More Rain at Lake Nona Winter Nationals; Little Mo International Champions; ATP Spotlights 14 Next Gen Players
Rain has continued to be a problem at the 16s and 18s USTA Winter National championships in Lake Nona Florida, and the unfinished first round matches in girls 18s singles were moved indoors. Doubles were cancelled except for boys 18s, and as of now, no doubles matches have been completed in the tournament, which began yesterday.
To keep updated on the results and schedule, see the TennisLink site.
The 12s and 14s Winter Nationals in Tucson have managed to complete second round singles matches today, despite high temperatures in the 40s, and Kinaa Graham, the No. 1 seed in the girls 14s, lost in the second round to Jessica MacCallum 6-4, 6-2.
The Little Mo International Championships were held earlier this month in Palm Beach Gardens and below is the list of winners in the various categories and age divisions. Complete draws are available at the TennisLink site.
Girls 15/16: Marilou Cote - Levis, Canada
Girls 14: Emma Namnieks - Tallinn, Estonia
Girls 13: Thalia Smith - Gastonia, North Carolina
Girls 12: Waverly Potter - Calgary, Canada
Girls 11: Eden Mayorkes - Beit Zayit, Israel
Girls 10: Anastasiia Rychkova - Miami Beach, Florida
Girls 10 (green dot): Siany Panaggio - Jupiter, Florida
Girls 9: Leila Hunter - Keysville, Georgia
Girls 9 (green dot): Tea Kovacevic - Gradiska, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Girls 8:Amy Shen - Vancouver, Canada
Girls 8 (green dot): Sakino Miyazawa - Tsukuba, Japan
Boys 14: Tim Kuster - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Boys 13: Maximo Llamas Castellanos - Monterrey, Mexico
Boys 12: Owen Nguyen - Coquitlam, Canada
Boys 11: Pedro Henrique Chabalgoity - Brasilia, Brazil
Boys 10: Juan Miguel Bolivar - Medellin, Colombia
Boys 10 (green dot): Pedro Rodriguez - Bogota, Colombia
Boys 9: Geoff Kosseifi - Delray Beach, Florida
Boys 9 (green dot): Jaime Gomez - Zapopan, Mexico
Boys 8: Max Neumann - Cape Coral, Florida
Boys 8 (green dot): Luca Daraban - Barcelona, Spain / Romania
The ATP is highlighting 14 NextGen players in this article, with all born in 1999 or later. The only American included is Sebastian Korda. With the notable exception of Jannik Sinner of Italy, I have seen all of them play in ITF Junior Circuit competition many times (some more than others, of course) and it's interesting to note that of the 14 featured, six have won junior slams, three others have made a junior slam final, and Hugo Gaston won the gold medal at last year's Youth Olympic games. Sinner, recently named the ATP Newcomer of the Year, is the only one of the 14 who never played a junior slam.
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