The 2026 Easter Bowl (USTA National Spring Championship) was conducted at the world-famous Indian Wells Tennis Gardens this past week in the Southern California desert.
Played at the home of the BNP Paribas Open, our Georgia junior players experienced great success, capturing 4 gold balls, 1 silver ball and 2 national sportsmanship winners.
Photo credit – Paul Ballard (Zootennis.com)
Congratulations to the following:
Ellery Mendell (Watkinsville) – Girls 18’s Singles Champion
Chloe Zigliara (Marietta) & Sadira Ouyang (Atlanta) – Girls 18’s Doubles Champions
Chloe Zigliara – Girls 18’s Sportsmanship Award winner
Michael Chervenkov (Canton) – Boys 14’s Singles Champion & Sportsmanship Award winner
Milan Nair (Alpharetta) – Boys 12’s Doubles Champion (with partner Miguel Valencia), Boys 12’s Singles Finalist
We are proud of all the Georgia junior players who qualified to participate in this prestigious event:
Girls 12’s – Gabriela Blanco, Everly Cogdell, Emersyn Crocker
Girls 14’s – Nicole Blanco, Cataleya Brown, Cydney Crocker, Zoe Lin, Evija Thoresen
Girls 18’s- Andi Anderson, Piper Johnson, Ellery Mendell, Sadira Ouyang, Addy Rogin, Chloe Zigliara
Boys 12’s – Luke Hedrick, Milan Nair
Boys 14’s – Michael Chervenkov
Boys 16’s – Simon Hayal, Maddox Iliescu
