Sheryl Bon beats the number two seed in Pasadena California Rose Bowl. Asia Muhammad , also in the semifinals, faces off against Sheryl to see who will be in the final.
April 14, 2003 By Ryan Wolfington Yahner advances for Vegas
Tennis is to be played because it is right. When a player has a love of the game that is all they need. This motivation is enough. Some people just like to compete. They like to strive and do it right. That is the game. There is no need to worry about where the game will take you, you just play now, and give it your full attention, and let the cards fall where they will. So many players lose this love of the game by getting caught in the mental about rankings, and future plans. Just play, and in all you do , do it right, then the rest will take it's course. Let the other players be worried about all the mental stuff. Play this point and address the next point when that time comes, and not a moment before... These national events, like the Easter bowl, give players that are the top of their local and sectional field a chance to compete against players that will give them competition. Last time Maggie played in a local event she went right through the draw unchallenged. Most of the best players were not in the draw. What happened in Las Vegas is the best players started staying home one by one, until eventually few top players entered. Yet now with local events being promoted by VegasTennis.com , I have been recruiting the best players to no longer sit at home but to come together in these draws, then players like Maggie, and even the Thompson girls, can get competition.
EASTER BOWL RESULTS.. Sabrina Capannolo wins first round 6-4, 6-0, against Marlena Hall of plantation, Florida. She then lost to Amanda Fish, the 11th seed from Massachusetts, 6-2, 6-4. Sabrina then won her first consolation match against M. Tuttle 7-5, 6-2. Sabrina won her first Doubles draw match with her partner Sylvia Kosakowski. They beat Tiffany A. Clifford and Tiffany A. Tucker from little Rock Arkansas and N. Richland Hills, Texas. Capannolo in semifinals of Easter bowl doubles after WINNING NEXT TWO ROUNDS. Click her to see tournament page and draw. In the biggest event of the year for juniors Patrick Kawka showed he is as good as anyone in his age by competing in the first round losing only by a margin of games. He lost to Benjamin Chen of Spring, Texas 6-4, 7-5. Patrick then went to the west draw and beat Quinton Vega 7-5, 6-3. Click here to see tournament page and draw Rishi Daulat, the only 14 and under player in Las Vegas to go to the Easter Bowl, came close in the first set of the first round, losing it 6-4 to number 14 seed Kevin Galloway, then he lost the second set 6-0. Rishi then went on to win two consolation round matches against some of the best competition in the country. First he beat Jeffrey Friedman from Westport, Conneticut. Then he beat J. Fife 6-4, 6-3, before losing his fourth match to B. Lankenau in a close 6-1, 6-4. Rishi just took second in the boy's 16 finals weeks ago at Summerlin and is registered to compete at the VegasTennis.com Junior Circuit May 14-18th. March 10th, 2003 Alexis Garrett won a Tier 2, girls 12 designated tournament in Southern California this past weekend. The South Bay tournament was a very large 128 round draw tournament. Along the way she upset 3 seeded players. The tournament was a 2 weekend tournament. Alexys has been showing her skill by not only winning local 12 and under events but the 14 and under category as well. With what I put together at Desert Palm, the Largest tournament that never was, now everyone knows it is possible and this town can now begin to have many high competition events with large draws like that of Southern California. It is just a matter of doing the work. Another solution is to have a double draw where the tournaments are two weekends long back to back like the ones in California. The first weekend singles and the second doubles, or you can run the same draw twice. Why not have an event every weekend? week...Feb 20, 2003 Julia Baltas wins the ITA sweetheart circuit tournament for girls 14 and under. Veronica Kawka finished 6th place, losing in three sets of the 5th/6th final. She lost the first set 6-2, and was down 5-0 in the second, then came back and won 7 straight games. (reported by John Baltas...thank you) Ryan Gormley took 3rd place in the Intermountain sweat heart 16's circuit in Boise Idaho..Alicia Karafa took 5th in her tournament... Alexis Garrett made it to the finals in the Ogden Utah 12 under Intermountain sweetheart circuit. Stan Breland makes round of 16's in round of 64 national draw in Claremont Cristala Andrews makes it to round of 16 before losing to tournament winner Claire Rietsch in singles, then she made it to the finals in doubles taking second place to the same player. Christian and Catrina Thompson's played in a $25,000.oo Professional tennis challenger this past week and after at first being nervous shook it off and came back in the first set to force a tie break before losing it 7-6, and 6-3 in the second set. They felt they held their own against a team with a Brazilian player who is ranked 228 in singles and 208 in doubles, and her partner who was ranked 348 in doubles and 238 in singles. Click here to see the The Columbus , Ohio Challenger draw. You can come and watch the girls play this weekend at the Spanish Trail Open doubles as they have been admitted into the Men's open draw to give them the competition they need. Their first match is Saturday at 12:30 pm and the second if they win at 5pm. |
Maggie
Yahner won two rounds beating the number 17 seed from Illinois, Taylor
Marable, before barely losing to the number two seed Magdalena
Bresson, 6-4, 6-1. In
the first round she defeated 7-5, 6-0. In the
second round she beat Taylor
Marable 6-2, 6-4. Maggie advances farther then any other Las Vegas
player in singles. Then Maggie lost in the consolation draw against the 11 seed L.
