About three-quarters of the first round of junior singles were played Sunday at Roland Garros, and the U.S. went 3-2. Melanie Oudin, who in her last junior Grand Slam, the 2007 U.S. Open, needed a wild card to get into the main draw, is the top seed in Paris, and she played like it, losing only one game to lucky loser Valeria Savinykh of Russia. Mallory Burdette also advanced, with a straight-set win over qualifier Misaki Doi of Japan. Madison Brengle, the only other U.S. girl in the main draw acceptances, was a late scratch, as was Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia. That leaves the U.S. with two of the 64 female competitors, one less than Hungary. Susie Babos's younger sister Timea, one of the Hungarians, advanced to the second round with a win Sunday.
The news for the U.S. boys was not as good. Bradley Klahn and Jarmere Jenkins lost in straight sets; ninth seed Ryan Harrison, who is blogging this week for the ITF Junior website, did avenge his loss in Belgium to Milos Raonic of Canada in three sets. Chase Buchanan, who fell in the Astrid Bowl final to Flilip Krajinovic of Serbia, will play No. 3 seed Jonathan Eysseric of France Monday.
The biggest upsets of the day were the losses of the No. 4 seeds Ana Bogdan of Romania to Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands in a 10-8 third set, and Yuki Bhambri of India, to Guillaume Rufin of France, in a quick 6-2, 6-1.
For complete draws, see rolandgarros.com.
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