The Official Teenage Tennis Talent Thread

[Joseph_K]

Yes, an impressive win earlier today for Jenson Brooksby over former Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych in first-round action at the U.S. Open. The American defeated the Czech in four sets, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, with some impressive hitting and controlled aggression from the baseline; the teenager also displayed an admirable temperament, especially after losing the second set. In the next round Brooksby will face the no. 17 seed, Nikoloz Basilasvili.

 

[James P]

That being said, I don't think he will enroll and will turn pro after the US open.

Just listened to his interview with the ESPN announcing team. He's absolutely considering turning pro in the fall.

 

[stringertom]

Brooksby is planning to enroll at Baylor in January. He will dominate college tennis if he enrolls. I mean dominate. That being said, I don't think he will enroll and will turn pro after the US open.

He’s going to play some Challengers during the autumn as an amateur and then decide. Being a Sacramento native, he has at least two of them he can be very comfortable getting to from home.

 

[stringertom]

Kecmanovic !

 

[James P]

Kecmanovic !

He's 20 now

They grow up so fast.

 

[TripleATeam]

He's 20 now

They grow up so fast.

Not quite! 5 days away!

In 2 days, he'll be up against Svajda or Lorenzi, which is very winnable. If he wins that, his last match as a teen will likely be against Wawrinka.

 

[James P]

Not quite! 5 days away!

In 2 days, he'll be up against Svajda or Lorenzi, which is very winnable. If he wins that, his last match as a teen will likely be against Wawrinka.

Oops, you are correct. It's during the US Open he turns 20.

 

[I Am Finnish]

He's 20 now

They grow up so fast.

Little boys grow fast

 

[I Am Finnish]

Kecmanovic !

good chance to reach the 3rd round He should able to beat Grandpa Lorenzi


The italian had barely beat a 16 years old rookie


@TripleATeam

 

[James P]

It's not ATP, but considering his attempt at the US Open men's draw going 5 sets against a pro, I'll be interested to see how that Svajda kid does with his wild card in the Boy's tournament. He drew the 4th seed in the first round, so he's going to have a bit of a test right off the bat.

 

[James P]

Non-USO Action this week:

Rudolf Molleker (GER), 18, plays Filippo Baldi (ITA) at the Genoa 125 Challenger R64
Giulio Zeppieri (ITA), 17, plays Sumit Nagal (IND) at the Genoa 125 Challenger R64
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA), 17, plays Filip Horansky (SVK) at the Genoa 125 Challenger R64

Chuh Hsin Tseng (TPE), 18, plays Shintaro Imai (JPN) at the Jinan 125 Challenger R64

Nicolas Mejia (COL), 19, plays John-Patrick Smith (AUS) at the New Haven 125 Challenger R64
Simon Carr (IRE), 19, plays JC Aragone (USA) at the New Haven 125 Challenger R64

Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA), 19, plays Matteo Martineau (FRA) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64
Tomas Machac (CZE), 18, plays Yoav Schab (ISR) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64
Hugo Gaston (FRA), 18, plays Marc-Andrea Hüsler (SUI) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64
Rayane Roumane (FRA), 18, plays Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64

 

[stringertom]

It's not ATP, but considering his attempt at the US Open men's draw going 5 sets against a pro, I'll be interested to see how that Svajda kid does with his wild card in the Boy's tournament. He drew the 4th seed in the first round, so he's going to have a bit of a test right off the bat.

Not a happy ending, going out 1R to Jonas Forejtek in straight sets.

I like Damm to take this. Rune struggled vs an American qualifier, taking a third set TB. My second favorite is #1 seed Shintaro Mochizuki.

 

[James P]

Non-USO Action this week:

Rudolf Molleker (GER), 18, plays Filippo Baldi (ITA) at the Genoa 125 Challenger R64
Giulio Zeppieri (ITA), 17, plays Sumit Nagal (IND) at the Genoa 125 Challenger R64
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA), 17, plays Filip Horansky (SVK) at the Genoa 125 Challenger R64

Chuh Hsin Tseng (TPE), 18, plays Shintaro Imai (JPN) at the Jinan 125 Challenger R64

Nicolas Mejia (COL), 19, plays John-Patrick Smith (AUS) at the New Haven 125 Challenger R64
Simon Carr (IRE), 19, plays JC Aragone (USA) at the New Haven 125 Challenger R64

Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA), 19, plays Matteo Martineau (FRA) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64
Tomas Machac (CZE), 18, plays Yoav Schab (ISR) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64
Hugo Gaston (FRA), 18, plays Marc-Andrea Hüsler (SUI) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64
Rayane Roumane (FRA), 18, plays Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64

Molleker lost 7-5, 2-6, 1-6 to Baldi (ITA) at the Genoa 125 R64.
Zeppieri won 6-1, 7-5 [R64 Nagal-IND]. Won 6-3, 6-2 [R32 Giustino-ITA]. Faces #6 seed Stefano Travaglia (ITA) at the Genoa 125 Challenger R16.
Musetti won 6-3, 6-4 [R64 Horansky-SVK]. Faces #4 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) at the Genoa 125 Challenger R32.

