June Aces; Gauff, Nakashima Win Grade 1 Roehampton Titles; Nanda, Mayo and Stearns Qualify for Wimbledon Junior Championships; McDonald and Isner into Wimbledon's Second Week

The French Open Junior Championships seem a long time ago, with the grass now the surface on everybody's TV screens, but last month's all-American girls final in Paris leads the list of 16 top performances in June in my monthly column for the Tennis Recruiting Network.

It was a busy day at Roehampton Friday, with Americans claiming three of the four titles at the ITF Grade 1, and three other Americans earning spots in the Wimbledon Junior Championships main draw.

Fourteen-year-old Coco Gauff, the No. 3 seed, defeated No. 12 seed Caty McNally 6-2, 6-3, a much less dramatic score than the third set tiebreaker Gauff won in the French Open girls final last month. It's the the first Grade 1 title for Gauff, who has only played four since making her ITF debut last year at Roehampton.

Unseeded Brandon Nakashima dropped his first set of the tournament today to Arnaud Bovy of Belgium, also unseeded, but the 16-year-old Californian recovered to earn a 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 win and his second Grade 1 title since April.  Roehampton is the first grass court tournament Nakashima has played. 

McNally and Whitney Osuigwe won the doubles title, with the No. 2 seeds beating top seeds Clara Tauson of Denmark and Xinyu Wang of China 7-6(4), 7-6(7) in the final. McNally and Osuigwe didn't drop a set in their five wins and after reaching the finals at Wimbledon last year, they are the favorites this year.

The No. 2 seeds also won the boys doubles title, with Australian Open champions Hugo Gaston and Clement Tabur of France defeating top seeds Aidan McHugh of Great Britain and Timofei Skatov of Kazakhstan 5-7, 6-3, 11-9 in the final. 

In the Wimbledon Juniors final round of qualifying, all the Americans who won their first round matches won their second today and will make their Wimbledon debuts on Monday.  Govind Nanda, the No. 6 seed, defeated No. 9 seed Alexandr Binda of Russia 6-4, 6-2 and Keenan Mayo, the No. 13 seed, defeated No. 7 seed Pavel Shumeiko of Ukraine 7-6(8), 6-3.  No. 2 seed Peyton Stearns advanced to the main draw with a 7-6(5), 6-2 win over No. 14 seed Paula Arias Manjon of Spain. 

Although qualifiers and Roehampton finalists do not play tomorrow, there are 30 junior singles matches on Saturday's schedule, including eight featuring Americans. I will be on site covering the tournament beginning tomorrow.

Junior Wimbledon first round singles matches featuring Americans Saturday:

Sebastian Korda[3] v Otto Virtanen(FIN)
Tyler Zink v Jiri Lehecka(CZE)
Trey Hilderbrand v Naoki Tajima[8](JPN)
Tristan Boyer[11] v Jonas Forejtek(CZE)
Cannon Kinglsey v Carolos Lopez Montagud[12](ESP)
Natasha Subhash v Eleonora Molinaro[7](LUX)
Lea Ma v Victoria Allen[WC](GBR)
Katie Volynets v Viktoryia Kanapatskaya(BLR)

The complete order of play for Saturday's Wimbledon Junior Championships is here.

It was another disappointing day for Americans in the mens' and women's draw, with John Isner[9] and Mackenzie McDonald the only Americans not named Serena Williams in the second week in singles. Frances Tiafoe will try to join that trio with a win Saturday. Isner had no difficulty beating Radu Albot of Moldova 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to make his first Wimbledon fourth round in ten attempts.  McDonald, playing in  his first Wimbledon main draw, defeated Guido Pella of Argentina, who had beaten Marin Cilic, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(6).  The 2016 NCAA singles and doubles champion has moved into the ATP Top 80 for the first time with his performance this week. For more on McDonald's win, see the ATP website.

