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Eleven singles titles for Americans on ITF Junior Circuit; USTA Announces Dates for Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge; Features on Jack Pinnington Jones and Matt Forbes; Sik will represent Australia?
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Eleven singles titles for Americans on ITF Junior Circuit; USTA Announces Dates for Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge; Features on Jack Pinnington Jones and Matt Forbes; Sik will represent Australia?

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On Saturday I covered the titles for Safir Azam and Adla Lopez on the ITF J200 in the Dominican Republicbut that was just the tip of the iceberg: American juniors claimed nine singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit last week.

Tomas Laukys won his biggest title at the J100 in Trnava, Slovakiawith the unseeded 15-year-old beating No. 2 seed Dominik Macej of Slovakia 7-6(5), 6-2, with all five of his wins coming in straight sets, including a second-round victory over top seed Marko Bekeni of Slovakia.
At the J200 in LithuaniaNo. 8 seed Michael Savano, 17, lost in the final to No. 7 seed Vincent Reisach of Germany 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Savano’s only other titles on the ITF Junior Circuit also came in Europe, in 2024. He defeated top seed Rhys Lawler of Great Britain 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the quarter-finals.
At the J60 in Claremont, California17-year-old Ryan Bedwick, seeded No. 4, claimed his first ITF Junior Circuit singles title, beating qualifier Peter Jorniak 6-1, 6-1 in the final. Bedwick also reached the doubles final, with partner Rafael Bote of Canada, but the No. 1 seeds gave a walkover to unseeded Jaidyn Finley and Joseph Nau in the final.

Thirteen-year-old Isha Manchala won her second ITF Junior Circuit J60 title in Claremont, beating top seed Alison Wang 6-3, 7-6(3) in the final. Unseeded Rose Biria and Japan’s Yui Watanabe won the girls’ doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Aishi Bisht of India and Emery June Martin 6-4, 6-4 in the final.

Unseeded 16-year-olds Ellery Mendell and Dhakshish Aryan Basavaraju went back-to-back to win a J60 in Guatemala for the second week in a row. Mendell beat unseeded Amina Nurmakhan of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-0 in the final, while Aryan Basavaraju beat No. 3 seed and doubled partner Colter Amey 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in an all-US boys final.

Amey and Aryan Basavaraju, seeded No. 4, won the doubles title, beating No. 3 seeds Mikaeel Ali Baig of Pakistan and Nicolas Bellas of Spain 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 in the final. Top seeds Sasha Miroshnichenko and Mexico’s Romina Dominguez Garcia won the girls’ doubles title, beating Australia’s Taylor Burke and Canada’s Julia Ionescu 6-2, 6-1 in the final.

There was also an American sweep on the J60 in Mexicowith 16-year-old Sebastian Godoy and 15-year-old Aarini Bhattacharya taking the singles titles.

Godoy, the No. 6 seed, defeated unseeded Pedro Queiroz of Brazil 6-0, 6-2 in the final for his fourth ITF Junior Circuit title and his second in singles. Bhattacharya, the No. 5 seed, now has three singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit after beating unseeded Rachel Wu of Canada 6-3, 6-1 in the final. Bhattacharya claimed her fourth ITF Junior Circuit doubles title, with Canada’s Elisabeth Djabourian. The No. 3 seeds defeated top seeds Abril Cardenas Olivares and Zoe Levresse Zavala of Mexico 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in the final.

Londyn McCord, who reached the semi-finals of the J300 in Peru two weeks ago, dropped to the J30 level in that country and claimed her second title at that level by beating unseeded Silvana Farjado of Peru 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the round robin/knockout tournament.
At the J30 in Nigeriaalso a round/robin-to-knockout tournament, 16-year-old David Beckles won the titles. He defeated Logan Thomas 6–2, 6–4 in the all-American singles final for his first ITF Junior Circuit singles title. Beckles became No. 2 doubles with Musa Mamud of Nigeria and added his fourth doubles title on the ITF Junior Circuit, defeating unseeded Kingsley Amenuveve Alormenu of Ghana and Ho Wan Yeung of Hong Kong 7-5, 4-6, 10-8 in the final.

The USTA has announced the annual Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, starting March 30 and running through May 3.

From the USTA press release:

The USTA’s 2026 Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which will use professional clay-court tournaments to award an American man and woman a wild card into the main draw for this year’s French Open, begins the week of March 30 and runs through May 3 for both the men and women.

Both the men’s and women’s wild cards will be awarded to the American players with the most ranking points earned (including qualifying and main event points) in up to three clay-court tournaments during the five-week period of the Challenge. All red clay and Har-Tru events at W35 level and above for the women and M25 level and above for the men, including WTA and ATP Tour events, will be included in the Challenge.

This recent one is also interesting Sydney Morning Herald article about a possible change in country representation for ITF junior No. 61 Mustafa Ege Sik of Turkey.

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