INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (April 9, 2014)
– With potential future college coaches looking on, No. 3-seeded Logan Smith of
Carlsbad, Calif., beat Javier Restrepo of Miami, 7-6 (0), 6-1, on a busy
Wednesday in the Boys’ 18s ITF division at the ASICS Easter Bowl being played
at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Smith, a 17-year-old high school
junior ranked in the world Top 60 ITF rankings, is undecided where he will
attend school, but wouldn’t mind staying close to home in Southern California.
Smith said he was “definitely” aware
that four-time NCAA champion USC men’s Coach Peter Smith was on hand to check
out the match, as well as other Division I coaches. “USC is an option, so is
UCLA,” Smith said. “I have a lot of options. Not sure I’d go out state, but I’m
not sure.”
Smith, who later teamed with Aron
Hiltzik to win their Round of 16 doubles match, said he lost to Restrepo in
three sets three years ago in the 14s Easter Bowl. “It’s a great tournament,”
said Smith, who works with coach Christian Groh in San Diego. “I love playing
the Easter Bowl. It’s definitely one of my favorite tournaments.”
Later in the day, player registration
was held for the boys’ and girls’ 16s, 14s and 12s with play in those divisions
beginning on Thursday at 12 sites around the Coachella Valley.
Also on Wednesday, more than 350
players attended the Laurel Springs Player Party that was catered by the The
Old Spaghetti Factory in Rancho Mirage. That coincided with the a USTA hosted Team
USA Coaches Reception. There, four legendary coaches, including Jerry Baskin,
Nick Bollettieri, Robert Lansdorp and Jack Sharpe, were honored. In addition USTA
Player Development General Manager Patrick McEnroe presented Joseph Gilbert with
the 2013 USOC Developmental Coach of the Year and the Junior Tennis Champions
Center was honored as the 2013 Team USA Developmental Program of the Year.
In the only big upset in Boys’ 18s
singles, Eduardo Nava of Woodland Hills, Calif., beat Daniel Kerznerman, the
No. 6-seed from Brooklyn, N.Y., 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Also moving on were top-seeded
Francis Tiafoe of College Park, Md., who beat Alan Sweet of Naples, Fla., 6-2,
6-1, and Taylor Fritz, the No. 7-seeded player from Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He
beat John Jorgeson of Bradenton, Fla., 6-0, 6-1.
If both can win Round of 16 matches
on Thursday, the two would square off in a quarterfinal match everyone wants to
see on Friday.
“I lost a tough one last week, but I
just had to get it out of my mind and focus on a fresh week,” said Tiafoe, who
fell in the Carson ISC final Sunday in a third-set tiebreaker.
Said Fritz: “I was just working on
other things that may help me later in the tournament, trying to come in to the
net more.”
Nicole Kalhorn was named the winner
of Tuesday’s Jackie Cooper-Tory Fretz Sportsmanship Award selected by the
tournament staff and presented with a medal and free pair of ASICS shoes. On
Monday, Reilly Olpeka won the award.
Sponsors include: ASICS, Laurel
Springs School, Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the Dent Tennis Academy, Tennis
Warehouse, TennisPlayer.net Digital Magazine, the tennis website 10sBalls.com,
USTA, The Old Spaghetti Factory, SCTA and Mind Matters.
To keep up with all the ASICS Easter
Bowl news, visit the website at www.easterbowl.com
and check out the tournament on Facebook (www.facebook.com/EasterBowl) and
Twitter (@easterbowl). For more information on ASICS, check out: www.ASICSAmerica.com and follow on
Twitter @ASICSAmerica.
Wednesday’s
Scores
Boys'
18 Singles (Round of 32)
Nava, Eduardo (Woodland Hills,
CA) def.
Kerznerman, Daniel (6) (Brooklyn, NY)
1-6, 6-3, 6-3
Hiltzik, Aron (Wilmette,
IL) def.
Garay, Christian (Columbus, GA)
6-4, 6-2
Kodali, Anudeep (11) (Durham,
NC) def.
Gordon, Henry (New Braunfels, TX)
6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Chamdani, Adrian (Santa Clara,
CA) def.
