Wimbledon Junior Draws Released, with 15 Americans Competing; Four US Juniors into Final Round of Qualifying; ITF J300 in Roehampton Concludes Friday; Pegula, Kenin, Paul and Tiafoe Reach Wimbledon Round Three

Although the final round of qualifying will be played Friday at Roehampton, the draws for the Wimbledon Junior Championships were released this afternoon in advance of the start of play on Saturday.

Six US boys are currently in the draw: Alexander Razeghi, Cooper Williams[4], Roy Horovitz, Darwin Blanch[9], Kaylan Bigun and Kyle Kang. Roland Garros finalist Juan Carlos Prado Angelo of Bolivia, who lost in the first round at Roehampton, is the top seed.

There are nine US girls in the main draw pending Friday's final qualifying results: Tyra Grant[15], Thea Rabman, Mia Slama, Alexia Harmon, Kaitlin Quevedo[6], Ariana Pursoo, Tatum Evans, Valeria Ray and Clervie Ngounoue. Quevedo did not play this week's warmup in Roehampton, with top seed Alina Korneeva also skipping that event as she aims for an unprecedented third straight girls junior slam in singles.

Four Americans are through to the final round of qualifying after today's action. No. 13 seed Cooper Woestendick defeated wild card Kyle McKay of Great Britain 6-3, 6-4 and will face Canadian Duncan Chan(TCU), who beat top seed Lasse Poertner of Germany 4-6, 7-6(6), 10-2. Adhithya Ganesan(Cornell) defeated No. 6 seed Pedro Rodrigues of Brazil 7-6(8), 7-6(9) to set up a meeting with No. 16 seed Carlo Caniato of Italy for a place in the main draw.

No. 9 seed Anya Murthy defeated British wild card Clara Moore 4-6 6-4, 10-2 and will play Carmen Herea of Romania Friday. Alanis Hamilton, the No. 8 seed, defeated Yoana Konstantinova of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-4. Her opponent in the final round of qualifying is No. 10 seed Elena Bertea of Romania.

It's perplexing to see that in spite of both the Australian Open and Roland Garros using full third sets throughout their junior qualifying this year, Wimbledon, who has resisted playing ITF junior rules for many years (and still has service lets) has not followed suit.  Match tiebreakers in lieu of a third set, which is the standard ITF Junior format in qualifying, is what is being used in Wimbledon Junior qualifying. Nearly half of today's matches needed that tiebreaker to determine who would move on after splitting sets.

The finals in both singles and doubles are set for the ITF J300 at Roehampton, with no Americans in any of the four matches. 

The boys singles final will feature No. 8 seed Joao Fonseca of Brazil and No. 6 seed Iliyan Radulov of Bulgaria. 

No. 8 seed Tereza Valentova of the Czech Republic will face No. 4 seed Renata Jamrichova of Slovakia for the girls championship. The girls champion at Roehampton has won seven of the last ten Wimbledon titles, including last year, when Liv Hovde swept the grass events, so the champion is definitely one to watch next week.

The girls doubles final will feature the unseeded Australian team of Maya Joint and Lily Fairclough and No. 7 seeds Ranah Stoiber and Mingge Xu of Great Britain. Joint, from Michigan, recently began representing Australia. 

Two unseeded teams will battle for the boys doubles title, with Rei Sakamoto of Japan and Jan Hrazdil of the Czech Republic facing Vit Kalina of the Czech Republic and Matic Kriznik of Slovenia. 

With good weather, most of the Wimbledon second round singles matches were played, although the results were disappointing for Americans, with just four advancing to the third round: Frances Tiafoe[10], Tommy Paul[16], Sofia Kenin[Q] and Jessica Pegula[4]. Marcos Giron's second round match was suspended this evening due to darkness. Three other Americans play their second round matches Friday, as noted below:

Thursday's second round matches featuring Americans:
Donna Vekic[20](CRO) d. Sloane Stephens 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
Jessical Pegula[4] d. Cristina Bucsa(ESP) 6-1, 6-4
Belinda Bencic[14](SUI) d. Danielle Collins 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2)
Sofia Kenin[Q] d. Xinyu Wang(CHN) 6-4, 6-3
Ana Bogdan(ROU) d. Alycia Parks 6-1, 3-6, 6-2

Frances Tiafoe[10] d. Dominic Stricker[Q](SUI) 7-6(11), 6-4, 6-2

Mikael Ymer(SWE) d. Taylor Fritz[9] 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Maximilian Marterer[Q](GER) d. Michael Mmoh[LL] 7-5, 7-6(5), 6-4

Alexander Bublik[23](KAZ) d. JJ Wolf 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-0 

Tommy Paul[16] d. Milos Raonic(CAN) 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 6-4

