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Sunday, June 3, 2007

New Clay Season for U.S. Juniors?

With Serena Williams the only American left in Paris for the second week, the U.S. reporters are looking for other story lines, and the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel's Charlie Bricker, who always gives juniors some attention at Grand Slams, talked to Rhyne Williams before his match today, and filed this story. (Williams, by the way, lost in three sets; for complete results, see rolandgarros.com).

I was very interested to hear Bricker quote Paul Roetert, Managing Director of High Performance, on the possibility of rearranging the junior calendar in the United States so that the clays are in the spring, and adding additional clay tournaments. I've been advocating this since I began to think about it, around 2004, I think, and I am delighted that it's up for discussion.

A while back, Bricker also tracked Madison Brengle's stint in qualifying at the French. I don't agree with his assessment of her fitness level, but he's entitled to his opinion.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

i can't believe he has the nerve to talk about brengle that way.. she doesn't NEED to lose any weight.. and even if she did I don't think it would make any difference in her tennis game- look at kuznetsova

Anonymous said...

Colette,
Who will be the new TD of the Zoo?
I noticed in the requirements for a new coach they are looking for an Assistant TD. I know that Timon will be the TD this year.

Colette Lewis said...

The presumption is that after a year as assistant TD, the new hire will become TD.

Anonymous said...

Bricker talked a bit about Kellen Damico in his latest blog entry:
http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_tennisblog/2007/06/damico_is_bette.html

Colette Lewis said...

that link for Bricker on Damico is here.
Two errors in the story--Mateusz Kecki was another US male who won a singles match in Paris.
Damico isn't on the Wimbledon acceptance list.

Anonymous said...

hes playing wimbledon

Anonymous said...

and with eysseric

Anonymous said...

To the person who said he's playing, has he been promised a WC or is the entry list wrong?

Anonymous said...

Is Damico playing with a one handed or two-handed backhand?

BTW... I think he is the ONLY American... juniors, boys, girls, men, women left alive.

Colette Lewis said...

Reka Zsilinzska and Alexa Glatch are still alive in girls doubles.