Southern California juniors shined at the USTA Level 1 National Winter Championships, bringing home two silver ball and two bronze ball finishes in singles and doubles from December 28 to January 3 at venues nationwide.

In the Boys and Girls’ 12s and 14s divisions in San Antonio, Texas, the tournament used a compass draw format. Players who lost a match moved to a different bracket, and all matches had a 3rd/4th place playoff. Singles were best of three full tiebreak sets, and doubles followed a 64-team, single-elimination format with tiebreak sets, with the semifinal, final, and 3rd/4th playoff matches playing a full third set.

In the Boys and Girls’ 16s and 18s divisions in Orlando, Florida, the tournament used a feed-in consolation format. Singles draws included 128 players, and all matches followed the same set formats as the 12s and 14s divisions. Doubles also had a 64-team, single-elimination format with similar rules.

Below are the top Southern California finishers from the weekend:

GIRLS’ 12s:

• Kareena Cross: Girls’ 12 Singles 5th Place (Gold Draw Champion)
• Aarna Patel: Girls’ 12 Singles West Draw Champion
• Skylar Mandell: Girls’ 12 Singles Northeast Draw Champion
• Victoria Park: Girls’ 12 Singles Northeast Draw Runnerup

BOYS’ 12s

• Christian Pohoski & Aleksander Denisov (Sunny Isles Beach, FL): Boys’ 12 Doubles 3rd Place (Bronze Ball)
• Jerry Qi & London Slaton: Boys’ 12 Doubles 4th Place
• Christian Pohoski: Boys’ 12 Singles 5th Place (Gold Draw Champion)
• Jerry Qi: Boys’ 12 Singles 6th Place (Gold Draw Runner Up)
• London Slaton: Boys’ 12 Singles Silver Draw Runner Up
• Benjamin Inukai: Boys’ 12 Singles Northwest Champion

GIRLS’ 14s:

• Madeline Cleary: Girls’ 14 5th Place (Gold Draw Champion)
• Katelyn John: Girls’ 14 Singles South Draw Runnerup
• Sophia Lee: Girls’ 14 Singles Northeast Draw Runnerup
• Chloe Egerer: Girls’ 14 Singles Northwest Draw Runnerup

BOYS’ 14s: 

• Mayurchandra Bharath & Kona Parseghian: Boys’ 14 Doubles Runnerup (Silver Ball) 
• Zander Abrams: Boys’ 14 Singles 3rd Place (Bronze Ball)
• Adrian Sharma: Boys’ 14 Singles North Draw Runner Up

BOYS’ 16s:

• Ilias Bouzoubaa: Boys’ 16 Singles 4th Place  

BOYS’ 18s:

• Gray Kelley: Boys’ 18 Singles 3rd Place (Bronze Ball)
• David Wu: Boys’ 18 Singles 5th Place
• Brody Nejedly Krall: Boys’ 18 Singles 6th Place 

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Congratulations to all winners from the weekend and all other players who played hard and showed great sportsmanship. See what other junior tournament opportunities lie ahead this year in Southern California.