Sveke. Last Super national it was Sabrina Capannolo who put Vegas
on the map winning the girl's 18 and under doubles. This achievement
so long belonging to the Nationally ranked Christian and Catrina
Thompson.
Sabrina is duplicating this performance in the girls 18 and under
doubles by reaching the semifinals. Maggie is slowly but surly inching her way up showing that she can
hang with the top seed player in the most competitive event of the
year. I recall meeting Maggie at Lorenzi Racquet club last
Summer, when she came to play in a district event. And during the
whole weekend she stayed and watched match after match with
interest. This type of innate interest is all that it takes for a
player to enjoy the game and ultimately one's life. In fact, Melissa
Gibson described how her daughter Gabrielle had initially struggled
with wanting to play the game at all. After years of not having the
success she wanted, she was down on playing. But when she would
watch Maggie play at Desert Palm with shear joy in doing so, it
inspired her to start really playing again.
Next
Month, May 16 -18th I am putting on the - Sheryl Bon...Local Junior makes it to Finals in National Tournament
Joshua Thompson makes it to second round in California Tournament then lost to the number two seed in two sets. Then he made it to the third round of the consolation draw before being forced to withdraw.
Hunter Campbell made it to the semifinals of the boy's 18 and under draw in California tournament.
- Local teens play in USTA 14 National open
MEMORIAL DAY CIRCUIT TOURNAMENT
Local teens go to Colorado for tournament. Alec Runyon reached the finals in the West Draw for the boy's 16 and under. Click here to see the draw. Alison Davis and Aziza Ababutain both made it to the Quarterfinals in the main draw. Then they ended up facing each other in the North east Draw Finals. Aziza won the finals match 6-2, 6-4.Alan Karafa made it to the quarterfinals of the West Draw.
Dean Stavri made it to the quarterfinals of the boy's 18 and under then won the Northeast Draw Finals. He was also in the doubles draw with partner Jacob Childress from Montana. They made it to the semifinals before losing to the number one seed.
Cristala Andrews wins national Tournament in Utah. The USTA National Open Championships brought players from Iowa, Florida, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Missouri, Illinois, and West Vancouver, British Columbia, but none, from no where could beat Las Vegas's Cristala Andrews.Two other Las Vegas players made their presence known there as well. Dominique Aubry made it to the semifinals, Brittany Hanna made it passed the first round but fell to the number one seed in round 2. Cristala Andrews made it to the semifinals, then the quarter finals, then the finals, then won the whole tournament, as the girls 14 and under champion.
Brittany Hanna and Cristala Andrews teamed up in the doubles getting all the way to the semifinals. Dominique Aubry also made it to the semifinals with Dee Dee Nelson from Bountiful, Utah. A Reno Nevada Player, Julianne Burgarello , won the doubles with a partner from Naples Florida, Brittany Delaney .Click here to see full draw.
Bloomington Duel In the Desert
Two Las Vegas girls dominate the dual in the desert among the 16 and under girls. Aziza Aba Butain from Mt Charleston won the entire tournament, and Brittany Hanna also the Las Vegas area, came in second. Out of 14 girls in the draw, they were the only two from Nevada, and they came in first and second.
Aziza also played in the 18 and under girls doubles and won with a partner from Santa Clara Utah, Tracy Johnson.
Patrick Kawka wins 12 and under singles. Patrick went to Utah for the Bloomington Duel In the Desert and came home a winner.
The boys 10 and under singles was also won by a Las Vegas Player...Brian Foley.
Three Las Vegas players make it to the quarterfinals in boys 16 and under. Mike Uriarte and Alec Runyon both made it to the Quarterfinals.
