Alex Clayton: Junior Spotlight of the Week:: (usta.com)

Alex Clayton: Junior Spotlight of the Week~~~

I've noticed that, with the notable exception of Donald Young, stories about junior tennis players seem to come in clusters, and then, like fireworks, fade away. Since I've started this blog in January, we've had bursts of stories about Andy Murray, (he actually is now in Donald Young territory for staying power), Alex Kuznetsov, Jessica Kirkland, Carsten Ball, Sam Querrey, Alexa Glatch, JT Sundling, and Jesse Levine. We are now in the Alex Clayton launching, with his recent Tennis Week photo in the U.S. Open preview issue (no link available), and then the items attendant to his being named hitting partner for the Davis Cup tie in Belgium. Marcia Frost also has a recent "Talking With...." entry at collegeandjuniortennis.com

To say that the Claytons are a tennis family is an understatement. On any given day, it's likely that at least one of the four is reporting a score somewhere in the country. For example, Alex's fifteen-year-old sister Courtney (Missy), is playing the current ITF at the University of Illinois, and has advanced to the semifinals with wins over the fourth and 13th seeds.