Friday’s third round singles matches featuring Americans:
Gael Monfils(FRA) def. Sam Querrey[11] 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
John Isner[9] def.  Radu Albot(MDA) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Mackenzie McDonald def. Guido Pella(ARG) 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(6)
Alexander Zverev[4](GER) def. Taylor Fritz 6-4, 5-7, 6-7(0), 6-1, 6-2
Serena Williams[25] v Kristina Mladenovic(FRA) 7-5, 7-6(2)
Kiki Bertens[20](NED) def. Venus Williams[9] 6-2, 6-7(5), 8-6
Evgeniya Rodina[Q](RUS) def. Madison Keys[10]  7-5, 5-7, 6-4

Saturday's third round singles match featuring an American:
Frances Tiafoe v Karen Khachanov (RUS)

McNally and Gauff Meet Again in Roehampton G1 Final, Nakashima Rolls On; Wimbledon Junior Draws Released; US Women Winless on Day 4 at Wimbledon

A rematch of last month's French Open girls final will be played at the ITF Grade 1 in Roehampton Friday, with No. 12 seed Caty McNally taking on No. 3 seed Coco Gauff.  McNally defeated top seed and doubles partner Whitney Osuigwe 7-6(4), 6-3 in today's semifinal, while Gauff avenged her January loss to No. 2 seed En-Shuo Liang of Taiwan with a 7-6(4), 7-5 victory.  Gauff defeated McNally 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(1) in Paris, their only previous ITF junior circuit meeting.

Brandon Nakashima continued his impressive debut on grass, defeating No. 7 seed Naoki Tajima of Japan 6-3, 6-4. In his five wins this week, the unseeded 16-year-old from San Diego has not lost more than four games in any set.  He will face Arnaud Bovy of Belgium, who defeated Jack Draper of Great Britain 7-6(4), 6-1.

McNally and Osuigwe have reached the doubles final, with the No. 2 seeds defeating No. 5 seeds Yuki Naito and Naho Sato of Japan 6-4 ,6-3. They will face top seeds Clara Tauson of Denmark and Xinyu Wang of China, who beat Natasha Subhash and Katie Volynets 6-2, 7-6(5).

The boys doubles final will also feature the top two seeds, with No. 1 Aidan McHugh of Great Britain and Timofei Skatov of Kazakhstan meeting No. 2 Hugo Gaston and Clement Tabur of France, the 2018 Australian Open boys doubles champions.

The first round of the Wimbledon Junior Championships qualifying was completed today, with three Americans still in the running for a place in the main draw.  No. 6 seed Govind Nanda defeated Joao Ferreira of Brazil 6-3, 6-1 and No. 13 seed Keenan Mayo defeated Lleyton Cronje of South Africa 7-5, 6-4 to reach the final round of qualifying. William Woodall, the other American boy in qualifying, lost to No. 11 seed Simon Ivanov of Bulgaria 6-1, 5-7, 6-4. 

Peyton Stearns, the No. 2 seed, is through to the final round of girls qualifying with a 7-5, 6-3 win over British wild card Amelia Bissett. Chloe Beck, the No. 10 seed, lost to Joanne Zuger of Switzerland 6-2, 6-4.

The junior draws, without the qualifiers of course, have been released, with Chun Hsin Tseng of Taiwan and Osuigwe the top seeds.  Osuigwe has been given a tough first round opponent in Iga Swiatek of Poland, who received entry based on her WTA ranking of 347 and reached the semifinals at the French Open junior tournament this year, losing to McNally.  Three US boys are seeded: No. 3 Sebastian Korda, No. 11 Tristan Boyer and No. 15 Drew Baird. Four US girls are seeded: Osuigwe, No. 5 Alexa Noel, No. 3 Gauff and No. 13 McNally (who are in the same half).  Great Britain's Emma Raducanu, who was announced as a wild card recipient on Tuesday, did not need her wild card.

I am on way to London this evening, and my live coverage of the first round of the Wimbledon Junior Championships will begin on Saturday.

Thursday proved to be a disaster at Wimbledon for US women, who went 0-6 on the day, leaving just the Williams sisters and Madison Keys in the singles draw.  The most painful loss was suffered by Allison Riske who had four match points in the second set, but was eliminated by 2013 junior champion Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 1-6, 7-6(10), 6-2.  Qualifier Claire Liu acquitted herself well against former Wimbledon finalist Angelique Kerber, but fell in three sets.

