, whom he beat 6-3, 6-1 in the 16s semifinals last year.

There was another afternoon rain delay, this one starting at 2 p.m., that pushed two of the fifth round matches to a 4 p.m. start, including the Latak-Johnson match. Two were completed and four 18s matches in progress when play was stopped.

Once the courts were dried, No. 9 seed Jack Secord, a 6-4, 6-4 winner over No. 33 seed Bryan Assi, and No. 12 seed Reddy, a 6-2, 6-3  winner over No. 33 seed Riley Anson, were awaiting their opponents, and those waits were long ones.

Top seed Jack Kennedy, down 2-3 in the first set when played was stopped, defeated Jerrid Gaines 6-4, 6-4, and No. 2 seed Michael Antonius, up 6-3, 4-1, closed out No. 13 seed Gavin Goode 6-3, 7-5. 

But complications developed for No. 4 seed Keaton Hance, up 6-2, 4-1 against No. 18 seed Rishvanth Krishna, and No. 10 seed Ryan Cozad, up 7-5, 4-2 over No. 5 seed Ronit Karki.

Cozad had four match points with Karki serving at 3-5 in the second set, and couldn't convert any of them, one of which was especially aggravating. 

"I had a ball on top of the net, and hit it straight down, I don't know what I was doing," said the 17-year-old from Alpharetta Georgia, who couldn't manage to reach match point serving for it at 5-4, then lost the tiebreaker 7-2. "But yeah, four match points. It's just so tough to close matches out at Kzoo, especially deep in the tournament, It's a big tournament, a lot of nerves, so I'm just super happy."

Cozad credited his fitness with helping him hang around in the third set, and when he got a break with Karki serving at 2-3, his confidence grew.

"He played very well in the last few games of the second set," Cozad said. "So I went out there and played with a lot of physicality. All my work in the gym paid off. I felt super fit out there and I was able to outlast him in the third. I stayed really positive and was able to play my game."

Next up for Cozad is Kennedy, who will be a Virginia teammate when Cozad joins the Cavaliers in 2027.

"Playing Jack will be super fun," said Cozad, mentioning the all-UVA semifinal in the ATP 1000 in Montreal this evening. "We're going to be teammates one day unless he goes pro. We're super good friends, get along really well, so I'm excited."

Hance also dropped his second set in a tiebreaker, and was broken at love serving for the match at 5-3 in the third, but broke Krishna to claim the win. He will face Secord in the quarterfinals. 

Wimbledon boys champion Jordan Lee, the No. 6 seed, hasn't gotten a lot of show court time despite that accomplishment, and tonight he was on Court 9, after playing at Western Michigan University on Tuesday night. But Lee had the quickest match of the evening, beating No. 33 seed William Freshwater 6-4, 6-1. Lee will face Michael Antonius in the quarterfinals.

The 16s had three fifth round matches that had not been started when it rained and they were sent indoors. Three of the top four seeds had already advanced prior to the rain shower, with top seed Kamil Stolarczyk beating No. 24 seed Tabb Tuck, 6-4, 6-3, No. 3 seed Daniel Malacek defeating No. 33 seed Brandon Jeon 6-3, 6-1 and No. 2 seed Sulaiman Syed ending the run of unseeded George Ho 7-6(2), 6-3. Syed and Ho played a 90-minute first set before Syed finally took control in the second.

No. 4 seed Tristan Stratton defeated Karthik Thumu 6-2, 6-1 indoors and will play wild card Carter Jauffret, a No. 33 seed, who beat Antanas Daugis 6-4, 7-6(4), also indoors.

Stolarczyk faces No. 26 seed Tristan Ascenzo, who came back to beat No. 27 seed Arjun Krishnan 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 and Malacek plays No. 20 seed Joshua Dolinsky, who defeated No. 9 seed Daniil Berezin 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Syed's quarterfinal opponent is No. 22 seed Lennart Hammargren, who beat No. 33 seed Sebastian Zavala 6-2, 6-2.

The 16s singles and doubles quarterfinals will be played Thursday, as will the 18s doubles quarterfinals, with the 18s singles quarterfinals scheduled for Friday, along with both doubles semifinals.