Cargill, Christian (15) (Wesley Chapel, FL) 6-4, 7-6(5)
Levine, Robert (13) (Bedford,
NY) def.
Klinger, Cameron (Elk Grove, CA)
6-4, 6-1
Blumberg, William (Greenwich,
CT) def.
Duncan, Walker (14) (Atlanta, GA)
7-6(4), 0-6, 6-3
Boyd, Kalman (8) (Rancho Santa Fe,
CA) def.
Lin, Vincent (Schaumburg, IL)
7-6(9), 6-1
Opelka, Reilly (Palm Coast, FL) def.
Epshteyn-Losev, Mark (Sunny Isles Beach, FL) 6-3, 5-2
Ret (inj)
Smith, Logan (3)
(Carlsbad, CA) def. Restrepo, Javier (Miami, FL) 7-6(0), 6-1
Ponwith, Nathan (Scottsdale, AZ) def.
Paul, Tommy (12) (Coconut Creek, FL)
6-3, 6-1
Kumar, Sameer (5)
(Carmel, IN) def. Madison, Jared (Medina, WA) 7-6(4), 6-1
Thirouin, Jean (Houston,
TX) def.
Reinberg, Emil (Atlanta, GA) 6-4,
7-6(8)
Fritz, Taylor (7) (Rancho Santa Fe,
CA) def.
Jorgeson, John (Bradenton, FL)
6-0, 6-1
Tiafoe, Francis (1)
(College Park, MD) def. Sweet, Alan (Naples, FL) 6-2, 6-1
Arconada, Jordi (4) (Rio Piedras,
PR) def.
Silverstein, Josh (Great Neck, NY)
6-4, 6-2
Genender, Michael (Los Angeles, CA) def.
Lenhard, Rafael (Carlsbad, CA)
6-3, 6-3
Boys'
18 Doubles (Round of 16)
Hiltzik, Aron (Wilmette, IL) / Smith,
Logan (8) (Carlsbad, CA) def. Schalet, Myles (Montville, NJ) / Tishman,
Gabe (Bedford, NY) 5-7, 7-5, 10-6
Paul, Tommy (Coconut Creek, FL) /
Wiersholm, Henrik (2) (Kirkland, WA)
def. Kessler, Mcclain (Calhoun,
GA) / Staggs, Logan (Tracy, CA) 6-4, 6-0
Lebedev, Alexander (Island Park, NY)
/ Wasserman, James (New York, NY)
def. Blumberg, William
(Greenwich, CT) / Opelka, Reilly (Palm
Coast, FL) 6-0, 6-7(5), 10-4
Fritz, Taylor (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) /
Kodali, Anudeep (3) (Durham, NC)
def. Caruana, Liam (New
Braunfels, TX) / Ji, Henry (Rancho Santa
Fe, CA) 7-5, 6-1
Nava, Eduardo (Woodland Hills, CA) /
Ponwith, Nathan (Scottsdale, AZ)
def. Madonia, Stephen (Bradenton,
FL) / Restrepo, Javier (Miami, FL) 6-2,
7-6(4)
Arconada, Jordi (Rio Piedras, PR) /
Kerznerman, Daniel (1) (Brooklyn, NY)
def. Duncan, Walker (Atlanta, GA)
/ Reinberg, Emil (Atlanta, GA) 3-6, 6-2, 10-8
Mateas, Catalin (Braintree, MA) /
Zlobinsky, Julian (5) (Greenvale, NY)
def. Gordon, Henry (New
Braunfels, TX) / Rapp, Austin (Rancho
Mirage, CA) 7-5, 3-6, 10-3
Janglin, Victor (Sarasota, FL) /
Levine, Robert (7) (Bedford, NY)
def. Lin, Vincent (Schaumburg,
IL) / Lorenzini, Michael (Clarendon
Hills, IL) 2-6, 7-6(4), 10-7
Girls' 18 Singles
(Round of 32)
McCarthy, Kaitlyn (8) (Cary, NC) def.
Chang, Sophie (Hvre De Grace, MD)
6-2, 6-4
Dolehide, Caroline (Hinsdale, IL) def.