Tseng won 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 [R64 Imai-JPN]. Faces #9 seed Peda Krstin (SRB) at the Jinan 125 Challenger R32.

Mejia lost 7-6(4), 3-6, 4-6 to Smith (AUS) at the New Haven 125 R64.
Carr lost 2-6, 3-6 to Aragone (USA) at the New Haven 125 R64.

Wild won 7-6(5), 6-4 [R64 Martineau-FRA]. Faces #14 seed Emil Ruusuvuori at the Cassis Challenger R32.
Machac won 6-0, 6-0 [R64 Schab-ISR]. Faces #9 seed Lukas Rosol (CZE) at the Cassis Challenger R32.
Gaston lost 6-4, 6-7(5), 3-6 to Hüsler (SUI) at the Cassis 80 R64.
Roumane won 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 [R64 Blancaneaux-FRA]. Faces #10 Quentin Halys (FRA) at the Cassis Challenger R32.

 

[Joseph_K]

Congratulations to the Americans Eliot Spizzirri and Tyler Zink who earlier on Saturday won the boys' doubles event at the U.S. Open by defeating Andrew Paulson, who is Czech, and Alexander Zgirovsky of Belarus in straight sets, 7-6(4), 6-4.

 

[stringertom]

Congratulations to the Americans Eliot Spizzirri and Tyler Zink who earlier on Saturday won the boys' singles event at the U.S. Open by defeating Andrew Paulson, who is Czech, and Alexander Zgirovsky of Belarus in straight sets, 7-6(4), 6-4.

I’m assuming they won the doubles, not the singes.

The real singles final will be Emilio Nava (USA) vs Jonas Forejtek (CZE).

 

[James P]

Non-USO Action this week:

Rudolf Molleker (GER), 18, plays Filippo Baldi (ITA) at the Genoa 125 Challenger R64
Giulio Zeppieri (ITA), 17, plays Sumit Nagal (IND) at the Genoa 125 Challenger R64
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA), 17, plays Filip Horansky (SVK) at the Genoa 125 Challenger R64

Chuh Hsin Tseng (TPE), 18, plays Shintaro Imai (JPN) at the Jinan 125 Challenger R64

Nicolas Mejia (COL), 19, plays John-Patrick Smith (AUS) at the New Haven 125 Challenger R64
Simon Carr (IRE), 19, plays JC Aragone (USA) at the New Haven 125 Challenger R64

Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA), 19, plays Matteo Martineau (FRA) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64
Tomas Machac (CZE), 18, plays Yoav Schab (ISR) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64
Hugo Gaston (FRA), 18, plays Marc-Andrea Hüsler (SUI) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64
Rayane Roumane (FRA), 18, plays Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA) at the Cassis 80 Challenger R64

Rudolf Molleker (GER) fell in 3 sets to world #146 Filippo Baldi (ITA) in R64 at Genoa
Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) fell in 2 sets to world #81 Stefano Trevaglia (ITA) in R16 at Genoa
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) fell in 2 sets to world #71 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) in R32 at Genoa

Chuh Hsin Tseng (TPE) fell in 2 sets to world #397 Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) in R16 Jinan

Nicolas Mejia (COL) fell in 3 sets to world #241 John-Patrick Smith (AUS) in R64 New Haven
Simon Carr (IRE) fell in 2 sets to world #283 JC Arragone (USA) in R64 New Haven

Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) fell in 2 sets to world #209 Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) in R32 Cassis
Tomas Machac (CZE) fell in 2 sets to world #152 Lukas Rosol (CZE) in R32 Cassis
Hugo Gaston (FRA) fell in 3 sets to world #291 Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) in R64 Cassis
Rayane Roumane (FRA) fell in 2 sets to world #65 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) in QF Cassis

 

[stringertom]

Congrats to Czech teen Jonas Forejtek for winning the USO Boy’s singles title, rallying from a first set TB loss to dominate American Emilio Nava, 6-7(4) 6-0 6-2. He is only the second Czech (Dusan Lojda 2006) to win this title.