Laslo Djere(SRB) d. Ben Shelton[32] 3-6, 6-3, 7-5(5), 6-3

Friday's second round matches featuring Americans:

Christopher Eubanks v Cameron Norrie[12](GBR)

Madison Keys[25] v Viktorija Golubic(SUI)

Madison Brengle v Ekaterina Alexandrova[21](RUS)

Marton Fucsovics(HUN) leads Marcos Giron 7-6(2), 6-3, 4-6, suspended

Friday's third round matches featuring Americans:

Jessica Pegula[4] v Elisabetta Cocciaretto(ITA)

Sofia Kenin[Q] v Elina Svitolina(UKR)

Fifteen Americans Through to Wimbledon Second Round After More Rain Delays Completion of First Round; Krajicek and Pegula Top Mixed Doubles Field; Eight US Juniors Begin Wimbledon Qualifying Thursday; Ishii Defeats Top Seed Ngounoue at ITF J300 in Roehampton

The weather was expected to be better than it turned out to be Wednesday at Wimbledon, with rain hanging on through the early afternoon to stymie any opportunity to complete the aggressive schedule of 84 matches.

Although four players have advanced to the third round, including top seed Iga Swiatek and No. 2 seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic, ten men's and seven women's first round matches are still not completed, or in some cases, have not even begun. 

All the Americans did finish their first round matches, with seven women and eight men, of the 32 in the draw, advancing to the second round. Twelve of them will play their second round matches on Thursday, which again has a promising weather forecast, but three of today's first round winners are not on the schedule: Madison Keys, Madison Brengle and Christopher Eubanks(Georgia Tech). 

Wednesday's first round matches featuring Americans:

Madison Keys[25] d. Sonay Kartal[WC](GBR) 6-0, 6-3

Paula Badosa(ESP) d. Alison Riske-Amritraj 6-3, 6-3 

Madison Brengle d. Sara Errani(ITA) 6-3, 6-1

Viktoriya Tomova(BUL) d. Bernarda Pera[17] 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3

Ekaterina Alexandrova[21](RUS) d. Emma Navarro 6-4, 6-3

Danielle Collins d. Julia Grabher(AUT) 6-4, 6-4

Sloane Stephens d.  Rebecca Peterson(SWE) 6-2, 6-3

Frances Tiafoe[10] d. Yibing Wu(CHN) 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-4

Marcos Giron d Hugo Dellien(BOL) 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4

Jiri Vesely(CZE) d. Sebastian Korda[22] 7-6(9), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Christopher Eubanks d. Thiago Monteiro(BRA) 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3

Ben Shelton[32] d. Taro Daniel[LL](JPN) 6-4, 4 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3

Tommy Paul[16] d. Shintaro Mochizuki[Q](JPN) 7-5, 6-3, 6-1

Laslo Djere(SRB) d. Maxime Cressy 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 7-6(8), 7-6(7)

Taylor Fritz[9] d. Yannick Hanfmann(GER) 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3

Thursday's second round matches featuring Americans:

Sloane Stephens v Donna Vekic[20](CRO)

Jessica Pegula[4] v Cristina Bucsa(ESP)

Danielle Collins v Belinda Bencic[14](SUI)

Sofia Kenin[Q] v Xinyu Wang(CHN)

Alycia Parks v Ana Bogdan(ROU)

Frances Tiafoe[10] v Dominic Stricker[Q](SUI)

Taylor Fritz[9] v Mikael Ymer(SWE)

Michael Mmoh[LL] v Maximilian Marterer(GER)

Marcos Giron v Marton Fucsovics(HUN)

JJ Wolf v Alexander Bublik[23](KAZ)

Tommy Paul[16] v Milos Raonic(CAN)

Ben Shelton[32] v Laslo Djere(SRB)

Doubles competition, originally scheduled to begin Wednesday, will begin Thursday, with 12 of the 32 men's first round matches and six of the 32 women's first round matches featured on the order of play.  

The mixed doubles draw was released today, with Austin Krajicek(Texas A&M) and Jessica Pegula the No. 1 seeds. Desirae Krawczyk(Arizona State) and Neal Skupski(LSU), the two-time defending champions, are the No. 2 seeds. The original schedule has mixed doubles beginning Friday, but with all the rain the first three days, that seems unlikely. 

Qualifying for the Wimbledon Junior Championships begins Thursday at Roehampton, with five US boys and three US girls vying for spots in the main draw.

The US boys are Alexander Frusina[9], Maxwell Exsted[12], Cooper Woestendick[13], Meecah Bigun and Adhithya Ganesan.

