2011 USTA NATIONAL CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS
in Florida
July 17-24, 2011
February 12-15, 2010
Boys' 18 Clay Courts winner Alexios
Halebian and finalist Brett Clark
Sunday, July 24,
2011
Final Day
Boys' 16 & 18 - Delray
Beach, Florida
It was the final day of the USTA
Boys' 16 & 18 National Clay Court Championships
at the
Delray Beach Tennis Center. The
weather was the same as it had been and very typical for Florida, hot and
humid with a threat of rain. The rain stayed away, though, as a talented
group of 15-18 year olds picked up their trophies.
The Boys'
16s were up first and No. 3 Noah Rubin (below) was on the
court with No. 4 Luca Corinteli (above) for the final.
The duo had been in this position before and the past wins were fairly
easily divided among them so it could have gone either way. Both appeared
worn out from the long week in the heat and humidity, but a few good
points were played in the first set. Luca
carried his break for 5-3 into a 6-4 set win and took
an early break in the second set for a 6-2 victory.
After the
match, Luca was thrilled with his accomplishment
and hoped to carry the momentum into Kalamazoo for the
Nationals. Californian Alexios
Halebian
, however, is looking for any win he can get at Kalamazoo. The 17 year old, who recently turned
professional, has never won a singles match at the prestigious junior
event and hopes things will be different this year. In the meantime, he
can enjoy the Gold Ball he won at the USTA Boys' 18 Clay Court
Championships over Floridian Brett Clark . The match was filled with long
games and even went into a tiebreaker in the first set. Alexios finished
it with a score of 6-4 in the second.
The boys' doubles match was probably the most
exciting of the tournament. For three sets, Zach McCourt &
Gordon Watson played Vikram Hundel & Alex Sidney
(below). It was the way doubles should be, with quick hands, lots
of volleys and good communications. It was one of those matches that you
wish there didn't have to be a loser at, but gold and silver had to be
given out and it was the No. 2 Zach & Gordon who
prevailed over No. 8 Vikram & Sidney
.Third Place in the doubles went
to Stuart Kenyon & Ashok Narayana
(9) over unseeded Andrew Adams &
Christopher Cox
.
I finished up in time for
a birthday celebration at a downtown Delray Beach restaurant I will
definitely be back to. If you like Italian food, Triamonti
is not to be missed!
Until
Next Year,
Marcia Frost
P.S. Check out Zoo Tennis for Colette Lewis's coverage of the Girls' 18s.
Boys' 18-
Singles Final-Alexios
Halebian (1) defeated Brett Clark (10), 7-6(5),6-4
Singles
Third Place Playoff-Gordon
Watson over Hunter Callahan (left), 2-1 retired/injured
Singles Consolation (Fifth Place)
Final-Christopher Haworth defeated Spencer Papa,
6-4,3-6,1-0(10/6)
Doubles Final-Zach
McCourt/Gordon Watson (2) defeated Vikram
Hundal/Alex Sidney (8), 6-3,2-6,6-2
Doubles Third Place Playoff-Stuart
Kenyon/Ashok Narayana (9), defeated Andrew Adam/Christopher
Cox
Boys' 16-
Singles Final-Luca
Corinteli
(4) defeated Noah Rubin (3), 6-4,6-2
Singles
Third Place Playoff-Ronnie Schneider (1)
defeated Tyler Gardiner (16), 6-3,7-5
Singles Consolation (Fifth Place) Final-Stephen Watson defeated Martin Redlicki, 3-6,6-4,1-0(8)
Boys' 18s Full Draws
Boys' 16s Full Draws
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