Thursday's second round singles matches featuring Americans:

Women: 0-6
Angelique Kerber[11](GER) def. Claire Liu[Q] 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Elise Mertens[15](BEL) def. Sachia Vickery 6-1, 6-3
Belinda Bencic(SUI) def. Alison Riske 1-6, 7-6(10), 6-2
Aliaksandra Sasnovich(BLR) def. Taylor Townsend 6-0, 6-4
Vitalia Diatchenko[Q] (RUS) def. Sonya Kenin 6-4, 6-1
Anett Kontaveit[28](EST) def. Jennifer Brady 6-2, 7-6(4)

The men had a bit more success, with John Isner squeaking out a win and Frances Tiafoe earning his first third round appearance with a victory over French veteran Julien Benneteau. Taylor Fritz was up 2 sets to 1 on No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany when play was called due to darkness.

Men: 2-2
John Isner[9] def. Ruben Bemelmans(BEL) 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-7(3), 7-5
Stefanos Tsitsipas[31](GRE) def. Jared Donaldson 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3
Kyle Edmund[21](GBR) def. Bradley Klahn[Q] 6-4, 7-6(0), 6-2
Taylor Fritz v Alexander Zverev[4](GER) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(0), susp.
Frances Tiafoe def. Julien Benneteau(FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Friday’s third round singles matches featuring Americans:

Sam Querrey[11] v Gael Monfils(FRA)
John Isner[9] v Radu Albot(MDA)
Mackenzie McDonald v Guido Pella(ARG)
Taylor Fritz v Alexander Zverev[4](GER) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(0), susp.
Serena Williams[25] v Kristina Mladenovic(FRA)
Venus Williams[9] v Kiki Bertens[20](NED)
Madison Keys[10] v Evgeniya Rodina(RUS)

The order of play for Friday is here.

Osuigwe, McNally, Gauff and Nakashima Reach Semifinals at Roehampton Grade 1; Junior Wimbledon Qualifying Begins Thursday; Five Americans Advance to Third Round at Wimbledon; Wichita Futures First Round Complete

Happy Fourth of July!

It was a good holiday for American girls at the Roehampton Grade 1, with three of the four in the quarterfinals advancing to Thursday's semifinals. Top seed Whitney Osuigwe defeated No. 6 seed Maria Osorio Serrano of Colombia 6-1, 6-4 and will play friend and doubles partner Caty McNally, the No. 12 seed, in the semifinals. McNally defeated No. 4 seed Xinyu Wang of China 6-3, 6-3. McNally and Osuigwe have played just once on the ITF Junior Circuit, with Osuigwe beating McNally in the quarterfinals of the French Open Junior Championships she won last year.  No. 3 seed Coco Gauff, the reigning French Open girls champion, defeated No. 8 seed Yuki Naito of Japan 6-2, 6-3 and will face Australian Open girls champion and No. 2 seed En Shuo Liang of Taiwan, who beat No. 5 seed Alexa Noel 6-0, 6-1.  Liang and Gauff have played twice since last August, with Gauff winning at the Grade 1 International Hard Court last year and Liang winning at the Grade 1 in Traralgon Australia in January.

McNally and Osuigwe, the No. 2 seeds in doubles, have advanced to the girls doubles final, beating No. 6 seeds Noel and Georgia Drummy of Ireland 7-5, 6-3.  Unseeded Katie Volynets and Natasha Subhash have advanced in the top half after defeating No. 4 seeds Liang and Joanna Garland of Taiwan 5-7, 7-5, 10-8.

Californian Brandon Nakashima is playing his first grass court tournament this week in Roehampton and the surface appears to be to his liking, with the unseeded 16-year-old into the semifinals without the loss of a set. Nakashima defeated unseeded Titouan Droguet of France 6-2, 6-3 and will face the only seed left in the boys draw, No. 7 Naoki Tajima of Japan, who took out No. 2 seed Sebastian Korda 6-4, 7-5. Tajima and Nakashima have not played previously. The top half semifinal will feature Jack Draper of Great Britain and Arnaud Bovy of Belgium.

