New Zealand's GD Jones, William Ward and 10th seed Marina Erakovic are all on court this morning in second-round singles and doubles matches at the US Open junior tennis championship.
Jones has the toughest task, facing German second-seed Andreas Beck, who also has a senior ranking of 425.
Jones, who had a bye in the first round, is coached by the Lewis brothers, Chris and Mark, when he is in New Zealand.
Beck is coached by another Lewis brother, David, in Germany.
Ward plays American Timothy Smyczek after beating Oleksander Dologopolov, of Ukraine, 6-3, 6-3 in just 52 minutes.
Ward served two aces, had four double faults and converted six of nine break points in his win.
Jones and Ward will later meet Germans Steven Moneke and Dominik Muller in the doubles after a first-up 3-6, 6-3 6-4 win over Americans Alexander Clayton and James Hunt.
Erakovic plays Russian Regina Kulikova after beating Germany's Maraike Bigmaier 6-2, 6-2.
In a match lasting 62 minutes, Erakovic served a couple of aces and had no double faults. Her opponent managed three aces, but served four double faults.
In the doubles, third-seeded Erakovic and Michealla Kraijcek, of the Netherlands, meet the Romanian pair of Mihaela Buzarnescu and Agnes Szatmari after a 6-0, 6-2 romp over Americans Julia Cohen and Yvette Hyndman.
Tennis: Juniors through to second round
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