The US girls are Alanis Hamilton[8], Anya Murthy[9] and Martina Marica.  Marica, 223 in the ITF junior rankings, was the 24th alternate into qualifying, but was still able to get a spot in the 24-player qualifying draw. The trio of Alexia Harmon, Theadora Rabman and Ashton Bowers, who were the next three players into the main draw, are not in qualifying, so they all may have moved into the main draw. Harmon is the subject of today's Tennis Recruiting Network article, where she explains her change of commitment from Auburn to Pepperdine. 

Australia's Maya Joint, who previously represented the United States, is the top seed in the girls draw; Lasse Poertner of Germany is the top seed in the boys draw.

The past two days of rain also had an impact on the ITF J300 in Roehampton, although the singles semifinals are set for Thursday after several players were required to play their third round and quarterfinal matches today.

No. 5 seed Sayaka Ishii of Japan took out top seed Clervie Ngounoue 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals, ending the American presence in the singles draws. Ishii will face No. 4 seed Renata Jamrichova of Slovakia, who defeated Joint 6-3, 6-1. The other girls semifinal features No. 7 seed Ena Koike of Japan and No. 8 seed Tereza Valentova of the Czech Republic. 

Wild card Viktor Frydrych of Great Britain has advanced to the semifinals, with the 17-year-old defeating Federico Cina of Italy 7-6(3), 6-3 to set up a meeting with No. 8 seed Joao Fonseca of Brazil. Fonseca won two matches on Wednesday, reaching the semifinals with a 7-5, 7-6(5) win over 2022 Eddie Herr champion Arthur Gea[16] of France. 

In the top half, No. 6 seed Ilihan Radulov of Bulgaria will face No. 3 seed Yi Zhou of China after Radulov eliminated Antoine Ghibaudo of France 6-2, 6-4 and Zhou defeated 15-year-old Thijs Boogaard of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. 

The quarterfinals in doubles were not completed, but there is still one American alive in the girls doubles: Thea Rabman, who will play her quarterfinal match with partner Luciana Moyano of Argentina Thursday and, if they win, the semifinals will follow.

Live scoring is available at Tennis Ticker.

All-Day Rain at Wimbledon Pushes First Round into Wednesday; Ngounoue Reaches Roehampton ITF J300 Quarterfinals; J60 in Orlando Underway; Lakewood $15Ks Qualifying Complete; Bloomfield Hills Challenger Update

Only eight matches were completed today at Wimbledon and all those results were from the two courts with roofs. There are 84 matches on the schedule for Wednesday, which thankfully is expected to be dry, with a mix of first and second round matches. 

The only American who completed a match today was Shelby Rogers, who lost her first round match to defending champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Centre Court.

Those who were first on this morning did get to complete a set or two; in the update of American results below, I've added those partial results. All Americans scheduled to play today, except for Rogers, of course, will play or resume their first round matches Wednesday. Doubles play was set to begin Wednesday, but that has been pushed back to Thursday, with 84 singles matches on the schedule.

Tuesday's first round matches featuring Americans:

Elena Rybakina[3](KAZ) Shelby Rogers 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

Madison Keys[25] v Sonay Kartal[WC](GBR)
Alison Riske-Amritraj v Paula Badosa(ESP)
Madison Brengle leads Sara Errani(ITA) 6-3, 3-0
Bernarda Pera[17] leads Viktoriya Tomova(BUL) 7-6(3), 0-1
Ekaterina Alexandrova[21](RUS) leads Emma Navarro 6-4, 5-2
Danielle Collins leads Julia Grabher(AUT) 6-4,
Sloane Stephens v Rebecca Peterson(SWE)

Frances Tiafoe[10] v Yibing Wu(CHN)

Marcos Giron leads Hugo Dellien(BOL) 7-6(2), 1-2

Sebastian Korda[22] v Jiri Vesely(CZE)

Christopher Eubanks v Thiago Monteiro(BRA)

Ben Shelton[32] leads Taro Daniel[LL](JPN) 6-4, 4-2

Tommy Paul[16] v Shintaro Mochizuki[Q](JPN)

Maxime Cressy v Laslo Djere(SRB)

Taylor Fritz[9] leads Yannick Hanfmann(GER) 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 3-2*

Wednesday's second round matches featuring Americans:

Alycia Parks v Anna Bogdan(ROU)

Sofia Kenin[Q] v Xinyu Wang(CHN)

Michael Mmoh[LL] v Maximilian Marterer(GER)

JJ Wolf v Alexander Bublik[23](KAZ)

The rain also derailed the third round of the ITF J300 in Roehampton, although 12 of the 16 singles matches were completed. The only American to reach the quarterfinals is top seed Clervie Ngounoue, who defeated British wild card Given Roach(Georgia Tech) 6-2, 6-2. Ngounoue will play No. 5 seed Sayaka Ishii of Japan in the quarterfinals. Alexander Razeghi, the only boy reaching the third round, lost to British wild card Viktor Frydrych 6-4, 7-5. Wild card Isabelle Lacy of Great Britain defeated No. 3 seed and Roland Garros finalist Lucciana Perez Alarcon of Peru 6-3, 6-4.