 

[Joseph_K]

17-year-old Carlos Alcaraz Garfia has received a wildcard into this week's Challenger tornament in Seville in his native country. In first-round action he beat the Japanese player Rio Noguchi 6-1, 6-4 and next plays the German Yannick Hanfmann, the no. 9 seed, for a place in the last 16.

 

[stringertom]

WC Brandon Nakashima from California advanced easily in 1R action at the Cary (NC) Challenger, defeating another WC, Latvian Tadis Babelis 3&2. He will now face #12 seed Thai-Son Kwiatkowski in the 2R.

 

[Hawaiian grip]

17-year-old Carlos Alcaraz Garfia has received a wildcard into this week's Challenger tornament in Seville in his native country. In first-round action he beat the Japanese player Rio Noguchi 6-1, 6-4 and next plays the German Yannick Hanfmann, the no. 9 seed, for a place in the last 16.

Just a minor correction -he‘s still 16 years old.

Battling it out with Hanfmann now. He was 5-2 up in the first set at one point, 6-5 now.

 

[Joseph_K]

Yes, after leading Yannick Hanfmann 5-2 in the first set of their second-round match in Seville earlier today, Carlos Alcaraz Garfia was pegged back to 6-6, but managed to win the ensuing tiebreak and one in the second set too for a 7-6(3), 7-6(4) victory. On Thursday the Spaniard plays his compatriot Pedro Martinez for a place in the quarter-finals.

 

[stringertom]

Other teens active this week at Challenger level:

WC Daniel Michalski (POL) has made 3R at Szczecin after defeating veteran Facundo Bagnis in a third set TB. Teens Rudi Molleker and fellow Pole WC Filip Kolasinski lost in straight sets 2R.

WC Brandon Nakashima defeated Thai-son Kwiatkowski in straight sets to advance to 3R at Cary.

#12 Nicola Kuhn has advanced to 3R in Istanbul.

Marko Miladinovic (18 SRB) defeated fellow Serb Nikola Milojevic in 2R in straight sets at Banja Luka.

Five teens still active into 3R...not bad!

 

[Hawaiian grip]

Yes, after leading Yannick Hanfmann 5-2 in the first set of their second-round match in Seville earlier today, Carlos Alcaraz Garfia was pegged back to 6-6, but managed to win the ensuing tiebreak and one in the second set too for a 7-6(3), 7-6(4) victory. On Thursday the Spaniard plays his compatriot Pedro Martinez for a place in the quarter-finals.

Just beat Pedro Martínez too. Second top 200 (150) he beats in just a couple of days.

 

[James P]

Into the quarters!

 

[stringertom]

Other teens active this week at Challenger level:

WC Daniel Michalski (POL) has made 3R at Szczecin after defeating veteran Facundo Bagnis in a third set TB. Teens Rudi Molleker and fellow Pole WC Filip Kolasinski lost in straight sets 2R.

WC Brandon Nakashima defeated Thai-son Kwiatkowski in straight sets to advance to 3R at Cary.

#12 Nicola Kuhn has advanced to 3R in Istanbul.

Marko Miladinovic (18 SRB) defeated fellow Serb Nikola Milojevic in 2R in straight sets at Banja Luka.

Five teens still active into 3R...not bad!

CAG in Seville (3 sets) and Kuhn in Istanbul (straight sets) have made QFs

CAG vs #2 Salvatore Caruso

Kuhn vs #16 Blaz Kavcic

 

[Joseph_K]

Former teenager Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is also having a good run at this week's Challenger tournament in Seville where he has reached the quarter-finals and a match against the Belgian Kimmer Coppejans later today. This is the third week in a row that ADF has reached at least the quarter-finals of a Challenger. Two weeks ago he reached the semi-final in Mallorca before losing to the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori, while last week he got to the final of the Genoa Challenger where his opponent was the local hope Lorenzo Sonego.

Due to bad weather, the final in Genoa started late at night and finished around 1.30 am local time. The players split the first two sets and in the final set ADF had his chances, but was broken at 5-all before breaking back to force a tiebreak in which he led by 4 points to 0 and then 5 points to 3, both times with a serve to follow. However, Sonego fought back doggedly, not allowing the Spaniard to reach match point, and eventually took the tiebreak and the match 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(6).

 

[stringertom]

Nicola Kuhn did not have a good day at work in the Istanbul QFs, losing 3&0 to Blaz Kavcic. Broken six times and barely won more service points than return points (25 to 18).

