ITF J300 Pan Am summary, videos; Bender and Manchala win Les Petits in USA as play-offs qualifying; ITA Cup for D-II, D-III, NAIA and JUCO underway in Rome, Georgia

My summary from last week ITF J300 Pan American Closed Championships in Spring Texas is present today at the Tennis recruiting networkso if you missed my daily coverage here, this is a chance to catch up on how one of the five J300 ITF Junior Circuit events in the United States played out. Below are videos of all four singles finalists. A Tennis Recruiting Network photo gallery coming soon.

The rules of the play-offs state that the top three finishers get a place in the main draw, while the fourth only guarantees a qualifying spot, but this year all four semi-finalists from the US play-offs were granted entry into the main draw.

The top seeds in each division:

GENTLEMEN:

NAIA: Santiago Villarruel, Georgia Gwinnett

D-II: Soeren Grandke, Azusa Pacific

D-III: Advik Mareedu, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

JUCO: Daniel Marincas, Tyler JC

WOMEN:

NAA: Violin Violet, Emperor

D-II: Dana Heimen, Barry

D-III: Matia Cristiani, Babson

JUCO: Younsoo Cho, Hillsborough CC

The only No. 1 seed not to advance to the quarterfinals (semifinals for JUCO) is Grandke, who lost 7-5, 6-2 today to West Florida’s Diego Duran.