Austin Tennis Academy News

August 26, 2009

ATA's 16s and 18s Compete in Arlington

The final Super Championship Major Zone before the start of school was hosted by Arlington, Tx over the weekend of August, 15-17. ATA’s super champ qualified athletes went north to compete in this 16s and 18s event.

Hunter Goertz earned second place in the boys’ 16s A draw by fighting for five straight wins. After both won their first round match, Goertz beat teammate Aaron Chaffee 6-2, 6-0 to reach the round of 16. Hunter then out worked J. Winton, 6-4, 6-2. The three-seeded N. Lammons pushed him to a decisive third set in the quarterfinals where Goertz gained a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory. ATA teammate, Charlie Shin, awaited him in the semis, coming off four straight wins without dropping a set. The two battled to a third set, with Goertz out lasting Shin 4-6, 6-2, 3-0 Ret(inj). Matthew Sparks went down in two tough matches.

In the bottom half of the 16s A draw, Josh Hagar reached the round of 16 with a pair of 6-1, 6-2 victories. Hagar took down Zach Sivalls followed by Grant Murray in the round of 32. Conor O’Rourke battled Houston’s Voigt Hansberger in the first round, earning the win 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

In the boys’ 18s A draw, Taylor Shamshiri took down Casey Clark and Jeffrey Trinh in his first two matches, 6-1, 6-0 in both. He then knocked out Will Stein, 7-6(5), 6-0. Now in the quarterfinals, Taylor fought for a win over Matt Ford in three tough sets, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to secure his semi final spot. Chris Dale earned an opening round win over Angel Alvarez, 6-1, 6-1. Next, Chris clashed with the number nine-seeded Luke Trautmann, whom he eliminated, 6-2, 6-0 to reach the round of 16. Avery Rux fell in a first round battle to the eventual finalist Gandhi Bhakthavachalam, 3-6, 6-4, 3-6.

Nicole Karaklis played L. Pineda in the semifinals, logging her fifth straight win and earning second place in her draw.

Austin Mayo made a run to the semifinals of his boys’ 16s B draw, earning a three set win over A. Gwo in the round of 16, 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3. Austin then defeated K. Davidson 6-1, 6-3 to reach the semis. Raymond Traweek beat Sanio Dizdarevic 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in a grueling first round match. Elliot Blatt rebounded from a first round loss to beat N. Van Bemmelen 6-0, 6-1. Ryan Burak and Rob Steinwedell lost two tough matches through the tournament.

Abby Lewis bounced back from a first round loss to earn four straight wins on a run to the consolation finals. Along the way she knocked out T. Vick 6-4, 6-1, and M. Martin 6-1, 6-0. Claire beat Christina Goswami 6-2, 6-2 in her first match in the back draw, while sister Kate Cahill competed in two hard fought matches through the tournament.

Look for these junior athletes build on this success in next months major zone in Waco.

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