 

[James P]

Ah, man. Disappointing 3 set loss by Alcaraz Garfia, after winning the opening set. Was really looking forward to the Alcaraz-Fokina SF matchup.

 

[stringertom]

CAG also falls at QF stage with Caruso rallying for the 4-6 7-6 6-4 win at Seville.

 

[Nagal_fan]

CAG's serve should hopefully improve, his return game seems decent.

 

[James P]

They broke each other 7 times apiece. He needs to learn to hold serve, for sure.

 

[stringertom]

Ah, man. Disappointing 3 set loss by Alcaraz Garfia, after winning the opening set. Was really looking forward to the Alcaraz-Fokina SF matchup.

I watched about 10 minutes of the Caruso match but stopped due to the poor lighting and sketchy streaming. The tennis wasn’t much better. ADF seems to be in a zone, losing the Genoa final last week in a heartbreak. He’s now 1-6 in finals so hopefully he can get to this one and cash.

 

[gogo]

Former teenager Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is also having a good run at this week's Challenger tournament in Seville where he has reached the quarter-finals and a match against the Belgian Kimmer Coppejans later today. This is the third week in a row that ADF has reached at least the quarter-finals of a Challenger. Two weeks ago he reached the semi-final in Mallorca before losing to the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori, while last week he got to the final of the Genoa Challenger where his opponent was the local hope Lorenzo Sonego.

Due to bad weather, the final in Genoa started late at night and finished around 1.30 am local time. The players split the first two sets and in the final set ADF had his chances, but was broken at 5-all before breaking back to force a tiebreak in which he led by 4 points to 0 and then 5 points to 3, both times with a serve to follow. However, Sonego fought back doggedly, not allowing the Spaniard to reach match point, and eventually took the tiebreak and the match 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(6).

"former teenager...." Which players weren't former teenagers?

 

[James P]

You've never seen those babies that look like grandpas and grandmas coming out of the womb?

 

[Joseph_K]

Another excellent performance by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Saturday evening in the semi-finals of the Seville Challenger where he beat the Italian Salvatore Caruso 6-1, 6-2 in barely an hour. In the final the Spaniard will play his compatriot Jaume Munar whom ADF beat in three sets on his way to the final of last week's Challenger in Genoa.

 

[stringertom]

Another excellent performance by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Saturday evening in the semi-finals of the Seville Challenger where he beat the Italian Salvatore Caruso 6-1, 6-2 in barely an hour. In the final the Spaniard will play his compatriot Jaume Munar whom ADF beat in three sets on his way to the final of last week's Challenger in Genoa.

Not a teen anymore. LOL! Here, I’ll start a thread for you, which I usually delay until a non-Canadian (Felix and Shapo) youngster wins a Challenger title. Hope it doesn’t jinx him!

 

[stringertom]

Jannik Sinner gets the featured final Monday evening match assignment on Center Court at the ATP250 SPO vs former (2010) champion Mikhail Kukushkin.

 

[James P]

Jannik Sinner gets the featured final Monday evening match assignment on Center Court at the ATP250 SPO vs former (2010) champion Mikhail Kukushkin.

Teenagers in ATP Tour action this week:

Jannik Sinner (ITA) #128. The 18 year old received a wild card and debuts in the St Petersburg Open 250 draw opening against Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan.
Rayane Roumane (FRA) #446. The 19 year old received a wild card and makes his Tour debut at the Moselle Open 250 in Metz against Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia.

Teenagers in ATP Challenger action this week:

