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Junior Team Tennis: 2021 Eastern Regional Championships

May 17, 2021


Eastern Junior Team Tennis (JTT) competition is in full swing! JTT brings together boys and girls to play singles, doubles and mixed doubles against other coed teams. Teams within each of the six USTA Eastern regions are currently facing off against each other for a spot at Eastern's JTT Sectional Championship, to be held June 19-20, 2021 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Intermediate division teams competed May 1-2, 2021 and Advanced division teams  hit the court May 15-16.

 

Learn more about JTT in the USTA Eastern Section

 

Joanna Yu (above, second from the left ) competed with a team based out of CenterCourt Tennis Academy in Chatham, N.J. Under the guidance of her mother, Vivian, (far left) as coach, the team claimed victory in the 14U Intermediate division at the New Jersey Regional JTT Championship. They'll now advance to Sectionals.

 

"Tennis is usually a 'lonely' sport [without many] teammates, and having others with you to reach the same goal was something that I enjoyed," Joanna said about  playing JTT. "No matter if we lost or won a point, everyone on the team would clap and encourage each other."

 

Vivian, too, enjoyed the team aspect of JTT and thought it brought out the best in her athletes.

 

"We have very competitive players individually but more important is that they worked together," she said. "I’m very happy to see our players received tremendous encouragement, inspiration and love from each other."

 

Vivian noted that their teamwork extended beyond the court. Together, they studied opponents, planned lineups and formulated strategies to succeed.

 

"This is my first coaching experience, but it hasn't been hard at all," Vivian said. "My most important contribution is that I ordered pizza for them, which they did say is the most delicious pizza they ever had."

 

Results

Long Island Region:

 

14U Intermediate

Champions: World Gym

Finalists: Ross School

 

14U Advanced

Champions: Sportime Lynbrook

Finalists: Christopher Morley

 

18U Intermediate

Champions: World Gym

Finalists: Christopher Morley

 

18U Advanced

Champions: World Gym

Finalists: Christopher Morley

 

Metro Region:

 

14U Intermediate

Champions: Cary Leeds Center

Finalists: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

 

14U Advanced

Champions: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

Finalists: Cary Leeds Center

 

18U Intermediate

Champions: Highland Park 

Finalists: Cary Leeds Center

 

18U Advanced

Champions: Cary Leeds Center

Finalists: Pathway Tennis Foundation

New Jersey Region:

 

14U Intermediate

Champions: CenterCourt Academy

Finalists: Tennis Prime

 

14U Advanced

Champions: CourtSense

Finalists: CenterCourt Academy

 

18U Intermediate

Champions: Wayne Racquet Club

Finalists: Murray Hill

 

Northern Region:

 

14U Intermediate

Champions: Sportime Schenectady

 

14U Advanced

Champions: YMCA Devils

 

18U Intermediate

Champions: Sportime Schenectady

Finalists: YMCA Buzz

 

18U Advanced

Champions: YMCA Acers

Finalists: Sportime Winners

 

Southern Region:

 

14U Intermediate

Champions: Westchester Tennis Center

Finalists: Hardscrabble Tennis Club

 

14U Advanced

Champions: Tennis Innovators

Finalists: Westchester Tennis Center

 

18U Intermediate

Champions: Hardscrabble Tennis Club

Finalists: Catholic Homeschool Tennis Club Blue

 

18U Advanced

Champions: Sportsplex

Finalists: Tennis Innovators

 

Western Region:

 

14U Intermediate

Champions: Empire Tennis Academy

Finalists: Binghamton Tennis Center

 

18U Intermediate

Champions: Binghamton Tennis Center

Finalists: Syracuse

 

18U Advanced

Champions: Syracuse

Finalists: Ithaca

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