Nigeria’s teenage tennis sensation Oluwaseun ‘The Shark’ Ogunsakin has secured a place in the main draw of the 2026 US Open Junior Championships after defeating top seed Felix Roussel of Canada in the final round of qualifying.
The victory marks Ogunsakin’s maiden appearance in the US Open Junior Championship main draw and represents another significant milestone in his developing tennis career.
The Aurum Tennis Academy player won 6-3, 6-4 to book his spot in the main draw, having earlier beaten Poland’s Tymon Litwic 6-3, 6-0 in the previous round.
Ogunsakin, 14, is playing in his third consecutive Grand Slam event. He began his Grand Slam journey at the Roland Garros Junior Championships before featuring at Wimbledon Juniors.
On Thursday, 3 July 2026, the teenager booked his place in the main draw at Wimbledon Juniors, becoming the first Nigerian since 1990 to compete in the singles event at Wimbledon and the country’s first singles representative at any Grand Slam in more than a decade. At Wimbledon Juniors, he reached the main draw of the boys’ singles and the semi-finals of the doubles event in a historic run.
