There are dominating performances and then there is today's 3-0 win by the US boys in the second day of the North and Central America and Caribbean ITF World Junior Tennis qualifying in Lake Nona. With Eddie Herr 14s and Les Petits As champion Michael Antonius slotted for No. 2 singles this week, the US team was an overwhelming favorite to advance to August's finals in the Czech Republic, but ..read more

The favored United States teams won all four of their matches Wednesday in the opening day of the ITF North and Central America and Caribbean qualifying for the U16 and U14 team events that take place later this summer and fall.The USTA is hosting the three-day event at the National Campus in Lake Nona, with the top two finishers from the four-team events advancing to the international Junior ..read more

It's time to put a bow on the 2024 Easter Bowl, with the last of the finals videos, the 18s, below. To see the 12s, 14s, and 16s videos, go to the tenniskalamazoo YouTube channel, where you'll also find videos of the ITF J300 boys and girls finals in Indian Wells and San Diego.My Easter Bowl photo gallery is up at Tennis Recruiting Network, with links to my recaps of all the Southern Californian ..read more

In addition to the three titles won by Americans at the J200 in Canada last week, which I covered on Friday and Saturday, six more titles were claimed by US players in J30s and J60s last week on the ITF Junior Circuit.  The three singles titles earned were the first ITF Junior Circuit titles for 13-year-old Izyan Ahmad, 15-year-old Ariana Ikwueme and 16-year-old Nicholas Mekhael.Ahmad, who ..read more

Liv Hovde won her fourth USTA Pro Circuit title in her fifth final today at the W35 in Boca Raton Florida, with the 18-year-old defeating 17-year-old wild card Akasha Urhobo 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Hovde, the No. 5 seed, didn't hold serve until the fourth game of the second set, despite getting 80 percent of her first serves in; Urhobo was also unable to take advantage after that first set, however ..read more

Seventeen-year-old wild card Akasha Urhobo will play in her first USTA Pro Circuit final Sunday at the W35 in Boca Raton Florida against 18-year-old Liv Hovde, who will be competing in a USTA Pro Circuit final for the fifth time, after each posted tough straight-sets victories in today's semfinals.Urhobo, from Ft. Lauderdale Florida, defeated No. 8 seed Maya Joint of Australia 6-4, 7-5 in just ..read more

Last week, teens Katrina Scott, Maya Joint and Akasha Urhobo reached the semifinals of the W35 in Mississippi; this week at the USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Boca Raton Florida all three have again reached the semifinals, with No. 5 seed Liv Hovde joining them, guaranteeing a teen champion for the second week in a row.Nineteen-year-old Scott, who won the title last week and received a special exemption ..read more

The North and Central American and Caribbean qualifying for the ITF's Junior Davis Cup, Junior Billie Jean King Cup (16-and-under) and World Junior Tennis(14-and-under) competitions begin next Wednesday in Lake Nona, with the USA rosters as follows:Junior Davis CupJack KennedyCarel NgounoueJack SecordJose Caballero (captain)Junior BJK CupThea FrodinShannon LamKristina PenickovaGeorgi Rumenov ..read more

At the USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Boca Raton, two 17-year-olds who have been having success continued that trend, with No. 8 seed Maya Joint of Australia, and Akasha Urhobo, a wild card, advancing to the second round. Joint, a University of Texas signee, beat Jessie Aney(North Carolina) 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4 in three hours and six minutes; Urhobo took out fellow 17-year-old Victoria Osuigwe, a lucky ..read more

Seventeen-year-old Kaylan Bigun received a wild card into the qualifying of this week's ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota Florida, and the ITF Junior No. 12 beat two seeded players to qualify for the main draw. Bigun beat No. 5 seed and ATP 399 Bogdan Bobrov of Russia in two tiebreakers in yesterday's first round; today the UCLA signee defeated No. 7 seed and ATP 419 Viktor Durosovic of Norway 6-4 ..read more