No second round doubles matches were completed today. Live scoring is available at Tennis Ticker. 

In Monday's recap of the previous week on the ITF Junior Circuit neglected to mention the ITF J60 taking place this week at Lake Nona. The tournament is on clay, to assist in providing preparation for next week's USTA National Clay Court Championships, which I will unfortunately not be able to cover, as I am going to be at Wimbledon for the Junior Championships. The quarterfinals are set for Wednesday, with the top two boys seeds Matisse Farzam and Jack Kennedy still in the mix, but the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in the girls draw were beaten today. Lucia Donnelly defeated top seed Brooke Schafer 6-3, 7-5 and Thea Latak beat No. 2 seed Katerina Shabashkevich 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.

Main draw action begins Wednesday at the SoCal Pro Series men's and women's $15Ks in Lakewood, with qualifying finishing up today.

The top seed in the men's draw was Colin Sinclair(Cornell), who won the first leg of the summer's seven tournaments in the section. But he was still playing the qualifying at the Bloomfield Hills Challenger, so he was withdrawn, and last week's Irvine champion Learner Tien(USC) went into the top spot, as the highest ranked player who was not seeded.  The No. 2 seed is Omni Kumar(Duke), who won the Los Angeles $15K two weeks ago.

American men qualifying today are Keegan Smith(UCLA), Dominique Rolland(Arizona), Azuma Visaya(UCLA), Maxwell McKennon(Arizona State), Alex Jones, Noah Zamora(UC-Irvine) and Stefan Menichella(Pepperdine). 

Wild cards were awarded to Jacob Bullard(Texas, Arizona State), Karl Lee(UCLA/USC), Rohan Murali(Harvard) and UCLA recruit Rudy Quan. Jaden Weekes(Kentucky) of Canada received entry via the ITF junior reserved program.

The top seed in the women's draw is Southern Californian Hanna Chang, who at 318 in the WTA rankings, is way above the No. 2 seed, Eryn Cayetano(USC) at 701. Last week's Irvine champion Haley Giavara is the No. 3 seed.

Americans qualifying today are 15-year-old Alexis Nguyen, the reigning 16s Orange Bowl champion,  Savannah Broadus(Pepperdine), Taylor Cataldi(Wisconsin), Mary Stoiana(Texas A&M), Elise Wagle(UCLA), Emma Charney(USC), Makayla Mills(Clemson/Kentucky) and Emily Gelber(Brown).

Wild cards were awarded to Taylor Johnson(UCLA/SMU), 16-year-old Claire Zhang, 14-year-old Thea Frodin and 16-year-old Daniela Borruel.

The inaugural ATP Challenger 75 Cranbrook Classic in Bloomfield Hills Michigan got off to a rough start Sunday with rain and storms not allowing the any of the first round qualifying matches to finish, so it was today before qualifying was completed, although 11 main draw first round matches were also on the schedule. Kei Nishikori of Japan is continuing his injury comeback, two weeks after he won his first tournament back at the ATP Challenger in Puerto Rico. Nishikori defeated Adam Walton(Tennessee) of Australia 6-1, 6-2. 

This is the first week that collegians could take advantage of the ATP's new Accelerator Program and there were a host of them in both the qualifying and main draw. Unfortunately none made it out of qualifying and in the main draw, ITA National Player of the Year Eliot Spizzirri of Texas lost his match to No. 5 seed Alexis Galarneau(NC State) of Canada 7-6(3), 6-3 this afternoon, and  Nishesh Basavareddy(Stanford) was beaten by Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of France 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Basavareddy was using the new ITF Junior Accelerator Program for entry. Michael Zheng(Columbia), who received a wild card, lost to No. 2 seed Emilio Gomez(USC) of Ecuador 6-4, 6-1. 

NCAA champion Ethan Quinn(Georgia), who also received a wild card, will play a qualifier in his first round match Wednesday.

A Dozen Titles for Americans on ITF Junior Circuit; Just Two US Juniors Reach Round of 16 at Roehampton ITF J300; Rain Mars Wimbledon's Opening Day

The weekly update on Americans competing on the ITF Junior Circuit has no shortage of champions, with 12 titles, including a US sweep at the J30 Junkanoo Bowl in the Bahamas.

Fifteen-year-olds Benjamin Willwerth and Natalie Oliver took the singles and doubles titles in Nassau, with the top-seeded Willwerth defeating 14-year-old Australian Cruz Hewitt[2], the son of Lleyton Hewitt, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 in the final. It's the third singles title, all coming this year, for the blue chip from Florida. In doubles, Willwerth and Tommy Rainyn, also 15, defeated American Jerald Carroll and Jackson Mactaggart of the Bahamas 6-4, 6-0 in a final between two unseeded teams. It's Rainyn's first ITF Junior Circuit title. 

