With the French Open Juniors winding down--it will be Jerzy Janowicz of Poland against Tsung-Hua Yang of Chinese Taipei in the boys final and two Romanians, Elena Bogdan and Simona Halep, for the girls title. Janowicz, of course was a finalist at the U.S. Open Jrs. last year, and Yang was runner-up this year at the Australian Open Jrs., but neither girl has been in a Grand Slam final before. The doubles finals are Saturday, but the singles championships will not be played until Sunday.
We are making our annual trip to Philadelphia for the International Grass Courts this weekend, and I'll be reporting from there all of next week. For the list of competitors, click here.
The Florida State Closed gets underway on Saturday, and it is a very important tournament consisting of championships for 10s, 12s, 14s, 16s and 18s. Not only does it have a long and distinguished history in Florida, but it also awards grants to the winners for upcoming USTA Nationals. According to the USTAFlorida website:
All 16s and 18s finalists will receive a $1,250 travel reimbursement to be used at the next National Clay-Courts or National Hard-Courts Championship, while all 12s and 14s semifinalists will receive $625 for the first time in State Closed history! (Details available online and at event. Receipts must be submitted to cover expenses. NCAA approved).
And the 106th Southern California Junior Sectional is gearing up for competition, which spreads over two long weekends beginning June 14, and like the Florida Closed, is only for players in the section. It also has 10s-18s, but employs block seeding, where the top 16 players advance to the second weekend, with the rest of the competitors playing for one of the remaining 16 spots. The eight seeds in each division are posted. See the TennisLink site for more information on "the largest annual junior [tournament] in the United States.
And finally, a reminder that anyone wishing to comment must choose a name by selecting the Name/URL choice in the identity section (the URL is optional). Anonymous is not an option that I can remove from the choices, but if you use it, your comment will not be published.
We are making our annual trip to Philadelphia for the International Grass Courts this weekend, and I'll be reporting from there all of next week. For the list of competitors, click here.
The Florida State Closed gets underway on Saturday, and it is a very important tournament consisting of championships for 10s, 12s, 14s, 16s and 18s. Not only does it have a long and distinguished history in Florida, but it also awards grants to the winners for upcoming USTA Nationals. According to the USTAFlorida website:
All 16s and 18s finalists will receive a $1,250 travel reimbursement to be used at the next National Clay-Courts or National Hard-Courts Championship, while all 12s and 14s semifinalists will receive $625 for the first time in State Closed history! (Details available online and at event. Receipts must be submitted to cover expenses. NCAA approved).
And the 106th Southern California Junior Sectional is gearing up for competition, which spreads over two long weekends beginning June 14, and like the Florida Closed, is only for players in the section. It also has 10s-18s, but employs block seeding, where the top 16 players advance to the second weekend, with the rest of the competitors playing for one of the remaining 16 spots. The eight seeds in each division are posted. See the TennisLink site for more information on "the largest annual junior [tournament] in the United States.
And finally, a reminder that anyone wishing to comment must choose a name by selecting the Name/URL choice in the identity section (the URL is optional). Anonymous is not an option that I can remove from the choices, but if you use it, your comment will not be published.
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