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Written by: Staff on 7th April 2015

Photo of Taylor Fritz by Bob Kenas. |

Left to right. Meg Broccolo, Ryan Broccolo, Lisa Stone, Lorne Kuhle, & Steve Johnson.

2014 ASICS Easter Bowl Runner-Up Katie Swan

of Wichita, Kan., Opens Girls’ 18s Singles Play With a Win

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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (April 7, 2015) – An Australian Open towel draped over her neck in her post-match interview, No. 2-seed in the ITF Girls’ 18s singles Katie Swan looked impressive in her 2015 ASICS Easter Bowl debut on Tuesday with a 6-2, 6-3 win over 13-year-old rising USTA prospect Amanda Anisomova of Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The British-born Swan is currently living in Wichita, Kan., where her father works. Last year, the recently turned 16-year-old Swan surprised many last year by advancing all the way to the Girls’ 18s singles final at the ASICS Easter Bowl where she lost to her good friend CiCi Bellis in the final at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

In January, Swan made it to the final of the Australian Open Junior tournament. And it’s a memory she won’t soon forget. “I couldn’t believe it I made the final,” Swan said after her match on Tuesday. “It was unbelievable and getting to play on Rod Laver Arena in the final made it the best tournament I’ve ever played.”

Currently world-ranked No. 13 in the ITF junior rankings, Swan said she is excited about her next three to four months. Following the ASICS Easter Bowl she has been invited to Northern California to train for a week with Bellis. She will then return to Kansas and get ready for the junior French Open and summer grass-court circuit, including Wimbledon. Her mother Nicki said she is planning on playing doubles with American Sonya Kenin at the French, and with Caroline Dolehide at Wimbledon. Swan and Kenin are the top-seeded 18s doubles team here this week.

On Tuesday, Swan played in front of a nice crowd in a match streamed live via the website www.easterbowl.com and watched in person by USTA Head of Women’s Tennis Ola Malmqvist and USTA national women’s coach Kathy Rinaldi.

“I heard that she’s young and she very good and aggressive,” said Swan of Anisomova. “My ranking is higher this year and people expect more of me so there is pressure on me. I just have to take one match at a time.”

Just two weeks ago, Swan won her first ITF $10,000 Futures title in Egypt, and advanced to the final in doubles where she suffered a strained abdominal muscle tear which led to her pulling out of the Carson International Spring Championships last week.

She said she’s ecstatic the injury didn’t keep her from the California tournament. “(Last year) was such a good tournament for me and I had such a great week. It was a really good experience and it’s such a nice place. I just love it here. It makes me happy just being here and I hope to do just as good this year as I did last year.”

The top-seeded player in the ITF Boys’ 18s Taylor Fritz opened play on Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Taylor Dent-coached Caleb Chakravarthi of Irvine, Calif. On Monday, Fritz flew in from China where he made it to the final of the first ITF Junior Masters tournament. On Wednesday in the second round, Fritz takes on 2013 ASICS Easter Bowl champion Connor Hance at 1 p.m.

Photo of Taylor Fritz by Bob Kenas.

No. 2 seeded William Blumberg, last week’s Carson champion, had no problems handling 2013 Boys’ 16 Easter Bowl finalist and USC-bound Kalman Boyd, 6-1, 6-0. “That was a tough first-round draw,” Blumberg said. “It was a lot closer than the score indicated. It could have easily been 4 and 4, or 5 and 5.”

On Wednesday, the boys’ and girls’ 12s and 14s singles finals will be contested.

In the Boys’ 14s, it will be Jaycer Calleros, the No. 10 seed from San Antonio, against the No. 3-seeded Adam Neff of Bradenton, Fla.

In the Girls’ 14 final, top-seeded Alexa Noel of Summit, N.J., will face No. 14 Whitney Osuigwe of Bradenton, Fla.

Noel beat No. 4-seeded Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek, Calif., in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals on Tuesday. Playing in her first ASICS Easter Bowl, Noel lost to Volynets in the quarterfinals of the National Clay Courts and Hardcourts previously, but was able to record her first win over her.

“The second set I kind of adjusted and calmed down and used my variety and the third set was the same,” Noel said. “She held the baseline pretty well.”