Oliver, who was unseeded, won her first singles title with 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 win over No. 2 seed Dain Lee of Korea in the championship match, she had won her first ITF Junior Circuit title the day before with Alexandra Wolf. The unseeded pair defeated top seeds Gianna Graci and Kaya Baker 6-4, 6-3 in the all-US girls doubles final. It is the 15-year-old Wolf's first ITF Junior Circuit title.

Americans won three of the four titles at the J100 in Veracruz Mexico, with 16-year-olds Calvin Baierl and Kate Fakih taking the singles championships. Baierl, seeded No. 13, defeated unseeded Harry Pugh of New Zealand 6-4, 6-1 for his fourth ITF Junior Circuit title, and his first on a hard court. 

Top seed Fakih, who has verbally committed to UCLA for 2024, defeated unseeded Trinetra Vijaykumar 6-1, 6-0 in the all-US final for her third singles title on the ITF Junior Circuit. Fakih didn't drop a set in her five victories. 

No. 2 seeds Riley Crowder and India's Krisha Mahendran won the girls doubles title, beating  Nadia Lagaev of Canada and Natalia Perez of Puerto Rico 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 in the final. It's the third ITF Junior Circuit doubles title for the 16-year-old Crowder.

The fifth singles title for an American this week came at the J30 in Sofia Bulgaria, with 15-year-old Alessandra Sikharulidze, seeded No. 8, defeating unseeded Valeria Garnevska(BUL) 6-2, 6-1 for her first ITF Junior Circuit title. She did not lose a set in her five victories.

At the J100 in Ecuador, 17-year-olds Stiles Brockett and Cole Henceroth took the doubles title, beating Alfredo Gallegos and Felipe Rivadeneira Gallegos of Ecuador 7-6(4), 4-6, 10-4 in the final. It's the first ITF Junior Circuit title for Brockett, who also reached the singles final as the top seed. It's the second ITF Junior Circuit doubles title for Henceroth.

Thirteen-year-old twins Annika and Kristina Penickova won their second consecutive J60 doubles title in Tunisia. Seeded No. 2, the Penickovas defeated top seeds Kenza El Akili of Morocco and Marilouise Van Zyl of South Africa 6-2, 6-0 for their third ITF Junior Circuit doubles title, all this year. They lost only 13 games in their four matches this week; they are expected to compete in the Wimbledon 14U tournament(which does not offer doubles) during the second week of Wimbledon. 

Two other girls doubles titles were claimed at J30s in Ireland and Argentina. Thirteen-year-old Ciara Harding and her Irish partner Chloe Collins, who were unseeded, defeated top seeds Sophia Kovacheva and Isabella Walker of Great Britain 5-7, 7-6(3), 10-6 in Belfast. It is the first ITF Junior Circuit title for Harding. 

In Argentina, 17-year-old Athena Rosas-Pacifico and her partner Lara Quaglia of Argentina, the top seeds, beat No. 3 seeds Isabella Luzio Bavcar and April Soria Pastor of Bolivia 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 in the final. It was the second ITF Junior Circuit doubles title for Rosas-Pacifico.

Four of the six Americans who reached the second round of the ITF J300 in Roehampton lost today, with just top seed Clervie Ngounoue and unseeded Alex Razeghi reaching Tuesday's final 16. As is often the case, British wild cards are having good results on the Roehampton grass, with Wake Forest rising freshman Luca Pow winning again today after taking out top seed Juan Carlos Prado Angelo of Bolivia in the first round yesterday, and Viktor Frydrych, Razeghi's opponent Tuesday, defeating No. 15 seed Alejandro Melero Kretzer of Spain 6-3, 6-3 today.

Two more British wild cards have advanced to the round of 16 in the girls draw: Isabelle Lacy, the recently crowned British 18s champion, and Given Roach, a Georgia Tech recruit, who plays Ngounoue Tuesday. Two qualifiers will meet for a spot in the quarterfinals, with former ITF Top 10 player Taylah Preston of Australia, who received entry into qualifying based on her WTA ranking of 420, beating No. 2 seed Sarah Saito of Japan today 7-5, 6-2 to set up a meeting with Gaia Maduzzi of Italy.

Doubles play began today, but again, there are few Americans remaining after today's first round. Cooper Williams, the reigning Australian Open doubles champion, and reigning Roland Garros doubles champion Yaroslav Demin of Russia, who won the Eddie Herr J300 as a team last December, have reunited this week and are the No. 1 seeds, and they advanced to the second round today. Razeghi and Kaylan Bigun, playing with international partners, also are into the second round. 

