On Saturday I covered the titles for Safir Azam and Adla Lopez at the ITF J200 in the Dominican Republic, but that was just the tip of the iceberg, with US juniors claiming nine additional singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit last week.
Tomas Laukys won his biggest title at the
J100 in Trnava Slovakia, with the unseeded 15-year-old defeating No. 2 seed Dominik Macej of Slovakia 7-6(5), 6-2, with all five of his victories coming in straight sets, including a second round win over top seed Marko Bekeni of Slovakia.
At the
J200 in Lithuania, No. 8 seed Michael Savano, 17, lost in the final to No. 7 seed Vincent Reisach of Germany 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Savano’s only other titles on the ITF Junior Circuit were also in Europe, in 2024. He defeated top seed Rhys Lawler of Great Britain 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.
At the
J60 in Claremont California, 17-year-old Ryan Bedwick, seeded No. 4, claimed his first ITF Junior Circuit singles title, beating qualifier Peter Jorniak 6-1, 6-1 in the final. Bedwick also reached the doubles final, with partner Rafael Bote of Canada, but the No. 1 seeds gave a walkover to unseeded Jaidyn Finley and Joseph Nau in the final.
Thirteen-year-old Isha Manchala won her second ITF Junior Circuit J60 title in Claremont, beating top seed Alison Wang 6-3, 7-6(3) in the final. Unseeded Rose Biria and Japan’s Yui Watanabe won the girls doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Aishi Bisht of India and Emery June Martin 6-4, 6-4 in the final.
Unseeded 16-year-olds Ellery Mendell and Dhakshish Aryan Basavaraju went back-to-back, winning a
J60 in Guatemala for the second week in a row. Mendell beat unseeded Amina Nurmakhan of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-0 in the final, while Aryan Basavaraju defeated No. 3 seed and doubles partner Colter Amey 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in an all-USA boys final.
Amey and Aryan Basavaraju, seeded No. 4, won the doubles title, beating No. 3 seeds Mikaeel Ali Baig of Pakistan and Nicolas Bellas of Spain 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 in the final. Top seeds Sasha Miroshnichenko and Mexico’s Romina Dominguez Garcia won the girls doubles title, beating Taylor Burke of Australia and Julia Ionescu of Canada 6-2, 6-1 in the final.
There was also a US sweep at the
J60 in Mexico, with 16-year-old Sebastian Godoy and 15-year-old Aarini Bhattacharya taking the singles titles.
Godoy, the No. 6 seed defeated unseeded Pedro Queiroz of Brazil 6-0, 6-2 in the final for his fourth ITF Junior Circuit title and his second in singles. Bhattacharya, the No. 5 seed, now has three singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit after beating unseeded Rachel Wu of Canada 6-3, 6-1 in the final. Bhattacharya picked up her fourth ITF Junior Circuit doubles title, with Elisabeth Djabourian of Canada. The No. 3 seeds defeated top seeds Abril Cardenas Olivares and Zoe Levresse Zavala of Mexico 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in the final.
Londyn McCord, who reached the semifinal of the J300 in Peru two weeks ago, dropped back down to
the J30 level in that country and took her second title at that level, beating unseeded Silvana Farjado of Peru 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the round robin/knockout tournament.
At the
J30 in Nigeria, also a round/robin to knockout tournament, 16-year-old David Beckles swept the titles. He defeated Logan Thomas 6-2, 6-4 in the all-USA singles final for his first ITF Junior Circuit singles title. Seeded No. 2 in doubles with Musa Mamud of Nigeria, Beckles added his fourth doubles title on the ITF Junior Circuit, beating unseeded Kingsley Amenuveve Alormenu of Ghana and Ho Wan Yeung of Hong Kong 7-5, 4-6, 10-8 in the final.
The USTA announced the annual Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which will begin March 30 and run through May 3rd.
From the USTA press release:
The USTA’s 2026 Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes clay-court professional tournaments to award an American man and woman a main draw wild card into this year’s French Open, will begin the week of March 30 and run through May 3 for both the men and the women.
Both the men’s and women’s wild cards will be awarded to the American players with the most ranking points earned — including qualifying and main draw points — at a maximum of three clay-court tournaments during the Challenge’s five-week window. All red-clay and Har-Tru events at the W35 level and above for the women and the M25 level and above for the men, including WTA and ATP Tour events, will be included in the Challenge.
Also of interest is this recent
Sydney Morning Herald article on a potential country representation change for ITF junior No. 61 Mustafa Ege Sik of Turkey.