Trey Hilderbrand and Govind Nanda, the only Americans left in the boys doubles, lost their quarterfinal match today 7-6(7), 6-4  to No. 2 seeds Hugo Gaston and Clement Tabur of France.

While the semifinals are going on at Roehampton, the Wimbledon junior qualifying will begin at the same site, with five Americans looking to earn entry into the main draw.  Emilio Nava and Hurricane Tyra Black, who were initially in qualifying, have moved into the main draw, and William Woodall moved into qualifying. Joining Woodall will be Govind Nanda, the No. 6 seed, and Keenan Mayo, the No. 13 seed.  The two US girls in qualifying are Chloe Beck, the No. 10 seed and Peyton Stearns, the No. 2 seed. I'm told by the ITF that Wimbledon will not be using the new no-lets on serve rule, which has been used in all ITF junior events, including both the Australian Open and French Open junior championships, this year.  For more on how players, coaches and officials feel about this new rule, read my article from this spring at Tennis Recruiting Network.

Rain cut short the third day at Wimbledon, but five Americans completed their matches to move into the third round, including 2016 NCAA champion Mackenzie McDonald, who advanced past the second round for the first time in a major. It wasn't easy, with McDonald coming from 2 sets to 1 down before taking an extended fifth set 11-9. McDonald will play the winner of the Marin Cilic[3]-Guido Pella match, which did not finish due to the rain.

Wednesday's results for singles matches featuring Americans:

Women: 3-1
Serena Williams[25] def. Viktoriya Tomova(BUL) 6-1, 6-4
Venus Williams[9] def. Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
Madison Keys[10] def. Luksika Kumkhum(THA) 6-4, 6-3
Camila Giorgi(ITA) def. Madison Brengle 6-4, 6-4

Men: 2-1
Sam Querrey[11] def. Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-3
John Isner[9] v. Ruben Bemelmans(BEL) 6-1,6-4, 6-7(6), 6-7(3), 3-4 susp.
Jared Donaldson v. Stefanos Tsitsipas[31](GRE) 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 4-3 susp.
Mackenzie McDonald def. Nicolas Jarry(CHI) 7-6(5), 5-7, 3-6, 6-2, 11-9
Adrian Mannarino[22](FRA) def. Ryan Harrison 7-5, 7-5, 7-6(4)

Thursday's second round singles matches featuring Americans:
Men:
John Isner[9] v. Ruben Bemelmans(BEL) 6-1,6-4, 6-7(6), 6-7(3), 3-4 susp.
Jared Donaldson v. Stefanos Tsitsipas[31](GRE) 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 4-3 susp.
Bradley Klahn[Q] v. Kyle Edmund[21](GBR)
Taylor Fritz v Alexander Zverev[4](GER)
Frances Tiafoe v Julien Benneteau(FRA)

Women:
Claire Liu[Q] v Angelique Kerber[11](GER)
Sachia Vickery v Elise Mertens[15](BEL)
Alison Riske v Belinda Bencic(SUI)
Taylor Townsend v Aliaksandra Sasnovich(BLR)
Sonya Kenin v Vitalia Diatchenko(RUS)
Jennifer Brady v Anett Kontaveit[28](EST)

Thursday's schedule is available here. Happy to see qualifier 2010 NCAA singles champion Bradley Klahn, who has had more than his share of injuries over the years, get a Centre Court assignment.

The only USTA Pro Circuit event this week is a $25,000 Men's Futures in Wichita Kansas.  Evgeny Karlovskiy of Russia is the top seed, with former Oklahoma star Andrew Harris of Australia the No. 2 seed. As always this time of year, the draw is full of current and former collegians. Although he lost 6-4, 6-4 today to Karlovskiy, it's good to see former UCLA Bruin star Nick Meister back on the court after a long layoff due to injury. His appearance last week in Tulsa was his first tournament since November of 2016.

