Indonesia's Priska Madelyn Nugroho avenged her Wimbledon quarterfinal loss to American Alexa Noel on Thursday, defeating the girls' No. 3 seed in their 2019 US Open third-round match in just 59 minutes, 6-2, 6-1. It was a tough day at the office for Noel, who struggled to keep the ball in play, committing 32 unforced errors (versus 12 winners) and winning 52 percent of points on her first serve. Her exit means the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 seeds in both the boys' and girls' draws are all out of the tournament before the quarterfinals.
But the No. 4 seeds rolled on. Colombia's Maria Camila Osorio Serrano came through two tough sets against American Abigail Forbes, 7-5, 7-6. Just like in her straight-sets second round match against Katie Volynets, Osorio Serrano was down a break in each set to the No. 13 seed before coming back to win. She'll next face the No. 7 seed, Kamilla Bartone of Latvia, in the quarters. And on the boys' side, the Czech Republic's Jonas Forejtek defeated the No. 16 seed, Hungary's Peter Makk, in three sets, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. Forejtek is the reigning junior boys' doubles champion at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, but this is his first quarterfinal showing at a major in boys' singles.
After upsetting No. 6 seed and French Open junior boys' runner-up Toby Alex Kodat, qualifier Milan Welte knocked out the No. 9 seed as well, Belgium's Gauthier Onclin, 6-3, 6-4. The German teen also overcame two seeds in the qualifying tournament. He'll next take on Forejtek for a spot in the semis.
No. 8 seed and Australian Open junior boys' runner-up Emilio Nava triumphed over Aidan Mayo in an all-American contest. Two other players from the States join him in the quarterfinals: No. 11 seed Brandon Nakashima of San Diego, who defeated Australia's Tristan Schoolkate, 6-1, 6-4, and Long Island native Cannon Kingsley, who shocked No. 10 seed, Canadian Liam Draxl, 7-6, 7-6. Nakashima matches his quarterfinal showing at the tournament last year. He also made the French Open quarters in June, while Kingsley made the same round at the Australian Open in January.
Three Americans are also moving on to the quarterfinals in the girls' draw: Katrina Scott, who advanced over compatriot Robin Montgomery, 7-5, 6-3; Alexandra Yepifanova, who toughed out three tight sets against Thailand's Mai Napatt Nirundorn in a little over two hours, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6; and Reese Brantmeier who upset the No. 15 seed, Polina Kudermetova of Russia, 6-1, 6-3. Yepifanova and Brantmeier will face each other in the quarterfinals, guaranteeing one American makes the semis.
In doubles action, the all-American boys' team Eliot Spizzirri and Tyler Zink defeated the No. 7 seeds from France, Arthur Cazaux and Harold Mayot, in just 49 minutes, 6-0, 6-4. Spizzirri and Zink now advance to the semifinals. Interestingly, Mayot and Zink played each other in the first round of boys' singles, with the French teenager overcoming the young American, 7-6, 6-0. And No. 1 seeds in girls' doubles, Noel and France's Diane Parry, fell to the team of Bartone and Oksana Selekhmeteva, 7-5, 6-4.
