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  This weekend marked the return of USTA Women’s Tennis Tournaments to the Northern Region.   Sportime Schenectady hosted the first Level 6 Women’s Open SinglesTournament under the USTA’s new format.   “I Love, Love, Love this format.” (Barb Glasser)   There were 3 brackets of 3 players.   Each person played 2 matches using a short match format.   Since it was an open tournament both juniors and adults were able to compete against each other.   Roxanne DeJohn told me “I like playing people of different ages.   It was a lot of fun and I liked playing new people.”   For Meghan Uzzilia it was a good experience.   “I got to play older players.   It was good for me to work on returning slices.” Bracket A was won by Natalie Moore.      Bracket B was won by Hope Brown.   Bracket C was won by Meghan Uzzilia.  

  Cornell will be hosting a L7 12U tournament at Reis Tennis Center in Ithaca during the afternoon of Saturday, February 5.  The registration for this tournament closes at 5:59 PM on Monday, January 31 and each division is limited to 8 players.  For this tournament we're piloting the new World Tennis Number (WTN) rating system which is being launched by the ITF and USTA.  We'll be utilizing the WTN to group players into round robin draws.   I've included the link to the registration page below:   https://playtennis.usta.com/Competitions/reis-tennis-center-of-cornell-university/Tournaments/overview/DD65C2DA-0CAE-4DC1-8DC5-734C22D66C57   If you have any questions about the tournament, please contact: Arthur B. Falkson < abf11@cornell.edu >

Several years ago a coach from downstate was exiting my club at the end of a tournament and said to me “I beat your boys Peter Green.”   A year or so later I was able to say to him “I beat your boys.”   Thanks to Olivia Dartawan we can also say “I beat your girls.”   This past weekend Sportime Schenectady hosted a Level 5 Girls 14 and Under Tournament.   Level 5’s are among the highest level of Sectional Tournament there is and Olivia won the Singles event and was runner up in the doubles.   “It felt good to win a tournament at my home club.   I was happy and I had a lot of fun doing it.” (Olivia Dartawan). Rajeev Rai travelled to Boston to play a Level 5 Boys Tournament there.   Rajeev was also a winner.   “It was not my first time there, but it was the first time I won.   I knew how they played and I enjoyed beating these kids who I had a tough time with before.” (Rajeev Rai) Meanwhile Samantha Ostrander played her first tournament since March.   Sam told me “being out of the spo

  Niskayuna's own Elise Wagle started her college tennis career with an impressive tournament run which included a win over the nation's 11th ranked Women's NCAA D1 doubles team -  Shiori Fukuda and Taisiya Pachkaleva of Pepperdine.  READ MORE - HERE

  January Junior Tournaments - 2022 Level 6 - January 15 It is a busy time for Northern Region junior tennis tournament players.   This past weekend there were two junior tennis tournaments at SPORTIME Schenectady   The first one was Saturday – a Level 6 Junior Tournament; the second one was Sunday – a 10 & under tournament.   This coming weekend SPORTIME will host a high level tournament for 14 and under players.     Saturday’s tournament featured players from all around the Eastern Section – from Garden City, NY to Buffalo, NY and as far South as DeMarest, NJ.   RESULTS   BOYS 12 SINGLES Collin Mika Defeated Easton Chichak in the Finals BOYS 14 SINGLES Jacob Lyubarov won the Round Robin; Austin Li finished second GIRLS 12 SINGLES Clare Dooley won the Round Robin; Katie Sheng finished second GIRLS 16 SINGLES Kayla Castellano Defeated Rayka Kogut 10 & Unders - January 16          Players also travelled here for the 10 & Under tournament on Sunday.  

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The Next Level 6 Junior Tournament at SPORTIME Schenectady will be part of the USTA's World Tennis Number Pilot Program.   Level 6 - WTN Pilot L6 SPORTIME Schenectady President's Cup BG12, 14, 16, 18 s

 

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