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KIMBERLY YEE WINS SINGLES AND DOUBLES AT USTA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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Kimberly Yee of Las Vegas did something Andre Agassi has never done, won USTA National Championships in singles and doubles. Further, she was given yet another sportsmanship award.

Yee, who is taught by her father and tennis pro Adam Yee, and trains at the Las Vegas Hilton Tennis Academy with Tim Blenkiron, is now ranked #5 in the United States. Yee is among a few young girls chosen by the USTA high performance team, led by Patrick McKenroe, as the future of USA tennis.

On her way to this unprecedented set of victories Yee beat the 17 seed Emma Davis of MA, 6-3; 6-4, then 11 seed Alexandra Letzt(11) of AZ, 6-0; 6-1, 7 seed Caroline Xie of CA (Robert Landsdorph prodigy), 7-5; 6-2 and in the semifinals Julia O'Loughlin, the 6 seed of FL, 6-2; 6-4. In the finals she defeated Christina Makarova the 2 seed of CA 6-4; 6-4.

Kimberly also won the doubles with her partner from Georgia Ellen Jang Milsten.
They beat the number 2 seeded players from CA (Makarova and Pereira) 6-1; 3-6;6-1.

Yee went into the national championship seeded #4 both in singles and doubles. She got the sportsmanship award for the second time at these National events. She got it at the National Hard court championships held in GA at the end of August as well.

?This is the first time in Nevada history that I know of a player winning the National Championships in singles and doubles,? said USTA-Nevada Executive Director Ryan Wolfington. ?In addition to that Kimberly is one of the nicest players we have ever had.?