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Now that the decision has been made, Taylor Fritz feels like he can relax and get down to the business of becoming a successful professional tennis player.
The US Open men’s doubles field has been blown wide open, with all the seeds in action on Thursday falling in battle.
Seventeen-year old Taylor Fritz, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and 18-year old Tommy Paul, of Lumberton, N.J., will play each other Saturday for the French Open boys’ singles title in Paris, the first-ever all-American boys’ singles final at Roland Garros, dating back to 1947.
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.
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.
It looked pretty certain for a short time during play at the 48th annual ASICS Easter Bowl on Thursday that the event might lose its top-seeded player in the ITF 18s for a second consecutive day.
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.
World TeamTennis today announced the schedule for the 2015 season, which is highlighted by the return of world No. 1 Serena Williams to WTT action for the first time since 2011.
The singles semifinals, of course, stole all the headlines (well, except this one!) on Thursday at the Australian Open. That was always going to be the case with a lineup featuring Serena Williams vs. Madison Keys, Andy Murray vs. Tomas Berdych, and Maria Sharapova also in action.
The Southern California USTA Pro Futures rolled into the semifinal round today as they ousted the final 16 year-old from the tournament, … but not without a fight. And youth may yet be served…
Pro tennis is back in the Southland this month. Thanks to the efforts of USC Trojans tennis coach, Peter Smith, we have two $15,000 USTA men's Futures events this week and next week. Today at the Marks Tennis Stadium on the USC campus you could actually see, side by side, two of the current "hopes" for the future of US Tennis.
Noah Rubin (18, Rockville Centre, N.Y.) became the second American in the last 20 years to capture the Wimbledon boys’ singles championship today, defeating fellow American and No. 6 seed Stefan Kozlov (16, Pembroke Pines, Fla.), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, in a historic Wimbledon junior boys’ final this morning at the All England Club in London.
The Amazing Bryan Brothers. The travelling road show continues and it's become that we expect to find them in finals. They are truly amazing to watch play. They move in tandem as smoothly as Roger Federer glides around a court.
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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