Flores, Victoria (Fort Dodge, IA)
6-0, 5-7, 6-2
Smith, Gabrielle (Henderson, NV) def.
Hauger, Olivia (5) (Tulsa, OK)
6-2, 6-0
Arconada, Usue (2) (Rio Piedras,
PR) def.
Ruder-Hook, Mira (Denver, CO) 6-3,
6-2
Ho, Jessica (12) (Tampa, FL) def.
Golovin, Jessica (New York, NY)
6-4, 6-0
Shibahara, Ena (Rancho Palos Verdes,
CA) def.
Altick, Helen (16) (Monroe, LA)
6-0, 6-4
Pedraza, Raquel (6) (Claremont,
CA) def.
Lampl, Caroline (Bluemont, VA)
6-3, 1-6, 6-1
Swan, Katie (11) (Wichita, KS) def.
Traxler, Karina (Rockwall, TX)
6-0, 6-1
Dilorenzo, Francesca (New Albany,
OH) def.
Hamlin, Ellyse (14) (Fairfield, CT)
Wo (ill)
Kenin, Sofia (1) (Pembroke Pines,
FL) def.
Chen, Kelly (Cerritos, CA) 6-4,
2-6, 6-3
Aney, Jessie (Rochester, MN) def.
Bourguignon, Madison (10) (Boca Raton, FL) 7-5, 1-6, 6-1
Gordon, Michaela (7) (Saratoga,
CA) def.
Andrews, Gabrielle (Pomona, CA)
3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Daniell, Andie (Douglasville,
GA) def.
Higuchi, Emma (15) (Los Angeles, CA)
2-6, 6-1, 6-3
Bellis, CiCi (4) (Atherton, CA) def.
Haffey, Mary (Naples, FL) 7-6(0),
6-3
Day, Kayla (Santa Barbara, CA) def.
Kelley, Meghan (Falmouth, ME) 6-1,
6-1
Nelson, Alexis (Saint Paul, MN) def.
Kalhorn, Nicole (Colorado Springs, CO)
6-4, 6-0
Girls' 18 Doubles
(Round of 16)
Andrews, Gabrielle (Pomona, CA) / Ho,
Jessica (Tampa, FL) def. Chang, Sophie (Hvre De Grace, MD) / Daniell, Andie (Douglasville, GA) 7-5, 6-1
Dolehide, Caroline (Hinsdale, IL) /
Minor, Brienne (Mundelein, IL) def. Day, Kayla (Santa Barbara, CA) / Flores, Victoria (Fort Dodge, IA) 6-2, 6-2
Hart, Jada (Colton, CA) / Hazell,
Stephanie (Irvine, CA) def. Bellis, CiCi (Atherton, CA) / Horvit, Mia (5) (Parkland, FL) 6-4, 6-4
Ruder-Hook, Mira (Denver, CO) /
Smith, Gabrielle (Henderson, NV)
def. Fahey, Katharine (Fair
Haven, NJ) / Lampl, Caroline (Bluemont, VA)
1-6, 6-2, 10-8
Larner, Erin (Portland, OR) / Letzt,
Alexandra (Scottsdale, AZ) def. Friedel, Jenna (Mill Valley, CA) / Golovin,
Jessica (New York, NY) 6-2, 6-4
Haffey, Mary (Naples, FL) / McCarthy,
Kaitlyn (7) (Cary, NC) def. Hamlin, Ellyse (Fairfield, CT) / Moldovan,
Bianca (Livonia, MI) Wo (ill)
Gordon, Michaela (Saratoga, CA) /
Higuchi, Emma (4) (Los Angeles, CA)
def. Aney, Jessie (Rochester, MN)
/ Rosca, Christina (Princeton, NJ) 6-3,
4-6, 10-8
Dilorenzo, Francesca (New Albany, OH)
/ Kenin, Sofia (Pembroke Pines, FL)
def. Shibahara, Ena (Rancho Palos
Verdes, CA) / Slaysman, Savannah
(Phoenix, AZ) 6-1, 6-2
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