As expressed by many commenters today, it was disappointing to watch ESPN2's coverage of Wimbledon all day and not see anything about Jesse Levine's four-set win over Donald Young. (There is a brief mention of it at the end of the Day 2 highlight video on espn.com's Tennis home page, in conjunction with Chris Fowler and Pam Shriver's remarks on the poor American showing in the first round.) But Charlie Bricker of the Sun-Sentinel didn't neglect Levine, posting this story about the match, and an unnamed reporter asked Andy Roddick about Levine in Roddick's post-match press conference. Here's the exchange:
At Roehampton, Melanie Oudin, Bradley Klahn and Jarmere Jenkins are through to the quarterfinals. Coco Vandeweghe lost to Britain's Heather Watson today, but has received a main draw wild card into the junior championships, so she will not have to qualify. For today's results, see the LTA website.
The Southern California sectional finished yesterday, and the winners are as follows: 18s: Kaitlyn Christian and Steve Johnson; 16s: Sarah Lee and Joshua Tchan; 14s: Riko Shimizu and Reo Asami; 12s: Gabrielle Andrews and Deiton Baughman; 10s: Angela Kulikov and Maxwell Cancilla.
The Southern Closed was held in five different locations across the section last week, and the winners were: 18s: Whitney Kay and Anderson Reed; 16s: Garrett Brasseaux and Kirsten Lewis; 14s: Alex Howard and Hayley Carter; 12s: Jessie Lynn Paul and Brent Lett; 10s: Kenya Jones and Aleks Huryn.
Q. Do you know Jesse Levine pretty well? He won today. What would you say about his game?Is that a veiled expression of disappointment in other young Americans' work ethic and competitive zeal? Sounds like it to me.
ANDY RODDICK: He actually went to my high school. You know, he's a worker, which is refreshing, you know, especially from the young Americans. You know, he gets out there. He traveled to Dubai to hit with Roger for 15 days.
Every time I've asked him to hit, it's almost like he wants to learn. He wants to be a really good player. He's not just content to be kind of traveling around and doing that. You know, you can't really put, you know, a price on that. You can't really teach that. That's just something that's there. That's probably the most impressive thing about him.
At Roehampton, Melanie Oudin, Bradley Klahn and Jarmere Jenkins are through to the quarterfinals. Coco Vandeweghe lost to Britain's Heather Watson today, but has received a main draw wild card into the junior championships, so she will not have to qualify. For today's results, see the LTA website.
The Southern California sectional finished yesterday, and the winners are as follows: 18s: Kaitlyn Christian and Steve Johnson; 16s: Sarah Lee and Joshua Tchan; 14s: Riko Shimizu and Reo Asami; 12s: Gabrielle Andrews and Deiton Baughman; 10s: Angela Kulikov and Maxwell Cancilla.
The Southern Closed was held in five different locations across the section last week, and the winners were: 18s: Whitney Kay and Anderson Reed; 16s: Garrett Brasseaux and Kirsten Lewis; 14s: Alex Howard and Hayley Carter; 12s: Jessie Lynn Paul and Brent Lett; 10s: Kenya Jones and Aleks Huryn.
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