TAYLOR FRITZ AMONG SEVEN AMERICAN JUNIORS STILL ALIVE AT THE U.S. OPEN TENNIS AND THE WHEELCHAIR COMPETITION BEGINS ON THURSDAY BY RICKY DIMON

Written by: Staff on 9th September 2015

TAYLOR FRITZ AMONG SEVEN AMERICAN JUNIORS STILL ALIVE AT THE U.S. OPEN TENNIS AND THE WHEELCHAIR COMPETITION BEGINS ON THURSDAY BY RICKY DIMON

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The U.S. Open junior singles draws have be whittled down to the quarterfinals, but there are still seven Americans–four boys and three girls–vying for titles.

Top-seeded boy Taylor Harry Fritz continued his flawless trek through the draw by getting through a tough matchup with No. 16 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Wednesday afternoon. Fritz, who has not dropped a set this week or even been pushed to a tiebreaker, took care of Tsitsipas 7-5, 6-1 in one hour and nine minutes.

Next up for the Californian is compatriot Alex Rybakov, who defeated Canada’s Denis Shapovalov 6-0, 7-6(6) during third-round action.

On the other side of the draw, Michael Mmoh and Tommy Paul are on a collision course for the semifinals. Mmoh, the second seed, beat 14th-seeded Akira Santillan of Japan 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday. Paul, who got past 15-year-old prodigy Felix Auger Aliassime in the second round, had an easier time with No. 10 seed Corentin Denolly. The French Open champion rolled 6-3, 6-1 in 54 minutes.

On the girls’ side, No. 9 seed Sofia Kenin is still on the move and she is joined in the last eight by unseeded Americans Kylie McKenzie and Francesca Di Lorenzo.

While the men finally have a complete day off on Thursday (Friday’s semifinals will pit Novak Djokovic against Marin Cilic and Roger Federer against Stan Wawrinka), the show will go on with the women’s semifinals plus plenty of doubles, legends, junior, college, and wheelchair action.

Headlining the wheelchair event is top-seeded man and five-time U.S. Open champion Shingo Kunieda. He beat Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina 7-6(0), 6-4 for last year’s title. Kunieda will kick off his defense against Great Britain’s Gordon Reid in the first match of the day on Court 17. Fernandez is unseeded but on the other side of the bracket, so a rematch in the final is possible.

In the Collegiate Invitational, Ryan Shane and Brooke Austin are the respective No. 1 seeds in the men’s and women’s competitions. Shane won the individual NCAA title this spring, got a wild card into the U.S. Open main draw, and lost to eventual fourth-round participant Jeremy Chardy.

Ricky contributes to 10sballs.com and also maintains his own tennis website, The Grandstand.

Topics: Atp World Tour, Tennis News, U.S. Open, Wheelchair Tennis

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