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01/26/10 - HTA Sends Four B10s to Midwest Closed in Kenosha
Four juniors from the Herrmann Tennis Academy traveled to Kenosha, Wisc. to compete at the USTA Midwest Section Boys’ 10s’ Midwest Closed Junior Indoor Championships January 23-25.
Kenny Herrmann had the top showing of HTA competitors, receiving a bye as the seventh seed and winning his first two matches to advance to the quarterfinals. Kenny then fell 6-1, 6-0 to Sam Komis in the quarters. Herrmann rebounded to take out fifteenth seed Scott Bout 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the feed-in semifinals and end the tournament on a winning note.
Jeremy Barretta posted a 4-2 record in the tournament, highlighted by a 4-6, 7-5, 10-7 win over eighth seeded Oliver Weaver.
Quentin Benedetto lost to sixteenth seed Casey Johnson in the first round and was defeated 3-6, 7-6(7), 11-9 by A.J Dugan in his second match.
Michael McFadden also fell in a close consolation match, losing 7-5, 2-6, 10-5 to Benjamin Bout.
“Each of our players showed some positive results in this event,” said HTA Owner Ken Herrmann. “Each of these boys’ has a bright future in the game and we are excited to see them develop together.”
Wisconsin's Robert Krill, an attendee at the most recent HTA High Performance Mini-Camp advanced to the finals.
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