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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