Rudolf Molleker (GER) #157. The 18 year old has a bye into the R32 at Sibiu 80, but will face the winner of Dragos Dima (ROU)/Vaclav Safranek (CZE).
Nicola Kuhn (ESP) #191. The 19 year old earned a bye in the Glasgow 80, but will face the winner of Lloyd Glasspool (GBR)/Riccardo Balzerani (ITA).
Chun hsin Tseng (TPE) #320. The 18 year old plays in the Kaohsiung 125 opening against LL Lee Kuan-Yi of Taiwan.
Jack Draper (GBR) #337. The 17 year old will play in the R64 at Glasgow 80, facing Altug Celikbilek of Turkey.
Tomas Machac (CZE) #360. The 18 year old will play in the R64 at Glasgow 80, facing Botic Van de Zandschulp (mouthful) of the Netherlands.
Aidan McHugh (GBR) #464. The 19 year old received a wildcard and will play in the R64 at Glasgow 80, facing Arthur Rinderknech of France.
Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU) #505. The 17 year old received a wild card and will play in the R64 at Sibiu 80, facing an undetermined qualifier.
Ray Ho (TPE) #860. The 19 year old received a wildcard and plays in the Kaohsiung 125, opening up against Shuichi Sekiguchi of Japan.
Federico Arnaboldi (ITA) #951. The 19 year old received a wildcard and plays in the Biella 80 against 29 year old Swede Markus Eriksson in the R64.
Cannon Kingsley (USA) #1015. The 18 year old received a wildcard and plays in the Columbus 80 against 27 year old Evan Song of the United States.
Giacomo Dambrosi (ITA) #1191. The 18 year old received a wildcard and enters the R64 at Biella 80, facing off against another wild card, compatriot Pietro Rondoni.
Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) #1286. The 18 year old received a wildcard into the Biella 80 and faces Oriol Roca Batalla of Spain in the R64.
Gabriele Felline (ITA) #UR. The 18 year old received a wildcard and enters the R64 at Biella 80, facing Eduard Esteve Lobato of Spain.
Robert Cash (USA) #UR. The 18 year old received a wildcard into the Columbus 80 and faces American Strong Kirchheimer in the R64.
Felix Gill (GBR) #UR. The 17 year old received a wildcard and will play in the R64 at Glasgow 80, facing off against Julian Ocleppo of Italy.
Harry Wendelken (GBR) #UR. The 17 year old received a wildcard and will in the R64 at Glasgow 80, facing Ilya Marchenko of the Ukraine.

 

[stringertom]

Teenagers in ATP Tour action this week:

Jannik Sinner (ITA) #128. The 18 year old received a wild card and debuts in the St Petersburg Open 250 draw opening against Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan.
Rayane Roumane (FRA) #446. The 19 year old received a wild card and makes his Tour debut at the Moselle Open 250 in Metz against Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia.

Teenagers in ATP Challenger action this week:

Rudolf Molleker (GER) #157. The 18 year old has a bye into the R32 at Sibiu 80, but will face the winner of Dragos Dima (ROU)/Vaclav Safranek (CZE).
Nicola Kuhn (ESP) #191. The 19 year old earned a bye in the Glasgow 80, but will face the winner of Lloyd Glasspool (GBR)/Riccardo Balzerani (ITA).
Chun hsin Tseng (TPE) #320. The 18 year old plays in the Kaohsiung 125 opening against LL Lee Kuan-Yi of Taiwan.
Jack Draper (GBR) #337. The 17 year old will play in the R64 at Glasgow 80, facing Altug Celikbilek of Turkey.
Tomas Machac (CZE) #360. The 18 year old will play in the R64 at Glasgow 80, facing Botic Van de Zandschulp (mouthful) of the Netherlands.
Aidan McHugh (GBR) #464. The 19 year old received a wildcard and will play in the R64 at Glasgow 80, facing Arthur Rinderknech of France.
Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU) #505. The 17 year old received a wild card and will play in the R64 at Sibiu 80, facing an undetermined qualifier.
Ray Ho (TPE) #860. The 19 year old received a wildcard and plays in the Kaohsiung 125, opening up against Shuichi Sekiguchi of Japan.
Federico Arnaboldi (ITA) #951. The 19 year old received a wildcard and plays in the Biella 80 against 29 year old Swede Markus Eriksson in the R64.
Cannon Kingsley (USA) #1015. The 18 year old received a wildcard and plays in the Columbus 80 against 27 year old Evan Song of the United States.
Giacomo Dambrosi (ITA) #1191. The 18 year old received a wildcard and enters the R64 at Biella 80, facing off against another wild card, compatriot Pietro Rondoni.
Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) #1286. The 18 year old received a wildcard into the Biella 80 and faces Oriol Roca Batalla of Spain in the R64.
Gabriele Felline (ITA) #UR. The 18 year old received a wildcard and enters the R64 at Biella 80, facing Eduard Esteve Lobato of Spain.
Robert Cash (USA) #UR. The 18 year old received a wildcard into the Columbus 80 and faces American Strong Kirchheimer in the R64.
Felix Gill (GBR) #UR. The 17 year old received a wildcard and will play in the R64 at Glasgow 80, facing off against Julian Ocleppo of Italy.
Harry Wendelken (GBR) #UR. The 17 year old received a wildcard and will in the R64 at Glasgow 80, facing Ilya Marchenko of the Ukraine.

Dambrosi literally caught a break, winning by retirement at 0-6 5-5 when Rondoni twisted an ankle.

The rest of Monday’s results are poor so far with losses by Sinner, Ho, Arnaldi, Felline and Gill. Draper is in a 1st set TB.

 

[Ironwood]

How about a 19 year old Canadian that just won the US Open? I think there is more than a little promise there!

