On Tuesday Day 2 of the Copa del Café, the last 11 first round singles matches, and all 16 first round doubles matches were completed. This means that players start to exit the tournament as they are eliminated from both singles and doubles. Wednesday`s program includes 16 second round singles matches (8 each for boys and girls), and 8 second round doubles.

In the boys draw the number 7 seed Goncalo MARQUES of Portugal was ousted by Jack SECORD of USA by 6-3,6-2 so that only the numbers 1 (FILIN of USA), 2 (TOBON of Colombia), and 3 (SEGADO of Spain) seeds remain in the draw. All 3 seeds will be tested in the second round as their 3 opponents, all from USA, have among the best WTN ratings in the field: FILIN at 10.5 vs. MAYEW at 11.4, TOBON at 12.2 vs. REZNIK at 12.1, and SEGADO  at 11.9 vs. MOSEJCZUK at 12.0. We can thus expect tough matches ahead in the second round as play heats up.

Seven girls singles matches were played today to complete first round play and American top seed Kaitlyn “ROLLS” over her opponent Addison COMISKEY (USA) in straight sets 6-2, 6-2. Seventh seed Shannon LAM of USA also won easily by 6-1,6-3 over Neus TORNER SENSANO of Spain so that seeds 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 remain. The top pairing for the second round appears to be wild card Kayla CHUNG of USA ranked 194 and with WTN of 13.2 vs. 137 ranked Kristina PENICKOVA of USA with WTN of 13.1. Other girls to watch with strong WTN ratings are no. 5 seed Jeline VANDROMME of Belgium at 12.1 (best in the draw), no. 3 seed Monika EKSTRAND of USA at 12.8, and no. 7 seed Shannon LAM of USA at 13.1. These are the best 5 WTN ratings in the draw.    

The second round certainly looks to be entertaining.