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.
We had two fantastic weeks for local junior tournament players. There were four junior tournaments in the Northern Region in just two weekends. A great two weekends for Northern Region junior tennis players. There was also a USTA World Tennis Number Banded event on Monday. 518 Level 7 Tournament at Shenedehowa On Saturday, Shenendehowa hosted the second leg of the 518 Tournament Series, and Chris Hanley did a masterful job. Many local kids played their first USTA tournament, with entries from as far away as Vermont. T Hats off to the Winners, Runners Up, and all who played. BOYS 14 WINNER – Ryan Sprinkle RUNNER UP – Jack Keating GIRLS 14 WINNER – Thihansa Waduthanthree RUNNER UP – Callie Hanley BO...
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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