Quite a few collegians are also taking part in the $25,000 Men's Futures in Saskatoon Canada, where Lucas Miedler of Austria is the top seed. 

The USTA Pro Circuit hasn't had any women's events in the past two weeks, but a big one gets underway next week, a $60,000 tournament in Honolulu, which begins the USTA's US Open Wild Card Challenge. The ATP Challenger Circuit returns to the United States with the $75,000 event in Winnetka Illinois. That tournament kicks off the men's USO Wild Card Challenge in the US.

2017 Girls Champion Liu's Grass Court Streak Continues with Wimbledon Win, Joins 17 Americans in Second Round; Six Americans Reach Roehampton G1 Quarterfinals; Wimbledon Junior Wild Cards Include Argentina's Baez

Last year on England's grass courts, Claire Liu went 12-0, capturing both the ITF Grade 1 at Roehampton and the Wimbledon girls championship the following week.  The former ITF Junior No. 1, who won three matches in women's qualifying last week, now has a grass-court winning streak of 16 with her first slam main draw win today, a 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3 victory over Ana Konjuh of Croatia. The 18-year-old, who would still be eligible for junior events if she wished to play them, had not had the best start to the year, with a 6-11 main draw record on the ITF and WTA circuits, but with her qualifying results and her win today, she should improve on her WTA ranking career-high ranking of 181.

2015 Kalamazoo 18s champion Frances Tiafoe, who has had his share of bad draws in the majors,  picked up his first slam victory over a seed, beating No. 30 Fernando Verdasco of Spain 7-6(5), 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-3. No. 18 seed Jack Sock's dismal year continued as he was unable to close out a two set lead over ATP No. 81 Matteo Berrettini of Italy. Overall, Americans finished the first round with a 18-13 record, with the men going 8-6 and the women 10-7, but three seeded Americans were among those losing. Not that that was unusual, as a total of 21 seeds lost in the first round, a Wimbledon record (32 seeds were introduced in 2001).

Tuesday’s Wimbledon first round matches featuring Americans:

Women: 6-3
Daria Gavrilova[26](AUS) def. Caroline Dolehide[LL] 6-2, 6-3
Sachia Vickery def. Marketa Vondrousova(SVK) 6-1, 6-2
Elise Mertens[15](BEL) def. Danielle Collins 6-3, 6-2
Sonya Kenin def. Maria Sakkari(GRE) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
Taylor Townsend def. Pauline Parmentier(FRA) 6-2, 6-4
Jennifer Brady def. Kateryna Kozlova(UKR) 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-2
Claire Liu[Q] def. Ana Konjuh(CRO) 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3
Alison Riske def. Mariana Duque-Marino[LL](COL) 6-1, 6-1
Vera Lapko[BLR) def. Christina McHale 5-7, 7-5, 7-5

Men: 3-3
Frances Tiafoe def. Fernando Verdasco[30](ESP) 7-6(6), 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3
Bradley Klahn[Q] def. Yuichi Sugita(JPN) 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-2
Novak Djokovic[12](SRB) def. Tennys Sandgren 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
Kei Nishikori[24](JPN) def. Christian Harrison[Q] 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2
Taylor Fritz def. Lorenzo Sonego[LL](ITA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Matteo Berrettini(ITA) def. Jack Sock[18] 6-7(5), 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-5, 6-2

Eight Americans are on Wednesday's schedule, which can be found here.

Wednesday's second round singles matches featuring Americans:

Serena Williams[25] v. Viktoriya Tomova(BUL)

Venus Williams[9] v. Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU) 

Madison Keys[10] v. Luksika Kumkhum(THA)

Madison Brengle v. Camila Giorgi(ITA)

Sam Querrey[11] v. Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR)

John Isner[9] v. Ruben Bemelmans(BEL)

Jared Donaldson v. Stefanos Tsitsipas[31](GRE)

Mackenzie McDonald v. Nicolas Jarry(CHI)

Ryan Harrison v. Adrian Mannarino[22](FRA)

