Rising Boca tennis star, ill brother lend each other support:: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Rising Boca tennis star, ill brother lend each other support: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

A sweet story about Jesse Levine and his younger brother-- I learned a great deal about the whole family from it. I was, however, a bit shocked by the reporter's assertion that Levine "will be seeded number one in doubles at Kalamazoo next month."

I suspect Levine and Shabaz will be the top seeds in the 18s, but there is actually a committee that makes that decision the night before the tournament starts. That Levine has already won the 16s doubles title in 2003 (with Jean Yves Aubone) is a plus, but until the seeds are announced on August 4, nothing is official.