Champion, Eleana Yu. It gives me huge confidence moving forward if I get rid of the nerves early on, playing my big tennis, I like my chances against these guys.". Up 4-1 in the second set, Exsted dropped serve, but immediately broke back and was able to fight off any nerves when closing it out on his serve. My Kalamazoo Preview; Three Seeds Fall in 18s First Round Action at Kalamazoo; All Top Eight Doubles Seeds Advance to Third Round, Quinn Among Top B18s Seeds Breezing into Third Round; 16s Championships Underway at Kalamazoo, The hot and humid conditions for the singles second round at the, Rain Forces Play Indoors to Complete Kalamazoo B16s Singles Second Round, Burnett Ousts No. Jayaraman will face 15-year-old Calvin Baierl, the No. 1 seed Martin Damm who had the toughest match. 4 seeds Samir Banerjee and Ozan (Colak) Baris had the most dramatic second round win of the top eight seeds, defeating Stephenson and David Saye 6-1, 6-7(4), 10-7. National Levels 5, 6 and 7 in March. "I get to hit with him sometimes and that's where I can see where my game is at. Burnett was down a set and 5-3, but Mahjoob couldn't close the door, and Burnett converted his second set point in the tiebreaker to force a third. 1 seeds Sebastian Gorzny and Alex Michelsen getting a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Robert Cooper and Luc Piacentini and No. No. 11 seed, facing Kyle Kang, the No. The number of dramatic matches was decidedly smaller than yesterday, with only three of the 16 matches in the bottom half of the 18s draw going three sets. 12 seed Rudy Quan, who needed assistance exiting the court after his 7-6(3), 7-6(6) win over No. 2 seed, will face future Georgia teammate Alex Michelsen, the No. If you're more locked in, making better decisions, and I mean, this is the best crowd I've had since my first year in 16s here, so not letting the crowd overwhelm you. Los Angeles, CA 90024, FIND AN EVENT: BROWSE FULL USTA TOURNAMENT LISTINGS ON USTA.COM, SECTION QUOTA FOR L1 NATIONAL COMPETITION. Leader of Final 8 Grand Prix Points Race at Clays entry deadline (If leader gets in on their own, WC will go to 2nd place, then 3rd, etc, down to 8th place. Horovitz, who had a tough fourth round match on Tuesday, just couldn't get himself in a winning position against Exsted. 7 seed Alex Michelsen, another Southern California 18s sectional champion, who defeated No. "Different way, but same draw. We're pretty similar, the way we play. With Basavareddy withdrawing, Bryce Nakashima was without a partner, but this morning he was able to get USC rising sophomore Ryan Colby as a replacement. 14 seed Hudson Rivera 6-4, 7-6(7). I loved it and it gets me ready for college that feeling. Where can I find more information about the National Junior Ranking System? Woestendick, who turns 16 in November, managed to come up with two big serves on those match points and attributed his ability to execute when under pressure to both mental and physical strength. The only 16s division Top 16 seed in action Monday who didn't advance was No. 2 seeds Mitchell Lee and Cooper Woestendick, who beat No. Top seed Roy Horovitz, playing on George Acker Court, the No. Many of the top 32 seeds in the 16s division of theUSTA Boys National Championshipswere able to post their first victories in Sunday's second round of singles before the rain arrived just before 1 p.m. No. But Blanch had an opportunity to talk with his coach during the ten-minute break before the third set and adjusted his strategy to produce a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory. 12 seed and reigning Eddie Herr 16s champion Rudy Quan 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Zheng and Anthrop, the No. "I didn't have as much pressure, if any, coming into today, feeling fortunate to still be in the tournament. 2 seed Ethan Quinn also was assigned to Acker Court, where he displayed the form that has resulted in two USTA Pro Circuit men's titles this summer, beating Kyle McNally 6-0, 6-1. Two 9-16 seeds lost today, with Evan Wen, a No. "We just have to play smart and that gave us confidence the rest of the match.". 5 seed Michael Zheng, who came back to beat No. 25 seed Adit Sinha 6-2, 6-4. Tien and Williams played in the first round of USTA Pro Circuit $15,000 tournament this spring in Florida, with Tien posting a 6-2, 6-2 victory. 3 seed and reigning Australian Open boys champion Bruno Kuzuhara defeated AJ Mercer 6-2, 6-0 and No. Track your ranking among peers in Southern California and across the nation, and experience unique junior competitions like the Bryan Bros. Doubles Race and the prestigious end-of-yearFinal 8 Junior Masters Championships. Tips & Instruction. No. "The first eight games nobody held. Eight games was the most any of those 15 seeds lost (No. 10 seeds Nikita Filin and Alexander Razeghi 6-3, 6-3 and will play No. USTA Winter National Championships will be awarding Wild Cards to: Boys' 18's Singles Champion - Singles Main Draw USTA Men's Futures Events Girls' 18's Singles Champion - Singles Main Draw USTA Women's 10K Events The winning players will work with the USTA Junior Competition/Player Development to find the appropriate tournaments. After several frustrating days of rain disruptions, Day Five of the USTA Boys 18s and 16s National Championships couldn't have been more perfect, with partly cloudy skies, light breezes and temperatures in the 70s. "I came into today with a new chance at life almost," said the 16-year-old left-hander from Irvine California. I wanted to have a better result than before.". There's some very good opponents in 16s this year and I just want toget some good tennis in. Rather than go back to California, I could get that all for free, in the same time zone.". "I was so tired at the end," said the 16-year-old from Woodside California. 