 

[Joseph_K]

An up-and-down performance earlier this evening from 17-year-old Jack Draper in first-round action at the Andy Murray Challenger, which is being held this week, indoors, in the latter's native city of Glasgow.

In the first set of his match against Altug Celikbilek of Turkey, Jack Draper led 3-1, 4-2 and 5-3, and served for the set in the next game but was broken after a very long game. In the tiebreak that ended the set the Turkish player led 4-1, but this time Draper came back and won it by 7 points to 5.

The second set was the reverse of the first as Celikbilek led 3-1 with a break, only for Draper to come back and lead 4-3. However, at 4-all the Englishman was broken before Celikbilek served out for the set. In the final set Celikbilek won four games in a row from 2-all to take it and the match, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2.

 

[James P]

Two days into the week and nearly all the teens have been wiped out if this week's action. Kuhn at Glasgow, Tseng at Kaohsiung, and Jianu at Sibiu are all that's remaining. Kuhn has already advanced to R16, Tseng will attempt to duplicate that result facing #134 Go Saeda (JPN), and Jianu is also in R32 action against #177 Filip Horansky (SVK).

Several of the players wiped out did win R64 matches before bowing out in R32 action.

 

[stringertom]

Kuhn is into the Glasgow QFs with a straight set win over the only ATP250 champion in the draw, Mirza Basic. He will face Frenchman Antoine Muller, who easily upset #1 seed Jaziri today.

The WC Romanian teen Jianu lost a 3rd set TB heartbreaker at Sibiu to Alex Molcan.

 

[James P]

And, Kuhn falls to Antoine Muller in the QFs.

 

[James P]

Teenagers in ATP Tour action this week:

Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) #20: 19 year old returns to action this week seeded #2 (bye) at the Chengdu Open 250. Will face winner of WC Hyeong Chung (KOR)/Joao Sousa (POR) in R16.

Teenagers in ATP Challenger action this week:

Jannik Sinner (ITA) #127: The 18 year old faces a stacked Challenger field at Orleans 125 in France. Seeded #15 (bye), he'll face the winner of Oscar Otte (GER)/Lucas Miedler (AUT) in R32.
Nicola Kuhn (ESP) #177: The 19 year old also brings youth to the Orleans 125 field. He faces Maxime Janvier (FRA) in the R64. Winner gets the right of facing #4 seeded Stefano Trevaglia of Italy.
Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) #333: The 19 year old will play at the Buenos Aires Challenger 80 this week. Seeded #16 (bye), he'll face the winner of Nicolas Alvarez (PER)/WC Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG)
Hugo Gaston (FRA) #378: The 18 year old plays in the Tiburon 100 Challenger. He faces American Evan Song in the R64 for the right to play #13 seeded Daniel Galan of Colombia.
Rayane Roumane (FRA) #425: The 19 year old, fresh off his maiden ATP debut at Metz, receives a wild card at the Orleans 125. He faces Russian Roman Safiullin in R64 action. Winner faces #13 seeded Dennis Novak (AUT).
Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) #428: The 17 year old is a WC entry into the Firenze 80 Challenger. He opens against Frenchman Elliot Benchetrit in R64 action. Winner faces #6 seeded Paolo Lorenzi (ITA).
Antoine Cornut Chauvinc (FRA) #441: The 19 year old received a WC entry into the Orleans 125. He faces Ukrainian Sergiy Stahkovsky in R64 for the right to meet #2 seeded Ugo Humbert (FRA).
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) #456: The 17 year old is a WC entry into the Firenze 80 Challenger. He opens against a TBD Qualifier in R64. Winner faces #3 seeded Spaniard Jaume Munar.
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) #491: The 16 year old received a WC entry into Firenze 80, as well. He'll face Stefano Napolitano (ITA) in R64 for the right to meet #4 seed Salvatore Caruso (ITA).
Sebastian Baez (ARG) #508: The 18 year old received a WC into the Buenos Aires 80. He'll face Brazilian Pedro Sakamoto in R64 for a chance at #7 seed Indian Sumit Nagal.
Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG) #540: The 18 year old also received a WC into the Buenos Aires 80. Faces Mariano Kestelboim (ARG) in R64 for a chance at #14 seed Renzo Olivo (ARG).
Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) #548: The 17 year old received a WC into the Buenos Aires 80. Faces Peruvian Nicolas Alvarez in R64 to set up a potential teenage fratricide match in R32 with Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA).
Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) #739: The 18 year old received a WC into the Buenos Aires 80. Will face Rafael Fabris de Matos (BRA) for a shot at #4 seeded Thiago Monteiro of Brazil.
Brandon Nakashima (USA) #782: The 18 year old received a WC into Tiburon 100, drawing American Martin Redlicki. Will face #6 seeded American Michael Mmoh if he wins.
Emilio Nava (USA) #900: The 17 year old US Open & Australian Open Boys Runner Up received a WC into Tiburon 100 drawing American Ulises Blanch in R64. Will face #7 seeded Darian King of Barbados if he wins.
Ondrej Styler (CZE) #1143: The 19 year old received a WC into his 2nd career Challenger main draw at Tiburon 100. He will face Ecuadorian Roberto Quiroz in R64 action. Winner will face #2 seeded American Denis Kudla.
Roman Andres Burruchaga (ARG) #1692: The 17 year old received a WC entry into the Buenos Aires 80, the first challenger of his career. He faces Swede Christian Lindell in R64 action.

