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Apr 12, 2023

Cassius Chinlund, Valerie Glozman Win Fila Easter Bowl Boys’and Girls’ 18s Singles Titles

ORLANDO, Fla., April 4, 2023 – Top young juniors Cassius Chinlund (16; Los Angeles) and Valerie Glozman (16; Bellevue, Wash.) won the FILA Easter Bowl Boys’ and Girls’ 18s singles titles on Saturday.

The Easter Bowl, which serves as the USTA National Spring Championships, was played last week at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells. Calif., with singles and doubles competition across the 18s, 16s, 14s and 12s age groups. The Easter Bowl is the first of five junior USTA National Championship events in 2023 and counts John McEnroe, Tracy Austin, Jennifer Capriati and Andy Roddick among its previous champions.

Chinlund, a sophomore at Campbell Hall in the Los Angeles area, earned the best result of his junior tennis career at a USTA Level I tournament. Seeded fifth, he knocked of No. 7 seed and UCLA freshman Emon van Loben Sels (18; Sacramento, Calif.), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, in the singles final. Chinlund is ranked amongst the top 18-and-under players in the country and last year was named the boys’ tennis player of the year by the Los Angeles Daily News as a freshman. In the boys’ 18s doubles final another pair of Californians, Krish Arora (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Parashar Bharadwaj (Irvine, Calif.), defeated the second-seeded duo of Declan Galligan (West Des Moines, Iowa)  and Kale Mize (Tulsa, Okla.).

Glozman won her second consecutive Easter Bowl singles title after taking home the 16s crown in 2022. This year, the high school junior, who is ranked as the No. 3 18-and-under player in the country and was the tournament’s top seed, knocked off No. 5 seed Aspen Schuman (15; Menlo Park, Calif.) in the final, 7-6(4), 6-3. Following her Easter Bowl triumph, Glozman reached the girls’ 18s singles final at the USTA Billie Jean King National Championships last summer, earning the then-15-year-old a spot is the US Open Qualifying Tournament, where she won a match over a player ranked in the WTA’s Top 250. She also helped lead Team USA to the Junior Billie Jean King Cup title in November. In the girls’ 18s doubles final the top-seeded pair of Susanna Maltby (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) and Maddy Zampardo (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.) defeated the third-seeded team of Ava Esposito Cogan (Branford, Conn.) and Caroline McGinley (Essex Falls, N.J.).

No. 4 seed Ian Bracks (Tulsa, Okla.) defeated No. 9 seed Braden Gelletich (Goshen, N.Y.), 7-6(4), 6-3, in the boys’ 16s singles final, while No. 8 seed Claire An knocked off third-seeded Alanis Hamilton (Bentonville, Ark.), 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-4, to bring home the girls’ 16s singles title. Hamilton also partnered with Kayla Chung (Philadelphia) to win the girls’ 16s doubles title.

No. 7 seed Roshan Santhosh (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) defeated No. 3 seed Ryan Cozad to win the boys’ 14s singles title, while second-seeded Nancy Lee (Belmont, Mass.) won the girls’ 14s singles title with a victory over No. 5 seed Anita Tu (Jacksonville, Fla.).

Jason Eigbedion (Duluth, Ga.) and Raya Kotseva (Las Vegas) rounded out the singles champions, winning the boys’ and girls’ 12s titles, respectively. Both players also won the 12s doubles titles to complete the sweep of the championships.

Finals results of the Easter Bowl can be found on page 2. The complete draws are available here.

Each year, more than 120,000 players compete in USTA junior tournament. Players compete in levels of competition through earned advancement in the 10s, 12s, 14s, 16s and 18s age divisions. USTA junior tournaments help kids take their game as far as they want – high school, college or the pros – or just have fun competing.

Results:

  • Boys’ 18s
    Singles: (5) Cassius Chinlund (Los Angeles) d. (7) Emon van Loben Sels (Sacramento, Calif.), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
    Doubles: Krish Arora (Newport Beach, Calif.) / Parashar Bharadwaj (Irvine, Calif.) d. (2) Declan Galligan (West Des Moines, Iowa) / Kale Mize (Tulsa, Okla.), 7-5, 6-7(3), [10-1]
  • Girls’ 18s
    Singles: (1) Valerie Glozman (Bellevue, Wash.) d. (5) Aspen Schuman (Menlo Park, Calif.), 7-6(4), 6-3
    Doubles: (1) Susanna Maltby (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) / Maddy Zampardo (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.) d. (3) Ava Esposito Cogan (Branford, Conn.) / Caroline McGinley (Essex Falls, N.J.), 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-4
  • Boys’ 16s
    Singles: (4) Ian Bracks (Tulsa, Okla.) d. (9) Braeden Gelletich (Goshen, N.Y.), 7-6(4), 6-4
    Doubles: (2) Andre Alcantara (Las Vegas) / Xavier Calvelo (Las Vegas) d. (5) Winston Lee (Cupertino, Calif.) / Aniketh Poruri (Pleasanton, Calif.), 6-2, 7-5
  • Girls’ 16s
    Singles: (8) Claire An (New York) d. (3) Alanis Hamilton (Bentonville, Ark.), 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-4
    Doubles: (2) Hamilton / Kayla Chung (Philadelphia) d. Bella Payne (Taylors, S.C.) / Elena Zhao (San Diego), 6-2, 6-4
  • Boys’ 14s
    Singles: (7) Roshan Santhosh (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) d. (3) Ryan Cozad (Alpharetta, Ga.), 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
    Doubles: (1) Yannik Alvarez (Cumming, Ga.) / Cozad d. (2) Joseph Nau (Brentwood, Calif.) / Wesley Cotton (Dallas), 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
  • Girls’ 14s
    Singles: (2) Nancy Lee (Belmont, Mass.) d. (5) Anita Tu (Jacksonville, Fla.), 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
    Doubles: (2) Catherine Rennard (Asheville, N.C.) / Isabella DeLuccia (Livingston, N.J.) d. (1) Alyson Shannon (Plano, Texas) / Kori Montoya (Austin, Texas), 6-2, 6-2
  • Boys’ 12s
    Singles: (6) Jason Eigbedion (Duluth, Ga.) d. (7) Advay Singh (Frisco, Texas), 6-4, 6-2
    Doubles: (2) Dylan Meineke (Frisco, Texas) / Eigbedion d. Gareth Kurowski (Cincinnati) / Raghav Narayanan (Livingston, N.J.), 6-1, 6-1
  • Girls’ 12s
    Singles: (4) Raya Kotseva (Las Vegas) d. (9) Camila Kostik (Merrick, N.Y.), 6-2, 7-5
    Doubles: (1) Kotseva / Jordyn Hazelitt (Henderson, N.V.) d. (2) Surabhi Raghavendra (San Diego) / Valeria Machikawa (Cerritos, Calif.), 6-3, 6-2

 

For more information, contact:
Dan Pyser, USTA Corporate Communications, (407) 462-3184, daniel.pyser@usta.com