Thursday play at Junior Nationals...

Heather Mahoney - Warming up

Thursday was a busy day for PVAC juniors at the Junior Nationals...First matches began at 9AM and the last ones were on at 8PM...Here is a little recap...

Heather - Heather played two singles matches in the girls combined 8 and under/10 and under division(She is in the 8 and under). She won both matches with the second one going to a tie breaker and her winning by an extremely slim 11-10. On Friday she will have a full day with Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles with a chance of National Championship in all three!

James - James played singles and doubles today. He and his partner, Vedant, easily won their doubles match. Unfortunately in singles he did not have the same result. He played Akul from New York who was in "The Zone" from the moment they started. It was a tough loss, but James held his head high and took it very well...He will move to the Blue division Thursday.

Ben - In 14 and under singles, Ben played against the #3 seed Wayne Antone. He played tough, but lost the match. He will play in the Blue division Friday. On Friday he will also compete in the 16 and under Red division. .He and doubles partner, Dane Elkins, lost their doubles match and are done for the tournament.

Dima - Dima had tough singles matches in both the 16 and 18 and under divisions. In the 16's it was a tough match against the #3 seed..He fought hard, but lost in the end...In the 18's he had to play against #2 seed Nick Riffel. Dima had his moments, but lost this match as well. He will compete in Blue divisions of both. He and partner, Luis Avila, had an easy Doubles match and move on to the semis Friday...

Sawyer serving

Sawyer - Sawyer and doubles partner, Adam Manilla, won their match and move on Friday...In Singles, Sawyer had a veyu tough match with Mitchell Hardin. Mitchell won game one and in game two, Sawyer was making a come back, but ended up being a little too late and he lost the match. A very tough loss as Sawyer was hoping to be facing his partner, Adam, in the singles final.. He will now compete in the Blue division.

Play continues through Sunday... I will keep this updated....