CHICAGO, IL, November 21, 2008
/24-7PressRelease/ -- Alyvia Jones has a daily routine that is different from any other 8-year-old. This third-grader, "A" students' daily routine can be described as a normal day for a teenager. But someone that doesn't understand the Junior Tennis circuit may say it's just too much for an 8-year-old. Think again. A normal day for this tennis "Talent on the Rise" starts with Alyvia waking up around 6:30am, and by 7:00am she has a protein shake with pancakes, egg and her daily vitamins. Her mom rushes her off, so that she can arrive before 8:30am at school. The baton is then passed to the dad, who picks Alyvia up at 3:35pm from school and (while she's changing clothes in the car) swoops her over to Midland Tennis Academy in Midland, Michigan (which is 110 miles northeast of Grand Rapids and 128 miles north of Detroit) for a group lesson from 4:00pm to 6:30pm. Alyvia also has a fitness session four days a week for 30 minutes after practice. (See more on Midland Tennis Academy at http://www.midlandtennis.com).
Alyvia arrives home around 7:00pm for dinner and a light stretching session with her dad afterwards. Her homework is completed by 8:30pm, which usually takes about 15-30 minutes to finish. She's showered and in bed by 9:00pm. Alyvia is usually on the tennis court between 20-25 hours per week with two private lessons with her coach, Jason Winegar, at Midland Tennis Academy. Alyvia has been selected by the USTA to participate in four Girls - 8/9 training camps held in Carson, California and will be attending the Midwest USTA Coaching Commission - Michigan State Camp later this month.
During the last weekend in October, Alyvia was in Austin, Texas, where she captured the prestigious "Little Mo" Nationals Championship in the Girls 8 Singles division at the Austin Tennis Academy. She was one of 16 players who made it through the sectional and regional qualifying tournaments on the long road to the Eleventh Annual "Little Mo" Nationals.
A couple of weeks later, she captures another championship at the 10-year-olds Midwest Junior Fall Closed Championships in Dayton, Ohio. Alyvia breezes past four opponents - winning 6-0, 6-0 over Makela S. Hughes of Columbus, Ohio, in the opening round; beating Alisa Sabotic of East Lansing, Michigan 6-2, 6-0 in the round of 16. The 6-2, 6-2 victory over Abigail Desiatnikov of Gates Mills, OH in the quarterfinal round was a lot closer than the score indicated; and winning 6-2, 6-4 in a tough match with another highly promising young player Isabella Lorenzini of Clarendon Hills, Illinois and powering past Magdalena Dobinda of Aurora, Illinois (who took out the number one seeded player Zoe Spence of Chicago Illinois, 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinal round). The title match-up was a classic battle between two sensational young sluggers with Alyvia's fitness being the key to her 6-3, 6-1 victory over Magdalena Dobinda.
The following week, she was off to battle 12-year-olds at the Midwest Indoor Open Championship in Lincolnshire, Illinois. In a tough, opening round match up, Alyvia faced Alexia Petrovic of Burr Ridge, Illinois losing 6-1, 6-2. In the first round of the consolation match Alyvia beat Kate Ketels of Kalamazoo, Michigan 7-5, 6-2, and faced off against the number 15-seeded player, Christina Auyeung, also from Midland Tennis Academy . Alyvia powers past Christina 6-4, 6-4 in a first time win which Alyvia has never beaten, according to her mom. In the third round, Alyvia took on Davina P. Nguyen of Shelby Township, Michigan and lost 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7) in a hard-fought match. Alyvia is the daughter of Derek and Tracy Jones of Midland MI. Alyvia Jones, a tennis sensation to keep your eye on.
You can see more of Alyvia's match footage from the Midwest Indoor Open Championship at http:www.talentontherise.com.
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