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Paige falls in nationals
Hopkins rising sophomore Nolan Paige, one of the rare Connecticut players to be seeded at the USTA National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich., opened with a pair of wins in the boys' 16-and-under singles and three wins in the boys' 16 doubles draw with partner William Spector of Weston, Mass. However his run in the championship brackets ended both in singles and doubles on Wednesday.
Paige fell to unseeded Robert Stineman 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the fourth round in singles while Paige and his doubles partner William Spector of Weston, Mass. lost to the No. 13 seeded team of Ashok Narayana and Michael Riechmann, both of Houston, 7-5, 6-4 in the fourth round of doubles.
Paige, who is seeded 23rd in the singles draw, posted straight set wins over Miami's Matthew Saiontz and Ricky Baylon of Buena Park, Calif. after receiving a first-round bye.
In doubles, Paige and Spector posted three straight-set wins including a 7-6, 6-4 upset of the third-seeded squad of Bjorn Fratangelo of Pittsburgh and Jeremy Efferdin of Lake Worth, Fla.
WHO'S NO. 2?
Andy Roddick is the unquestioned king of American tennis but former Fairfield resident James Blake has company in the quest to be the second-ranked American.
Recently Mardy Fish moved by Blake, for a week, to become the No. 2 American before Blake reclaimed the second spot in the most recent rankings.
However, with the points from last year's Olympics set to come off the board on Monday, Blake's ranking will take a hit.
Blake reached the Olympic semifinals so he will lose 310 points and if the rankings came out right now, he would be ranked 24th. Fish would check in at No. 22 with Sam Querrey closing fast at No. 25. While those rankings could change depending on how things shake out the rest of the week in Montreal, the order of the Americans will not be altered since Blake and Fish pulled out of the tournament and Querrey lost in the first round. Blake has a chance to move by Fish again next week since Fish will lose the 280 points he received for reaching the finals of the 2008 Pilot Pen in the Aug. 24 rankings.
Paige fell to unseeded Robert Stineman 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the fourth round in singles while Paige and his doubles partner William Spector of Weston, Mass. lost to the No. 13 seeded team of Ashok Narayana and Michael Riechmann, both of Houston, 7-5, 6-4 in the fourth round of doubles.
Paige, who is seeded 23rd in the singles draw, posted straight set wins over Miami's Matthew Saiontz and Ricky Baylon of Buena Park, Calif. after receiving a first-round bye.
In doubles, Paige and Spector posted three straight-set wins including a 7-6, 6-4 upset of the third-seeded squad of Bjorn Fratangelo of Pittsburgh and Jeremy Efferdin of Lake Worth, Fla.
WHO'S NO. 2?
Andy Roddick is the unquestioned king of American tennis but former Fairfield resident James Blake has company in the quest to be the second-ranked American.
Recently Mardy Fish moved by Blake, for a week, to become the No. 2 American before Blake reclaimed the second spot in the most recent rankings.
However, with the points from last year's Olympics set to come off the board on Monday, Blake's ranking will take a hit.
Blake reached the Olympic semifinals so he will lose 310 points and if the rankings came out right now, he would be ranked 24th. Fish would check in at No. 22 with Sam Querrey closing fast at No. 25. While those rankings could change depending on how things shake out the rest of the week in Montreal, the order of the Americans will not be altered since Blake and Fish pulled out of the tournament and Querrey lost in the first round. Blake has a chance to move by Fish again next week since Fish will lose the 280 points he received for reaching the finals of the 2008 Pilot Pen in the Aug. 24 rankings.
Labels: James Blake, Mardy Fish, Nolan Paige, Sam Querrey
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