tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100166852024-03-28T09:27:28.301-04:00ZooTennis Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7513125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-74557386472909902002024-03-27T23:49:00.006-04:002024-03-28T09:26:56.190-04:00San Diego ITF J300 Recap; Winter National Champions Seek Second Straight USTA Gold Balls Thursday at Easter Bowl, Top Seed Grumet Saves Six Match Points to Advance to B16s Quarterfinals©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells California--Wednesday was another busy day in Tennis Paradise, with the 16s and 18s hitting the midway point of the FILA Easter Bowl USTA Spring National Championships and the 12s and 14s deciding their finalists on a warm and sunny day in the desert.But before we get to those results, check out my recap, up today at Tennis Recruiting Network, of last week's ITF Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-43015166029260254982024-03-26T23:30:00.004-04:002024-03-27T09:20:03.028-04:00Last Alternate Burnett Ousts Defending Champion Chinlund in Easter Bowl 18s Second Round; Mixed Fortunes for Previous Easter Bowl Champions With Semifinals Set in 12s and 14s©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells California--Evan Burnett was not planning to compete in the FILA Easter Bowl this year. But the redshirt freshman at Texas kept his name on the alternate list, and when he received a text from the tournament that a position in the draw was available to him on Friday, he decided to take it. Four days later, the 18-year-old from Northern California had beaten Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-73558531035304011352024-03-25T23:48:00.001-04:002024-03-26T00:49:44.397-04:00Unseeded Bracks Beats No. 1 Gelletich Again, Ayrault and Bronson Foster Avenge Losses in Ousting Top Seeds in 14s and 12s at FILA Easter Bowl; Jose Higueras Speaks Out on USTA's Failure to Support Player Development ©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells California--There are upsets and then there are matches when the No. 1 seed is beaten in the first round and it's not shocking. Ian Bracks' 6-3, 6-2 FILA Easter Bowl win today over 18s top seed Braeden Gelletich falls into the latter category, with the unseeded Bracks repeating his triumph on Practice Court 2, the court where he defeated Gelletich last year in Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-67064573338074414792024-03-24T22:51:00.002-04:002024-03-25T10:13:38.595-04:00Amey Ousts No. 3 Seed in Second Round B14s Easter Bowl Action, 18s and 16s Begin Play Monday; SMU's Svajda Claims First Pro Circuit Title; Texas Men Shut Out No. 2 TCU ©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells California--Sunday was another unseasonably cool and windy day in the desert, with the 12s and 14s divisions playing their second round matches at the FILA Easter Bowl.Safir Azam and Reiley Rhodes, the top seeds in the 14s, and Smyan Thuta and Nikol Davletshina, the top seeds in the 12s, are through to the round of 16 with straight set victories, but two No. 3 Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-27461705993150258612024-03-23T23:36:00.006-04:002024-03-24T14:36:23.900-04:00Jovic and Kennedy Claim ITF J300 Titles in San Diego; Teens Basavareddy and Svajda Reach Calabasas $25K Final; Easter Bowl Underway at Indian Wells©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego California--Iva Jovic and Jack Kennedy had divergent experiences at the ITF J300 in San Diego last year, with Jovic reaching the final and Kennedy falling in the first round. But both emerged as champions in the 2024 edition of the tournament, now a North American closed event, with No. 1 seed Jovic defeating No. 11 seed Kristina Penickova 6-3, 6-2 and No. 8 seed Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-12844162578210335332024-03-22T23:30:00.022-04:002024-03-23T07:02:11.578-04:00Indian Wells ITF J300 Recap; Mayew Versus Kennedy in Boys ITF J300 San Diego Final, Jovic and Penickova Reach Girls Championship Match; Stanford Teammates, SMU's Svajda Reach Calabasas $25K Semifinals©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego California--Wild card Rudy Quan and unseeded Valerie Glozman were not projected to claim their first ITF Junior Circuit titles last week in Indian Wells, but the former Easter Bowl champions proved their mettle once again at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. If you weren't able to follow my daily coverage, my recap, posted today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, will Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-51818544383115199262024-03-21T23:30:00.001-04:002024-03-21T23:55:54.874-04:00Wild Card Ionescu, Indian