Akasha Urhobo and Nishesh Basavareddy have earned singles essential draw wild playing cards into the French Open through the USTA’s Roland-Garros Wild Card Challenges.
Urhobo, 19, clinched the wild card on Saturday by advancing to the singles closing of the USTA Professional Circuit W100 in Bonita Springs, Fla. Urhobo, who didn’t crack the Prime 100 as a junior, has compiled a 29-7 singles file throughout all ranges in 2026, profitable three USTA Professional Circuit singles titles. She has risen from exterior the Prime 300 to No. 183 on Monday.
Her journey to Paris will mark her singles essential draw debut at a Grand Slam occasion. She is at present coached by USTA Nationwide Coach Jermaine Jenkins, a former hitting accomplice of Venus Williams and coach of Naomi Osaka.
Basavareddy, 21, might be making his French Open essential draw debut after competing in Roland-Garros qualifying final 12 months. A former world No. 99 who certified and reached the second spherical on the Australian Open in January, Basavareddy used the 75 factors earned from profitable the Challenger title in Savannah, Ga., two weeks in the past to overhaul second place Emilio Nava.
Girls’s Standings
(Participant’s present rating in parentheses)
1. Akasha Urhobo (183) — 161
2. Mary Stoiana (149) — 87
3. Kayla Day (148) — 81
Males’s Standings
(Participant’s present rating in parentheses)
1. Nishesh Basavareddy (154) — 112
2. Emilio Nava (108) — 103
3. Jack Kennedy (433) — 64
