I'm not sure why the ITF junior website doesn't have the results posted from today's Junior Fed Cup and Junior Davis Cup matches, but I did receive an email with pdfs attached, so I am posting links to the two that relate to the U.S. teams. The girls defeated Paraguay 3-0, the boys shut out China 3-0 and neither team dropped a set. On Thursday, the round robin concludes, and both U.S. teams, seeded fourth, will need to beat the fifth seeds that are in their groups to advance to the semifinals. The girls face Poland, the 2005 Junior Fed Cup champions, and the boys take on Brazil.
Junior Fed Cup USA Results are here.
Junior Davis Cup USA Results are here.
Speaking of Davis Cup, the USTA announced today that Portland, Oregon will host the first Davis Cup final held in the U.S. since 1992. I've never attended a final, but the first round, quarterfinal and semifinal ties I've been lucky enough to attend in the past three years have been some of my most memorable moments in tennis. So if you are anywhere near Portland November 30-December 2, make plans to go. I'll be at the Eddie Herr tournament, so I won't make this one, but I'll be following closely. Tickets will go on sale in a few weeks.
Stanford announced today that Brandon Coupe has been named assistant men's tennis coach, filling the position recently vacated by Dave Hodge. See the Stanford website for more.
And Peter Bodo posted today on the British juniors scandal on his Tennisworld blog. As usual, he raises many interesting questions and as always, makes some very provocative points. For example:
The increasing emphasis on early development, and especially on state-supported development, as if winning the tennis race was as important as winning the race for a cure to cancer, is one of the more unsavory elements in this (or any other) sport. This isn't a "let kids be kids" plea, although that's never a bad idea. It's a warning that allowing and even insisting that kids be more than kids, or allowing a situation to develop where even the most innocent among them feel obliged to conform to the hermetically developed social order, is a dangerous and slippery slope - especially when it is being navigated by people with an ulterior motive - in this case, producing champions for the greater good and glory of the UK.
For the full post, and the usual array of thoughtful comments, click here.
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