Sportime Schenectady is running its second Women's Open USTA tournament of the year. Sign up online (CLICK HERE). Wins count towards USTA Women's Open National and Sectional Rankings.
This weekend many of our talented local junior tennis players went on the road to play in tournaments outside our area. Many traveled to Cornell to play the Level 5 Tournament there. Northern Region players filled the Boys 12 and Under draw. Aksel Kelling led the way. He got a bye in the first round and followed it up with a win over 6th seeded Devon Brougher and a win over Roger Sheng before losing to the top-seeded Prayush Malliah. "I love playing my friend Roger and the sportsmanship and respect we have for each other." (Aksel) Roger got there by winning his first round match 6-0, 6-0, and then beating another local player Roshan Pandya. Roshan went on to win his consolation round match with Braydon Yu. Then he got a walkover win due to personal circumstances. Antonio Banchs got a first-round bye and beat his second-round opponent - Braiden Powell, before losing to the 4th seed - Sawyer Goudreau. Aneesh Jakkamsetti started with a win over Ryan Liman but ran into ...
Day 2 and all the matches were indoors at the National Tennis Center. Zain and Avaneesh finished their first-round Consolation match but came up short, losing 6-4, 6-3. Albany Academy's Will Fraser and Zain Magdon-Ismail won their consolation match this morning and then lost in a nail-biter that went to the third set tiebreaker. They lost the tiebreaker 10-6. In the singles, Mahen Bitkuri lost to Gurv Suri (Cornwall Central) 3-6, 7-5, 12-10. It was another nail-biter. Meanwhile, Masami Surisawa defeated Nathan Hart - Penfield High School 6-2, 6-3, and defeated Gurv Suri. Masami will play Charles W Baker High School's Anthony Markello in the Consolation Round Finals tomorrow morning. A special shoutout to Zain Magdon-Ismail, who was awarded the Section 2 Sportsmanship Award. editor@518tennis.com
Bethlehem showed us why it's a hotbed of local junior tennis. Fifty-Six juniors turned out for the Level 7 tournament there today - the next to last stop before the season-ending championships on August 27 at the Saratoga YMCA. The 14 and Under Boy's Division was won by Roger Sheng . Runner up was Aneesh Jakkamsetti . On the Girl's side, Clare Dooley defeated Isabel Amurao in the Finals. The Boy's 18 & Unders was won by Aaditya Ojha. He defeated Henri Pothier in the Finals. The Girl's 18 Division was won by Hope Brown , who beat Jolie Chichak in the Finals. Congratulations to Beth Kellerman and Scott George for running a great junior tennis event. The last qualifying event is next weekend at SPORTIME. The TRICIA Junior Tennis Tournament. Sign up is through the TRICIA website - CLICK HERE
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