Across Metro Ne Cary Leeds JTT Team Seeking Nationals
who accompanied the boys in California. “The level of competition throughout the event was extremely fierce, and I could not be happier with the effort shown by all of Centercourt’s players.” Pictured, Clay Bibbee (center) congratulates Samir Banerjee (left) and Evan Wen (right).
Vasilescu Wins L2 Tennis Innovators Academy Open Title Chris Lewit Tennis Academy student Nicholas Vasilescu came back from a break down in the second set to win the L2 Tennis Innovators Academy Open Championship. Vasilescu hung on to win the semifinals in a third set super tiebreaker and followed that up with a 6-1, 6-4 straight set victory in the finals.
The 14U Junior Team Tennis (JTT) team from The Cary Leeds Center has had a great start to the spring season as it hopes to represent the USTA Eastern Section at the National tournament at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. The team features Solomon Brown and Sarah Youngberg, who compete in singles and sometimes mixed doubles, as well as Yudelkis Cueva, Nina Wiese, Rafe and Luca Phopoulas, Erik Johanson and Joquiem Ho who play doubles. The team finished in seventh place in the country last year, and is pursuing a national title this year.
Centercourt’s Banerjee and Wen Find Success at Easter Bowl
JMTA’s Pellerito, Leon Capture Empire Cup Doubles Title John McEnroe Tennis Academy players Ethan Leon & Daniel Pellerito captured the title at the Empire Cup Nationals at Alley Pond Tennis Center. The duo did not drop a set all tournament long which culminated with a 6-2, 6-4 win in the finals.
Two players from the Centercourt Tennis Academy headed out west to compete in the Easter Bowl, as Evan Wen and Samir Banerjee battled in the Boys 14s Division. Wen reached the semifinals, while Banerjee advanced all the way to the finals before falling in three sets. “I am extremely proud of all the boys that came out to California and left not only Centercourt’s mark, but their own mark on the rest of the tennis world,” said Clay Bibbee, Centercourt’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner, 4
New York Tennis Magazine • May/June 2018 • NYTennisMag.com