The 18s third round of doubles were played outside after the singles at Stowe Wednesday night, finishing after 9:30 p.m. 

Three unseeded teams have advanced to the quarterfinals, with Andre Alcantara and Riley Anson beating No. 5 seeds Marcel Latak and Tanishk Konduri; Mason Taube and Jacob Lee beating unseeded Harrison Kemp and Juan Parrilla 7-5, 6-4 and Tyler Lee and Nikolas Stoot defeating Wimbledon doubles finalists and No. 4 seeds Andy Johnson and Michael Antonius 2-6, 6-3, 10-4.

Top seeds Keaton Hance and Jack Kennedy and No. 2 seeds Yannik Alvarez and Noah Johnston advanced to the quarterfinals with straight-sets victories. 

The top three seeds in the 16s have reached the quarterfinals: No. 1 seeds Mikaeel Alibaig and Ivan Rybak, No. 2 seeds Daniel Malacek and Kamil Stolarczyk and No. 3 seeds Rafael Pawar and Zesen Wang.

Live streaming of all matches at Stowe Stadium can be found here. Live scoring is available at iOnCourt.

The USTA 18s and 16s Girls Nationals in San Diego are at the quarterfinal stage in the 16s, and the round of 16 in the 18s.

In the third round Tuesday night, unseeded Brooke Kwon defeated No. 2 seed Bella Payne 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(7) and advanced to the round of 16 when Isabelle DeLuccia retired trailing 6-1, 4-2.

The other unseeded player in the 18s round of 16 is Aya Manning, who beat No. 15 seed Armira Kockinis 6-4, 6-1. Top seed Julieta Pareja, No. 3 seed Thea Frodin and No. 4 seed Janae Preston have all advanced to the fifth round, as has No. 33 seed Annika Penickova.

See the USTA SoCal website for recaps of the daily action.

Kalamazoo's No. 1 Seeds Both Drop Second Set Tiebreakers, but Move into Round of 16; Gaines Saves Match Point, Rallies to Beat Konduri; Rain Sends Four 16s Matches Indoors; Tien, Shelton and Nakashima Reach Montreal ATP Masters Semifinals

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Kamil Stolarczyk and Jack Kennedy have been regular fixtures on George Acker Center Court during the past four days at the USTA Boys 18s and 16s National Championships, and today their fourth round wins were nearly carbon copies, although Stolarczyk played in the morning, before the rain arrived, while Kennedy had his match disrupted then finished Tuesday evening.

With rain arriving at 1 p.m., the four 16s fourth round matches still in progress were moved a block away, to Kalamazoo College's Markin Tennis Center.

It figured that the four matches that were not finished were among the closest ones, although Stolarczyk was fortunate his three-hour 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2 victory over No. 21 seed Aayush Vartak started at 9 a.m., allowing him to finish an hour before the rain arrived.

The most precarious situation of those four matches saw No. 33 seed Zachary Szymanski leading No. 29 seed Antanas Daugis 4-3 in a third set tiebreaker when play was suspended. Szymanski had won the first set 6-4, with Daugis taking the second 6-2.

Daugis had had three match points with Szymanski serving at 4-5, 0-40 but didn't convert, surely cursing those missed opportunities when Szymanski went up 6-4 in the final tiebreaker once the match moved indoors. But Daugis kept coming back, saving seven match points in the tiebreaker, until he finally got to his first match point of the tiebreaker, and his fourth overall, at 12-11. A little bit of luck came his way, with Daugis's volley hitting the tape and dribbling over, putting him through to Wednesday's round of 16.

The only unseeded player remaining in either draw is George Ho, who won his fourth match of the week after trailing No. 25 seed Connor Feehan 7-5, 3-2 when the match moved indoors.

"I think if we didn't go indoors I probably would have lost that match, said the 16-year-old from Honolulu. "The rallies were just so grueling and slow outdoors, and as soon as we got indoors I was able to use my forehand a little bit more, really get inside the court and start attacking."

With only outdoor hard courts to practice and compete on in Hawaii, indoor tennis might appear to be uncomfortable to him, Ho said that's not the case.

