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SAN DIEGO, Calif. - A cool and sunny week at the Barnes Tennis Center ended last Saturday with a first ITF J300 title for boys champion Jack Satterfield and a sweep of the girls titles for Kristina Penickova in the second year of the North American Regional Championships in San Diego. No. 5 seed Satterfield ended his career-best week on the ITF Junior Circuit with a 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-0 victory over No. 6 seed Jack Secord, while top seed Penickova, a finalist in 2024, took the winner's trophy this year by beating unseeded Raya Kotseva 6-1, 6-1.

Boys Singles Champion Jack Satterfield
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Satterfield had made his way through the draw without dropping a set, breaking through to his first ITF J300 final with a 6-4, 6-2 win over No. 8 seed Lachlan Gaskell. Secord's run to his second ITF J300 final was an abbreviated one, receiving a walkover from No. 4 seed Maximus Dussault in the quarterfinals and a retirement from top seed and Australian Open finalist Benjamin Willwerth, who suffered an injury in the first set of the semifinals and retired trailing 5-2.

The championship match was played on Stadium Court, which still featured logos from the recent ATP Challenger 100 played there, and many of the juniors and parents at Barnes for the USTA Level 4 saw similarities between Satterfield and Secord's level and that of the pros.