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By Sarah Lucas
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The 2009 ITA Easter Circuit was held in Las Vegas, March 21-25. Tournament play was conducted at the Las Vegas Country Club, the Las Vegas Hilton, the Meadows School, Red Rock Country Club, Spanish Oaks Tennis Club, Spanish Trail Country Club, and the Darling Tennis Center (the main venue). USTA Nevada would like to express our thanks to these facilities for allowing us to use their courts.
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325 players from the six Intermountain states (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming) played in the tourney, which featured a 64 player full feed-in singles consolation draw and a single elimination doubles draw.
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Southern Nevada players competed well in the event, with 19 players finishing in the top six in singles and 8 players finishing 1st or 2nd in doubles.
Main draw singles highlights include Hilton Academy's Sarah Toti winning the Girls 18's Division, Anthem's Chelsea Crovetti's Girls 12's title, and Hilton Academy's Kristofer Yee's win to take the Boys 16's Division. Other Vegas players who had outstanding results were Hilton Academy's Patrick Kawka and Anthem's Sarah Bessen, who finished 2nd in the Boys 18's and Girls 16's Divisions, respectively.
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Team Agassi's Jeff Vongman teamed up with Hilton's Kristofer Yee to win the doubles in Boys 16's. Girls' 14 Doubles Darling Centers Raquel Lopez teamed with Mira, Ruder-Hook to defeat Crum, Mary / Walton, Veronica. Girls' 12 Doubles winners were Anthem's Chelsea Crovetti and Lahey, Ashley.
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