Chase Buchanan played his first three-set match of the tournament, but that was good news for the Boys’ 18s second seed from New Albany, Ohio. Buchanan won the best-of-five singles championship over eighth-seeded Ryan Lipman, Nashville, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, on a sweltering Sunday afternoon. In the third set, Buchanan squandered one match point before Lipman fired a shot long, giving Buchanan the wild card into the main draw of the U.S. Open. “I stayed really calm,” Buchanan said. “Even if there were some bad games, bad points, just try to figure everything out. “I was down love-40 a few times and held, and was down 40-15 sometimes and broke.” Last year, Buchanan won the Boys’ 18s doubles title with Ryan Harrison.

In Boys’ 16s, Gonzales Austin, the eighth seed from Miami, upset top-seeded Jack Sock, Lincoln, Neb., 3-6, 7-5, 6-0, to earn a wild card into the Junior U.S. Open. Late in the second set, Sock started bending over, clutching his stomach. “Weird; it comes out of nowhere,” Sock said of his ailment. “You just hit a wall. I couldn’t help it.” During the 10-minute break after the second set, Sock tried to settle his stomach, but couldn’t. Austin took advantage. “He was playing so well in the first set, I couldn’t do anything, and then second set, I had a lucky break at the end. “Then I noticed something was wrong on those last two points, so I was like, ‘OK, now’s my chance to take it to him.’”

Source: USTA Nationals Staff