"It's maybe my third or fourth time indoors," Ho said. "There's no indoor courts in Hawaii, no clay courts, only outdoor hard. But the Hawaii courts are kind of beat down, so they're very fast and very smooth. So it wasn't like going indoors was completely foreign to me, and it was a great match."

Ho, who has played one more match than everyone else left in the main draw, said that three-set win set him on the path to the round of 16.

"That kind of set the tone for the tournament," said Ho, who is coached by Dan Pollock. "I realized there's no free matches out here, guys aren't just going to miss, you've got to work for every single point. I'm just so happy to have carried that momentum through to the round of 16."

Ho will face No. 2 seed Sulaiman Syed, who defeated unseeded Alexander Lerman 6-4, 6-2 outdoors this morning. 

"I've seen him play about a minute of his match on center court, but I know nothing about him," Ho said. "I do know he has a one-hander, which I'm excited to play against. It's a great experience, win or lose and I get another match with a super high-quality opponent."

The biggest upset of the day was Leonard Hammargren's 6-4, 6-3 win over No. 8 seed Gadin Arun.  Hammargren had a three-hour and 21-minute 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-6(5) win in the third round over No. 33 Eita Mishima at Western Michigan Monday, so he wasn't sure how he would hold up today.

"Yesterday I had played a four-hour match so I was just hoping to go out there and grind it out," said the 16-year-old from Boca Raton Florida. "So I was trying to stay just physically good out there the entire time. And I actually felt great, with the adrenaline running, toward the middle I didn't feel anything at all, I was just cruising."

Although he in control, Hammargren said the score was deceptive. "It was definitely not routine, a lot tighter than the score was. He's a great player, but he didn't play as well as I've seen him play before."

The 16s completed their schedule at 3 p.m., but the 18s had three more hours of waiting for the rain to stop and courts to dry before they could get on court. Five matches, including  Kennedy's match with No. 33 seed Michael Lorenzetti were in progress at Stowe, but with limited daylight and not all of Stowe's courts lighted, five matches were sent to Western Michigan University.

Those matches, none of which had started before the rain, all ended quickly, with No. 2 seed Michael Antonius beating Connor Plunkett 6-0, 6-1 and No. 6 seed and Wimbledon boys champion Jordan Lee defeating No. 19 seed Teodor Davidov 6-4, 6-4 in a rematch of the 2021 Eddie Herr 12s final.

Back at Stowe, Kennedy returned to Acker Center Court at 6 p.m. with a 5-2 lead and finished off the first set, but Lorenzetti fought back from 2-0 down in the second, and saved three match points to take the second set tiebreaker 11 points to 9. But after the 10-minute break, Kennedy returned with renewed conviction and jumped out to a 5-0 lead before ultimately claiming a 6-2, 6-7(9), 6-1 win.

The other three-setter at Stowe Stadium Tuesday evening was the match that junior tennis fans had circled when the draw came out, with No. 11 seed Tanishk Konduri facing No. 17 seed Jerrid Gaines Junior.  All the promise that match held didn't look like it would materialize when Konduri took a 5-2 lead in the opening set, and then, after the five-hour delay, immediately dropped serve to lose the set. 

But Gaines was not ready to concede, taking the second set 6-4.

Konduri served for the match at 5-3 in the third set, but didn't get to match point after Gaines had saved one on his serve down 2-5 in the third, after double faulting at 30-all.

"I don't know if it was nerves,"  the 17-year-old from Palmetto Florida said of his double fault. "Mistakes are going to happen, but the intention was correct on that second serve, I just missed it by a little bit, caught the top of the net. So I didn't focus on that just focused on the next point, played a good point, hit a winner forehand cross, it was a shorter ball and I did what I had to do. I don't think he did anything wrong, players just come up with stuff and I managed to come with the goods in big moments."

That reminded Gaines of last year's round of 32 match in the 16s against Rowan Qalbani, when he also saved a match point.

"I thought of that, actually," said Gaines, who went on to win the bronze ball. "If I could do it then, I could do it again. Whenever I see Rowan, we still joke about it. It wasn't like he played a bad point then either; things just happen."

