Austin Tennis Academy News

August 24, 2007

August SuperChamp Major Zone Recap: ATA Plays Hard in Tyler and Arlington

During this past August 17-20th weekend, The Austin Tennis Academy competed in the August SuperChamp Major Zone tournaments, with the 12s and 14s in Tyler and 16s and 18s in Arlington. ATA Head Coach Jack Newman, High Performance Coach Cristina Moros and Coach Estevam Strecker were on-site in Arlington, while JD Director Brian Notis, Coach Simon Boyce and Coach John Schoenmaker caught the action firsthand in Tyler.

At the Bob Faulkner Tennis Center in Tyler Brittany Brewster won her girls 12s opening round over Jenna Reisler 6-4, 6-4. Brittany fell to (5) seed Katie Delgado 6-3, 6-3 in the second round. In boys 14s, Eliot Blatt beat (4) seed James Bronson 6-4, 6-0, then lost a battle to Casjen Rico, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. In another great match, (9) seed Josh Hagar “finished well, coming back from behind in both sets” according to Coach Notis. Hagar defeated Casey Armstrong 7-6, 7-6. Charlie Shin beat Steven McMullan 6-2, 6-3 in the first round. Austin Mayo also won his first round, thumping Nathan Simmons 6-2, 6-0. Mayo fell to (4) seed and semi-finalist Justin Randall 6-2, 6-3 in the second round. Matthew Sparks won a back-draw match 6-3, 6-2 over Mark Izlar. For Colton Malesovas, the Tyler SuperChamp Major Zone was a “breakthrough tournament” noted Junior Development Director Brian Notis. Colton picked up two main-draw, ‘A’ draw wins, including a rallying win over Christopher Moss 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

The 16s and 18s competed in Arlington. In girls 16s, Kate Cahill earned two main-draw wins, including a 2nd round 6-3, 6-4 count over Houston’s Crystal Sauceda. Kate eventually fell to (4) seed Felicity Delgado. Hailey Posas beat Jacquelyn Davis 6-4, 6-3 before losing to Lindsey Tristan 6-1, 6-1. Claire Cahill competed with good effort and sportsmanship in two matches. Shannon McLellan defeated Lyndsay Walter 6-4, 6-3 before being up-ended by (3) seed Courtney Lawless 7-5, 6-3. In boys 16s, Cameron Relic lost two straight sets to Jake Golman, but came back to nearly defeat Tyler Crawford in a great back-draw contest 6-3, 5-7, 10-6. Jeffrey Offerdahl beat Dallas’ Rob Oberman 6-1, 6-2, then narrowly lost to (9) seed and semifinalist Nicholas McCollin 10-6 in the Super-breaker. Este Kaufmann fell to Justin Hernandez in the first round, then rebounded to win a close back-draw match over Craig Smyser 6-4, 6-4. Daniel Wang competed in the 16s draw.

Congratulations to competitors and family. ATA competed with pride and showed good sportsmanship during competition. The Austin Tennis Academy family eagerly anticipates the September SuperChamp Major Zones, including the SuperChamp Excellence tournament in Richardson.

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