The latest edition of the Inside Junior Tennis podcast is available via this link. Kevin McClure and I discuss the Easter Bowl winners, getting endorsed for national level events, swinging hard, 17-year-old pros and a little bit of college news.
While I was in California, I had the opportunity to find out who would be going to Montreal this coming week for the North American/Caribbean final round of qualifying for the Junior Davis/Fed Cup and World Junior Tennis competitions.
The girls Junior Fed Cup (16 and under) team for this event (not necessarily for the finals) consists of:
Lauren Embree
Asia Muhammad
Allie Will (presuming her ankle is healed).
The boys Junior Davis Cup team for this round of qualifying is:
Frank Carleton
Alex Domijan
JT Sundling
The girls World Junior (14 and under) team is:
Nicole Gibbs
Whitney Kay
Ellen Tsay
The boys World Junior team is:
Mika DeCoster
Emmett Egger
Christian Harrison
A recent comment on how the Junior Davis Cup team should be selected is a good one:
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Unseeded Formentera Wins Boys 16s in Third-set Tie...":
For the JDC Selection, I feel very strongly that the B16s and B18s Easter Bowl winner that are age qualified for the JDC should be a direct entry to the JDC Team. Those are current performance.
The second criteria could be the highest ranked American that is age qualified for JDC in the Top 100 ITF Ranking.
The third criteria could be the highest ranked age qualified junior in the USTA B18 Top 20 ranking category.
The fourth selection criteria could be an USTA Wild Card Selection set aside for the best double playeres that is age qualified for JDC according to the ITF Jr. Ranking Total Doubles Points obtained or anyone USTA desires.
The fifth & final criteria would be the Top Rank Junior in B16 category if he is not the Easter Bowl Winner already. If the Easter Bowl winner is the current #1 ranked boy, then the #2 rank b16 would move up.
Here are the selections for this year's JDC Team according to this suggested format:
Crit 1: Rhyne Williams
B18 Winner
Lawrence Formentera
B16 Winner
Crit 2: Rhyne Williams
#17 (4-23-07)
Crit 3: Rhyne Williams
#2 (4-25-07)
Crit 4: Devin Britton
70 ITF Doubles Points
Or Any USTA Suggestion
Crit 5: Alexander Domijan
#1 (4-25-07)
My only objection to this is that it gives the Easter Bowl too much importance. The JDC is played in September on clay. I think the winner of the 16s clays (provided they are age eligible) would make more sense.
While I was in California, I had the opportunity to find out who would be going to Montreal this coming week for the North American/Caribbean final round of qualifying for the Junior Davis/Fed Cup and World Junior Tennis competitions.
The girls Junior Fed Cup (16 and under) team for this event (not necessarily for the finals) consists of:
Lauren Embree
Asia Muhammad
Allie Will (presuming her ankle is healed).
The boys Junior Davis Cup team for this round of qualifying is:
Frank Carleton
Alex Domijan
JT Sundling
The girls World Junior (14 and under) team is:
Nicole Gibbs
Whitney Kay
Ellen Tsay
The boys World Junior team is:
Mika DeCoster
Emmett Egger
Christian Harrison
A recent comment on how the Junior Davis Cup team should be selected is a good one:
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Unseeded Formentera Wins Boys 16s in Third-set Tie...":
For the JDC Selection, I feel very strongly that the B16s and B18s Easter Bowl winner that are age qualified for the JDC should be a direct entry to the JDC Team. Those are current performance.
The second criteria could be the highest ranked American that is age qualified for JDC in the Top 100 ITF Ranking.
The third criteria could be the highest ranked age qualified junior in the USTA B18 Top 20 ranking category.
The fourth selection criteria could be an USTA Wild Card Selection set aside for the best double playeres that is age qualified for JDC according to the ITF Jr. Ranking Total Doubles Points obtained or anyone USTA desires.
The fifth & final criteria would be the Top Rank Junior in B16 category if he is not the Easter Bowl Winner already. If the Easter Bowl winner is the current #1 ranked boy, then the #2 rank b16 would move up.
Here are the selections for this year's JDC Team according to this suggested format:
Crit 1: Rhyne Williams
B18 Winner
Lawrence Formentera
B16 Winner
Crit 2: Rhyne Williams
#17 (4-23-07)
Crit 3: Rhyne Williams
#2 (4-25-07)
Crit 4: Devin Britton
70 ITF Doubles Points
Or Any USTA Suggestion
Crit 5: Alexander Domijan
#1 (4-25-07)
My only objection to this is that it gives the Easter Bowl too much importance. The JDC is played in September on clay. I think the winner of the 16s clays (provided they are age eligible) would make more sense.
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