The quarterfinals are set at the ITF Grade 1 in Roehampton, with few upsets in the girls draws and four Americans still in the hunt for the title.  Top seed Whitney Osuigwe and No. 12 seed Caty McNally, who are doubles partners, could meet in the semifinals if both win on Wednesday. Osuigwe faces No. 6 seed Maria Osorio Serrano of Colombia and McNally's quarterfinal opponent is No. 4 seed Xinyu Wang of China. In the bottom half, No. 3 seed Coco Gauff will face No. 8 seed Yuki Naito of Japan and No. 5 seed Alexa Noel plays Australian Open girls champion En Shuo Liang of Taiwan. 

Two US boys remain in the boys draw, with unseeded Brandon Nakashima and No. 2 seed Sebastian Korda both in the bottom half.  Nakahima defeated No. 6 seed Adrian Andreev of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-3 and will face unseeded Titouan Droguet of France in the quarterfinals. Korda, a 6-4, 6-2 winner over No. 14 seed Aidan McHugh of Great Britain, will play No. 7 seed Naoki Tajima of Japan in the quarterfinals. Unlike the girls draw, which features 7 of top 8 seeds in the quarterfinals, the boys draw has just three seeds: Korda, Tajima and No. 16 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy. 

The doubles quarterfinals are also set for Wednesday, with Easter Bowl champions Trey Hilderbrand and Govind Nanda the only US boys to advance to the final eight. Five US girls are still in the doubles, with ISC Carson Grade 1 champions Katie Volynets and Natasha Subhash unseeded quarterfinalists. No. 2 seeds Osuigwe and McNally, the Eddie Herr champions, will play No. 6 seeds Georgia Drummy of Ireland and Alexa Noel. 

Wimbledon sent out a list of the wild cards it has distributed for the Junior Championships and a surprising name was at the top of the boys list, World No. 2 Sebastian Baez of Argentina. Baez, a finalist at the French Open juniors this year, failed to enter by the deadline, although I don't know if it was an oversight or a change of plans. Anyway, if Chun Hsin Tseng of Taiwan is healthy after retiring in the first round at Roehampton, that gives the boys draw all of the current ITF Top 10, which is quite rare.

With only four wild cards given to the girls, the next four direct acceptances are in, which I think keeps Hurricane Tyra Black from having to qualify.

The Wimbledon junior main draw wild cards:

Girls:

1 Victoria ALLEN (GBR)

2 Francesca JONES (GBR)

3 Destinee MARTINS (GBR)

4 Emma RADUCANU (GBR)

5 Not used - Next direct acceptance

6 Not used - Next direct acceptance

7 Not used - Next direct acceptance

8 Not used - Next direct acceptance

Boys:

1 Sebastian BAEZ (ARG)

2 Blu BAKER (GBR)

3 Jacob FEARNLEY (GBR)

4 Jake HERSEY (GBR)

5 Emile HUDD (GBR)

6 Anton MATUSEVICH (GBR)

7 Connor THOMSON (GBR)

8 Harry WENDELKEN (GBR)

McDonald Opens Wimbledon with Win; Seven American Juniors Reach Roehampton Grade 1 Third Round; ITA Announces Prize Money for August's National Summer Championships

Seventeen Americans competed on the first day of Wimbledon, with nine of them advancing to the second round.  Seven lost, including No. 4 seed Sloane Stephens and No. 16 seed CoCo Vandeweghe, with Christina McHale's match suspended due to darkness.

Another American was added to the group of 30 in the draw when Caroline Dolehide received entry as a lucky loser with Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan dropping out due to injury.

One of the nine winners was 2016 NCAA champion Mackenzie McDonald, who earned his first Wimbledon main draw victory with a 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3, 7-6(6) win over Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania. The 23-year-old former UCLA Bruin, who qualified and won a round at the Australian Open this year, should move into the ATP top 100 for the first time with his win today.

