Unseeded Keenan Mayo of Roseville in the Sacramento area beat 10th-seeded Jake Hersey of Great Britain 6-1, 1-0, retired on Monday in the second round of the Nike Junior International Tennis Tennis boys 14s in Bolton, England.
Mayo is scheduled to face seventh-seeded Daniel Michalski of Poland today for a berth in the quarterfinals. Michalski outlasted Radu Andrei Taica of Romania 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Mayo also reached the doubles quarterfinals with Roscoe Bellamy of Pacific Palisades in the Los Angeles area. Seeded fourth, they downed unseeded Emile Hudd and Brandon Murphy of Great Britain 7-5, 6-3.
Mayo won the boys 12 singles title in the 2012 USTA National Winter
Championships in Tucson, Ariz., and ended the year ranked
No. 1 nationally in the division.
Veteran journalist Paul Bauman, based in Sacramento, covers Northern California professional, collegiate and junior tennis. Contact him at norcaltennisczar@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @norcaltenczar.
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