Noel gets pretty emotional on the court, but said she’s getting better at controlling it. Asked why she takes every point to heart, she said with a grin: “I like to win. Sometimes I’m too hard on myself. But I’m working at it.”

On Tuesday, winners were awarded top prizes in the following doubles divisions for the 12s and 14s.

Boys’ 14s doubles final: Jaycer Calleros (San Antonio) / Govind Nanda (2) (Redlands, Calif.) def. Leighton Allen (Austin, Texas) / Nathan Arimilli (7) (Austin, Texas) 8-1.

Girls’ 14 Doubles final: Sara Choy (Palo Alto, Caif.) / Jillian Taggart (4) (Fair Oaks, Calif.) def. Naomi Cheong (Las Vegas) / Sedona Gallagher (Henderson, Nev.) 8-5

Boys’ 12 Doubles final: Hunter Heck (New Brighton, Minn.) / Karl Lee (1) (Los Altos, Calif.) def. Jameson Corsillo (Boca Raton, Fla.) / Martin Damm (Bradenton, Fla.) 8-3

Girls’ 12 Doubles final: Nina Gulbransen (Boca Raton, Fla.) / Jamilah Snells (8) (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) def. Jacque Dunyon (South Ogden, Utah) / Kenadee Semenik (6) (Las Vegas) 8-6

You can catch all the action on Wednesday live on www.easterbowl.com. Sponsors include: ASICS, Laurel Springs School, Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the Dent Junior Academy, the tennis website 10sBalls.com, USTA, The Old Spaghetti Factory, SCTA and Mind Matters Tennis.

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Left to right. Meg Broccolo, Ryan Broccolo, Lisa Stone, Lorne Kuhle, Steve Johnson.

Boys’ 18 Singles (Round of 64)

Taylor Fritz (1) (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) def. Caleb Chakravarthi (Irvine, CA) 7-5, 6-3

Patrick Kypson (Greenville, NC) def. Alex Phillips (Peachtree City, GA) 6-1, 2-1 Ret (inj)

Nathan Ponwith (4) (Scottsdale, AZ) def. Jake DeVine (Los Altos Hills, CA) 6-4, 7-6(9)

Chase Colton (Pompano Beach, FL) def. Alexander Lebedev (Island Park, NY) 6-4, 6-4

Anudeep Kodali (12) (Durham, NC) def. Stephen Madonia (Bradenton, FL) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Trent Bryde (Suwanee, GA) def. Johnathan Small (Zionsville, IN) 6-2, 6-0

Kyrylo Tsygura (North Potomac, MD) def. Michael Genender (Los Angeles, CA) 6-4, 6-3

Ulises Blanch (3) (Deerfield Beach, FL) def. Ryan Marker (Rancho Mirage, CA) 6-4, 6-1

Nicholas Borchenko (Studio City, CA) def. Ethan Young-Smith (Ventura, CA) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4

William Blumberg (2) (Greenwich, CT) def. Kalman Boyd (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) 6-1, 6-0

Boys’ 18 Doubles (Round of 32)

Taylor Fritz (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) / Catalin Mateas (1) (Braintree, MA) def. Alexander Keyser (Danville, CA) / Brenden Volk (Dix Hills, NY) 6-2, 6-2

Alafia Ayeni (San Diego, CA) / Nicholas Borchenko (Studio City, CA) def. Jesse Levitin (Manhasset, NY) / Eric Wagner (Roslyn Hts, NY) 6-3, 4-6, 10-5

Connor Hance (Torrance, CA) / Alexander Lebedev (Island Park, NY) def. Chase Colton (Pompano Beach, FL) / Daniel Gealer (Los Angeles, CA) 7-6(3), 7-6(4)

Jake DeVine (Los Altos Hills, CA) / Patrick Kypson (Greenville, NC) def. Sameer Kumar (Carmel, IN) / Vincent Lin (8) (Schaumburg, IL) 1-6, 6-3, 10-8

Cameron Klinger (Elk Grove, CA) / Nathan Ponwith (Scottsdale, AZ) def. Hady Habib (Bradenton, FL) / Anudeep Kodali (3) (Durham, NC) 7-5, 4-6, 13-11

John McNally (Cincinnati, OH) / Gianni Ross (La Grange, IL) def. Alex Phillips (Peachtree City, GA) / Abhin Sharma (Alpharetta, GA) 6-2, 6-7(6), 10-4

