Tom Fawcett took the Boys’ 14s title to lead a strong contingent of HTA competitors at the Midwest Winter Championships held at the Dayton Center Courts & Tennis Academy in Dayton, Ohio January 15-17. The tournament is a National Level 3, Midwest Level 2 event.
Fawcett, seeded third, rocked Brandon Yeoh of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 6-0, 6-1 in the first round. In the second round Fawcett dropped his only set of the tournament, falling behind 6-7(5) to Indiana’s Jeffrey Chen. Fawcett turned it around and took each of the next two sets 6-1, 6-1. Tom handled fifth seeded Michael Dube 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
The semifinals brought a tighter match as Fawcett knocked out Harrison O’Keefe 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the finals against Aron Hiltzik. O’Keefe, from Salem, Va. knocked out #1 seed Max Fleigner 6-1, 6-2 in the quarters. Fawcett took out Hiltzik in straight sets 6-3, 6-0 to take the title.
In the Boys’ 18s draw Ben Hoogland won his first two matches 6-1, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-1 to cruise into the quarterfinals, where he faced #3 seed Jackson Withrow. Withrow topped Hoogland 6-3, 6-2.
Also competing in the event were Sam Hoogland (2-2), Vinnie Nagaraj (1-2), Michael Sellitto (0-2), and Brandon Wozniczka (0-2)
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