USTA News
Bryans Brighten Kalamazoo At Friday Night's Exhibition
1999-08-01 The Bryan twins (Bob and Mike) concluded a busy week, which included collecting a bronze at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, by officially opening the 1999 USTA Boys' Nationals here in Kalamazoo. Bob won the singles match against his brother Mike and then the pair defeated the top seeded 18 duo of Tres Davis (Austin, TX) and Alberto Francis (McAllen, TX) in the doubles portion of the event.The Bryan's of Camarillo, Calif., returned to the city they dominated in 1995 and 1996 to highlight this year's Opening Ceremonies in the National City Bank Exhibition. Since the Bryan's last graced the courts at Stowe Stadium, they spent two years at Stanford where they continued their winning ways before turning pro last summer.
Wayne Bryan charged up a group of Kalamazoo youth with the help of his sons by putting on a terrific tennis clinic prior to the exhibition. It was great to have the Bryan's back in Kalamazoo, they bring a lot to the sport.
Play Suspended Due To Rain
1999-08-01 Saturday Nationals action has been suspended at both Stowe Stadium and WMU courts as of approximately 1:15 p.m.
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16 Doubles Continues Indoors
1999-08-01 Rainy weather delays singles and forces 16 doubles indoors. Play will continue at the Markin Center and West Hills through out the afternoon.Click here for current 16 doubles results.
Here Comes the Sun...
1999-08-01 Sunday, Aug. 8.A misting fog has covered Kalamazoo this morning, the remnants of the rains from yesterday. Despite periodic interuptions this morning, singles play in both 16's and 18's will continue outside today, as the weather is expected to clear to mostly sunny with a high in the 70's. All doubles play has been cancelled for today due to the weather delays.
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Only Two Seeded 16s Doubles Fail To Advance
1999-08-01 All but two of the seeded 16s doubles pairs advanced in yesterday's indoor doubles play.Top seeded Rajeev Ram (Carmel, IN) and Jonathan Stokke (Chapel Hill, NC) defeated John Nallon (Garland, TX) and Bryan Wooten (Houston, TX) 6-1, 6-1. The 2nd seeded pair of Stephen Amritraj (Calabasas, CA) and Sam Warburg (Sacramento, CA) shut down Tony Epkey (Greenwood, IN) and Bradley Rhodes (Mooresville, IN) 6-2, 6-3.
The 10th seeded duo of Lester Cook (Calabasas, CA) and Matt Emery (Lexington, KY) were knocked off by Morgan Bauer (New York, NY) and Clint Keithley (Valparaiso, IN) while 16th seeded Brent Saiontz (Miami, FL) and Ryan Sherry (Fort Myers, FL) fell to Matt Loucks and Aaron Yovan both of Irvine, CA.
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Both 16s and 18s singles play continues today under clearing weather here in Kalamazoo.
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Top Three Seeds Advance In 16s Division
1999-08-01 Jesse Witten (Naples, FL), Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA) and Hamid Mirzadeh (Lake Worth, FL) all advanced in Sunday afternoon singles action.Top seeded Witten ousted Matt Cherner-Ranft of Moylan, PA 6-0, 6-1; second seed Ginepri defeated Brett Joelson of Plano, TX 6-4, 6-2; and third seed Mirzadeh eliminated Ryan McBride of Tempe, AZ 6-1, 6-2.
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Monday, Aug 9 Schedule
1999-08-01 Today Stowe will feature both 18 and 16 Singles 3rd Round action and Western has 18 Feed in's 3rd round qualifying, 16 Feed in 2nd round, and 18 Doubles 3rd round.
Featured Matches at Stowe:
11 am 3rd Round 18 Singles
Phillip King (1), Long Beach, CA vs.
James Caiati, Greenwich, CT
12 pm 3rd Round 16 Singles
Jesse Witten (1), Naples, FL vs.
Bernerd Tsepelman, Forest Hills, NY
1 pm 3rd Round 18 Singles
Micheal Mestel, Montville, NJ
Mardy Fish (2), Vero Beach, FL
1:30 pm 3rd Round 16 Singles
Jason Nguyen, Chatsworth, CA
Robby Ginepri (2), Marietta, GA
Approx. Times for Stowe:
8am-12:30pm 18 Singles, 3rd Round
12:30pm-5:30pm 16 Singles, 3rd Round
Approx. Times at Western:
8am-10am 18 Feed in, 3rd Round Qual.
10am-1pm 16 Feed in, 2nd Round
1pm-4pm 18 Feed in, 3rd Round Qual.
4pm-4:30pm 18 Doubles, 3rd Round
Feed Ins Heat Up at Western
1999-08-01 Aug. 9, 1999For most of the day today, play at Western was dominated by the feed in draws of both the 16's and 18's divisions. Play was close and exciting, with even a few tempers flaring up.
Th 18's played their 3rd round qualifying matches early in the morning, followed by the 16's 2nd round feed in action. Brent D'Amico, from Aurora, Colorado, said of the feed in tournament, "It's a lot of matches!" And he's right. They are important matches too, as they count the same towards players rankings as the main draw matches, and the winner of the feed ins determines fifth place in the over-all tournament. All of this only adds to the excitement of the feed in matches.
Fans in Kalamazoo, remember you can "Catch the Shuttle" to Western for free! Pick-up sites are located outside Stowe Stadium, at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, and at Western's Sorensen Courts.
Tuesday Morning Thunderstorms Move Play Indoors
1999-08-01 Early morning thunderstorms rolled through the Kalamazoo area on Tuesday. The 3rd round 16 singles feed-in play scheduled for 8:00 a.m. at Stowe and WMU has moved indoors.The 3rd round feed-ins scheduled at Stowe Stadium have moved indoors to the Markin Center and the 3rd round feed-ins scheduled at WMU's Sorensen Courts have moved indoors to West Hills. The weather is expected to clear sometime this morning for 4th round 18 and 16 singles action.
Sun Returns; 16 & 18 Singles Underway
1999-08-01 Despite rain forcing the 16 feed-ins indoors, by late morning the weather had cleared in Kalamazoo allowing 16 and 18 singles matches to proceed outdoors.Top seeds Phillip King (Long Beach, CA) and Jesse Witten (Naples, FL) both advanced on Tuesday afternoon. Fourth round singles matches are still underway at Stowe Stadium and will probably be completed by about 8:00 p.m.
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