Inside Junior Tennis

May 13, 2007

Discussion Includes:

May is Tennis month (http://www.usta.com/ or http://www.uspta.com/ or www.ptrtennis.com)

Regional qualifying for ITF’s World Junior Team events last week in Montreal
All four US Teams advanced14s play in early August in the Czech Republic on clay
Italy won boys in 2006; Ukraine won girls
16s play in late September in Italy on clay
Netherlands won boys in 2006; Belarus won girls
ITF Grade 5 in Texas - Ryan Harrison wins singles and doubles
CC Sardinha wins girls title
Grade 4 in Texas Harrison, Alexandra Anghelescu win
Is Romania the next Russia?
Edina Gallovits wins second ITF Women’s event in past two months-50K in Virginia, now in top 100 WTAFive in WTA Top 200, two more than Great Britain
Two 15-year-old Romanians, Simona Halep and Christina Andrea Mitu meet in $10K. Halep wins singles and doubles
Anastasia Pivovarova of Russian wins 10K in Great Britain
Payout in a typical men’s Futures tournamentPurse: $10,000. The singles winner receives $1,300 and the doubles team will split $630
Payout in typical women’s $25 KSingles winner $3000Doubles team splits $1200
Winner in this week’s men’s 50K will collect $10,800
NCAAs
Florida, Alabama and NC State pull off upsets to make Round of 16Wake Forest vs. Clemson cliffhanger
All 16 women’s top seeds advance to Athens
BYU Hawaii wins DII women’s titleLynn def. Valdosta St. for men’s DII championship
More Title IX Discussion
Website of the week:www.CollegeandJuniorTennis.com
Duration: 34min, 05sec

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