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August 1999 News

Match Play Begins 8:00 A.M. Friday
Aug. 1, 1999
Final preparations are underway for another exciting Nationals tourny here in Kalamazoo. Match play will commence at 8 a.m ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

King and Fish Named Top Seeds
Aug. 1, 1999
More than 400 of the nation\\\'s best young amateur male tennis players will arrive in Kalamazoo this week to ...

Source: Darlene Pontello (Tournament Office)

New For 1999: Player Profiles
Aug. 1, 1999
A new feature in this year's tournament web site is the Player Profiles section. Fans can visit the Player ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Day 1 of USTA Boys Competition Comes to a Tiring Close
Aug. 1, 1999
The nation's best tennis talent faced off at Kalamazoo College's Stowe Stadium and Sorensen Courts at Western Michigan ...

Source: Joe Taylor

Bryans Brighten Kalamazoo At Friday Night's Exhibition
Aug. 1, 1999
The Bryan twins (Bob and Mike) concluded a busy week, which included collecting a bronze at the Pan American Games ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Play Suspended Due To Rain
Aug. 1, 1999
Saturday Nationals action has been suspended at both Stowe Stadium and WMU courts as of approximately 1:15 p.m ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

16 Doubles Continues Indoors
Aug. 1, 1999
Rainy weather delays singles and forces 16 doubles indoors. Play will continue at the Markin Center and West Hills through ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Here Comes the Sun...
Aug. 1, 1999
Sunday, Aug. 8.
A misting fog has covered Kalamazoo this morning, the remnants of the rains from yesterday. Despite periodic ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Sun Returns; 16 & 18 Singles Underway
Aug. 1, 1999
Despite rain forcing the 16 feed-ins indoors, by late morning the weather had cleared in Kalamazoo allowing 16 and 18 ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Only Two Seeded 16s Doubles Fail To Advance
Aug. 1, 1999
All but two of the seeded 16s doubles pairs advanced in yesterday's indoor doubles play.

Top seeded Rajeev Ram ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Top Three Seeds Advance In 16s Division
Aug. 1, 1999
Jesse Witten (Naples, FL), Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA) and Hamid Mirzadeh (Lake Worth, FL) all advanced in Sunday afternoon singles ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Monday, Aug 9 Schedule
Aug. 1, 1999
Today Stowe will feature both 18 and 16 Singles 3rd Round action and Western has 18 Feed in's 3rd ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Feed Ins Heat Up at Western
Aug. 1, 1999
Aug. 9, 1999
For most of the day today, play at Western was dominated by the feed in draws of ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Tuesday Morning Thunderstorms Move Play Indoors
Aug. 1, 1999
Early morning thunderstorms rolled through the Kalamazoo area on Tuesday. The 3rd round 16 singles feed-in play scheduled for 8 ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Overview of Play Scheduled for Thursday (Aug. 12th)
Aug. 1, 1999
Aug. 12, 1999
Times likely to change as weather/scheduling permits.

Kalamazoo College's Stowe Stadium:
8am 18 Feed In ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Neighborhood Picnic a Big Success
Aug. 1, 1999
Aug 11, 1999
Last night, the West Main Neighborhood held its annual picnic for players, guests, officials and volunteers of ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

USTA Boys' Results Go Wireless!
Aug. 1, 1999
Millions of Palm Pilot users were excited to learn earlier this year that their pocket-sized digital organizers were going wireless ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

And Then There Were Eight
Aug. 1, 1999
Day seven in Kalamazoo arrives with the threat of afternoon rain and just eight players remaining in both the 18 ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Intermittent Rain Prevents Completion Of Today's Scheduled 16s Singles Quarter-Finals
Aug. 1, 1999
As expected, the rain arrived at mid-day suspending play with one quarter-final match completed. Second seed Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

16 Doubles Quarter-Final Results
Aug. 1, 1999
Four quarter-final matches were completed at Markin late yesterday (Thursday) afternoon and evening. Second seeded Stephen Amritraj (Calabasas, CA) and ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Ginepri Captures 16's Singles Championship
Aug. 1, 1999
Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA) captured his second title in as many days by winning the 1999 16's Singles Championship ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Friday's Scheduled Matches (8/13)
Aug. 1, 1999
Matches at Stowe Stadium:
(times/locations subject to weather)

8:30am 16 Feed In, 5th Round
9am 18 Feed In ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Quarter-Finals Complete In 16 & 18 Singles; Top Two Alive In Both
Aug. 1, 1999
Quarter-final action wrapped up Friday afternoon in both the 16 and 18 divisions.

In 18s action, top seed Phillip King ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Semi-Final Doubles Complete; Finals Scheduled For Saturday
Aug. 1, 1999
Semi-final doubles action concluded early Friday evening. Pairing off in Saturday's 18s finals match will be Michael Calkins and ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

16 Singles Final To Feature Ginepri (2) & Abougzir (16)
Aug. 1, 1999
Sunday's 16 singles final will feature second seed Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA) against sixteenth seed Ytai Abougzir (Boca Raton ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Top Seeds To Face Off In Tomorrow's 18 Singles Final
Aug. 1, 1999
Top seeded Phillip King (Long Beach, CA) will face second seed Mardy Fish (Vero Beach, FL) in Sunday's 18s ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

Abougzir-Ginepri Win Doubles Title; Face Each Other In Singles Final
Aug. 1, 1999
It's been a good day for Ytai Abougzir (Boca Raton, FL) and Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA). Both won their ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff

King Defeats Fish For 18's Singles Championship
Aug. 1, 1999
Top seeded Phillip King (Long Beach, CA) defeated second seed Mardy Fish (Vero Beach, FL) to win the 1999 18 ...

Source: USTA Boys Staff