3 seed Adhithya Ganesan lost in the round of 16 on Wednesday, and today No. "I'll definitely have to serve well, he's a really good returner and his serve's gotten better. 7 seed Stiles Brockett was not able to hold off No. 9 seed winning the final four games of the second set. 31 seed Sebastian Sec, posting a 6-3, 6-2 win; No. Meanwhile, the singles finalists in the boys and girls 18s divisions received wild card entries into the U.S. Open Qualifying Tournament set to begin on Tuesday, August 23, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. 2 seeds Lee and Woestendick. Events USTA National Campus USTA National Campus 10000 USTA Boulevard Orlando, FL 32827 United States Get Directions (407) 675-2500 www.ustanationalcampus.com USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida. 33 seed Aadarsh Tripathi 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4; No. Quinn admits that he often feels a different level of pressure when playing junior tournaments, but does not shy away from talking about the US Open main draw wild card on the line here. Girls 18s SinglesKatherine Hui 4th Place, SF main draw Katie Codd QF main draw, Girls 18s DoublesKatherine Hui & Isabella Chhiv 3rd place (Bronze Ball), SF main draw, Girls 16s SinglesAlyssa Ahn Champion (Gold Ball)Claire Zhang 3rd place(Bronze Ball)Tianmei Wang 4th placeOlivia Center 5th place (Consolation Winner), QF main drawKate Fakih QF main draw, Girls 16s DoublesAlyssa Ahn & Sophie Hernandez (NorCal) 4th placeIsabella Bringas & Sabrina Lin (NorCal) QF main drawKate Fakih & Claire Zhang QF main draw, Girls 14s DoublesThea Frodin & Anita Tu (Florida) Champions (Gold Ball)Kara Garcia & Anqi Mei Consolation Winners, Girls 12s SinglesJulia Seversen North Draw Champion Emery June Martin R16 main drawAva Penn R16 main draw, Girls 12s DoublesJulia Seversen & Hannah Ayrault (Southern) Champions (Gold Ball), Boys 18s SinglesLearner Tien Champion (Gold Ball)Alex Michelsen QF main drawKyle Kang QF main draw, Boys 18s DoublesAlex Michelsen & Sebastian Gornzy (Texas, former SoCal) 2nd place (Silver Ball)Hudson Rivera & Braden Shick (Southern) 4th placeChase Thompson & Aadarsh Tripathi (NorCal) QF main draw, Boys 16s SinglesQuang Duong QF main draw, Boys 16s DoublesCassius Chinlund & Stiles Brocket (Mid-Atlantic) 2nd place (Silver Ball)Calvin Wang & Vincent Yang (Pacific NW) QF main draw, Boys 14s SinglesLiam Alvarez 3rd place (Bronze Ball), SF main drawIlias Bouzoubaa QF main draw, Boys 14s DoublesKimi Basamakov & Micah Ward (Mo Valley) 4th place, SF main drawIlias Bouzoubaa & Brayden Tallakson QF main draw, Boys 12s SinglesAdrian Sharma North Draw ChampionStefanos Constantinides R16 main drawAsher Yuan R16 main draw, Boys 12s DoublesAdrian Sharma & Stefanos Constantinides QF main draw, USTA Southern California The 16s will also be in action on Sunday, with their final, between Darwin Blanch and Calvin Baierl, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. As with today's 16s semifinals, the final will be played indoors if it is still raining at that time. After that, itll revert to staff/committee WC**). 29 seed, 7-5, 6-4. Wimbledon finalist Michael Zheng, the No. National Championships - Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego. 2 seed Ethan Quinn (Fresno), who just finished a red-shirt freshman year at the University of Georgia, in a four-and-a-half-hour, four-set match 7-6, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 to capture the title. Close to 5,500 participants are playing on 417 teams, an increase of 32 teams over last year! IMPROVE. Blanch and Baierl have played previously in a Les Petits As Playoff, and have often trained together at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona Florida, but haven't met in regular tournament play. See additional criteria below. In contrast to Horovitz, the top seed in the 18s, Martin Damm, had a sterner test, defeating Sean Daryabeigi, a No. Tips & Instruction. High level section events including Final 8 qualifiers. Seven of the Top eight seeds advanced today, with the only one missing No. October 27, 2023 2023 National Levels 3 - 5 Tournaments . * USTA Georgia Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement "The first set was a little weird," said Exsted, a 15-year-old from Minnesota who trains in Florida. 10U Players are eligible to enter the USTA Junior Circuit event in the ball color (Orange or Green) they have achieved or lower as determined by theNet Generation PlayTracker. 