Level 7 Easter Weekend Junior Tournament - 2022

We had a good turnout for the Easter Weekend Tournament at SPORTIME Schenectady. 

There was another great Level 7 Junior tournament today at SPORTIME Schenectady.

  There were 22 players in 5 different age groupings – Boy’s 12’s, Boy’s 14’s; Girl’s 14’s; Girl’s 16’s, and Girl’s 18’s.  The 12 and Under Boy’s Singles was by far the largest group.  There were three round robins and a playoff round for the round-robin winners.

Roger Sheng and Winston Banks played off for the Boy’s 12 finals.  Roger and Winston regularly play doubles together.  “It’s tough playing my doubles partner because I am used to playing with him so much.” (Winston Banks).  Winston and Roger closed out the day with an 8-6 match tiebreaker (won by Winston.

Elizabeth Madonna came all the way from Hurley, NY, to play her first USTA Junior Tournament.  She plays high school tennis, and she told me, “High school is harder and longer (season), but I like tournaments too – I will probably play more tournaments.”

Elizabeth was runner-up in the Girl’s 16’s.  Angela Li won the 16’s.  Angela had fun, too – It was fun playing the 16’s.  I played with a new player, and it was a tough match.  Meanwhile, Jessica Andrews won the Girl’s 18 and Unders. 

The closest draw was the Girl’s 14 and Unders.  There were three girls, and they all went 1-1.  Katie Sheng was the winner based on the percentage of games won.  Katie was 11-10 (54% games won).  Isabelle Jarocki was second.  She was 12-11 (52% games won).  It could not have been closer. 

Taarak Ramamurthy took the Boy’s 14 and Unders by only losing two games in his round-robin. Shreyas Srivastav was second.