They weren’t favored to win. Denis Kudla, tenth seed, played Agustin Velotti, the eighth seed. Velotti had won the French junior boys championship. Kudla trains in College Park, Maryland with Frank Salazar. Will Hamilton of Fuzzy Yellow Balls used to work at that facility. Kudla has been invited to be with the Davis Cup team. He won pretty handily 6-3, 6-2.
Meanwhile Jack Sock, who was unseeded, play Martin Fucsovics, a Hungarian teen that won this years junior boys Wimbledon. Sock needed a bit more work to win 6-3, 6-4. He was a wildcard in the main draw because he won the Boys 18’s in Kalamazoo. The winner of this event gets a wildcard.
Hopefully, this bodes well for American tennis.
