Alexander Domijan, the top seed in boys’ 18s, was tested on Tuesday, but pulled out a 7-6(5), 6-3 win over unseeded John Huang, of Irvine, Calif. “The courts skid a lot, they’re faster than the courts I’ve been playing on recently,” Domijan said. He and the other top eight 18s seeds all advanced to Wednesday’s fourth round in straight sets. Chase Buchanan (2) defeated Blake Bazarnik 6-0, 6-0; Denis Kudla (3) beat Blake Davis 7-6(5), 6-3; Tennys Sandgren (4) beat Kyle Parker 6-1, 6-2; Evan King (5) beat William Federhofer 6-2, 6-1; Jordan Cox (6) defeated Jacob Straus 6-3, 6-3; Jarmere Jenkins (7) beat Christopher Freeman 6-2, 6-4; and Ryan Lipman (8) defeated Daniel Kreyman 6-3, 6-3. King, playing in 18s for the first time in Kalamazoo, said, “Everybody’s good in Kalamazoo. My first round in 16s was tough, my first round in 18s was tough. There aren’t any easy matches here in Kalamazoo in 18s.” The top four 16s seeds advanced in straight sets to Wednesday’s fourth round. Jack Sock (1) defeated Kristofer Yee 6-1, 6-3; Shane Vinsant (2) beat Christopher Haworth 6-4, 6-3; Bjorn Fratangelo (3) beat Dominic Cotrone 7-5, 6-1, and Jackson Withrow (4) defeated Eric Johnson 6-2, 6-2. Vinsant lost his serve to start the second set, then rebounded. “I completely lost focus at the start of the second,” Vinsant said. “He won seven points straight, but I just told myself to refocus and break back and it worked. “I was trying to move him around because he hits real flat and it’s penetrating, kinda tough to pick up.” Fratangelo said he never played Cotrone before and didn’t know what to expect in his match. “I kinda got off to an OK start,” Fratangelo said. “I got the break, but I just felt like I wasn’t playing the best. Then he eventually got the break back and we were back on serve, so I was lucky to get that first set. “In the second set, I got more relaxed out there,. I was a little jumpy at first, a little excited, and then I kinda took some deep breaths and calmed down. That helped me a lot.”

Source: USTA Nationals Staff