The Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup finalists were decided today in Italy, and both of Australia's teams will be there. The top-seeded boys, who easily defeated Chinese Taipei in today's semifinals, will meet the No. 7 seeded team from Argentina; the girls, seeded sixth, meet No. 5 seeded Poland. Both Aussie girls saved match points in their victories over the home-crowd-supported Italians, according to this account from Eleanor Preston at the ITF junior website. (There is a mistake in Holland score in the story; it should be 6-7, 7-5, 6-3). In last month's World Junior Tennis Competition for 14-and-unders in the Czech Republic, the Australian boys won the championship. Three out of the four world team titles would be amazing, especially since the surface is clay, not a prevalent surface Down Under.
The U.S. teams will play for fifth on Sunday; I had thought those matches were being played today. I hope they had an opportunity to see some of Italy on their day off.
One match I was really interested in that was being played today was Jesse Levine vs. Donald Young in the semifinals of the Tulsa Challenger. Finally we would see the two 2006 Kalamazoo finalists actually play, after the disappointment of Young's walkover win due to Levine's virus. I was expecting a close match; I would never have imagined Young would win 6-0, 6-1. He will be a lot more rested for Sunday's final than his opponent Jesse Witten, who needed three sets to get past Alberto Francis.
Also in Tulsa, the men's prequalifying for the ITA Polo All-American began today. With a 256 draw, they might still be playing, but the results of today's two rounds are here. The women are in Pacific Palisades, Calif. for the Riveria All-American, and they have a much more manageable 64 draw. The results from today are available here.
The U.S. teams will play for fifth on Sunday; I had thought those matches were being played today. I hope they had an opportunity to see some of Italy on their day off.
One match I was really interested in that was being played today was Jesse Levine vs. Donald Young in the semifinals of the Tulsa Challenger. Finally we would see the two 2006 Kalamazoo finalists actually play, after the disappointment of Young's walkover win due to Levine's virus. I was expecting a close match; I would never have imagined Young would win 6-0, 6-1. He will be a lot more rested for Sunday's final than his opponent Jesse Witten, who needed three sets to get past Alberto Francis.
Also in Tulsa, the men's prequalifying for the ITA Polo All-American began today. With a 256 draw, they might still be playing, but the results of today's two rounds are here. The women are in Pacific Palisades, Calif. for the Riveria All-American, and they have a much more manageable 64 draw. The results from today are available here.
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