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• December Aces; Four Top Seeds Advance to USTA Winter Nationals Finals Friday; NCAA Champion Quinn Reaches Canberra Challenger Semifinals; Montgomery Makes First WTA Semifinal

If you took a break from tennis last month, today's Aces column at the Tennis Recruiting Network is your chance to catch up quickly on everything that happened at the three major junior events in Florida in December, as well as several other notable accomplishments by juniors and current and former college players.Four players, one in each age division, earned the Florida Sunshine double, winning...2025
• My Orange Bowl ITF J500 Recap; Tien Beats Fils, Meets Friend Michelsen in Semifinals at Next Gen ATP Finals; Pepperdine Women Name Interim Coach; ATP Announces $1.3 Million in Player Subsidies in New Program

My last recap of the year is out today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, as I review the ITF J500 Orange Bowl Championships. Andres Santamarta Roig joined Jordan Lee in winning the Florida Sunshine Double, the first time in the history that both 16s and 18s champions won both the IMG Academy/Eddie and the Orange Bowl titles in the same year. Tereza Krejcova came close to claiming both, reaching...2024
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• Division I Coaches Weigh in on NCAA's Decision to Award Tennis Championships to USTA National Campus in Lake Nona Through 2037

Last week's news that the NCAA had awarded the USTA's Lake Nona National Campus the Division I Tennis Championships for 2029-2037 took many in the college tennis community by surprise, although I had been hearing about the value of an Omaha model for tennis, based on the College Baseball World Series there, for more than ten years. I wrote an article for the Tennis Recruiting Network about this...2024
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• ITF J300 Bradenton Recap; Kennedy Advances to Orange Bowl Semifinals, Yaneva Rolls into Girls Final Four; Lee Faces McCollum for Another 16s Title; Unseeded Giribalan Advances to G16s Final; First Champions Crowned in Doubles

©Colette Lewis 2024--Plantation FL--Before the focus turns entirely to the Orange Bowl weekend, check out my recap of the ITF J300 last week in Bradenton for the Tennis Recruiting Network.Another windy day at the Veltri Tennis Center ended Friday with three American finalists in the Orange Bowl 16s tournament and Jack Kennedy flying the stars and stripes in the ITF J500.No. 13 Kennedy, playing in...2024
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• IMG Academy International Recap; Wild Card Clarke Ousts No. 9 Seed, Frodin Rebounds to Advance to Orange Bowl Third Round; No. 3 and 4 Seeds Fall in Boys Draw; Quarterfinals Set for 16s Division; Junior Orange Bowl Seeds; Ojai Lands Big Ten Conference Tournament

©Colette Lewis 2024--Plantation FL-- My recap of the 12s, 14s, and 16s division finals last week at the IMG Academy International Tennis Championships in Bradenton was posted today at the Tennis Recruiting Network. The 16s singles champions are still in contention for the Orange Bowls titles this week.The 20 courts at the Veltri Tennis Center were busy throughout the day Wednesday, with the...2024
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• November Aces; Mosejczuk Ousts No. 3 Seed Roh, Wild Cards Advance at ITF J300 Bradenton; B12s Top Seed Falls in Third Round at IMG Academy International Championships

©Colette Lewis 2024--Bradenton FL-- Before I get to today's action at the IMG Academy International Championships, it's time to look back on the top performances of November in my monthly Aces column for the Tennis Recruiting Network. With the Junior Davis and Billie Jean King Cups, the NCAA individual championships and the ATP and WTA finals, it was a climatic end to the season for the sport,...2024
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• December Aces; Three Current Collegians Advance to Arcadia W35 Semifinals; Australian Open Wild Cards Announced

My monthly Aces column at the Tennis Recruiting Network is out today, and, as is customary for December, the Eddie Herr, Orange Bowl and Junior Orange Bowl champions make up the bulk of the entries. If you took a break from tennis news in December, this is a crash course on the major junior results that closed out 2023, filled with history-making performances.The only Pro Circuit tournament in...2024
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"If you took a break from tennis last month, today's Aces column at the Tennis Recruiting Network is your chance to catch up quickly on everything that happened at the three major junior events in Florida in December, as well as several other notable accomplishments by juniors and current and former college players."

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"My monthly Aces column at the Tennis Recruiting Network is out today, and, as is customary for December, the Eddie Herr, Orange Bowl and Junior Orange Bowl champions make up the bulk of the entries."

