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Tuesday, January 3, 2006

McVitty Captures Winter Nationals Championship:: LA Daily News - Preps


McVitty Captures Winter Nationals Championship::LA Daily News - Preps

Southern California's tennis advantages aren't confined to the weather and the tradition. The newspapers' coverage is often excellent--case in point, this story about Kristy McVitty (and Ryan Thacher) taking USTA Winter National Championships Sunday. In junior tennis, accomplishments recognized are key to sustaining a young player's interest.

The reporter even digs out that incredible four-hour match between McVitty and Melissa Saiontz in Mobile last spring. I saw some of it, and neither girl was willing to give an inch--never considering a backdraw match on a remote court with few spectators as a reason for giving less than their best.

Thacher's title in the Boys 16s doesn't get the same attention in this article, but barely seeded (11), he proved emphatically that getting to the fourth round in Kalamazoo last summer was no fluke.

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