French Junior Open Acceptances Posted

The ITF published the acceptance list today, and it confirms what I've been hearing--that the French is the toughest junior slam to get in to.

The U.S. has only three girls assured of a main draw spot: Julia Cohen, who will be seeded, Alexa Glatch, who has barely played since breaking her elbow last November, and Lauren Albanese. Chelsey Gullickson and Lindsay Burdette would have qualified for the main draw but did not enter. Nor did Anna Tatishvili. There are five U.S. girls in the qualifying.

The girls field seems exceptionally strong; 17 of the 46 girls named to the main draw are ranked inside the WTA Top 500, as are six of the 26 girls in the qualifying.

The boys field does not contain defending champion and world number one Marin Cilic, but the next 46 boys in the ITF junior rankings have entered, with Donald Young likely to be seeded second. Four other U.S. boys--Kellen Damico, Jamie Hunt, Clint Bowles and Dennis Lajola are in the main draw; Nate Schnugg, Johnny Hamui and Chris Racz are qualifying.

No boy entered at Roland Garros is in the ATP top 500. That's either a comment on the depth of the men's tour or the longer tennis maturation of boys. Take your pick.