The three US girls into the second round of doubles, all with non-US partners are Ariana Pursoo, Thea Rabman and Anya Murthy. Murthy got into doubles, as did Alanis Hamilton, despite having  lost in the first round of singles qualifying. 

The outer courts at Wimbledon
photo credit: Ben Solomon/AELTC

Opening day at Wimbledon was only a few hours old when the first rain shower suspended play and that left 14 matches initially on Monday's schedule incomplete. Eight matches were suspended due to darkness, and five were cancelled before having a chance to begin. 

It wasn't a great day for Americans, with only five of the 16 who completed their matches today reaching the second round and two of those victories came at the expense of their American opponents. Qualifier Sofia Kenin eliminated No. 7 seed Coco Gauff, and Jessica Pegula got by Lauren Davis, both in three sets. Lucky loser Michael Mmoh, the 2016 Kalamazoo 18s champion, earned his first main draw win at Wimbledon with a four-hour victory over No. 11 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada. 

The weather forecast for Tuesday also includes rain, but below are the matches featuring Americans that are on the schedule.

Monday's first round results of Americans:

Elina Svitolina(UKR) d. Venus Williams[WC] 6-4, 6-3
Sofia Kenin[Q] d. Coco Gauff[7] 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Jessica Pegula[4] d. Lauren Davis 6-2, 6-7(8), 6-3
Caroline Garcia[5](FRA) d. Katie Volynets 6-4, 6-3
Jodie Burrage[WC](GBR) d. Caty McNally 6-1, 6-3
Daria Kasatkina[11](RUS) d. Caroline Dolehide 6-1, 6-4
Marketa Vondrousova(CZE) d. Peyton Stearns 6-2, 7-5
Alycia Parks d. Anna-Lena Friedsa(GER) 6-4, 6-3
Lesia Tsurenko(UKR) d. Claire Liu 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Danielle Collins leads Julia Grabher(AUT) 6-4, suspended
Sloane Stephens v Rebecca Peterson(SWE) postponed to Tuesday

Michael Mmoh[LL] d. Felix Auger-Aliassime[11](CAN) 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-4 

Jordan Thompson(AUS) d. Brandon Nakashima 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-3 

JJ Wolf d. Enzo Couacaud[Q](FRA) 7-5, 6-3, 7-6(4)

Alexander Bublik[23](KAZ) d. Mackenzie McDonald 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Jaume Munar(ESP) d. John Isner 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Taylor Fritz[9] leads Yannick Hanfmann(GER) 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 3-2*, suspended 

Tuesday's first round matches featuring Americans:

Shelby Rogers v Elena Rybakina[3](KAZ)

Madison Keys[25] v Sonay Kartal[WC](GBR)

Alison Riske-Amritraj v Paula Badosa(ESP)

Madison Brengle v Sara Errani(ITA)

Bernarda Pera[17] v Viktoriya Tomova(BUL)

Emma Navarro v Ekaterina Alexandrova[21](RUS)

Danielle Collins leads Julia Grabher(AUT) 6-4, suspended Monday due to darkness

Sloane Stephens v Rebecca Peterson(SWE) postponed from Monday

Frances Tiafoe[10] v Yibing Wu(CHN)

Marcos Giron v Hugo Dellien(BOL)

Sebastian Korda[22] v Jiri Vesely(CZE)

Christopher Eubanks v Thiago Monteiro(BRA)

Ben Shelton[32] v Taro Daniel[LL](JPN)

Tommy Paul[16] v Shintaro Mochizuki[Q](JPN)

Maxime Cressy v Laslo Djere(SRB)

Taylor Fritz[9] leads Yannick Hanfmann(GER) 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 3-2*, suspended Monday due to darkness

Tien and Giavara Add Singles Titles to Sweep $15Ks in Irvine; Damm Wins $25K in Dominican Republic; Three of Top Four Boys Seeds Out of Roehampton J300 in Round 1; 19 Americans on Monday's Wimbledon Schedule

Learner Tien and Haley Giavara won their first Pro Circuit singles titles Sunday at the $15,000 SoCal Pro Series tournament in Irvine California. 

The 17-year-old Tien, who had not finished either of his matches against Oregon's Quinn Vandecasteele when they'd met at No. 2 singles this spring in Pac-12, ended the qualifier's attempt at his first pro title today 7-5, 6-2. Tien, who played ten matches for USC this spring after a lengthy wait to be declared eligible, had lost his first Pro Circuit final last fall, while Vandecasteele had lost in his first final last week at the SoCal Pro Series tournament in Los Angeles and was playing a fourteenth consecutive day.

Tien, the reigning Kalamazoo 18s champion playing in his first tournament since reaching the semifinals at the Roland Garros Junior Championships last month, won the doubles title yesterday, with Ohio State rising freshman Bryce Nakashima.