Monday’s Wimbledon first round featuring Americans
Women: 4-4

Caroline Wozniacki[2](DEN) def. Varvara Lepchenko 6-0, 6-3
Donna Vekic(CRO) def. Sloane Stephens[4] 6-1, 6-3
Serena Williams[25] def. Arantxa Rus(NED) 7-5, 6-3
Venus Williams[9] def. Johanna Larsson(SWE) 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-1
Madison Keys[10] def. Ajla Tomljanovic(AUS) 6-4, 6-2
Katerina Siniakova(CZE) def. CoCo Vandeweghe[16] 6-7(3), 6-3, 8-6
Luksika Kumkhum(THA) def. Bernarda Pera 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Christina McHale v Vera Lapko[BLR) 7-5, 5-7, 2-3 suspend.
Madison Brengle def. Aleksandra Krunic(SRB) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

Men: 5-3

Sam Querrey[11] def. Jordan Thompson(AUS) 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
John Isner[9] def. Yannick Maden[Q](GER) 6-2, 7-6(4), 7-5
Lucas Pouille[17](FRA) def. Denis Kudla[WC] 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
Jared Donaldson def. Malek Jaziri(TUN) 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1
Gilles Muller(LUX) def. Michael Mmoh[LL] 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-1
Ryan Harrison def. Roberto Carballes Baena(ESP) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
Ruben Bemelmans[Q](BEL) def. Steve Johnson 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7(0), 8-6
Mackenzie McDonald def. Ricardas Berankis(LTU) 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3, 7-6(6)

Fourteen more Americans, including 2017 Wimbledon girls champion Claire Liu, will play their first round matches on Tuesday, not counting McHale. The complete order of play is here.

Tuesday’s Wimbledon first round matches featuring Americans

Women:
Caroline Dolehide[LL] v Daria Gavrilova[26](AUS)
Sachia Vickery v Marketa Vondrousova(SVK)
Danielle Collins v Elise Mertens[15](BEL)
Sonya Kenin v Maria Sakkari(GRE)
Taylor Townsend v Pauline Parmentier(FRA)
Jennifer Brady v Kateryna Kozlova(UKR)
Claire Liu[Q] v Ana Konjuh(CRO)
Alison Riske v Mariana Duque-Marino[LL](COL)
Christina McHale v Vera Lapko[BLR) 7-5, 5-7, 2-3 suspend.

Men:
Frances Tiafoe v Fernando Verdasco[30](ESP)
Bradley Klahn[Q] v Yuichi Sugita(JPN)
Tennys Sandgren v Novak Djokovic[12](SRB)
Christian Harrison[Q] v Kei Nishikori[24](JPN)
Taylor Fritz v Lorenzo Sonego[LL](ITA)
Jack Sock[18] v Matteo Berrettini(ITA)

At the ITF Grade 1 in Roehampton, few seeds are missing from the girls round of 16, and all four seeded US players have advanced: Whitney Osuigwe[1], Caty McNally[12], Coco Gauff[3] and Alexa Noel[5].  The US boys in the third round are No. 2 seed Sebastian Korda, along with unseeded Trey Hilderbrand and Brandon Nakashima. The first round of doubles was played today, with eight US girls and four US boys advancing to the second round.

Last week the ITA announced that for the first time, the August ITA National Summer Championships will offer prize money.  As an open tournament, not a collegiate event, the National Summer Championships are allowed to pay prize money, with current student athletes able to use any winnings to offset expenses incurred while competing during the calendar year.  Juniors competing in open events can accept the prize money under the NCAA's $10,000 rule, which was adopted in 2013. The Summer Championships $20,000 prize money is broken down as follows:

Main Draw Singles (Men & Women) – Total Purse $7,500
Champion - $3,000
Finalist - $1,500
Semifinalists (2) - $750
Quarterfinalists (4) - $375

Main Draw Doubles (Men & Women) – Total Purse $2,500
Champion Team - $1,250
Finalist Team - $625
Semifinalist Teams (2) - $312.50

Week two of the Oracle ITA Summer Circuit is ending today, with four more weeks of events prior to the National Summer Championships at TCU August 10-14.

