August 2001 News

The staff at USTAboys.com has decided upon some of its own Gold and Silver Ball recipients for the most ...

Sources: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office) & Matt

Ytai Abougzir wins Boys 18 Feed In over Rajeev Ram 6-3, 6-0. Pramod Dabir takes the Boys 16 Feed In ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

Spectators who had not followed the play of third seed James Wan and fourth seed Brendan Evans throughout the week ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

Three years after defeating Andy Roddick in the Boys 16 singles Super National Championships, Alex Bogomolov added a second Super ...

Source: Matt

Four players have endured nine grueling days of tennis to advance to the Championship Matches in Boys 18 singles and ...

Source: Matt

What began as a nightmare for 16s Doubles player Brett Joelson ended as a dream on Court One at Stowe ...

Source: Matt

The finals are set for the Boys 18 & 16 Super Nationals Championships. At least, they are for the Doubles Championships ...

Source: Matt

Semifinalists Set

Aug. 10, 2001
Four more players earned spots in the 18 & 16 Super National Semi Finals on Friday.

In the 16s division, 10th seed Pramod Dabir of Saratoga CA lost a tough base-line battle to 13th seed Jamil Al-Agba of Camarillo CA 7-6(4) 7-5. In the other Quarter Final match held on Friday, 3rd seed James Wan of Woodbury NY committed only one unforced error during his 6-1, 6-2 victory over the 6'6" John Isner (15) of Greensboro NC.

In the 18s division, 8th seed Alex Bogomolov of Miami FL overpowered his doubles partner, 3rd seed Ytai Abougzir of Naples FL, 6-4, 6-2 to earn a trip to the Semi Finals. In Friday's other Quarter Final match, 5th seed Todd Widom of Coral Springs FL used his passing shots effectively in scoring a 6-2, 6-1 victory over 9th seed Prakash Amritraj of Encino CA.

Widom will play Bogomolov in Saturday's 18s singles Semi Finals; Al-Agba will play Wan in the 16s singles Semi-Finals.

Source: Matt

Second seed Brian Baker (Nashville, TN) and 22nd seed Travis Rettenmaier (Fountain Valley, CA) produced one of the most entertaining ...

Source: Matt

The top half of both the 16s and 18s draws take the court on Friday in quarterfinal singles play.

In ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

Four teams have advanced to semi-finals in the Boys 18 Doubles Championships.

The 2nd ranked team of Rajeev Ram (Carmel ...

Source: Matt

Scott Oudsema took Court One at Stowe Stadium at noon on Wednesday, but the large lunch time crowd could not ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

There is room at the top of the Boys 18 & 16 Super National Championships. Both Number One seeds, Rajeev Ram of Carmel, IN in the 18s and Sukhwa Young from Wesley Chapel, FL in the 16s, lost their Round of 16 matches on Wednesday.

In the 18s, 9th seed Prakash Amritraj from Encino, CA rode an agressive serve-volley strategy to a 7-6(2), 6-2 victory over top seeded Ram.

In 16s action, top seed Young battled both the heat index that climbed above 100 degrees and the tenth seeded player of Pramod Dabir (Saratoga, CA), eventually succumbing by the score of 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-2.

In other 18s singles action, upsets abounded as 10th seed Lester Cook (Van Nuys, CA) beat 6th seed Jesse Witten (Naples, FL) 7-5, 5-7, 6-1; 13th seed Sam Warburg (Sacramento, CA) upset 4th seed ...

Source: Matt

Beginning at 11:00 a.m, in Boys 16 Singles, Justin Montgomery (7), of Oxnard CA faces Brendan Evans, the ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

Brian Baker, Nashville Tennessee, number two seed in Boys 18s and last year's 16s feed-in champion, is scheduled to ...

Source: Matt

Kalamazoo's Scott Oudsema, seeded ninth in the Boys 16s, will be featured in a fourth round match at Stowe ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

In the upset of the day, Boys' 16s singles second seed Luke Shields of Grand Junction, CO, lost in the ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

At 10:30 a.m.,Trevor McLeod of Kalamazoo takes the court in the 16s division. Scott Oudsema, seeded ninth ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

Trevor McLeod of Kalamazoo and Scott Oudsema of Portage won tough matches Sunday afternoon at Stowe Stadium. McLeod beat Stuart ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

Kalamazoo's Nick Rinks is scheduled to play 5th seeded Wayne Odesnik at 10 am at Stowe Stadium. Trevor McLeod ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

Kalamazoo area players Nick Rinks and Eric Hodgman advanced to the second round of the USTA Boys 16s Super Nationals ...

Source: Matt

The future of American Tennis was on display Friday night at Kalamazoo College's Stowe Stadium. Young American Tennis professionals ...

Source: Matt

Nick Rinks and Eric Hodgman of Kalamazoo are scheduled to take the courts at 9:30 a.m, as is ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

Due to his stunning victory over French Open Champion Gustavo Kuerten in the Tennis Masters Series in Montreal on Wednesday ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

In 16s singles, Portage's Scott Oudsema, seeded ninth, will play Justin Montgomery (7), of Oxnard CA at noon. Top ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

Ninth seed Scott Oudsema, of Portage MI, won his fourth round match on Tuesday when his opponent, Joseph Atas, of ...

Source: Matt

Top Seeds Advance

Aug. 1, 2001
Top seed in Boys 18s singles, Rajeev Ram of Carmel, IN advanced to the Round of 16 with an easy ...

Source: Matt

The future of American tennis will be on display Friday night in the National City Bank Exhibition at Stowe Stadium ...

Source: Colette Lewis (Tournament Office)

The top seeded 18 doubles team of Prakash Amritraj from Encino, CA and Stephen Amritraj from Calabasas, CA lost a ...

Source: Matt