
On a National level, Sylvia Li and Katya Vasilyev played some outstanding tennis finishing 4th and 5th respectively in the girls 18s division at the USTA National Open in Honolulu, Hi.
Sylvia’s tournament started with comfortable wins over Charlotte Spassoff and Vynnie Kong 6-1, 6-1 and 6-4, 6-0 respectively. With her confidence at a high level Sylvia put together two upset wins over 6th seed Julia Blakeley 6-1, 6-1 and 3rd seed Gabrielle Devin 6-3, 6-7, 7-5.
Katya’s tournament started with a tough win over Akiko Okuda 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 before a more comfortable win over Catherine Nguyen 6-2, 6-2. In the round of 16, Katya had a great win over 4th seed and Norcal rival Kelly Chui 6-3, 6-4. After a three set loss to 8th seed Jacqueline Crawford, Katya put together three very impressive wins to capture the consolation draw. Katya first beat 6th seed Julia Blakeley 6-1, 6-4, then beat 1st seed Sarah Lee 7-6, 6-0, and in the consolation finals beat Nikki Sanders 6-4, 6-2.
Congratulations to all three girls, Tompkins Tennis is very proud of your tremendous efforts!!!