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After three hours and 39 minutes playing in the blazing Indian Wells heat, Brandon Holt watched the final ball sail long and couldn’t even muster enough energy to raise his arms in triumph.
San Diego’s Keegan Smith had just beaten a player in the world top 10 junior rankings and the No. 1-seed at the ASICS Easter Bowl, but was trying his best to act like it was no big deal.
The ASICS Easter Bowl will award $10,000 in travel grants in the form of vouchers for airline travel and hotel expenses at this year’s ITF event taking place April 2-10 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, tournament director Lornie Kuhle has announced.
Ever since partying a little too hard in her high school days, Southern Belle hasn’t been much for those rowdy Spring Break trips. Kicking back with a good book and her toes in the sand is more her style.
The top-seeded Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., resident Fritz, who came back from down a set and 0-5 to win a third-round match on Thursday, continued his high level of play on the final day of the tournament on Sunday as he beat No. 12-seeded Sam Riffice, 6-2, 6-3, to claim the title in the tournament played at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Sam Martinelli has won both the singles and doubles titles at the prestigious ASICS Easter kBowl Championships, an ITF Level 1 and USTA Level 1 National Championships.
Both finalists in the 48th annual ASICS Easter Bowl ITF Girls’ 18s singles on Sunday will have some valuable experience to draw upon of playing on the final day of one of the nation’s top junior events.
This week the pros are in Houston, Charleston, Casablanca, Katowice, Raanana, LeGosier, SanLuis Potosi, Napoli, Leon, Batman(?), St.Brieuc ( yes, BATMAN in Turkey ).
It was Sweet 16 day at the 48th annual ASICS Easter Bowl as both boys’ and girls’ 16s champions were crowned on the final day of play in the USTA Spring Nationals lower divisions.
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.
On a day the USTA announced Martin Blackman as its new General Manager of Player Development, and last year’s ASICS Easter Bowl Boys’ 18s champion Francis Tiafoe signed a professional contract with Jay Z’s Roc Nation, all four boys’ and girls’ divisions played on a busy Monday at the 48th annual ASICS Easter Bowl.
The show will air Sunday, May, 18, at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT, immediately following the finals of the Italian Open. Another airing will take place later in the day at 10 p.m. PT.
Desperately wanting to play in her third straight ASICS Easter Bowl final, CiCi Bellis of Atherton, Calif., rallied to win the last four games after being down 4-2 in the third set to beat top-seeded Sofia Kenin of Pembroke Pines, Fla., 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, in the Girls’ 18s singles semifinals on Saturday at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
In a match that had all the intensity of a final between two of the nation’s top 16-year-olds, top-seeded Francis Tiafoe of College Park, Md., came back to beat No. 7-seeded Taylor Fritz of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, on Friday to advance to the ITF Boys’ 18s semifinals at the ASICS Easter Bowl.
What a difference a year has made for 15-year-old Sofia Kenin, the ITF Girls’ 18s No. 1 seeded-player in this week’s ASICS Easter Bowl.
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