Francis Tiafoe, the No. 6 ranked junior in the International Tennis Federation, has received a wild card entry to the main draw of the Citi Open® Tournament. It will be the College Park, Md., native's first foray into an ATP World Tour tournament's main draw. Tiafoe,...
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JTCC delivers at inaugural Citi Open Wildcard Challenge
In spite of the sweltering DC heat and arduous competition, Usue Arconada and Francis Tiafoe, two Junior Tennis Champions Center players, prevailed in the inaugural Citi Open Wildcard Challenge on Tuesday afternoon. Usue, the No. 2 seed, defeated the No. 3 (Malika...
Tiafoe to play in Easter Bowl final, Sun sets on Fenty’s title run
. Francis Tiafoe will compete for the ASISC Easter Bowl ITF Tennis Championships this afternoon, his second straight ITF final. On a day where temperatures cooled into the 80s at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, No. 1 ranked Tiafoe cruised through his semifinal,...
Tiafoe, Hiltzik advance to semis; Fenty pulls off upsets
. With two gritty three set displays, JTCC players Francis Tiafoe and Aron Hiltzik have advanced to the semifinals of the ASISC Easter Bowl. With the heat rule still in effect at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, No. 1 Tiafoe took the court against No. 7 Taylor Fritz in...
Team JTCC Perfect on Day 3 of Easter Bowl
... After a rough Day 2 at the ASICS Easter Bowl, the remaining JTCC players in boys’ and girls’ 18s redeemed themselves with a perfect 8-0 record in both singles and doubles on the day. Despite temperatures threatening to reach triple digits (and an even higher heat...
Tiafoe and Arconadas cruise, Kingsley falls at Easter Bowl
... The matches came thick and fast for Team JTCC on Day 2 of the ASICS Easter Bowl on Tuesday. After only three matches involving JTCC players on Day 1, yesterday saw 15 matches with at least one JTCC representative. With the doubles competition beginning, many...
Jordi Arconada claims 18U Easter Bowl Boys’ Doubles Title
No. 2 seed Jordi Arconada (JTCC) and partner Spencer Papa defeated the No. 4 seed JC Aragone and Mackenzie McDonald yesterday (6-1, 7-5) to lay claim to the 2013 Easter Bowl 18U doubles title. In their five match title run, Arconada (pictured above in the Fila...
Luca Corinteli to play in Easter Bowl Quarterfinal today
Luca Corinteli is the lone JTCC representative remaining in the singles bracket. Corinteli, the No. 3 seed in the 18 Boys' Division, defeated unseeded Stephen Watson in a close third set tiebreaker, 6-0, 2-6, 7-6(4). In a Quarterfinal match up slated for this...
Day 4: USTA International Spring Championships
Brian Tsao and Evan Zhu, two JTCC players, squared off against each other in a Boys' 16 Doubles Quarterfinals marquee match up in the USTA International Spring Championships yesterday. The results of the contest and other JTCC matches are below: Boys' 18 Singles...