Two Americans have advanced to Wednesday’s final of the Junior Orange Bowl in Coral Gables, Florida, with Tristan Ascenzo in the 14s and Evan Fan in the 12s.
Ascenzo gave himself a chance to avenge his IMG Academy International semi-final loss to Mohamed Genidy earlier this month, while Fan has stepped up this tournament after a third-round exit in Bradenton. Fan is also through to the doubles final with James Borchard.
All four IMG Academy International champions will play for their second straight title on Wednesday.
SINGLES SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:
Rui He[1](CHN)* d. James Borchard[4](USA) 7-5, 6-3
Evan Fan[3] D. Olivier Bakker[1](AUS) 6-2, 6-3
B14s:
Mohammed Genidy[1](Duck. Siyun Kim[4](KOR) 1-6, 6-0, 6-3
Tristan Ascenzo[2](US) d. Smyan Thuta (USA) 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
G12s:
Fangqiao Zou[1](CHN*) d. Jiru Yang (CHN) 6-1, 6-2
Xiaooke Li (CHN) d. Annie Tan (USA) 6-3, 6-3
G14s:
Isabella Jan[4]CAN d. Nikol Davletshina[1](USA) 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-5
Ayaka Iwasa[7](JPN)* d. Konstantina Volonaki (GRE) 6-2, 6-1
*Win IMG Academy International titles earlier this month.
One doubles title was decided today, with Americans Christina Li and Kyndall Noel taking home the G14s championship trophies.
DOUBLE FFINAL:
B12s
Cheng-en TSA(TPE) and Taigo Nagashima(JPN) F Evan Fan and James Borchard[1](USA)
B14s
Mohamed Genidy (EGY) and Evan Giurescu (FRA)[6] vs. Alden Yu and Ilya Sherifali (CAN)[8]
G12s
Lucy Dupere (US) and Seungyeo Seo (AUS)[1] against Inie Toli (USA) and Fangqiao Zou (CHN)[3]
G14s
Christina Li and Kyndall Noel (USA)[3] D. Tanvi Pandey (USA) and Srishti Kiran (IND)[8] 6-4, 3-6, 10-5
Nishesh Basavareddy[Stanford]who, like Tien, was in the field last year, won the 2022 US Open doubles title. The other four junior slam winners are Dimo Prizmic of Croatia (Roland Garros 2023), Martin Landaluce of Spain (US Open 2022), Nicolai Budkov Kjaer of Norway (Wimbledon 2024 and Roland Garros doubles 2024) and Rafael Jodar.[Virginia] of Spain (US Open 2024). Justin Engel of Germany, a late addition after the withdrawal of Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic, is the only competitor not to win a junior slam title. The 18-year-old has played just one junior slam, qualifying for the Australian Open in 2024 and losing in the first round.
The schedule for Wednesday’s group game:
Dino Prizmic[2](CRO) v Nishesh Basavareddy[6](USA)
Alexander Blokx[2](BEL) vs. Justin Engel[8] (DU)
Student Ten[1](USA) vs. Rafael Jodar [7](ESP)
Martin Landaluce [4](ESP) in Nicolai Budkov Kjaer[5](NOR)
I’ve begun the lengthy task of digesting the videos from the IMG Academy International and Orange Bowl finals, with the first three below. There are individual videos of the girls’ finalists, who were unable to play on the Stadium pitch as usual, with the chance of rain leading to simultaneous finals.
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