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Sunday, August 20, 2017

ITF Grade 1 Begins Monday in College Park; Kalamazoo Photos, Videos

The draws are out for the ITF Grade 1 Prince George's County International Hard Court Championships, which begin on Monday at 8 a.m. at the Junior Tennis Champions Center and the University of Maryland courts in College Park Maryland.  I will be on site covering the tournament for the fourth consecutive year.  Wimbledon finalist Axel Geller of Argentina is the boys No. 1 seed and Elena Rybakina of Russia is the girls No. 1 seed.  Americans Trent Bryde and Taylor Johnson are the No. 2 seeds this week.

Qualifying was completed today, with six US boys and eight US girls earning main draw berths.

The boys:
Jaycer Lyeons
Blaise Bicknell
Ronan Jachuck
Pierce Rollins
Noah Schachter
Garrett Johns

The girls:
Peyton Stearns
Sophia Graver
Anika Yarlagadda
Charlotte Owensby
Gabby Price
Alexanddra Yepifanova
Zoe Hitt
Nicole Hammond

With Owensby and Price qualifying and Cori Gauff getting a wild card, the entire USA team which won the ITF World Junior Tennis Champions two weeks ago in the Czech Republic is in the main draw.

I'm wrapping up my Kalamazoo coverage today, with photos and videos. Recaps for the 16s and the 18s are available at Tennis Recruiting Network. YouTube is discontinuing its photo slideshow option next month, so I decided to dispense with the slideshow and just post all the photos of the top finishers in Kalamazoo singles and doubles in one post.  A few video highlights from the finals are also available below.



Andy Roddick and Sam Riffice in doubles exhibition
Huge crowd for 75th Anniversary Celebration with Roddick and Mike Russell
Leighton Allen, 16s quarterfinalist
Sam Riffice, 18s 5th place

Britton Johnston, 18s sixth place

Sebastian Korda, 18s quarterfinals

JJ Wolf, 18s finalist

Ryan Goetz, 18s semifinalist

DJ Thomas, 18s quarterfinalist and Allen Stowe Sportsmanship winner

Patrick Kypson, 18s champion

John McNally, 18s quarterfinalist

Alex Lee, 16s quarterfinalist

Carolyn Binder and Hap Haasch of Public Media Network on live stream call

Garrett Johns, 16s quarterfinalist, Bobby Kaplan Sportsmanship winner

WMU site director Paul Ballard & Wes Richards Feed-In Sportsmanship winner Timothy Sah


Andrew Dale, 16s sixth place

Vasil Kirkov and DJ Thomas, 18s doubles champions

Nathan Perrone and Jake Van Emburgh, 18s doubles semifinalists
Patrick Kypson and Oliver Crawford, 18s doubles finalists

Eliot Spizzirri and Spencer Whitaker, 16 doubles semifinalists

Siem Woldeab and Eshan Talluri, 16s doubles finalists

JJ Wolf and John McNally, 18s doubles third place

Siem Woldeab, 16s third place

Will Grant, 16s semifinalist

Tyler Zink and Will Grant, 16s doubles champions

Robert Cash and Ryder Jackson, 16s doubles third place

Brandon Nakashima, 16s champion

Stefan Dostanic, 16s finalist

Alafia Ayeni, 18s semifinalist

Tournament Director Mark Riley with 16s fifth place finisher Cannon Kingsley



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