23 Americans reach second round of Australian Open; Qualifying for the Australian Open Junior Championships begins on Wednesday; ITF J300 Traralgon Finale Set; Qualifying completed at USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Weston FL

Seven more Americans won their match Tuesday, the third and final day of the first round competition at Australian Openbringing the total number of American players in the second round to 23.

Two former collegiate stars pulled off upsets, with Eliot Spizzirri (Texas) taking his record against Brazil’s Joao Fonseca to 2-0 with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory at No. 28. Spizzirri had beaten Fonseca 7-6(8), 6-7(5), 6-4 in the final qualifying round of the 2024 US Open final.

Ethan Quinn, the 2023 NCAA singles champion while at Georgia, had 32 winners and just 16 unforced errors to get past No. 23 seed Talon Greekpoor of the Netherlands. Greek track defeated Quinn in the third round at Roland Garros last year.

One of the most intriguing first-round matches took place between two qualifiers, pitting 2024 Australian Open champion Rei Sakamoto of Japan against 2024 US Open champion Rafael Jodar of Spain. Jodar, who recently announced he would not return to Virginia for his sophomore year, had defeated Sakamoto 6-3, 6-1 in the semifinals of the US Open juniors, but their first meeting as a professional was much closer, with Jodar winning 7-6(6), 6-1, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3 in just under four hours.

Results from Tuesday’s Australian Open first round over the Americans:

Aleksander Blus from Poland is the best guys in qualifying; Turkey’s Ada Kumru is the top seed in the girls’ qualifying.

Raguin lost to No. 8 seed Kuan-Shou Chen of Taiwan 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, while Chen reached the final against No. 2 seed Luis Guto Miguel of Brazil. Guto Miguel defeated No. 3 Keaton Hance for the fourth straight time 6-3, 6-4 in the other semifinal.

Miguel and Chen will also face each other in the doubles final, after No. 3 seeds Chen and partner Flynn Thomas of Switzerland defeated top seeds Hance and Yannick Alexandrescou of France 6-3, 6-3 and No. 2 seeds Guto Miguel and Ziga Sesko of Slovenia defeated No. 6 seeds Ryan Coad and Gavin Goode 6-2, 6-2.

Orange Bowl champion Xinran Sun of China extended her winning streak on the ITF Junior Circuit as No. 5 defeated unseeded Rada Zolotareva of Russia 7-6(3), 6-3. She will face No. 2 seed Kzenia Efremova of France, who defeated No. 10 seed Kanon Sawashiro of Japan 6-3, 6-1.

The girls’ doubles final feature No. 8 seeds Renee Alama of Australia and Maya Rajeshwaran Revathic of India against unseeded Russian pair Zolotareva and Makarova.

Only two Americans made it to the qualification: Malkia Ngounoue (Kansas) and Allura Zamarripa (Texas).

Bianca Andreescu of Canada, who won the W35 title in Bradenton last week, is the second seed this week in Weston, with top seed WTA No. 217 Jazmin Ortenzi of Argentina. Ayana Akli (Maryland, South Carolina) is the only seeded American, at number 4.

Andreescu will face qualifier Sofia Johnson of Great Britain, a former All-American at Old Dominion, in the first round.

Wild cards were given to University of Georgia signee Ava Rodriguez, Maya Iyengar and Kylie Collins (Texas, LSU, Oklahoma State). Only two main draw matches were played today, with Collins losing to Ena Koike of Japan 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 and Akasha Urhobo beating Tatiana Pieri of Italy 7-5, 6-4.