June L4 Super Six Championships
WESTBOROUGH, MA- Junior boys and girls participated in the L4 Super Six Championships from June 3-4, their final tune up before the most prestigious New England event of the year- Summer Sectionals. Kyle McCandless, Jennifer Riester, Petro Kuzmenok and Anna Nguyen all picked up victories at New England sites: Nashua, NH, East Hartford, CT and Boston, MA.
Sectionals will take place from June 24-27 with a new qualifying tournament scheduled for June 23.
Below are the results from the June L4 Championships:
Boys' 14s Singles
East Hartford Racquet Club, Connecticut
Tournament Director- Bob Dean
F- (1) Kyle McCandless d. (2) Walker Oberg 6-2; 4-6; 7-5
PL- Joshua Israel d. Alexander Visser 4-6; 6-3; 6-2
SF- (2) Walker Oberg d. Joshua Israel 2-6; 6-3; 6-2
SF- (1) Kyle McCandless d. Alexander Visser 6-0; 1-6; 7-5
Consolation:
CS- Aidan Reilly d. Leo Kaluzhny 6-2; 6-2
CS- Sreeman Lakshmanan d. Luc Piacentini 6-3; 6-1
CQ- Aidan Reilly d. Zachary Schwartz 6-2; 6-2
CQ- Leo Kaluzhny d. (4) Noah Schwartz 7-6(7)); 6-0
Girls' 14s Singles
Sportsmen's Tennis Club, Eastern Mass.
Tournament Director- Andrew Crane
F- (1) Jennifer Riester d. (2) Julia DeLuca 6-4; 6-3
PL- Emily Parkerson d. Sahana Raman 6-3; 6-3
SF- (2) Julia DeLuca d. Sahana Raman 6-2; 6-3
SF- (1) Jennifer Riester d. Emily Parkerson 6-2; 6-3
Consolation:
CS- Lauren May d. Anna Cornelissen 6-1; 6-4
CS- Madeleine Swire d. Kirstin Hailey 6-4; 7-6(5)
CQ- Lauren May d. Eliza McPherron 6-1; 6-2
CQ- Anna Cornelissen d. (3) Riya Singh 6-4; 6-0
Boys' and Girls’ 12s Singles
Nashua Swim and Tennis Club, New Hampshire
Tournament Director- Robb Schachter
Boys' 12 Singles
F- (2) Petro Kuzmenok d. (1) Ryan Nash 6-2; 6-2
PL- Robert Cooper d. (3) Kaiaitz Mendibe 6-1; 5-7; 7-5
SF- (2) Petro Kuzmenok d. (3) Kaiaitz Mendibe 6-1; 6-2
SF- (1) Ryan Nash d. Robert Cooper 6-1; 6-0
Consolation:
CS- Akshay Kumar d. Ryan Zhang 6-3; 2-0Ret (inj)
CS- Miles Kennedy d. Trip Wight 6-3; 6-3
CQ- Ryan Zhang d. Tait Oberg 6-1; 6-1
CQ- Akshay Kumar d. (4) Matthew Fuffo 7-5; 6-4
Girls' 12 Singles
F- (1) Anna Nguyen d. (2) Violet Robbins 7-5; 6-4
PL- Mallika Chari d. Caroline Stuhlfaut 6-2; 6-3
SF- (2) Violet Robbins d. Mallika Chari 6-2; 6-2
SF- (1) Anna Nguyen d. Caroline Stuhlfaut 6-0; 6-0
Consolation:
CS- Jaqueline Lee d. (4) Zoe Sun 6-4; 4-6; 6-4
CS- Olivia Chen d. Augusta Beveridge 6-3; 6-0
CQ- Jaqueline Lee d. Ava Cogan 6-2; 4-6; 6-1
CQ- (4) Zoe Sun d. Charlotte Calderwood 6-0; 6-1
- Anna Nguyen (left) defeated Violet Robbins in the Girls'
- Bobby Cooper finished third in the Boys'
- Kyle McCandless (left) took down Walker Oberg in the Boys'
- Mallika Chari finished third in the Girls'
- Petro Kuzmenok (right) defeated Ryan Nash in the Boys'
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