Junior Competition News: August

PLAYER NEWS

BATTLE OF THE SECTIONS

We have the results from several summer competitions! Starting with the Boys' and Girls' Battle of the Sections — both Midwest teams came in third place. The boys' competition was at the University of Notre Dame. Teammates Avner Wong, Andrew Spurck, Colson Wells, Mitchell Sheldon, Nolan Balthazor, Benedict Graft, Kyle McNally and Simon Caldwell are pictured above with their coach, Jason Winegar. The girls had a bit farther to travel... They played at the Claremont Club in California! Anna Bennett, Karlin Schock, Tess Bucher, Sari Woo, Madison Liu, Kaede Usui, Nicole Fu and Parker Christensen were led by coach Marcy Hendricks. Congratulations to both teams! You did a fantastic job representing the Midwest Section.

BATTLE OF THE MISSISSIPPI

At another intersectional event, the Battle of the Mississippi (BOTM), #TeamMidwest took home first place! That's right, for three years in a row our players have traveled throughout the Midwest, Missouri Valley and Northern Sections to contribute towards a Midwest win. Not only did our juniors return home as champions, but they secured the traveling trophy again! Great job to everyone who competed.

NATIONAL CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS

The good news continues! Three of our players received awards at the prestigious National Clay Court Championships. We're so proud of them and all of our players who were invited to play.

Catch the results:

• Gold Ball Winner
  Division: Girls’ 14s Doubles
  Kennedy Drenser-Hasmann - Southeastern Michigan

• Bronze Ball Winner
  Division: Girls' 18s Doubles
  Susanna Maltby - Chicago

• Bronze Ball Winner
  Division: Boys' 12s Doubles
  Karan Shanker - Ohio Valley

ITF WORLD JUNIOR TENNIS FINALS

Marcel Latak of our USTA Chicago District was named to the United States boys' team for the 2023 International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Junior Tennis Finals, the world’s premier 14-and-under team competition happening August 7-12 in Prostejov, Czech Republic. Team USA has won six World Junior Tennis boys’ titles and seven World Junior Tennis girls’ titles. For updates and final results head to our USTA Midwest social media channels.

FOUNDATION NEWS

Apply for a grant or scholarship! Our foundation offers a variety of funds to help players succeed on and off the tennis court — like the College Scholarship! This scholarship rewards players up to $2,500 to advance their educational and tennis interests and is presented to one female and one male junior tennis player from the Midwest Section.