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Zootennis.com, a website devoted to junior and college tennis, has become the primary source of news for over 40,000 unique visitors per month. In addition to daily news posts on topics of interest junior and college tennis, zootennis.com's editor Colette Lewis provides live coverage of approximately 18 tournaments annually, with match reports accompanied by photos and videos.
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©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells California--Wednesday was another busy day in Tennis Paradise, with the 16s and 18s hitting the midway point of the FILA Easter Bowl USTA Spring National Championships and the 12s and 14s deciding their finalists on a warm and sunny day in the desert.But before we get to those results, check out my recap, up today at Tennis Recruiting Network, of last week's ITF ..read more
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©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells California--Evan Burnett was not planning to compete in the FILA Easter Bowl this year. But the redshirt freshman at Texas kept his name on the alternate list, and when he received a text from the tournament that a position in the draw was available to him on Friday, he decided to take it. Four days later, the 18-year-old from Northern California had beaten ..read more
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©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells California--There are upsets and then there are matches when the No. 1 seed is beaten in the first round and it's not shocking. Ian Bracks' 6-3, 6-2 FILA Easter Bowl win today over 18s top seed Braeden Gelletich falls into the latter category, with the unseeded Bracks repeating his triumph on Practice Court 2, the court where he defeated Gelletich last year in ..read more
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©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells California--Sunday was another unseasonably cool and windy day in the desert, with the 12s and 14s divisions playing their second round matches at the FILA Easter Bowl.Safir Azam and Reiley Rhodes, the top seeds in the 14s, and Smyan Thuta and Nikol Davletshina, the top seeds in the 12s, are through to the round of 16 with straight set victories, but two No. 3 ..read more
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©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego California--Iva Jovic and Jack Kennedy had divergent experiences at the ITF J300 in San Diego last year, with Jovic reaching the final and Kennedy falling in the first round. But both emerged as champions in the 2024 edition of the tournament, now a North American closed event, with No. 1 seed Jovic defeating No. 11 seed Kristina Penickova 6-3, 6-2 and No. 8 seed ..read more
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©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego California--Wild card Rudy Quan and unseeded Valerie Glozman were not projected to claim their first ITF Junior Circuit titles last week in Indian Wells, but the former Easter Bowl champions proved their mettle once again at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. If you weren't able to follow my daily coverage, my recap, posted today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, will ..read more
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©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego California--After four days of competition at the ITF J300 North American Closed in San Diego, only players from the United States remain in contention for the title, with the semifinals set for Saturday morning at the Barnes Tennis Center.Top seed Iva Jovic, playing on Stadium Court for the first time this week, again had no difficulty advancing, beating No. 12 ..read more
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©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego California--The quarterfinals are set for the ITF J300 North American Closed at the Barnes Tennis Center, with just one Top 4 seed still alive in the boys draw after Mitchell Lee defeated No. 4 seed Maxwell Exsted 6-4, 7-6(3) Wednesday morning to join two other unseeded boys in the final eight.Lee, an 18-year-old from California, trailed Exsted 4-1 in the second set ..read more
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©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego CA--Long days at the Barnes Tennis Center are usually the result of poor weather, as the facility has plenty of courts for a tournament the size of the ITF J300 being played here this week. But even with Tuesday's perfect weather, it took nearly seven hours to work through the 32 singles matches on 16 courts, with two of the top three seeds in both the girls and ..read more
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©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego CA--The first round of the ITF J300 San Diego American Regional Championships began under clear skies Monday morning at the Barnes Tennis Center. The six boys and six girls qualifiers were in action, along with the six wild cards in each draw and 20 players with direct entry. In the 48-player draw, seeds do not play until the second round of Tuesday, but most of ..read more