 

[stringertom]

Teenagers in ATP Tour action this week:

Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) #20: 19 year old returns to action this week seeded #2 (bye) at the Chengdu Open 250. Will face winner of WC Hyeong Chung (KOR)/Joao Sousa (POR) in R16.

Teenagers in ATP Challenger action this week:

Jannik Sinner (ITA) #127: The 18 year old faces a stacked Challenger field at Orleans 125 in France. Seeded #15 (bye), he'll face the winner of Oscar Otte (GER)/Lucas Miedler (AUT) in R32.
Nicola Kuhn (ESP) #177: The 19 year old also brings youth to the Orleans 125 field. He faces Maxime Janvier (FRA) in the R64. Winner gets the right of facing #4 seeded Stefano Trevaglia of Italy.
Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) #333: The 19 year old will play at the Buenos Aires Challenger 80 this week. Seeded #16 (bye), he'll face the winner of Nicolas Alvarez (PER)/WC Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG)
Hugo Gaston (FRA) #378: The 18 year old plays in the Tiburon 100 Challenger. He faces American Evan Song in the R64 for the right to play #13 seeded Daniel Galan of Colombia.
Rayane Roumane (FRA) #425: The 19 year old, fresh off his maiden ATP debut at Metz, receives a wild card at the Orleans 125. He faces Russian Roman Safiullin in R64 action. Winner faces #13 seeded Dennis Novak (AUT).
Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) #428: The 17 year old is a WC entry into the Firenze 80 Challenger. He opens against Frenchman Elliot Benchetrit in R64 action. Winner faces #6 seeded Paolo Lorenzi (ITA).
Antoine Cornut Chauvinc (FRA) #441: The 19 year old received a WC entry into the Orleans 125. He faces Ukrainian Sergiy Stahkovsky in R64 for the right to meet #2 seeded Ugo Humbert (FRA).
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) #456: The 17 year old is a WC entry into the Firenze 80 Challenger. He opens against a TBD Qualifier in R64. Winner faces #3 seeded Spaniard Jaume Munar.
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) #491: The 16 year old received a WC entry into Firenze 80, as well. He'll face Stefano Napolitano (ITA) in R64 for the right to meet #4 seed Salvatore Caruso (ITA).
Sebastian Baez (ARG) #508: The 18 year old received a WC into the Buenos Aires 80. He'll face Brazilian Pedro Sakamoto in R64 for a chance at #7 seed Indian Sumit Nagal.
Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG) #540: The 18 year old also received a WC into the Buenos Aires 80. Faces Mariano Kestelboim (ARG) in R64 for a chance at #14 seed Renzo Olivo (ARG).
Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) #548: The 17 year old received a WC into the Buenos Aires 80. Faces Peruvian Nicolas Alvarez in R64 to set up a potential teenage fratricide match in R32 with Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA).
Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) #739: The 18 year old received a WC into the Buenos Aires 80. Will face Rafael Fabris de Matos (BRA) for a shot at #4 seeded Thiago Monteiro of Brazil.
Brandon Nakashima (USA) #782: The 18 year old received a WC into Tiburon 100, drawing American Martin Redlicki. Will face #6 seeded American Michael Mmoh if he wins.
Emilio Nava (USA) #900: The 17 year old US Open & Australian Open Boys Runner Up received a WC into Tiburon 100 drawing American Ulises Blanch in R64. Will face #7 seeded Darian King of Barbados if he wins.
Ondrej Styler (CZE) #1143: The 19 year old received a WC into his 2nd career Challenger main draw at Tiburon 100. He will face Ecuadorian Roberto Quiroz in R64 action. Winner will face #2 seeded American Denis Kudla.
Roman Andres Burruchaga (ARG) #1692: The 17 year old received a WC entry into the Buenos Aires 80, the first challenger of his career. He faces Swede Christian Lindell in R64 action.

