USTA News
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.
Click here for complete 18 singles results.
Click here for complete 16 singles results.
Overview of Play Scheduled for Thursday (Aug. 12th)
1999-08-01 Aug. 12, 1999Times likely to change as weather/scheduling permits.
Kalamazoo College's Stowe Stadium:
8am 18 Feed In, 4rd Round
10am 16 Singles, Quarter Finals
11:30am 18 Singles, Quarter Finals
3pm 16 Doubles, Quarter Finals (indoors at Markin if necessary)
(Last match scheduled to start at 3pm)
Western Michigan University's Sorensen Courts:
8am 16 & 18 Feed In, 4th Round
(Last match scheduled to start at 8:30am)
At West Hills and Markin Center:
12pm 16 & 18 Feed In, 5th Round Qual.
Singles Quarter Final matches at Stowe:
10am 16 Singles
Ryan Heinburg (5), Agoura Hills, CA vs.
Hamid Mirzadeh (3), Lake Worth, FL
10am 16 Singles
Brian Wright (11),Fresno, CA vd.
Robby Ginerpri (2), Marietta, GA
Click here for latest 16 Singles results.
11:30am 18 Singles
David Martin (5), Tulsa, OK vs.
Andy Roddick (4), Boca Raton, FL
11:30am 18 Singles
Yorke Allen (22), Mclean, VA vs.
Mardy Fish (2), Vero Beach, FL
Click here for latest 18 Singles results.
Neighborhood Picnic a Big Success
1999-08-01 Aug 11, 1999Last night, the West Main Neighborhood held its annual picnic for players, guests, officials and volunteers of the tournament. As usual, the event was a big success. It was an evening of good food, music, raffles, and fun!
The picnic, which was sponsored by Prince, provides a great chance for everyone involved in the tournament to get together, kick back, relax, and have a little fun! The people who live in the West Main neighborhood, despite having to deal with congested traffic, road detours and noise during the ten days of the tournament, do a great job hosting the picnic and making visitors and volunteers of the tournament feel at home.
The highlight of the evening, besides the good food, are the great raffle drawings. Prince and many other local stores and restaurants donate many great prizes, ranging from tennis rackets to t-shirts, to free dinners! Add to this the freindly atmosphere and live music, and its easy to see why the neighborhood picnic has become such a favorite event to many involved with these Nationals.
USTA Boys' Results Go Wireless!
1999-08-01 Millions of Palm Pilot users were excited to learn earlier this year that their pocket-sized digital organizers were going wireless. Now, USTA Boys' 18 & 16 National Championship results and player profiles are available via those high-tech computing devices.Palm VII users can flip up the antenna on their wireless organizers, about the size of a pocket calculator, and download the latest match results from virtually anywhere. Even fans right in Kalamazoo, enjoying a match at Stowe Stadium, could pull out their Palm VII and get more information about the players they are watching by accessing their player profiles remotely.
If you have a Palm VII and would like to access 1999 player profiles and results, simply Shift-Click here to download the program you'll need from the USTA Boys' website.
And Then There Were Eight
1999-08-01 Day seven in Kalamazoo arrives with the threat of afternoon rain and just eight players remaining in both the 18 and 16 singles draw.The top two seeds in both divisions, Phillip King/Mardy Fish (18s) and Jesse Witten/Robby Ginerpri (16s), have made it to the quarter finals. The only unseeded player to survive is Chris Martin (Tulsa, OK).
Half of the quarter final matches in both divisions will be played at Stowe Stadium today. David Martin, Chris' brother and fifth seed, will play Andy Roddick (Boca Raton, FL) while York Allen (McLean, VA) faces off against second seed Mardy Fish (Vero Beach, FL). Both matches are scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m.
In the 16s division, third seed Hamid Mirzadeh (Lake Worth, FL) will play fifth seed Ryan Heinburg (Agoura Hills, CA) while second seed Robby Ginerpri (Marietta, GA) will try to fend off eleventh seed Brian Wright (Fresno, CA). Both matches begin at 10:00 a.m.
Click here for 18 singles results.
Click here for 16 singles results.
Intermittent Rain Prevents Completion Of Today's Scheduled 16s Singles Quarter-Finals
1999-08-01 As expected, the rain arrived at mid-day suspending play with one quarter-final match completed. Second seed Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA) ousted eleventh seed Brian Wright (Fresno, CA) 6-3, 6-2. The Heinburg/Mirzadeh quarter-final match was suspended in the third set.As of 4:00 p.m. Thursday, 16 doubles quarter-final action was underway at Markin.
Click here for 16 doubles results.
16 Doubles Quarter-Final Results
1999-08-01 Four quarter-final matches were completed at Markin late yesterday (Thursday) afternoon and evening. Second seeded Stephen Amritraj (Calabasas, CA) and Sam Warburg (Sacramento, CA) defeated Connor Murnighan (Glenview, IL) and Jason Zimmermann (West Chester, OH) 6-3, 6-4; ninth seeded Jonathan Chu (New York, NY) and Alexandru Popescu (Stamford, CT) eliminated fifth seeds Jeff Kazarian (Rolling Hills Estates, CA) and Rylan Rizza (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; sixth seeds Ytai Abougzir (Boca Raton, FL) and Robby Ginepri (Marietta, GA) ousted Doug Stewart (Malibu, CA) and Scott Stewart (Malibu, CA) 6-3, 6-3; while in a hard-fought match, the eleventh seeded pair of Brent D'Amico (Aurora, CO) and Roger Gubser (Laredo, TX) fended off Scott Brown (Ballwin, MO) and Stephen Nolen (Aurora, CO) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6).Click here for 16 doubles results.