Vasil Kirkov (Tampa, FL) / Sam Riffice (6) (Roseville, CA) def. William Howells (Plantation, FL) / Johnathan Small (Zionsville, IN) 6-3, 6-2

Emanuel Llamas (El Paso, TX) / Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, FL) def. Konrad Kozlowski (Irvine, CA) / Joshua Ortlip (Irvine, CA) 6-4, 7-5

Caleb Chakravarthi (Irvine, CA) / William Genesen (Tulsa, OK) def. Michal Matusiak (Arlington, TX) / Andre Saleh (Newport Beach, CA) 6-0, 6-3

Ulises Blanch (Deerfield Beach, FL) / Liam Caruana (2) (New Braunfels, TX) def. Tyler Schick (Short Hills, NJ) / Oliver Sec (New York, NY) 6-3, 6-3

Pedro Fernandez del Valle (Wesley Chapel, FL) / Agustin Moreno def. Sebastian Mermersky (Chevy Chase, MD) / Kyrylo Tsygura (North Potomac, MD) 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-3

Zeke Clark (Tulsa, OK) / Nathan Perrone (7) (Bluffton, SC) def. Brian Tsao (Sparks Glencoe, MD) / Evan Zhu (Irvine, CA) 6-4, 3-6, 10-6

Trent Bryde (Suwanee, GA) / Emil Reinberg (5) (Atlanta, GA) def. Brandon Holt (Rolling Hills, CA) / Riley Smith (Long Beach, CA) 2-6, 6-2, 10-4

Zac Brodney (Los Angeles, CA) / Pietro Rimondini (Boca Raton, FL) def. Lubomir Cuba (Massapequa Park, NY) / Matthew Gamble (Webster, NY) 0-6, 7-6(3), 10-6

Alex Ross (La Grange, IL) / Eric Rutledge (Fort Worth, TX) def. John Jorgeson (Bradenton, FL) / Sami Kirberg (Ft Lauderdale, FL) 6-7(6), 6-0, 10-4

Mwendwa Mbithi (Deerfield Beach, FL) / Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (4) (London, Surrey) def. Jake Van Emburgh (Verona, WI) / Jeffrey Wolf (Cincinnati, OH) 6-2, 2-6, 10-6

Girls’ 18 Singles (Round of 64)

Usue Arconada (1) (Rio Piedras, PR) def. Ashley Lahey (Hawthorne, CA) 6-2, 6-4

Claire Liu (12) (Thousand Oaks, CA) def. Mimi Levine (Santa Monica, CA) 6-1, 6-2

Chiara Lommer (Skokie, IL) def. Kenya Jones (Memphis, TN) 6-4, 7-6(1)

Ingrid Neel (7) (Bradenton, FL) def. Hanna Chang (Fontana, CA) 6-2, 6-0

Raveena Kingsley (4) (Fulton, MD) def. Alexandra Sabe (Rye, NY) 6-0, 6-1

Caroline Dolehide (8) (Hinsdale, IL) def. Abigail Desiatnikov (Atlanta, GA) 6-0, 6-1

Katie Swan (2) (Wichita, KS) def. Amanda Anisimova (Hallandale Beach, FL) 6-2, 6-3

Jessica Ho (11) (Naples, FL) def. Anna Dollar (Lancaster, PA) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

Maddie Pothoff (Tucson, AZ) def. Kenadi Hance (Torrance, CA) 6-2, 6-1

Sofia Kenin (3) (Pembroke Pines, FL) def. Jaclyn Switkes (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL) 6-0, 6-0

Michaela Gordon (5) (Saratoga, CA) def. Zoe Spence (Chicago, IL) 6-2, 6-1

Emma Higuchi (Los Angeles, CA) def. Gabrielle Schuck (Colorado Springs, CO) 6-1, 6-4

Andie Daniell (Douglasville, GA) def. Rebecca Weissmann (Loveland, CO) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

Girls’ 18 Doubles (Round of 32)

Sofia Kenin (Pembroke Pines, FL) / Katie Swan (1) (Wichita, KS) def. Nicole Kalhorn (Colorado Springs, CO) / Karina Traxler (Rockwall,

