It what many tennis journalists are calling the greatest tennis upset ever, qualifier Julie Coin of France defeated world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 late this afternoon. The 25-year-old Clemson graduate was expected to go away after being broken at 4-4 in the second set, but she was the player who hit out down 0-40 in the third set and overcame a double fault on her first match point. For Coin's thoughts on the match of her life, see this AP story. UCLA's NCAA doubles champions Tracy Lin and Riza Zalameda made good use of their wild card, advancing to the second round with a straight set win over Arantxa Parra Satonja and Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain this afternoon.
My weekly story for the Tennis Recruiting network is a preview of the US Open Junior Championships, which begin with qualifying on Friday. I haven't been able to find the junior qualifying draws (if anyone tracks them down, please leave a comment), but I do know that Nicole Gibbs has made the semifinals in the ITF Grade 1 in Canada, so she should get a special exemption into the main draw, leaving her qualifying wild card available for someone else.
Two of the U.S. players in the main draw of the juniors, brothers Ryan and Christian Harrison, were profiled today by Steve Pratt for usopen.org.
My weekly story for the Tennis Recruiting network is a preview of the US Open Junior Championships, which begin with qualifying on Friday. I haven't been able to find the junior qualifying draws (if anyone tracks them down, please leave a comment), but I do know that Nicole Gibbs has made the semifinals in the ITF Grade 1 in Canada, so she should get a special exemption into the main draw, leaving her qualifying wild card available for someone else.
Two of the U.S. players in the main draw of the juniors, brothers Ryan and Christian Harrison, were profiled today by Steve Pratt for usopen.org.
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