Wells Finalist Kennedy Advance to San Diego J300 Semifinals; Doubles Finals Set For Friday; SMU's Svajda, Stanford Trio Advance to Calabasas $25K Quarterfinals©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego California--After four days of competition at the ITF J300 North American Closed in San Diego, only players from the United States remain in contention for the title, with the semifinals set for Saturday morning at the Barnes Tennis Center.Top seed Iva Jovic, playing on Stadium Court for the first time this week, again had no difficulty advancing, beating No. 12 Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-42662398315262184862024-03-20T23:30:00.010-04:002024-03-21T11:25:26.334-04:00Lee Defeats No. 4 Seed Exsted, 2023 Finalist Horowitz Cruises to ITF J300 San Diego Quarterfinals; Easter Bowl Wild Cards, 12s and 14s Draws Posted with Play Beginning Saturday©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego California--The quarterfinals are set for the ITF J300 North American Closed at the Barnes Tennis Center, with just one Top 4 seed still alive in the boys draw after Mitchell Lee defeated No. 4 seed Maxwell Exsted 6-4, 7-6(3) Wednesday morning to join two other unseeded boys in the final eight.Lee, an 18-year-old from California, trailed Exsted 4-1 in the second setColette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-58023960405851964602024-03-19T23:54:00.004-04:002024-03-20T11:13:32.827-04:00Hance Ousts Top Seed Woestendick, Mosejczuk Saves Four Match Points to Beat No. 2 Seed Razeghi; Chung, Ionescu Eliminate No. 2 Seed Frodin and No. 3 Seed Lam at ITF J300 San Diego ©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego CA--Long days at the Barnes Tennis Center are usually the result of poor weather, as the facility has plenty of courts for a tournament the size of the ITF J300 being played here this week. But even with Tuesday's perfect weather, it took nearly seven hours to work through the 32 singles matches on 16 courts, with two of the top three seeds in both the girls and Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-68398844045105777842024-03-18T23:01:00.002-04:002024-03-19T10:51:17.987-04:00Seeds Begin Play Tuesday at San Diego ITF J300; Hance Saves Six Match Points to Advance to Second Straight Meeting With Top Seed Woestendick; Brantmeier Sues NCAA Over Pro Prize Money Restrictions©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego CA--The first round of the ITF J300 San Diego American Regional Championships began under clear skies Monday morning at the Barnes Tennis Center. The six boys and six girls qualifiers were in action, along with the six wild cards in each draw and 20 players with direct entry. In the 48-player draw, seeds do not play until the second round of Tuesday, but most of Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-56460236826510387222024-03-17T23:55:00.003-04:002024-03-18T01:01:26.650-04:00Unseeded Glozman Beats Top Seed Kostovic, Wild Card Quan Comes Back to Defeat Kennedy for ITF J300 Indian Wells Titles; San Diego J300 Begins Monday©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells California--Next spring Valerie Glozman and Rudy Quan will be in the midst of their first collegiate dual match season, but they will need to carve out a few days to compete in the women's and men's BNP Paribas Open qualifying after winning those wild cards with titles at the ITF J300 FILA International Junior Championships.The unseeded Glozman, who has signed Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-14979220339878657202024-03-16T23:30:00.414-04:002024-03-17T12:23:26.190-04:00Glozman Overcomes Cramps, Reaches FILA International ITFJ300 Final Against Kostovic; Quan Fights Back to Beat Bigun in Late Night Finish, Kennedy Upsets Defending Champion to Reach Boys Final; Doubles Champions Crowned©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells CA--A cramping Valerie Glozman had failed in her attempt to serve out the match at 5-2 in the third set of her semifinal with No. 2 seed Iva Jovic at the FILA International Junior Championships ITF J300 Saturday, so when she went up 15-40 with Jovic serving, she tapped all her reserves to close out the match. After running down shot after shot and throwing up oneColette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-55776296676825012172024-03-15T23:33:00.001-04:002024-03-16T11:28:32.020-04:00Clash of Future UCLA Teammates Set in All-USA Boys ITF J300 Indian Wells Semifinals; Frodin Earns Shot at Top Seed Kostovic; Eight Americans Reach Doubles Finals; ITF J300 San Diego Wild Cards; Quinn, Crawley Win $100K Hurd Grants©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells CA--Kaylan Bigun and Rudy Quan will meet again at the FILA