Inside Junior Tennis

September 13, 2007

Discussion Includes:

US Open Junior Championships
Boys:
Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania (15) def. Jerzy Janowicz of Poland 6-3, 6-4

Berankis lost in first round of qualifying at USO Jrs. In 2006

Jonathan Eysseric and Jerome Inzerillo of France (6) def. Vasek Pospisil of Canada and Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-4.
First time in four years U.S. team doesn’t win boys doubles title

Girls:
Kristina Kucova of Slovakia def. Urszula Radwanska of Poland (2) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (4).

Radwanska and Ksenia Milevskaya of Belarus (2) def. Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Ksenia Lykina of Russia (3) 6-1, 6-2

U.S. had 19 girls and 15 boys in the 64-player singles draws, but only one, Lauren Albanese, reached the quarterfinals.

Ball-machine tennis: Is that era over?

College tennis is now on the radar

ITA Preseason rankings are out at itatennis.com

My feature on Boise State coach Greg Patton appears in the October issue of Tennis Magazine, out now, with Ana Ivanovic on the cover

Should Colette write an article comparing Northern American Juniors to European Juniors and their respective coaches? Interested?

Website of the week:
Floridatennisnews.com

Duration: 39min, 27sec

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