Gaines broke Konduri in that 5-3 game, held easily. then broke Konduri with a backhand volley winner setting up break point and Konduri netting a forehand early in the rally to make it 6-5 Gaines.

Gaines, who has a first serve that produces a sound that you don't often hear at a junior tournament, hit two of his eight aces to start off the game, and got an error from Konduri to set up three match points. Konduri saved the first with a drop voley, but Gaines won the second match point when Konduri netted a backhand.

"That (first serve) is definitely going to be part of my game," Gaines said. "We both have good serves, and it was a high level."

Gaines will play Kennedy in the round of 16 Wednesday, and Gaines admitted that he knew the draw had put him in Kennedy's section. 

"That's why I'm here, that's why I come to these tournaments, to play matches like that," said Gaines, who lost to Kennedy in three sets in the second round of the M15 in Boca Raton this spring, which Kennedy went on to win. "I'm definitely looking forward to it, bringing the same mindset to every match. I've learned a lot this year."

Although most of the round of 16 matches provide some intrigue, the Kennedy-Gaines match could be rivaled by the rematch of last year's 16s final between Andy Johnson, the No. 3 seed, and Marcel Latak, the No. 16 seed this year. Latak, who came from 5-1 down in the third set of that final, had the easier of the two fourth round matches, beating unseeded Justin Zhang 6-3, 6-2, while Johnson needed two hours to get past No. 20 seed Safir Azam 7-6(5), 6-2.

All main draws matches in singles and doubles are at Stowe Stadium on Wednesday, with the forecast still showing some chance of rain early in the day.

Live streaming is here, and live scoring is provided by iOnCourt. 

At the USTA Girls 18s and 16s National Championships in San Diego, the 18s third round is still not complete, but there was one notable upset, with No. 5 seed Kristina Penickova dropping a 7-6(3), 0-6, 6-2 decision to No. 33 seed Nancy Lee. Top seed Julieta Pareja is through to the fourth round, as is No. 3 seed Thea Frodin and No. 4 seed Janae Preston.

As is the case with the B16s, the top four seeds have advanced to Wednesday's round of 16.

Three players who competed in Kalamazoo finals in the past ten years are through to the semifinals of the ATP Masters 1000 in Montreal, with defending champion Ben Shelton(Florida), the 2021 18s finalist, facing two-time 18s champion Learner Tien(USC), who has reached his first Masters 1000 semifinal. Brandon Nakashima(Virginia), the 2017 16s champion, will play Rafael Jodar(Virginia) of Spain in the other semifinal.

Jauffret Ousts Fifth Seed Singh in Nearly Four-Hour Battle to Reach Kalamazoo 16s Fourth Round; Top 16s Seeds Stolarczyk and Syed Tested But Through in Straight Sets

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After a day off Sunday, those in the main draw of the USTA National Boys Championships 16s division returned to the courts Monday, after a one-hour delay due to wet courts due to a second storm overnight.

In the third round matches played at both Kalamazoo College's Stowe Stadium and Western Michigan University, upsets were not rare, with the No. 5, 6 and 7 seeds all going out in grueling contests in the oppressive heat and humidity.

No one did a better job of surviving those conditions than No. 33 seed Carter Jauffret, who blew a 4-0 first set lead, served for the match twice in the third set and was down a mini-break in the deciding tiebreaker before posting a 6-7(2), 6-2, 7-6(4) win over No. 5 seed Kahven Singh in three hours and 54 minutes.

Jauffret, who was out for eight months with a stress fracture in his dominant right hand, was able to see the positives even as that first set slipped away.

"Once I lost that first set, I knew that I had the level, I just needed to string it all together," said the 16-year-old from Wilmington Delaware, who is the younger brother of Capucine Jauffret, who is competing this week in San Diego. "He started dealing with fatigue and some potential cramps toward the end of the second set, and then it just became cramps for the two of us in the third set."

Jauffret, who served for the match at 5-4 and 6-5 in the third set, and had a match point in that tenth game, saved by Singh with a brave backhand volley winner, was surprised he couldn't serve it out.