International Junior Championships ITF J300 semifinals Saturday, a rematch of their quarterfinal thriller from last year, when Quan saved three match points to upset Bigun 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-3. Bigun booked his spot in the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-3 win over No. 9 seed Ian Mayhew, while Quan took out unseededColette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-64069375006975334482024-03-14T23:58:00.002-04:002024-03-15T11:17:53.291-04:00Glozman, Farzam Oust No. 4 Seeds, Wild Card Quan Rolls into Quarterfinals at ITF J300 Indian Wells; Top Seeds, Australian Open Champions Upset in Boys Doubles Quarterfinals©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells CA--Cool and breezy conditions were no impediment to a trio of Americans, who took out more highly ranked players to reach Friday's quarterfinals at the ITF J300 FILA International Championships at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.Valerie Glozman, Matisse Farzam and Rudy Quan all have had success on these courts in past years and continue to prove up to the Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-70116916701845122502024-03-13T23:58:00.004-04:002024-03-14T00:44:02.497-04:00Woestendick Begins Defense of ITF J300 Indian Wells Title With Win; Mosejczuk Ousts Seeds in Singles and Doubles; Top Girls Seeds Fall in Doubles; Navarro Defeats Sabalenka to Reach Women's Quarterfinals©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells CA--Cooper Woestendick has already been in Indian Wells for more than ten days, after playing in the men's qualifying a week ago Monday thanks to the wild card he received for winning last year's inaugural ITF J300 title here during the second week of the BNP Paribas Open. Today he began his defense of the Fila International Junior Championships boys singlesColette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-79179824388480407152024-03-12T23:57:00.001-04:002024-03-13T00:32:58.269-04:00Qualifier Lyutova, No. 9 Seed Mayew Stay Undefeated in 2024 ITF Junior Circuit Play with Second Round Victories at ITF J300 in Indian Wells©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells CA--Fourteen-year-old Christina Lyutova and 17-year-old Ian Mayew have yet to suffer a loss in ITF Junior Circuit play this year, extending their winning streaks with wins today at the Fila International Junior Championships, a J300 tournament held in conjunction with the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.Lyutova, the 2023 USTA Nationals 16s Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-589714535050788522024-03-11T23:50:00.000-04:002024-03-12T00:51:12.772-04:00Ten of 12 Wild Cards, Six Qualifiers Advance to Second Round of FILA International ITF J300 at Indian Wells; Antonius Wins First ITF Junior Circuit Singles Title in France©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells CA--While the seeds at the FILA International ITF J300 in Indian Wells don't begin play until Tuesday after first round byes, the wild cards took center stage, with all six boys wild cards and four of the six girls wild cards posting victories on a spectacular day for tennis in the Coachella Valley.After a long day of travel, I didn't get onsite until Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-69378163969023914292024-03-10T21:02:00.001-04:002024-03-10T21:02:58.949-04:00Rolls and Bonding Claim ITF J500 Banana Bowl Titles; Grant Completes Sweep at W15 in Turkey; Bigun, Kostovic Top Seeds at ITF J300 Indian Wells; Texas Deals No. 1 Ohio State Men First Loss; Michigan Women Beat Pepperdine in Top Ten BattleSeventeen-year-old Katie Rolls won her first ITF J500 match last December at the Orange Bowl, and lost in the first round last week at the Porto Alegre J300 warmup event for this week's J500 in Blumenau Brazil. Yet the ninth seed found the best form of her junior career at the Banana Bowl, beating three Top 8 seeds in her six victories, and finishing in style today, with a 7-6(3), 6-2 win over Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-47828154602052636072024-03-09T22:00:00.008-05:002024-03-09T22:01:42.932-05:00Rolls Tops No. 3 Seed, Advances to ITF J500 Banana Bowl Final, Unseeded Honda Reaches Boys Final; Grant Makes First Pro Circuit Singles Final, Wins Doubles Title in Turkey; Kotseva and Nischal Claim Las Vegas J60 Titles Katie Rolls ended the 14-match winning streak of No. 3 seed Antonia Vergara Rivera of Chile Saturday at the ITF J500 Banana Bowl in Blumenau Brazil. Seeded No. 9, the 17-year-old from Michigan, who trains in Florida, defeated Vergara 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(2) in today's semifinal. Rolls will look to end another winning streak in Sunday's