There were 21 Monday singles matches at the 59^th Copa del Café between the 2 draws: 12 boys and 9 girls. There were a surprising number of upsets as seeds tumbled and lesser ranked players prevailed in several occasions, especially in the Boys Draw.

Boys seeds numbers 1 (FILIN of USA) and 2 (TOBON of Colombia) cruised through to the second round, but seeds 4, 5, 6, and 8 went down (seeds 3 and 7 play Tuesday) and there were other upsets as well. Seven of the boys 12 matches could be considered as upsets. The most notable of these were Qualifier and no. 193 Yubel UBRI of USA defeating in 3 sets Spain`s Bernardo MUNK MESA seeded 6 and ranked 89, Qualifier Meecah BIGUN of USA ranked 162 dispatching rather easily Salvadorean Cesar CRUZ  seeded 4 and ranked 82, and Fredrik SOLHEIM of Norway ranked 359 eliminating 8<sup>th</sup> seed Stiles BROCKETT of USA ranked 94 in 3 sets. By the way, BIGUN`s twin brother is ranked 9^th in the world.  

The Girls Draw had more normal results with seeds 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 progressing to the second round. But 2^nd seed Claire AN of  USA ranked 80 was surprised by no. 238 Natalia FANTINI of Mexico in 3 sets. Top seed Kaitlin ROLLS and 7^th seed Shannon LAM (both from USA) play Tuesday. There were 2 memorable girls matches played Monday where both players fought well and both deserved to win. One of these was the pairing of 5^th seed Jeline VANDROMME of Belgium ranked 105 vs. Mia POHANKOVA of Slovakia ranked 117 where the Belgian prevailed in 3 sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Both girls had solid WTN ratings of 12.1 and 13.1 respectively, among the best in the field. The other top matchup was between 4^th seed Margot PHANTALA of France ranked 88 and wild card Brooke BLACK of Great Britain ranked 256. The French girl prevailed but it was not easy as the 7-6(8), 7-5 score indicates.

The 11 remaining first round singles matches will finish today Tuesday, followed by the first round of the 2 doubles draws of 16 teams each.