TX) 6-1, 7-5

Jessica Failla (Ramona, CA) / Jada Hart (Colton, CA) def. Michaela Gordon (Saratoga, CA) / Claire Liu (3) (Thousand Oaks, CA) 4-6, 6-3,

11-9

Jade Lewis (Hilton Head Island, SC) / caty mcnally (Cincinnati, OH) def. Anna Rogers (Stamford, CT) / Alexandra Sabe (Rye, NY) 6-3, 6-0

Caroline Lampl (Bluemont, VA) / Melissa Lord (Bloomfield, CT) def. Kelly Chen (Cerritos, CA) / Jessica Ho (4) (Naples, FL) 6-3, 6-2

Hanna Chang (Fontana, CA) / Risa Nakagawa (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA) def. Dominique Schaefer (Ventura, CA) / Sofia Sewing (5)

(Doral, FL) 6-1, 3-6, 10-7

Jessie Aney (Rochester, MN) / Ingrid Neel (Bradenton, FL) def. Ashley Lahey (Hawthorne, CA) / Chiara Lommer (skokie, IL) 4-6, 6-1,

10-7

Boys’ 16 Singles (Round of 32)

Oliver Crawford (1) (Spartanburg, SC) def. Christian Alshon (Boca Raton, FL) 6-4, 6-4

Paul Barretto (12) (Tiburon, CA) def. Alex Mascioli (Wayne, PA) 6-3, 6-0

Matthew Lord (5) (Bloomfield, CT) def. Andrew Ton (Milpitas, CA) 6-2, 6-4

Danny Thomas (Pickerington, OH) def. Aleks Huryn (Alpharetta, GA) 6-2, 6-4

Daunte Harris (Lomita, CA) def. William Peters (4) (Duxbury, MA) 6-2, 6-2

Ajai Shekhera (16) (Campbell, CA) def. Jack Katzman (Seattle, WA) 6-4, 6-0

Sam Turchetta (14) (Pound Ridge, NY) def. Conrad Russell (Palo Alto, CA) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3

Chambers Easterling (Spartanburg, SC) def. Jourdan Kast (Boca Raton, FL) 6-2, 6-4

Brian Cernoch (11) (North Bethesda, MD) def. Charles Deng (Temple City, CA) 6-2, 6-1

Austen Huang (2) (Elk Grove, CA) def. Athell Bennett (Valley Stream, NY) 6-2, 6-2

Jason Lui (7) (Bellevue, WA) def. Mayson Xue (San Ramon, CA) 6-3, 6-4

William Woodall (Washington, DC) def. Steven Sun (Boca Raton, FL) 6-3, 6-4

Bryce Pereira (San Gabriel, CA) def. Matthew Rodriguez (9) (Highland Beach, FL) 6-3, 6-3

Abhijeet Joshi (6) (Millington, NJ) def. Luke Ross (Sewickley, PA) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(6)

Jackson Suh (15) (Bellevue, WA) def. Dylan Levitt (Las Vegas, NV) 6-2, 7-6(1)

Sean Sculley (3) (Hilton Head Island, SC) def. Brady Draheim (Omaha, NE) 6-2, 7-5

Girls’ 16 Singles (Round of 32)

Taylor Bridges (Mesa, AZ) def. Grace Joyce (1) (Newton, MA) 6-2, 6-1

Stephanie Schrage (Millburn, NJ) def. Janice Shin (9) (Houston, TX) 6-4, 6-4

Anna Brylin (Short Hills, NJ) def. Jessi Muljat (Sacramento, CA) 6-3, 7-5

Tatum Rice (Hot Springs, AR) def. Abigail Chiu (16) (Austin, TX) 6-2, 6-3

Victoria Flores (4) (Fort Dodge, IA) def. Jenna Moustafa (Los Angeles, CA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

Nicole Mossmer (La Jolla, CA) def. Madeline Meredith (13) (Vestavia, AL) 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-1

Victoria Emma (12) (Naples, FL) def. Jessica Aragon (Plano, TX) 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-3

Carolyn Campana (Hillsborough, CA) def. McCartney Kessler (Calhoun, GA) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3

Taylor Johnson (Redondo Beach, CA) def. Meg Kowalski (15) (La Grange, IL) 7-6(5), 6-3

