Day Two of Roland Garros added eight more Americans to the five who had already reached the second round with wins Sunday; 12 more will have a chance to join those 13 as the first round concludes Tuesday in Paris.
Nineteen-year-old wild card Akasha Urhobo acquitted herself well in her slam debut, pushing British veteran Katie Boulter to three sets before losing 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and 20 minutes. Alycia Parks took out No. 24 seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada 6-4, 6-4; Patrick Kypson(Texas A&M) withdrew right before the start of play due to an injury.
Monday’s Roland Garros first round results of Americans:
Amanda Anisimova[6] d. Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah[WC](FRA) 6-3, 6-1
Alycia Parks d. Leylah Fernandez[24](CAN) 6-4, 6-4
Katie Boulter(GBR) d Akasha Urhobo[WC] 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
McCartney Kessler d. Hanyu Guo[Q](CHN) 4-6, 7-6(1), 7-5
Ben Shelton[5] d. Daniel Merida(ESP) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Frances Tiafoe[19] d. Eliot Spizzirri 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3
Mariano Navone(ARG) d. Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Patrick Kypson(withdrew) v Luca Van Assche(FRA)
Camilo Ugo Carabelli(ARG) d. Emilio Nava[Q] 7-6(10), 6-3, 6-3
Yibing Wu(CHN) d. Marcos Giron 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
Alex Michelsen d. Alexander Shevchenko(KAZ) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Brandon Nakashima[31] d.Roberto Bautista Agut(ESP) 6-2, 7-5, 6-2
Rafael Jodar[27](ESP) d. Aleks Kovacevic 6-1, 6-0, 6-4
Tommy Paul[24] d. Rinky Hijikata(AUS) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
Tuesday’s Roland Garros first round matches featuring Americans
Coca Gauff[4] v Taylor Townsend
Madison Keys[19] v Hanne Vandewinkel(BEL)
Jessica Pegula[15] v Kimberly Birrell(AUS)
Iva Jovic[17] v Alexandra Eala(PHI)
Ashlyn Krueger[Q] v Antonia Ruzic(CRO)
Claire Liu[Q] v Moyuka Uchijima(JPN)
Emma Navarro v Janice Tjen(INA)
Ann Li[30] v Shuai Zhang(CHN)
Learner Tien[18] v Cristian Garin(CHI)
Ethan Quinn v Francisco Comesana(ARG)
Zachary Svajda v Alexei Popyrin(AUS)
I didn’t have an opportunity to review the ITF Junior Circuit results for the week of the NCAAs, so there’s a little catching up to do today.
Gadin Arun, a 16-year-old from Arizona, won two J60 titles in Canada the past two weeks. The top seed in
Halifax, Arun didn’t drop a set in claiming the top spot in his round robin group, and didn’t drop a set in the three matches in the knockout format, beating No. 4 seed Andreas Mjeda of Canada 6-2, 6-1 in the final. Last week in
Fredericton, the second-seeded Arun did drop a couple of sets, but beat top seed Andy Tchinda Kepche of Canada 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 in the final. Arun now has three ITF singles titles, all at the J60 level.
At last week’s
J100 in the Dominican Republic, top seed Olivia De Los Reyes won her first ITF Junior Circuit singles title. The 15-year-old from New York, seeded No. 1, didn’t drop a set in her four victories, defeating No. 2 seed Audrey Kao of Taiwan 6-1, 6-1 in the final. Top seeds Kao and Kaya Baker won the girls doubles title, beating unseeded Isabella Bosso and Adriana Khomyakova 6-0, 3-6, 10-6 in the final.
At last week’s
J100 in Portugal, Sean Grossman won the boys doubles title, with partner Fernando Fontan Pardo De Santayana of Spain. The No. 4 seeds defeated No. 8 seeds Daniel Eusamio of Spain and China’s Jinhong Yang 6-2, 3-6, 11-9 in the final.
Two weeks ago at the
J30 in the US Virgin Islands, No. 2 seed Anna Scott Laney defended her singles title, with the 15-year-old from Alabama beating unseeded Dallas King-Ehau of New Zealand 6-3, 6-1 in the final.
Safir Azam and Navneet Raghuram won the doubles title at the
J200 two weeks ago in Germany, with the top seeds defeating No. 2 seeds Cooper Kose of Australia and Agassi Rusher 6-1, 6-3 in the final.
Both Azam and Raghuram are both playing the
J300 in Belgium this week; Azam took out No. 2 seed Hyu Kawanishi of Japan 6-2, 6-3 in the first round today; Raghuram, a qualifier, also advanced to the second round, as did qualifiers Kamil Stolarczyk, Jerrid Gaines Jr., and Jordan Lee. US girls had less success, with only No. 6 seed Olivia Traynor and Anita Tu earning first round victories. The No. 2 seed in the girls draw also exited today, with Anna Pircher of Austria beating Nadia Lagaev of Canada 6-2, 7-5.
The newly regionalized Midwest portion of the US ITF Junior Circuit has begun in
Chicago, with a J30 using the round robin/knockout underway.
Wild cards were given to Daniel Milavsky(Harvard), Braden Shick(NC State), and Dakotah Bobo(Southern Miss, LSU). Trevor Svajda(SMU) received a Next Gen entry and Timo Legout(Texas) is using one of his ATP Accelerator entries from finishing in the Top 10 in the ITA rankings last year. Dane Sweeny of Australia and Nicolas Mejia of Colombia are the top two seeds.
Four first round matches were played today, with Andre Ilagan(Hawaii) advancing; Bobo lost to No. 8 seed Fajing Sun of China 6-2, 6-1.
The NCAA champion Cavaliers lose only Mans Dahlberg from their starting lineup, so expect them to retain the top spot in the ITA rankings for quite some time in 2027. Virginia is followed by Princeton, Texas A&M, Georgia, Arizona State, Michigan, Stanford, Duke, Harvard and UCF.
The women’s rankings will be out next week.
The
Division III women’s individual tournament concluded today in Chattanooga, with top seed Matia Cristiani of Babson winning the program’s first NCAA singles championship with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over unseeded Lia Melvin of Johns Hopkins. Cristiani finished the season undefeated, going 29-0 in singles.
Cristiani was unable to capture her third straight doubles title however. She and partner Alessandra Sikharulidze, the top seeds, lost to the second-seeded Claremont-Mudd-Scripps team of Lindsay Eisenman and Rebecca Kong 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(3).
For a detailed account of Cristiani’s final day of collegiate tennis, see
this article from the Babson athletics website.
The
men’s Division III individual tournament ends Tuesday, with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps senior Advik Mareedu attempting to clain back-to-back singles titles. The top seed defeated No. 6 seed Mark Kneiss of Bowdoin 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals; he will face No. 2 seed Michael Melnikov of Swarthmore in the final. Melnikov defeated unseeded Andreas Sillaste of Amherst 6-2, 6-2.
The men’s doubles final will feature Denison’s Ethan Green and Kael Shah, the No. 4 seeds, against unseeded Gage Gohl and Tyler Haddorff of Gustavus Adolphus.
Streaming for both 10 a.m. EDT finals will be available at
ncaa.com.