One Las Vegas player, Cameron Parker, won the Boys 16 and under.
Alec Runyon from Las Vegas, and his partner from St. George Utah, Chad Spilker, made it to the finals for boys 16 and under doubles, coming in second.
Ryan Garner made it to the semi-finals for boys 18& under.
Sarah Toti made it to the semi-finals for girls 12 and under.
Dominique Aubry won second place in the girls 14 and under.
Las Vegas Sisters in National Tournament. Christian E Thompson (13) has reached the "Round of 16" after starting in a round of 128 18 and under juniors from all over the country at the nation wide junior tournament in Palm Springs...The Easter Bowl. She defeating 3 opponents to get to this point and is still in the race. Her sister Catrina M Thompson (25) made it to the round of 32 by beating 2 opponents and now they are teamed together in the 18 and under doubles, seeded number one in the tournament......developing..
Easter Bowl stories and photos.
Lorenzi jr Novice Tournament winners.....Lenny Whiting wins 16 & under boys.......Sean Everett comes in second.Shelby Zepeca.....Brian Kenyon....Alicia Karafa.......Lauren Harmen.....16&under consolation winner is Jonathan Fraguso..coming in second is Michael Gestov,
Easter Circuit Junior tournament
Nothings changed..Sabrina Capannolo (1) wins the girls 18 and under by winning the finals and Jamie L Marshall (2) places 2nd.
Julia C Baltos (6) overcomes
the number two seed Farwa Husain (2)
in the
semifinals and then she
beat the number one seed
Sheryl S Bon (1) to become
the ITA Easter Circuit 12 & under girls champion. Both matches were hard
fought. She won the finals
7-6; 6-4.
ATI Easter Circuit News
Lew Deleon places 3rd overall in men's 18 and under.
In a three set, well played final Ryan Gormley places 2nd for 14 & under.....
An unbelievable battle..Cristala Andrews (1) and Dominique P Aubry (3) played three full sets, going back and forth on deuce/add numerous times, with the first and final sets being settled by tie breakers. These girls were hitting hard and going all out as the two Las Vegans battled it out for the finalist position, and today Dominique won 7-6, 5-7, 7-6. Incredible match.
Dominique P Aubry (3) wins the number two spot in the ITA Easter circuit tournament going against players from 5 different states in the girls 14 and under.
Number one player in the Intermountain section(18 & under), Lew Deleon (1) has defeated each opponent without a problem landing him in the quarterfinals.
Sheryl S Bon (1) after being down 1 set to nothing, comes back to win the final two sets and her seat at the finalist table for girls 12 and under. She will meet Julia C Baltos (6) of Team Agassi, who defeated another Las Vegan who was the number 2 seed, Farwa Husain (2) . This was a very heated and contested battle that ended 7-5; 2-6; 6-4.
Gormley Sails into the finals with ease,6-2,6-2.
Unranked 16 and under J. Muhammad defeats fifth ranked K. Combs from Idaho (5) 6-3; 2-6; 6-1 to gain a spot in the Quarterfinals.
3 Vegas 12 & under Junior's make quarterfinals...2 make semifinals.. Brandon Parker (1) and unranked Patrick Kawka.
.....Unranked Patrick Kawka becomes the only not ranked quarterfinalist and semifinalist by defeating the number two seed in straight sets (12 & under boys) then defeating the number six seed in straight sets, Unranked?.
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Girls 12 and 14 Dominate...5 States are represented at the ITA Easter Circuit. 3 out of the four semifinalists in the girls 14 and under are from Las Vegas, Cristala Andrews, Brittany Hanna ,Candynce Boney and Dominique P Aubry.
Las Vegas's 14 and under girls put four of their own into the Quarterfinals in this 5 State dual;
Cristala Andrews (1), Brittany Hanna (2),Candynce Boney (6) and Dominique P Aubry (3).14 & under Unseeded Bryan Miller defeats the seventh seed Christopher Suciu (7) from Layton, UT 6-4,... 6-2...to reach the quarterfinals.
3 Las Vegas 14 and under boys make it to the Quarterfinals....Rishi Daulat , (4)Ryan Gormley (3)and Bryan Miller.
5 Las Vegas 12 and under girls make it to the Quarter Finals Sheryl S Bon (1) , Iesha James (7) , Julia C Baltos (6) , Shauna Morgan , F. Husain (2).
Summerlin Junior Tournament Review and scores