Seventeen Americans on Wimbledon Schedule Monday; Aragone Wins Futures in Canada, Kiick Claims Bastad $25K; Top Seed Tseng Retires at Roehampton Grade 1

Wimbledon begins Monday with 17 of the 30 Americans scheduled to play their first round singles matches.  Below are Monday's matches featuring Americans:

Women:
Varvara Lepchenko v Caroline Wozniacki[2](DEN)
Sloane Stephens[4] v Donna Vekic(CRO)
Serena Williams[25] v Arantxa Rus(NED)
Venus Williams[9] v Johanna Larsson(SWE)
Madison Keys[10] v Ajla Tomljanovic(AUS)
CoCo Vandeweghe[16] v Katerina Siniakova(CZE)
Bernarda Pera v Luksika Kumkhum(THA)
Christina McHale v Vera Lapko[BLR)
Madison Brengle v Aleksandra Krunic(SRB)

Men:
Sam Querrey[11] v Jordan Thompson(AUS)
John Isner[9] v Yannick Maden[Q](GER)
Denis Kudla[WC] v Lucas Pouille[17](FRA)
Jared Donaldson v Malek Jaziri(TUN)
Michael Mmoh[LL] v Gilles Muller(LUX)
Ryan Harrison v Roberto Carballes Baena(ESP)
Steve Johnson v Ruben Bemelmans[Q](BEL)
Mackenzie McDonald v Ricardas Berankis(LTU)

The complete order of play is here.

The men's Futures in North America finished today with one American singles champion, top seed JC Aragone, who won the $25,000 tournament in British Columbia.  Aragone defeated wild card Alexis Galarneau of Canada, a rising junior at NC State, 6-2, 6-3 in the final.

At the $25,000 Futures in Tulsa Oklahoma, Florida recruit Sam Riffice lost in the final to Marc-Andrea Huesler of Switzerland. Huesler, the No. 7 seed, handed the unseeded Riffice his third Futures final loss, 6-4, 6-2.

The singles title at the $15,000 Futures in Pittsburgh went to Mateo Martinez of Argentina, who defeated No. 3 seed Alejandro Gomez(Kentucky) of Colombia 6-4, 6-4.

Allie Kiick won her first title since coming back a year ago, after a series of illnesses and injuries had kept her from competing for two years. The No. 2 seed, who turned 23 yesterday, defeated No. 5 seed Isabella Shinikova of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-1 in the final of the $25,000 ITF Women's Circuit event in Bastad Sweden. Kiick did not drop a set all week.

On the ITF Junior Circuit, top seed and French Open champion Chun Hsin Tseng of Taiwan retired in his first round match at the Grade 1 in Roehampton, leading British wild card Anton Matusevich 5-4 in the first set.  Tseng is scheduled to be the top seed in the Wimbledon Junior Championships, so I hope it's not a serious injury.

US girls went 7-4 in the first round, with Whitney Osuigwe[1], Katie Volynets, Caty McNally[12], Peyton Stearns, Coco Gauff[3], Alexa Noel and Hurricane Tyra Black picking up wins. The boys went 4-5, with two seeded players falling: Tristan Boyer[10] and Drew Baird[13]. Trey Hilderbrand, Brandon Nakashima, Cannon Kingsley and Sebastian Korda[2] won their opening matches.

The results from the ITF Grade 4 in Aruba have been posted, with Phillip Jordan and Jennifer Gadalov winning the singles titles.  The 17-year-old Jordan, seeded No. 2, defeated unseeded Patrick Sydow of Aruba 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the final to earn his first ITF singles title. He also won the doubles championship, with Alexandre Leblanc of Canada. The top seeds defeated No. 4 seeds Murphy Cassone and Canada's Marko Stakusic 6-4, 7-6(5) in the final.

No. 5 seed Gadalov, 17, defeated No. 6 seed Madison Sieg 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the all-American final for her third ITF singles tile.  Sieg won the doubles title, with partner Rachel Gailis.  The No. 3 seeds defeated No. 4 seeds Elan Mnatsakanov and Nikita Vishwase 7-5, 6-3 in another all-US final.