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The Easter Bowl is making a return to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden March 26-April 3 for the 54^th edition of one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious junior tournaments.

The 18s division is an ITF Level JB1. Gold, silver and bronze balls will be handed out for top finishers in the 18s, 16s, 14s and 12s for both boys and girls. The winner of the Boys and Girls 14s singles titles this year will be awarded spots in Wimbledon’s inaugural 14&U Championships.

The event has a new title sponsor in FILA and will be live streamed at www.easterbowl.com.

Reese Brantmeier is in the Girls 18s Easter Bowl Field
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This year’s girls field is highlighted by 2019 USTA Girls’ 16s National Hardcourts singles champion Reese Brantmeier, who is currently ranked No. 536 in the singles WTA rankings. The 17-year-old Brantmeier, a UNC signee, won two rounds in qualifying at the US Open in September.

Sophomore Liv Hovde is back to defend the Easter Bowl title she won last spring as an unknown qualifier. Hovde won nine matches in nine days last year on her way to the title. She is ranked No. 8 in the ITF world singles rankings.

Last year’s boys’ ITF finalist Ethan Quinn, a redshirt freshman at the University of Georgia, has entered the event again and ranks No. 20 in the ITF world junior rankings. He will contend with the likes of Nishesh Basavareddy from Carmel, Ind. Basavareddy and Cooper Williams from Greenwich, Conn., are ranked No. 24 and 25 in the rankings, respectfully, and will be seeded, as will Nicholas Godsick (No. 30) of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and Michael Zheng (No. 31) from Montville, N.J.

In the Girls 16s top-seeded players include: Stephanie Yakoff from New Jersey and headed to Harvard University; draw also includes Amber Yin of Missouri and Brooke Lynn Schafer from Georgia.

In the Girls 14s top-seeded players include: Capucine Jauffret from Delaware; draw also includes Emerey Gross from St. Louis, Mo. and Elizabeth Fauchet from Tennessee.

In the Girls 12s top-seeded players include: Sephi Sheng from Palo Alto, Calif., Akanksha Parashar from Fremont, Calif., and Welles Newman from Boca Raton, Fla.

In the Boys 16 stop-seeded players include: Andrew Ena from New York, Stephan Gershfeld from New York and Cyrus Mahjoob from Maryland.

In the Boys 14s top-seeded players include: Ronit Karki of New Jersey, Jon Gamble from Las Vegas and Laguna Niguel’s Jagger Leach.

In the Boys 12s top-seeded players include: Izyan Ahmad from New Jersey, Jordan Lee from Orlando, Fla., and Vihaan Reedy from San Jose, Calif.

Nearly every singles American men’s and women’s Grand Slam champion has competed in the FILA Easter Bowl, including past champions John McEnroe, Tracy Austin, Jennifer Capriati and Andy Roddick.

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