POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER USTA PRO CLASSIC

Written by: Staff on 16th September 2012

POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER USTA PRO CLASSIC |

CLAREMONT, Calif. , (Sept. 16, 2012) – Daniel Kosakowski couldn’t have picked a better time to play near-perfect tennis, as the 20-year from nearby Downey, Calif., captured the singles title and the $1,300 first-prize money on Sunday at the 17th annual Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Pro Classic, a $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit men’s event.

The No. 2-seeded Kosakowski beat unseeded Prakash Amritraj, 6-3, 6-1, for his second career Futures title in five finals attempts.

“That was Top 100 tennis right there,” Amritraj’s cousin Stephen, a former pro player who played at Duke told a smiling Kosakowski as he came off the court. A nice finals crowd at the Claremont Club plus tournament director Barry Friedman all had to agree with Stephen after what they saw: Kosakowski has a huge forehand, a booming serve and loads of potential to compete on the ATP Tour.

“He played great today,” said Prakash Amritraj, representing India but living in Sherman Oaks, Calif. “There were a couple of moments of the first set where if I would have won a crucial point or two it could have changed the complexion of the match.

“Once he got that early momentum he did a great job of building on it and really raising his level. He didn’t seem to miss much.”

Both players started strong holding serve at 3-all before Kosakowski got the crucial break in the seventh game of the first set. Making a very high percentage of his first serves, Kosakowski never dropped his serve and went on to reel off nine of the next 10 games for the title with a heavy forehand and a consistent backhand.

“Everything just seemed to click today,” said Kosakowski, who will play in the Costa Mesa Futures event, which starts on Monday. “I had a good warm-up this morning with my brother-in-law,” adding that it’s always more comfortable to sleep in your own bed.

For more information, check on the web at:www.procircuit.usta.com, www.claremontclub.com; Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Claremont-Club/236147226396

Sunday’s Final Singles Result

Daniel Kosakowski, U.S. (2), def. Prakash Amritraj, India, 6-3, 6-1

Friday’s Final Doubles Result

Devin Britton, U.S.-Reid Carleton , U.S. (1), def. Jeff Dadamo, U.S.-Kyle McMorrow, U.S. (2), 4-6, 7-5, 10-6

Recent Claremont Champions

Year Singles Winner Singles Runner-up Doubles Champions

2012 Daniel Kosakowski Prakash Amritraj Devin Britton-Reid Carleton

2011 Steve Johnson Darian King Alexandre Lacroix-Sanam Singh

2010 Gary Sacks Devin Britton Taylor Fogleman-Chris Kearney

2009 Matej Bocko Bradley Klahn Brett Joelson-Ashwin Kumar

2008 Tigran Martirosyan Adriano Biasello Marcus Fugate-Nima Roshan

2007 Carsten Ball Robert Yim Nikita Kryvonos-Michael McClune

2006 Dudi Sela Sascha Kloer Ryler DeHeart-Dennis Zivkovic

2005 Benedikt Dorsch Tyler Cleveland K.C. Corkery-James Pade

2004 Bobby Reynolds Huntley Montgomery Nick Rainey-Brian Wilson

2003 Glenn Weiner Jimy Szymanski K.C. Corkery-James Pade

2002 Dmitry Tursunov Raven Klaasen Chris Magyary-Mirko Pehar

Points, Prize Money for $10,000 Futures Tournaments

Singles Doubles

Points Prize $ Points Prize $

Winner 17 $1,300 17 $630

Finalist 9 $900 9 $330

Semifinalist 5 $480 5 $260

Quarterfinalist 2 $290 2 $180

Round of 16 1 $200 1 ——

Round of 32 0 $117.50 – ——

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