The 22-year-old Giavara also took the doubles title Saturday, her first pro title, with rising Stanford freshman Katherine Hui. No. 2 seed Giavara, who recently completed her senior year at Cal, got her second title quickly, defeating top seed Jia-Jing Liu of China 6-1, 6-3 in the singles final today.

Giavara and Tien are entered in SoCal Pro Series tournaments in Lakewood, where the circuit ends after tournaments there next week and the week after next.

For more on the titles, including comments from both Giavara and Tien, see this article from press aide Damian Secore. 

Tien wasn't the only Kalamazoo champion to win a title today, one day after 2015 and 2017 Kalamazoo champion Patrick Kypson claimed a Challenger title in Colombia. Nineteen-year-old Martin Damm, the 2018 Kalamazoo 16s champion, took the title at the men's $25,000 ITF World Tennis Tour tournament in the Dominican Republic, beating No. 4 seed Liam Draxl(Kentucky) of Canada 7-6(5), 6-4 in the final. It's the fourth singles title for Damm, the No. 3 seed, but his first this year after returning to hard courts after several months competing on clay.

The women's singles title in the $25,000 tournament in the Dominican Republic went to former Oklahoma standout Martin Capurro Taborda of Argentina. The No. 6 seed defeated No. 2 seed Gergana Topalova of Bulgaria 3-6, 6-0, 6-0 for her third ITF WTT title and the first above the $15,000 level.

The Roehampton grass wasn't kind to the top boys seeds on opening day of the ITF J300 there, with top seed Juan Carlos Prado Angelo of Bolivia, No. 2 seed Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez of Mexico and No. 4 seed Cooper Williams of the United States eliminated. Wake Forest rising freshman Luca Pow, a British wild card, defeated Prado Angelo 7-6(6), 6-3; American Alexander Razeghi took out Pacheco Mendez 6-3, 6-3 and Italian qualifier Filippo Romano defeated Williams 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3).  The only other American boys joining Razeghi in the second round are Kaylan Bigun and Roy Horovitz.

Only three US girls advanced: top seed Clervie Ngounoue, Tatum Evans and Ariana Pursoo. All four top seeds in the girls draw advanced to Monday's second round.

Wimbledon begins Monday, with 19 Americans in action. Michael Mmoh made it into the main draw as a lucky loser, with Filip Krajinovic withdrawing, and is scheduled to face Felix Auger-Aliassime. 

Monday's first round matches featuring Americans:

Venus Williams[WC] v Elina Svitolina(UKR)

Sofia Kenin[Q] v Coco Gauff[7]

Jessica Pegula[4] v Lauren Davis

Katie Volynets v Caroline Garcia[5](FRA)

Caty McNally v Jodie Burrage[WC](GBR)

Caroline Dolehide v Daria Kasatkina[11](RUS)

Peyton Stearns v Marketa Vondrousova(CZE)

Alycia Parks v Anna-Lena Friedsam{GER}

Claire Liu v Lesia Tsurenko(UKR)

Sloane Stephens v Rebecca Peterson(SWE)

Danielle Collins v Julia Grabher(AUT)

Taylor Fritz[9] v Yannick Hanfmann(GER)

Michael Mmoh[LL] v Felix Auger-Aliassime[11](CAN)

Brandon Nakashima v Jordan Thompson(AUS)

JJ Wolf v Enzo Couacaud[Q](FRA)

Mackenzie McDonald v Alexander Bublik[23](KAZ)

John Isner v Jaume Munar(ESP)

Tien Reaches Irvine $15K Final, Wins Doubles Title; Challenger Titles for Kypson and Nava; Eubanks and Keys Take Wimbledon Grass Warmups; 15 Americans Begin Play Sunday in ITF J300 at Roehampton

Learner Tien will aim for his first singles title on the USTA Pro Circuit in his hometown of Irvine California Sunday, following the 17-year-old left-hander's second Pro Circuit doubles title today at the $15,000 SoCal Pro Series event. The 2022 Kalamazoo 18s champion defeated qualifier Isaiah Strode 6-3, 7-6(6) in today's singles semifinal to set up a meeting with another qualifier, Quinn Vandecasteele, a rising junior at the University of Oregon. Vandecasteele, who defeated No. 6 seed Edward Winter(Pepperdine) of Australia 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 today, will be playing for the 14th consecutive day Sunday, after reaching last week's $15K final in Los Angeles as a qualifier.

Tien and Vandecasteele have played twice this year, in Tien's collegiate debut at USC after a long wait to be cleared by the NCAA, and in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament in Ojai, with neither match being completed.

Tien and Bryce Nakashima, the rising Ohio State freshman, took the doubles title this afternoon, defeating the unseeded British pair of Josh Goodger(Tulsa/Florida) and Matthew Summers(Denver) 6-4, 6-2, their fourth straight-sets victory of the week. It's the third Pro Circuit doubles title for Nakashima, who also won a title in week one of the SoCal Pro Series with teammate Jack Anthrop.