"I wasn't in my head about not being able to hold my serve, because I couldn't bend my legs," Jauffret said. "So the serve essentially became irrelevant. It was could I get a kick to the placement where I wanted, or was it going to be in the middle of the box. So once he broke, I knew I would have to play a gritty tiebreak and I came up with some shots I don't think I could do again if I had 15 chances."

One of those shots came with Singh serving at 4-3 in the tiebreaker, with a slick Jauffret pass with his one-handed backhand getting him back on serve.

"That backhand pass, you give me 20 balls, I'll miss all 20," said Jauffret, who had missed a backhand pass he thought he should have made when he was serving for the match.  "So I'm happy to be moving on."

Due to his cramping, Jauffret didn't sit down at changeovers and only was in the chair briefly in the 10-minute break between the second and third sets.

"I haven't dealt with cramps too many times, but I've seen it all on TV, at tournaments, when a guy sits down and doesn't get back up," said Jauffret, who had his older brother Connor providing coaching and encouragement during the break. "I knew the strategy, I knew what I needed to do. I knew his weaknesses, he knew my weaknesses, it was actually who could be fit enough to win a specific point and then a whole set."

Jauffret will play one of the four unseeded players remaining in the round of 32: Joseph Garrean, the Midwest Closed champion. 

Garrean defeated the reigning 16s USTA Clay Courts champion Gurbaaz Narang, the No. 18 seed, 7-5, 6-7(7), 2-1, ret.

No. 6 seed Colter Amey retired in his match with No. 33 seed Maddox Iliescu, who advanced with a 3-6, 6-4, 2-1 ret. victory, and No. 7 seed Eli Kaminski lost to No. 33 seed Niranjan Ramalingam 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

Unseeded George Ho beat No. 12 seed Piotr Gradzki 6-2, 7-6(5), unseeded Nirbhay Agarwal defeated No. 30 seed Ishaan Marla 7-5, 6-0 and unseeded Alexander Lerman defeated No. 33 seed Paul Bower 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.

Although top seed Kamil Stolarczyk and No. 2 seed Sulaiman Syed both got through in straight sets, they were tested in their matches on the George Acker Center Court.

"He was playing well, and I definitely wasn't expecting it to be this long at the end," the 16-year-old from Glendale New York said of his 6-2, 7-5 win over No. 33 seed Andres Quijada. "I was up 5-1, and it was more of a mental thing than a physical thing, which is fine, because you can always work on that.  But it was a tough match, quite physical and he didn't miss much toward the end at all, so I had to work for it. In the first set he was throwing errors left and right, but he got into the match, he was playing well."

Stolarczyk will face No. 21 seed Aayush Vartak in the fourth round Tuesday.

Syed was at 4-all in his first set against No. 33 seed Damian Gutheil before finding his rhythm and closing it out 6-4, 6-1.

"I actually warmed up in the indoor center, so the court was a little different, so I had to adjust to it," said the 16-year-old from Chesterbrook Pennsylvania, who, like Jauffret, has a one-handed backhand. "I went down an early break, but I kept on believing, staying positive. I thought I was serving well, so it was just staying in the match, every point. I relaxed a little bit, got used to the ball, found a little more rhythm on my groundstrokes. I was getting more looks in my return games and I was able to take advantage of my opportunities."

Syed will face the unseeded Lerman in the fourth round Tuesday.

The third round of doubles was also played Monday evening, with no major upsets. The top four seeded in both the 16s and 18s advanced to the round of 16 without dropping a set.

The weather forecast for Tuesday contains a chance for thunderstorms with the fourth round of singles in both age divisions and the fourth round of 18s doubles on the schedule. There are no 16s doubles on the schedule for Tuesday. Play begins with the 16s singles at 9 a.m., with all matches at Stowe Stadium.

Live streaming is available on all 11 Stowe Stadium courts, at this link. Point-by-point real-time live scoring is available via ionCourt.

The seeds in the USTA Nationals 18s division in San Diego played for the first time today, with the Top 8 seeds, and Annika Penickova, a No. 33 seed, advancing to the third round. The 16s third round today is not yet complete, but so far there have been no major upsets.

Cracked Racquets is providing four hours of coverage of San Diego competition each day at their YouTube channel.