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"If you didn't follow my daily coverage, make sure to read my recap of the titles for Clervie Ngounoue and Cooper Woestendick at the Tennis Recruiting Network."

• My Tennis Recruiting Network Article on Colson Wells' Gamble; Arkansas Names New Coach; Big 12, Big Ten Women's Awards; Krueger Beats Shnaider at Charlottesville $60K; Boyer and Kypson Advance at Savannah Challenger

I haven't written many college commitment articles lately, but once I heard about the recruiting journey of Michigan's Colson Wells, I knew there was an interesting backstory in his signing with Nebraska. When I talked with him at the Easter Bowl for this Tennis Recruiting Network article, he spoke candidly about the reality of his position as a senior without the offers he wanted, and the...2023
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• My Kalamazoo 18s Recap and Video Highlights; Jovic's Sweep in San Diego; USTA Creates Player Development Advisory Council; College Park ITF J300 Qualifying Begins Saturday

My annual article on the USTA Boys 18s National Championships for the Tennis Recruiting Network was posted this morning, with comments from champion Matt Forbes, Michigan State head coach Harry Jadun and finalist Jack Kennedy. With TRN's article this afternoon on Iva Jovic's sweep of the girls 18s titles, that wraps up Championship Week on the site (there is an error in the results, with Julieta...2024
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• Results of USTA National Clay Court Finals; Hamilton Earns First Pro Title, Tien Extends Winning Streak to 25 at SoCal Pro Series Finale in Lakewood

The USTA National Clay Court Championships concluded over the weekend, with the results of the singles and doubles finals in all four age divisions below. Tennis Recruiting Network will begin its coverage Tuesday, beginning with the 12s division. For complete draws, click on the headings. Girls 18sSingles:Claire Hill[1] d. Anita Tu[2] 7-5, 6-2Doubles:Kady Tannenbaum[1] and Linda Ziets-Segura...2024
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• June Aces; Wimbledon Junior Qualifying Features Seven Americans; Jovic Reaches ITF J300 Roehampton Semis; Gauff and Navarro Make Wimbledon Third Round; Tien Comes Back for 17th Straight Win

My monthly Aces column for the Tennis Recruiting Network features 19 juniors, collegians and former collegians who had exceptional results in tournaments on the three major surfaces, with the levels ranging from the $15,000 SoCal Pro Series to WTA 500s. Tracking all these results isn't easy, and I never have enough time and space for every title of the month, but many of these players are those...2024
• March Aces; Urhobo and Joint Advance to W35 Semifinals in Mississippi; North Carolina Women Beat No. 4 Virginia; Stanford Women Blank No. 3 Pepperdine

March was packed with great results from former collegians, and as regularly been the case recently, I couldn't feature all of them in my monthly Aces column for Tennis Recruiting Network. But I do highlight several former collegians who either won two titles or claimed their first, along with the juniors who won major ITF Junior Circuit titles and those who captured their first ITF men's and...2024
• San Diego ITF J300 Recap; Winter National Champions Seek Second Straight USTA Gold Balls Thursday at Easter Bowl, Top Seed Grumet Saves Six Match Points to Advance to B16s Quarterfinals

©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...2024
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• December Aces; Three Current Collegians Advance to Arcadia W35 Semifinals; Australian Open Wild Cards Announced
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• August Aces; Four US Girls Qualify for US Open Junior Championships; Shelton, Paul, Tiafoe, Fritz and Gauff Reach US Open Round of 16; ITF J300 College Park Videos

With so much going on in the junior realm in August, keeping track of all the tournaments outside the US wasn't easy, but I hope I was able to feature many of the results that I may have missed while covering Kalamazoo and College Park in my monthly Aces column for the Tennis Recruiting Network. While I'm not able to feature all the titles won by juniors and college players at the $15K level, I...2023
• Kalamazoo 18s Video, My Recap of Tien's Second Straight Title, Ganesan and Frusina's Doubles Championship; Tennis Recruiting Network Reviews Ngounoue's 18s Title in San Diego; ITF J300 in College Park Wild Cards, Qualifying Begins Saturday

My recap of Learner Tien's defense of his USTA National 18s title is up today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, along with a look and the unexpected doubles championship for No. 7 seeds Adhithya Ganesan and Alexander Frusina, who were playing together for the first time. The top seed in singles also won in San Diego, with Clervie Ngounoue adding to her great summer results, which include her...2023
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• McNeil and Ji Take USTA Clay Court 18s Titles; Michelsen Wins Chicago Challenger; Brantmeier and Dostanic Close out SoCal Pro Series with First Pro Singles Titles; Americans Sweep at Dallas $25k

