10-05-2009 - Fawcett Wins Kentucky International
 After falling in the first round in 2008, Tom Fawcett rebounded to capture the championship at the 2009 Kentucky International Junior Tennis Derby in Lexington. Fawcett knocked out the fourteenth, thirteenth, and ninth seeds in route to the title of this national level 3 event.
Fawcett cruised through the first two rounds of the tournament to advance to the round of 16. In that round Fawcett won a tightly contested match 6-4, 7-5 over Canyon Teague. In the quarters Fawcett dominated the first set 6-0, before Atlanta’s Trey Yates pushed the second set into a tie at 5 all. Fawcett picked up his play and took the next two games to roll into the semifinals.
The semi’s proved to be Tom’s toughest match of the tournament. After taking the first 6-3, he fell 5-7 in the second. In the third set superbreak the two players were tied at 10 all, before Fawcett took three of the last four points to capture the set and the spot in the finals. Tom dropped Connecticut’s Kyle Mautner 6-2, 6-1 in the finals.
“Tom did a fantastic job in winning his first national event,” said HTA Director Ernie Katko. “The semi-final win was a very tough match, with Tom being the excellent competitor he is, coming out on top in an exciting third set breaker. Tom has been taking his game to higher offensive levels and the results are evident.”
The win moved Fawcett to 74th in the USTA National Rankings from 98th. He is ranked 14th in the Midwest Section.
Other HTA members in the draw were Drew Campbell, Jalen Evans, Chas Mayer, and Brandon Wozniczka.
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