Monday’s results:

Orleans

Roumane advanced; Kuhn and Cornut-Chauvinc did not. Qualies WC Valentin Royer also lost.

Buenos Aires

Cerundolo, Burruchaga and Baez all lost but WC Tirante won. Also, qualies WC Tomas Farjat (18, ARG) did make MD and will play Juan Pablo Varillas (PER).

Tiburon

(WC) Nava lost

 

[James P]

Lots of good action today, both positive and negative, but was just paying attention to the Roumane-Novak match, and very clutch performance at the end of that match. Novak had 2 match points at 6-5 in that 3rd set and Roumane reeled off 9 straight points to go up 5-0 in the tiebreaker eventually closing it out.

Next match up, it's Sinners rejoice time!!!

 

[stringertom]

Lots of good action today, both positive and negative, but was just paying attention to the Roumane-Novak match, and very clutch performance at the end of that match. Novak had 2 match points at 6-5 in that 3rd set and Roumane reeled off 9 straight points to go up 5-0 in the tiebreaker eventually closing it out.

Next match up, it's Sinners rejoice time!!!

And I thought Novak was taking time off to nurse that bad left shoulder! Instead, he’s bowing to teenagers!

 

[James P]

So, the two teens in action at Orleans, Roumane and Sinner, both won their 2nd round matches to advance, Roumane after winning yesterday in a 1st rounder. Roumane overcame a man ranked 300 places higher than him in three sets (3-6 7-5 7-6). Sinner had a bit of a routine 7-6 6-2 win.

Brandon Nakashima won in convincing fashion, 6-3 6-3, over Martin Redlicki at Tiburon. Hugo Gaston of France defeated American Evan Song 3-6 6-4 6-4, as well.

Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Mariano Kestelboim in a three setter, 6-3 5-7 7-5 in Buenos Aires. 16th seeded Thiago Seyboth Wild also won in 4&4 at Buenos Aires.

Mixed bag at Florence. Lorenze Musetti cruised to a 6-4 7-6 victory over Benjamin Bonzi. Fellow 17 year old and compatriot, Giulio Zeppieri, was not as able to overcome his opponent, Elliot Benchetrit, falling in 4-6 4-6. Finally, 16 year old phenom, Carlos Alcaraz Garfia came out on fire, up 6-1 and 2-0, but failed to finish up that scorching start, falling 6-1 4-6 and 1-6.

All in all, great Tuesday of action. 2-0 at Orleans, 2-0 at Tiburon, 2-0 at Buenos Aires, and 1-2 at Florence for the teenage cohort.

 

[stringertom]

So, the two teens in action at Orleans, Roumane and Sinner, both won their 2nd round matches to advance, Roumane after winning yesterday in a 1st rounder. Roumane overcame a man ranked 300 places higher than him in three sets (3-6 7-5 7-6). Sinner had a bit of a routine 7-6 6-2 win.

Brandon Nakashima won in convincing fashion, 6-3 6-3, over Martin Redlicki at Tiburon. Hugo Gaston of France defeated American Evan Song 3-6 6-4 6-4, as well.

Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Mariano Kestelboim in a three setter, 6-3 5-7 7-5 in Buenos Aires. 16th seeded Thiago Seyboth Wild also won in 4&4 at Buenos Aires.

Mixed bag at Florence. Lorenze Musetti cruised to a 6-4 7-6 victory over Benjamin Bonzi. Fellow 17 year old and compatriot, Giulio Zeppieri, was not as able to overcome his opponent, Elliot Benchetrit, falling in 4-6 4-6. Finally, 16 year old phenom, Carlos Alcaraz Garfia came out on fire, up 6-1 and 2-0, but failed to finish up that scorching start, falling 6-1 4-6 and 1-6.

All in all, great Tuesday of action. 2-0 at Orleans, 2-0 at Tiburon, 2-0 at Buenos Aires, and 1-2 at Florence for the teenage cohort.

Also a mixed bag at Buenos Aires you omitted (understandably BTW).

WC Facundo Diaz Acosta (18, ARG) won 1R in three sets and Thiago Seyboth Wild also won but (Q) Tomas Farjat (also 18, ARG) lost 1R.

Keep up the good work! Old stringytom started this project 102 plus pages ago and appreciates your synergy, despite being mocked with comments from the ignorant like, “it says a lot about this forum when Tom has the most “likes”.”