At the US$10,000 ITF Women's Circuit in Kyoto, Japan, No. 1 seed Zhang Ling (WTA 325) and qualifier Jessica Yang (WTA 1078) are headed for a potential quarterfinal showdown after both players powered past their opponents in opening round earlier on Tuesday.

Although all three players were competing in the same tournament for the first time since the 2007 Australian Open Junior Championships, Zhang Ling, Jessica Yang and Venise Chan unfortunately all made first round exits at the US$25,000 ITF Women's Circuit event in Noto, Japan, earlier on Wednesday.

At the US$25,000 ITF Women's Circuit event in Noto, Japan, Jessica Yang and Venise Chan both came through the qualies unscathed to claim a place in the maindraw alongside Zhang Ling (WTA 337), who was a direct acceptance.

As the US Open draws to a close some 8,000 miles away in the Big Apple, Jessica Yang and Venise Chan were attempting to qualify for the maindraw of the US$25,000 ITF Women's Circuit event in Noto, Japan. Earlier today, both players disposed of seeded opposition to move within one victory of a place in the maindraw proper.

Following his victory at the US$12,000 Genworth Financial CVITT(2) earlier this summer in North America, Martin Sayer took his fine form across the Atlantic to compete in several open tournaments in England. The HK Davis Cupper managed to capture the 87th Bournemouth Open in Dorset before he was finally halted in the semifinals of the St. George's Hill Open the following week in Surrey.

After an action-packed rookie season that almost saw her complete a sweep of the traditional Pac-10 powerhouses at number one singles, Venise Chan (Washington), along with three other players on the Husky women's tennis team, were honoured by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association for their academic distinction as ITA Scholar-Athletes.

Earlier this summer, Kelvin Lam was a member of the ITF/Asian 14U Team that went on a five-week European Tour involving ETA-sanctioned tournaments spread across France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Other notables that took part in some of these events include Europe's top three-ranked 14U players – Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS), Julien Cagnina (BEL), and Liam Broady (GBR).

At the US$10,000 ITF Women's Circuit in Nonthaburi, Thailand, qualifier Jessica Yang was gunning to reach her first pro circuit quarterfinal when she fell to No. 8 seed Lavinia Tananta (WTA 560), in the second round, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Earlier this summer, a number of NTS players have been busy crossing swords with other leading juniors in Asia when they took part in Comps 7 & 8 of the China National 14U Championships in Beijing, in addition to the Philippines and Malaysian legs of the ATF 14 & Under Series in Manila and Kuching respectively.

Junior world No. 25 Jessica Yang qualified for her third straight C10 tournament on the pro circuit after she easily defeated unranked Kobkanok Upapong of Thailand in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1, earlier this afternoon at Nonthaburi in Thailand.