Success At September L3 Tournaments
Two major USTA Missouri Valley junior tournaments just took place this September, both filled with good competition and good sportsmanship. The tournaments, both L3 level events, were the final two events of that level for 2020.
“Overall, the tournaments went very well,” said Noah Bortnick, USTA Missouri Valley Junior Competition Manager. “Based on surveys we got back, it seems like the participants had a positive experience too.”
The L3 USTAMV #1 tournament took place over the dates of September 5-7 and was hosted at Koch Tennis Center in Omaha, Neb. (BG 12-14), Dwight Davis Tennis Center in St. Louis, Mo. (BG 16), and Oklahoma Tennis Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. (BG 18).
The winners in each division are listed below:
Boys 12s: Austin Potter, USTA Missouri
Girls 12s: Kate Kimes, USTA Missouri
Boys 14s: Cooper Woestendick, USTA Heart of America
Girls 14s: Mithila Dixit, USTA Heart of America
Boys 16s: Nicholas Fischer, USTA St. Louis
Girls 16s: Amber Yin, USTA St. Louis
Boys 18s: Gus Tettamble, USTA St. Louis
Girls 18s: Tanya Fan, USTA Iowa
The L3 USTAMV #2 event fell over the weekend of September 12-14 and was again hosted by Koch Tennis Center (BG 12), Dwight Davis Tennis Center (BG 14), and Oklahoma City Tennis Center (BG 18), with the addition of Edmond Tennis Center in Edmond, Okla. (BG 16).
The winners in each division were as follows:
Boys 12s: Krishna Bhadriraju, USTA Oklahoma
Girls 12s: Briana Rademacher, USTA Nebraska
Boys 14s: Cooper Woestendick, USTA Heart of America
Girls 14s: Emerey Gross, USTA St. Louis
Boys 16s: Humza Noor, USTA Heart of America
Girls 16s: Amber Yin, USTA Missouri
Boys 18s: Declan Galligan, USTA Iowa
Girls 18s: Adella Castaner, USTA Heart of America
Congratulations to all winners from the two weekends and all other players who played hard and showed great sportsmanship. See what other junior tournament opportunities lie ahead this year.
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