The women's singles final Sunday in Irvine will feature the top two seeds, with No. 2 seed Haley Giavara(Cal) taking on top seed Jia-Jing Lu of China. Giavara, 22, defeated doubles partner Katherine Hui[6], a rising freshman at Stanford, 7-5, 6-4 to reach her first Pro Circuit singles final. The 33-year-old Lu beat No. 3 seed Eryn Cayetano(USC) 6-1, 6-2 in the top half semifinal. 

Giavara and Hui won the doubles title this afternoon, the first Pro Circuit doubles title for Giavara and the second for Hui, who won the $15K in San Diego last month with Sara Daavettila(UNC). The top seeds defeated No. 2 seeds Cayetano and Isabelle Chhiv(Princeton) 6-2, 6-4.

Cracked Racquets will have coverage of the singles finals Sunday on their YouTube channel.

Former Texas A&M star Patrick Kypson, the 2017 Kalamazoo 18s champion, won his first ATP Challenger event today, a 50 level in Medellin Colombia. The 23-year-old from North Carolina, seeded No. 7, defeated former Florida State star Benjamin Lock of Zimbabwe 6-3, 6-3 in today's final. Kypson, who didn't drop a set this week, will rise to a career-high of 271 in the ATP rankings on Monday.

Emilio Nava had a much more dramatic win in his Challenger final at the 75 level event in Italy, saving two match points with opponent Titouan Dragouet of France serving for the match at 5-4 40-15 in the second set. But Nava broke, won the second set tiebreaker and finished off his second Challenger title 6-7(5), 7-6(6), 6-4 after midnight in Italy, in just under three hours. Nava will also reach a new career high of 168 in the ATP rankings Monday.

Former UNC All-American Will Blumberg won the doubles title, with Luis David Martinez of Venezuela, with the top seeds defeating No. 2 seeds Roman Jebavy of the Czech Republic and Vladyslav Manafov of Ukraine 6-4, 6-4. Although this, his sixth Challenger title, was on clay, Blumberg is playing Wimbledon next week, with Casper Ruud as his partner.

Two years ago when I spoke to Chris Eubanks for this Tennis Recruiting Network article, he had decided to make the trip to London for Wimbledon qualifying, even though he was still outside the cutoff a few days before. He ended up making it into qualifying but lost in the first round; last year he lost in the second round of qualifying. This year, the unseeded 27-year-old from Atlanta is heading to Wimbledon main draw with his first ATP title in tow, having won the ATP 250 today in Mallorca Spain with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over No. 4 seed Adrian Mannarino of France. 

These quotes I got from the former Georgia Tech star during that interview two years ago have really stuck with me, and I think it goes a long way toward explaining his recent surge in the rankings; he's now at a career-high of 43.

"I think [I learned the importance of] having an identity, a clear-cut identity on your game style and what it's going to be," said Eubanks, who needs 20-plus credits to earn his degree in business at Georgia Tech. "When you're in such a structured environment as I was, I'd come in every day and (head coach) Kenny(Thorne) would just continue to reinforce, this is how you play, this is how you're going to play."

"It's probably one of the things, having three, four years out of school now, I can say I missed," Eubanks said. "You go pro and you have a little more time to think, I guess, free time on your hands. People can come up to you and offer their suggestions on what they think you should do and you can maybe listen to it and get lost a little bit. I think that's something that's maybe happened to me in the past, losing the identity of how I want to play, kind of shutting out the noise. For me, it was having that constant reinforcement: this is how you're going to play and this is what we're doing every day to make sure you're as good as possible at executing that kind of game style."

For more on Eubanks' title, see this article from the ATP website.

Madison Keys will also head to Wimbledon with a title, her seventh on the WTA tour, after claiming the championship at the 500 event in Eastbourne. Keys defeated Daria Kasatkina of Russia 6-2, 7-6(13) for her second title at Eastbourne and her third title on grass. For more on Keys' title, see this article from the WTA website.

The ITF J300 in Roehampton begins Sunday, with eight US girls and seven US boys in the singles draws.  Clervie Ngounoue is the top seed, with the other American girls Valeria Ray, Mia Slama, Thea Rabman, Tatum Evans, Tyra Grant[13], Ariana Pursoo, and Alexis Harmon.  Kaitlin Quevedo and Ashton Bowers were late withdrawals.

The US boys in the draw are No. 4 seed Cooper Williams, Darwin Blanch[10], Kaylan Bigun, Kyle Kang, Roy Horvitz and Alexander Razeghi. Meecah Bigun in the only one of the four US boys in the final round of qualifying to advance to the main draw.

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