Samantha Martinelli (2) (Denver, CO) def. Ivana Corley (Albuquerque, NM) 6-3, 6-3

Hannah Zhao (8) (San Diego, CA) def. Stevie Kennedy (Bonita Springs, FL) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Natasha Subhash (Fairfax, VA) def. Andjelija Bozovic (Burr Ridge, IL) 6-2, 6-2

Isabella Lorenzini (10) (Clarendon Hills, IL) def. Caroline Dunleavy (Darien, CT) 6-4, 7-5

Salma Ewing (Long Beach, CA) def. Alexandra Belaya (Melbourne, FL) 6-4, 7-6(4)

Hannah Lairmore (14) (Mobile, AL) def. Rachel Eason (Union City, CA) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Delaney Nothaft (Tempe, AZ) def. Maria Ross (17) (Lakewood Ranch, FL) 6-2, 6-4

Boys’ 14 Singles (Semifinal Round)

Jaycer Calleros (10) (San Antonio, TX) def. Joshua Xu (5) (Chandler, AZ) 6-2, 6-0

Adam Neff (3) (Bradenton, FL) def. Brandon Nakashima (2) (San Diego, CA) 6-3, 6-0

Boys’ 14 Doubles (Final Round)

Jaycer Calleros (San Antonio, TX) / Govind Nanda (2) (Redlands, CA) def. Leighton Allen (Austin, TX) / Nathan Arimilli (7) (Austin, TX) 8-1

Boys’ 14 Doubles (Playoff)

Robert Cash (New Albany, OH) / Anand Saluja (5) (Brookfield, WI) def. Ryder Jackson (Nicasio, CA) / Max Motlagh (Richardson, TX)

9-8(4)

Girls’ 14 Singles (Semifinal Round)

Whitney Osuigwe (14) (Bradenton, FL) def. Kacie Harvey (6) (Braintree, MA) 7-6(7), 6-2

Alexa Noel (1) (Summit, NJ) def. Katie Volynets (4) (Walnut Creek, CA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

Girls’ 14 Doubles (Final Round)

Sara Choy (Palo Alto, CA) / Jillian Taggart (4) (Fair Oaks, CA) def. Naomi Cheong (Las Vegas, NV) / Sedona Gallagher (Henderson, NV) 8-5

Girls’ 14 Doubles (Playoff)

Michelle Deng (Temple City, CA) / Rena Lin (Northridge, CA) def. Vivian Cheng (Santa Monica, CA) / Britt Pursell (Oceanside, CA) 8-4

Boys’ 12 Singles (Semifinal Round)

Hunter Heck (6) (New Brighton, MN) def. Aidan Mayo (1) (Roseville, CA) 7-5, 6-4

Jameson Corsillo (2) (Boca Raton, FL) def. Martin Damm (Bradenton, FL) 7-6(2), 6-3

Boys’ 12 Doubles (Final Round)

Hunter Heck (New Brighton, MN) / Karl Lee (1) (Los Altos, CA) def. Jameson Corsillo (Boca Raton, FL) / Martin Damm (Bradenton, FL) 8-3

Boys’ 12 Doubles (Playoff)

Hugo Hashimoto (San Jose, CA) / Alex Lin (4) (Granite Bay, CA) def. Maxwell McKennon (Newport Beach, CA) / JJ Tracy (2) (Ann Arbor, MI) 8-4

Girls’ 12 Singles (Semifinal Round)

Gabriella Price (1) (Montebello, NY) def. Nina Gulbransen (3) (Boca Raton, FL) 6-3, 6-4

Emma Jackson (LA Grange Park, IL) def. Savannah Broadus (2) (Carrollton, TX) 6-4, 6-1

Girls’ 12 Doubles (Final Round)

Nina Gulbransen (Boca Raton, FL) / Jamilah Snells (8) (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) def. Jacque Dunyon (South Ogden, UT) / Kenadee Semenik (6) (Las Vegas, NV) 8-6

Girls’ 12 Doubles (Playoff)

Gabriella Price (Montebello, NY) / Maya Pitts (3) (Los Angeles, CA) def. Savannah Broadus (Carrollton, TX) / Katherine Petty (1)

(Dallas, TX) 8-1

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