June has yielded impressive results for a number of ATA Academy students including a Sectionals doubles championship, a few new Super Champs, a new Champ, and a handful of defeated seeds.

US Air Force Academy bound senior Kristin Kerrigan won the doubles title 6-2, 6-2 at the 2018 Summer Grand Slam.
Also at the Grand Slam, Brown-bound senior Roger Chou was runner-up for the doubles title, losing 4-6, 1-6 to the #1 seeds, before putting up a strong fight against the #5 seed in singles; Chou had split sets in the Quarterfinals of the Boys ’18 Singles before having to retire for injury.
Fresh off her Level 3 championship last month, Callie Creath came into the Summer Grand Slam strong. Creath made it all the way to the Playoffs in Girls 18’s Singles and defeated the #4 and #5 seeds in straight sets along the way.

Also battling it out at the Summer Grand Slam, Megha Dania, Anushka Dania, and Caroline Wernli all made it into the Consolation Quarterfinals in Girls 16’s Singles; Juandedios defeated the #9 seed to earn his spot in the Quarterfinal Qualifiers in Boys 18’s Singles; and Tatum Blalock defeated the #17 seed in the Girls 18’s Singles in an upset (6-3; 4-6; 12-10).

Huge congratulations to Caroline Horn (G18) and James Burdick (B18) who qualified at last weekend’s Champ Major Zone in San Antonio.

                                                                                       

Other Major Zone successes include Clark Sweeney who took out the #4 seed on his way to the Semifinals in the Boys 16’s Singles; Mason Hart beat a personal record making it all the way to the Consolation Semifinals in Boys 14’s Singles; and after switching to lefty only four short months ago, Sydney Marin blew through the Girls 16’s Singles Consolation Semifinals 6-0, 6-3, before having to retire in the Consolation Finals due to injury.

Then, with a strong performance at last month’s ZAT, Brendan Lucero earned his way into Champs.

Congratulations to all of the ATA players who competed in tournaments recently! Check back here for updates on upcoming tournaments.