Georgia juniors had a great showing at the recently held Southern Closed Championships. The Level 3 Closed event is the premier junior tournament sanctioned by USTA Southern and features competition in 4 different cities across the South.
Of special note, congratulations to Southern Closed singles champions James Weber (Boys 18’s) & Mary Kate Monk (Girls 16’s), along with doubles champions James Weber & Nicolas Wild (Boys 18’s, pictured below), Elle Groslimond & Piper Johnson (Girls 18’s), Lily Groslimond & Madeline Hunt (Girls 16’s, pictured left) & Tristan Goyen (Boys 12’s).
In addition, Sadira Ouyang (Atlanta) was honored for her fair play and positive attitude with the Girls 18’s Sportsmanship Award.
Congratulations to the following Georgia junior players:
Girls 12’s (Cary, North Carolina)
Zeal Reynolds (Smyrna) – Doubles Finalist
Rhiya Chiang (Suwanee) – Doubles 3rd Place
Boys 12’s (Cary, North Carolina)
*Tristen Goyen (Watkinsville)* – Doubles Champion
Sahil Mehendiratta (Duluth) – Doubles 3rd Place
Girls 14’s (Macon, Georgia)
Lanxin Liu (Duluth) – Singles 4th Place
Zoey Lin (Suwanee) – Singles Consolation Finalist
Colleen Cunnane (Atlanta)/Victoria Heine (Atlanta) – Doubles 4th Place
Boys 14’s (Macon, Georgia)
Agastya Bawane (Cumming) – Singles Finalist
Ryan Herrington (Cumming) – Singles 6th Place
Rijul Rapelly (Cumming) – Singles Consolation Finalist
Girls 16’s (Little Rock, Arkansas)
*Mary Kate Monk (Atlanta)* – Singles Champion
Madeline Hunt (Atlanta) – Singles 4th Place
*Lily Groslimond (Atlanta) /Madeline Hunt* – Doubles Champions
Katelyn Seagraves (Statham)/Mary Kate Monk – Doubles 3rd Place
Alexis Pattenaude (Marietta) – Doubles 4th Place
Boys 16’s Singles (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Aryan Ponugoti (Suwanee) – Singles Finalist
Michael Chervenkov (Canton) – Singles 4th Place
Zachary Szymanski (Locust Grove) – Singles 6th Place
Jake Mong (Marietta) – Singles Consolation Winner
Asher Negandhi (Roswell) – Singles Consolation Finalist
Joseph Kim (Flowery Branch)/Aryan Ponugoti – Doubles Finalists
Santiago Bisogno (Atlanta)/Jake Mong – Doubles 3rd Place
Sam Calvert (Rome) – Doubles 4th Place
Girls 18’s (Mobile, Alabama)
*Sadira Ouyang (Atlanta)* – Sportsmanship Award
Oleksandra Revina (Norcross) – Singles 4th Place
Whitney Burke (Alpharetta) – Singles 7th Place
Sadira Ouyang – Singles Consolation Winner
*Piper Johnson (Atlanta)/Elle Groslimond (Atlanta)* – Doubles Champions
Sadira Ouyang/Oleksandra Revina – Doubles Finalists
Boys 18’s (Mobile, Alabama)
*James Weber (Marietta)* – Singles Champion
Nishith Rajesh (Duluth) – Singles 5th Place
London Vasilescu (Atlanta) – Singles 7th Place
Artem Dmytrenko (Atlanta) – Singles Consolation Finalist
*James Weber/Nicolas Wild (Cumming)* – Doubles Champions
Artem Dmytrenko/Vincent Weaver (Roswell) – Doubles 4th Place
We wish all of you the best of luck this summer at the USTA National Clay & Hard Court Championships!