final when facing No. 2 seed and defending champion Mayu Crossley ofColette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-75749173785446941082024-03-08T22:28:00.000-05:002024-03-08T22:28:52.300-05:00Rolls Advances to Singles Semifinals, Doubles Final at ITF J500 Banana Bowl; Frey, Blanch and Grant Reach Pro Circuit Semifinals; Navarro Feature; Qualifying Begins Saturday at ITF J300 Indian Wells Katie Rolls has reached the singles semifinals and the doubles final at the ITF J500 Banana Bowl in Blumenau Brazil. The 17-year-old from Michigan, who has verbally committed to the University of Virginia, defeated unseeded 14-year-old Angelica Sara of Italy 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in today's singles quarterfinals. In the doubles semifinal that followed, Rolls got another win over Sara, with she and Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-58717133590953958632024-03-07T21:23:00.001-05:002024-03-07T21:23:52.381-05:00Rolls and Vijayakumar Advance to Banana Bowl J500 Quarterfinals; ITF Pro Circuit Quarterfinals for Blanch, Grant, Frey and Joint; Former Easter Bowl Champions Michelsen and Shang Post Wins at BNP Paribas Open Trinetra Vijayakumar and Katie Rolls have reached the quarterfinals of the ITF J500 Banana Bowl in Blumenau Brazil, with both 17-year-olds coming from a set down in today's third round matches.Vijayakumar, who has signed with Vanderbilt for this fall, defeated No. 10 seed Mika Buchnik of Israel 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, while the ninth-seeded Rolls, a junior who has verbally committed to Virginia, beat No. Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-75263602079923127922024-03-06T21:17:00.000-05:002024-03-06T21:17:40.694-05:00ITF J300 Indian Wells Wild Cards; Four Americans Advance to Round of 16 at ITF J500 Banana Bowl; Emory Men and CMS Women No. 1 in D-III; Barry Women, U Indy Men Top D-II RankingsThe ITF J300 Fila International Championships begins next Monday at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and I'll be onsite to cover it again this year. Wild cards for the tournament have been awarded, with all accounted for in the boys field; there are still others to be determined among the girls. Although it is a open international field, unlike last year, when it was a North American closed event, Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-69511315839014003462024-03-05T21:35:00.001-05:002024-03-05T21:37:47.748-05:00Teens Quinn, Montgomery, Hovde Qualify for BNP Paribas Open; Steve Johnson Announces Retirement; Ohio State Men, Oklahoma State Women Remain No. 1; Michigan State Tennis Receives $10 Million GiftThree teenagers have advanced to the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open, with wild cards Ethan Quinn(Georgia), Liv Hovde and Robin Montgomery posting wins today over opponents with significantly higher ATP and WTA rankings.NCAA singles champion Quinn, who turns 20 next week, came back to defeat ATP No. 133 Andrea Vassavori of Italy 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Currently 284 in the ATP rankings, Quinn will be Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-55043845192131562452024-03-04T21:12:00.001-05:002024-03-04T21:12:43.725-05:00Wild Cards Ngounoue, Quinn Advance to BNP Paribas Open Final Round Qualifying; Quevedo Wins W15 in Spain; Both Top Seeds Ousted on Day One of ITF J500 Banana Bowl; USA's Outdoor ITF Junior Circuit Starts in Las VegasTwo of the teenage qualifying wild cards at the BNP Paribas Open posted wins today, joining Robin Montgomery and Liv Hovde in the final round of women's qualifying Tuesday. Clervie Ngounoue, who received her wild card for winning the ITF J300 Indian Wells title last March, showed again that the conditions suit her, beating French veteran Alize Cornet. Cornet had a dismal serving day, with 10Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-68904198486498003382024-03-03T21:00:00.004-05:002024-03-05T21:34:56.925-05:00Shibahara Claims W35 Title in Texas; Hovde Advances at BNP Paribas Open Qualifying, McNeil Falls Just Short; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Wins D-III Women's Team Indoor Championship; Kovackova, Radu Earn Tennis Europe Super Category Titles in SwedenEna Shibahara won her first Pro Circuit singles title Sunday afternoon in Spring Texas, with the former UCLA All-American defeating lucky loser Iva Jovic 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. The 26-year-old Shibahara, who grew up in Southern California but now plays for Japan, still has a successful career in WTA doubles to attend to, but has been reapplying herself to singles in the the last year and now will move Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.com0