5 seed, defeated Woestendick 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, while No. 2 seeds Godsick and Quinn will play No. Breaking at 4-all in the third, Burnett had a chance to serve for the match and he took it, choosing to serve and volley on his second match point at 40-30. Source: Winning Kalamazoo, having my name up on the board, yeah, let's go one more. Beginning in 2022, the section quota spots will be awarded using the National Standings List. "We've never played," Tien said. No. 15 seed Jordan Reznik 7-5, 6-2. Marietta, GA 30060. USTA League Junior Team Tennis Flex Leagues. At age 11 players will age out of the Net Generation PlayTracker program. "I've been working on my serve for a long time and it really helped me out today, made the difference in the match.". "I came out with good energy and I thought for the next set and a half, I was playing great tennis. "We play well together," said Godsick, who is the first player since Rajeev Ram and Jonathan Stokke in 2000 and 2001 to win the 16s and 18s titles in back-to-back years. Most notable was his performance this week after winning the 2022 USTA National Boys 18 Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Q. Wen, a Princeton recruit, fell behind 15-40, but hit two excellent serves to save those match points. The exception is No. 12 seed Nicholas Godsick, and played freely in today's quarterfinal against No. The last game was full of tension, after the 15-year-old from Florida had broken to serve for the match. No. IMPROVE. "If he was going to beat me, he had to earn it, I wasn't going to give up," Damm said. No. Meanwhile in Mobile, Alabama, Long Beachs Liam Alvarez received a Bronze Ball for his third place finish in the Boys 14s singles and Kimi Basamakov of Newbury Park got fourth place in Boys 14s doubles. 32 seed Saahith Jayaraman. "This year's a little more pressure, you're one of the higher seeds. No. Although there were no major upsets in the 18s singles, that was not the case in 18s doubles, which were played indoors on Monday morning. No. Blanch will play No. But he eventually got to match point and made the most of it, hitting a great serve out wide that Williams had no chance to return in the court. The boy I played today, he won a game and the crowd erupted. 10 seed Cooper Williams on Court 9, who earned 6-3, 7-6(1) victory. The 15-year-old from Florida had taken the first set, but was sent to one of the four indoor courts at Kalamazoo's College Markin Center to complete his 6-0, 6-2 win over Arham Mefta. Whether matches will be played on Monday is another question, with the forecast currently calling for a 70% chance of rain and more rain this evening delaying the completion of the 18s consolation matches and many of the boys 16s first round doubles matches. ", USTA Boys' 18&16 National Championships. 4 seed Kyle Kang battled past No. To download tournament structure documents, including eligibility, endorsement, quotas, and team selections, visit the Forms & Information page. 26 seed Bryce Nakashima 6-3, 6-1. 11 seed, who split decisions with Kang last year in Kalamazoo, winning in the main draw, then losing to him in consolation final. After a mediocre spring on the ITF Junior Circuit that led to a drop in his ranking, Quinn opted not to play qualifying for Roehampton and the Wimbledon Junior Championships, a decision that looks especially good in hindsight. The USTA Southern California Junior Competition Committee has voted to award those wild cards using the methods outlined below. Learn about the app and how to record your match. Top finisher of the Final 8 Grand Prix Points Race (If 1st place gets in on their own, WC will go to 2nd place, then 3rd, etc., down to 8th place. 404-256-9543. Tien, who turns 17 on December 2, will be the youngest player to compete in the mens singles main draw at the U.S. Open since a 16-year-old Donald Young, who also won at Kalamazoo, played in the U.S. Open in 2005. Baris and Kang were the final singles match of the day, so all eyes were on Court 2, with his supporters preparing to celebrate when he took a 6-1, 3-1 lead. "We didn't show any nerves came out really quick," Woestendick said. "We thought it would be a great experience," said Blanch, who is returning to Spain after this event. Caldwell, who turned 15 two weeks ago, looked much fresher than his much bigger opponent in the third set of the two-hour and 43-minute contest. But I just played my game, stayed loose, believed I could win. Follow @ustaboys on twitter for information on who is playing on which of those five courts. See additional criteria below. 23 seed Ryan Colby, who played for the University of Southern California last season, defeated Anthrop's future teammate Preston Stearns 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3; and Alex Fuchs, one of just three unseeded players remaining, beat unseeded Abishek Thorat 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. 33 seeds lost, all in tough battles: Jacob Golden lost to Kai Villagomez 7-6(5), 6-3 and Dylan Jaen was beaten by Sibby Rodi 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. I had looks in every return game and I just kept holding serve.". 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