My onsite coverage of the Wimbledon Junior Championships has kept be from following the tennis going on in the United States as much as I would like, but I hope to catch up on that as well as the results from the ITF Junior Circuit.The USTA National Clay Court Championships concluded yesterday, with the results of the singles and doubles finals listed below. Tennis Recruiting Network will have...2023
• Part II of NCAA D-I Roundtable at Tennis Recruiting Network; All No. 1 Seeds Move on to Second Round; Georgia's Jeff Wallace Announces Retirement; Another SEC Vacancy Opens at Miss State; Quevedo, Kim Fall in Quarterfinals

The second installment of Tennis Recruiting Network's Roundtable for the Division I NCAA Team Championships is up today, with the five panelists making their dark horse picks and championship predictions. My track record is certainly nothing to brag about, but I have been right once or twice over the past dozen years that I've been participating, so I'm always hopeful.Below are the results of...2023
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• Iva Jovic Profile; Australian Open Junior Wild Cards; Wild Card Kessler Among Americans Advancing to AO Round Two; Indian Wells Challenger Underway

Joel Drucker, a preeminent tennis writer, has written an in-depth profile of Southern Californian Iva Jovic, one of the world's top juniors, with that story appearing today on the Tennis Recruiting Network. Drucker spent time with Iva and her family and attended a practice with coach Peter Smith, which provides insight into the daily routine of an ambitious junior who seeks to improve. ...2024
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• Tennis Recruiting Network's Tribute to David Filer; Texas Men and UNC Women Remain No. 1; Women's $25K in Jackson Underway; Shnaider Defeats Parks at WTA 500 in Charleston

Rhiannon Potkey at the Tennis Recruiting Network has written a beautiful article, published today, on 16-year-old David Filer, who died last month after a year-long battle with brain cancer. The inevitable grief and sadness that accompanies such a tragedy is lightened a bit by the perspective of David and his family, who have endured the unendurable. May his friends and family find solace in all...2023

• December Aces; Four Top Seeds Advance to USTA Winter Nationals Finals Friday; NCAA Champion Quinn Reaches Canberra Challenger Semifinals; Montgomery Makes First WTA Semifinal
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• My Orange Bowl ITF J500 Recap; Tien Beats Fils, Meets Friend Michelsen in Semifinals at Next Gen ATP Finals; Pepperdine Women Name Interim Coach; ATP Announces $1.3 Million in Player Subsidies in New Program
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• Division I Coaches Weigh in on NCAA's Decision to Award Tennis Championships to USTA National Campus in Lake Nona Through 2037
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• ITF J300 Bradenton Recap; Kennedy Advances to Orange Bowl Semifinals, Yaneva Rolls into Girls Final Four; Lee Faces McCollum for Another 16s Title; Unseeded Giribalan Advances to G16s Final; First Champions Crowned in Doubles
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• IMG Academy International Recap; Wild Card Clarke Ousts No. 9 Seed, Frodin Rebounds to Advance to Orange Bowl Third Round; No. 3 and 4 Seeds Fall in Boys Draw; Quarterfinals Set for 16s Division; Junior Orange Bowl Seeds; Ojai Lands Big Ten Conference Tournament
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• November Aces; Mosejczuk Ousts No. 3 Seed Roh, Wild Cards Advance at ITF J300 Bradenton; B12s Top Seed Falls in Third Round at IMG Academy International Championships
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• ITF Pan Am Gallery; Broadus, Vidmanova and Eubanks Win USTA Pro Circuit Titles; Qualifying Now Complete for NCAA D-I Individual Championships

The Tennis Recruiting Network has just published a Zootennis.com photo gallery from last month's ITF Pan American Regional Championships in Houston Texas, with 48 of the participants featured. It's always great to have an outlet for the photos that I don't use during the week of the tournament, and most of these photos are of players who were not part of September's US Open Junior Championships...2024
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• October Aces; Basavareddy and Tien Reach Charlottesville Challenger Semifinals, Rothenberg Contrasts Actual Challenger with Movie; Rogers, Two Teens Advance at W35 in Norman

My monthly Tennis Recruiting Network column on notable junior and college accomplishments is out today, looking back on Octobers best performances. Current collegians had great success despite going back and forth between fall college events and the USTA Pro Circuit, and former collegians continue to climb up the rankings once they devote themselves full-time to professional tennis. The...2024