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
What an exciting year for Section 2 High School tennis. Loren Cuomo (Schenectady-Mohonasen) showed us that the only thing that could stop her from winning Section 2 Championships was a pandemic (Sectionals were not held in 2020 due to COVID). She had to settle for winning four straight Section 2 Championships. After winning Sectionals, Loren went onto the State Championships at SPORTIME Schenectady - playing on the same courts she had won so many Sectional Championships on, and the winning wasn’t over for her. Loren started off States with an impressive 6-2, 6-0 win over Nicolette Loeffler (Cold Springs). She followed that up with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Olivia Medrano of Pelham. In the third round, she played Alyssa Margolin (Ward Melville Senior High). Loren took the first set before losing 6-4 in the third. Loren still had one match to go, and she capped off her High School Tennis career in style with a 7-6, 6-3 victory over...
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