Inside Junior Tennis Podcast; Anderson and Larcher de Brito the Talk of Key Biscayne
Kevin McClure and I talk about Mobile, the success of Muhammad and Oudin, the U.S. juniors' problems on clay and the New York Times series on college athletic scholarships, among other things, in the most recent edition of Inside Junior Tennis.
Yesterday at the Sony Ericsson Open, qualifier Kevin Anderson (photo courtesy of Sony Ericsson Open) set the pro tennis world buzzing with his three-set win over Australian Open champion and defending SEO champion Novak Djokovic. As with Jesse Levine and John Isner, Anderson is proud of his college background, and in this interview after his win, the former Illinois star talks about how he benefited from his years in Champaign. Marcia Frost did a wrap-up of all of the collegians excelling at Key Biscayne for Tennis.com.
Overshadowed somewhat by Anderson's stunner was fifteen-year-old Michelle Larcher de Brito, who again came from a set down, this time taking out No. 17 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland to advance to the third round against Shahar Peer, the 16th seed. Nick Bollettieri reports on the match on his new Nick's Picks blog.
In ITF junior play, Spring National champion Kristie Ahn won the Grade 4 in College Station today, with Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia taking the boys title over Raymond Sarmiento of the U.S. For complete results, see the TennisLink site.
Monica Puig has reached the final of the ITF Grade 4 in Trinidad & Tobago. Although the ITF website isn't up-to-date, the local newspaper has been covering the event. The four-hour win by Puig that they allude to was over Elizabeth Begley of the U.S.
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