Colette Lewis has covered topflight U.S. and international junior events as a freelance journalist over the past two years. Her work has earned her contracts with such organizations as the Tennis Channel, the USTA, Tennis Magazine, and the ITF junior website. Lewis comments daily on junior tennis at her popular ZooTennis website. http://tennisrecruiting.net/articles/colette.asp Copyright 2010, Sirius Software Inc. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:01:15 -0500 dallas@tennisrecruiting.net Thu, 4 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0500 webmaster@tennisrecruiting.net http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/img/experts/lewis2.jpg http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/articles/colette.asp 90 120 February's mid-winter aces always include those who excel on indoor courts, collegiate and otherwise. However last month there was also good news from the South American clay court circuit, where two young Americans captured ITF junior titles on the surface known to present the biggest challenges for them. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=926 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0500 College dual matches can't be scripted. Too much can happen over the course of three doubles and six singles matches. But last week the Michigan women earned two 4-3 victories over visitors from Texas by following a similar storyline - win the doubles point, then add victories at the 4, 5, and 6 singles spots. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=925 Mon, 1 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0500 When Brian Boland arrived in Charlottesville in the fall of 2001, Virginia had never won an ACC title or more than a round in the NCAA team championships. Boland went to work, and the accomplishments are piling up: three straight undefeated ACC seasons, two consecutive undefeated regular seasons, two NCAA semifinal appearances, three NCAA individual titles, and now three straight ITA Men's Team Indoor titles. Here is Colette Lewis' conversation with Coach Boland. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=924 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500 The Virginia Cavaliers won their first ITA Team Indoor championship two years ago in Seattle and their second last year in Chicago. On Monday, they claimed their third straight title, defeating Tennessee 4-1 at the sweetest of locations, their home courts at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=921 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500 The bulk of January's 14 aces come from Arizona, where the USTA Winter Nationals concluded on the first day of 2010. But Australia, England, Mexico, South America and Florida were sites of outstanding performances from other young competitors throughout the month, and an exciting idea from the USTA also made the grade. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=916 Fri, 5 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500 The North Carolina Women's Tennis Team travelled to South Bend, Indiana to face Notre Dame on its home courts. On the line was a trip to the ITA Team Indoor next week in Madison, Wisc., a trek every UNC team has made for the past six years. That streak is now seven, with the second-seeded Tar Heels posting a 5-2 win over top-seeded Irish. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=915 Thu, 4 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500 Andy Roddick, Serena Williams and Melanie Oudin aren't professors, but junior players at the USTA Training Center Headquarters learned important lessons from the three American stars last fall at a media relations session in Boca Raton, Fla. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=906 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:00 -0500 Top seed Bianca Sanon and unseeded Michael Rinaldi approached the Tennis Plaza Cup in unsettled states of mind, yet the two Floridians managed to focus on the task at hand to emerge with championship trophies over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=903 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 -0500 2010 marks the fifth new year for TennisRecruiting.net - and the fifth edition of "Intriguing Questions" from columnist Colette Lewis. Lewis asks nine questions that may bear answers in the first year of the new decade. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=901 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:00:00 -0500 December's aces always center on the three major international junior tournaments in Florida, and this year, for the first time since I began covering these events, 16 different players claimed titles. The other two aces are U.S. teenagers who claimed Australian Open wild card berths with victories last month in the USTA's playoff tournament. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=897 Thu, 7 Jan 2010 05:00:00 -0500 Unseeded Californian Yuki Chiang made her final 14-and-under tournament a memorable one, defeating the top three seeds en route to the Junior Orange Bowl girls 14s title last week. She finished with a flourish, downing No. 1 seed Brooke Austin 6-3, 6-3 in the championship match held at the University of Miami's Neil Schiff Tennis Center. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=893 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0500 The summer-like heat and humidity in Miami last week proved no obstacle to Dunlop Orange Bowl boys 18s top seed Gianni Mina of France, who won the Grade A championship. Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski, the girls 18s champion, was unseeded and ranked outside the ITF Junior Top 40 coming into the tournament. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=891 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0500 At the 2008 Eddie Herr, Americans took home half of the singles titles, with four champions calling the United States home. Last week they improved on last year's impressive showing, taking six of the eight titles and sweeping both the 12s and 16s age divisions. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=884 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0500 There's no off season for aces, with November providing notable achievements from those competing at the ITA Indoor early in the month to the Eddie Herr at the end. And we're all thankful for the contributions of a truly exceptional ace retiring after more than 30 years of service to junior tennis. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=882 Fri, 4 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0500 Yesterday, Colette Lewis previewed the younger age groups at the Eddie Herr. Today she takes a look at the 16s and 18s divisions. http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=879 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0500