Jagdaddy
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Okay, so it's not Wimbledon . . .
Still, a nice story IMO:
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_4060081
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</td><td class="articleImageCaption">Men's champion Jeremy Wurtzman, above, rips a forehand during his straight-set victory over Bart Scott in Sunday's final at the Gates Tennis Center. (Special / Jack Dempsey) </td><td>
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</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" class="articleBody" align="left">There hasn't been much to cheer about in Boulder tennis the past few months, since the University of Colorado dropped its men's tennis program.
Enter Jeremy Wurtzman.
The 24-year-old, who is spending the summer teaching tennis at the Millennium Harvest House, kept Boulder on the Colorado tennis map with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over City Open champion Bart Scott on Sunday in the men's open finals of the 112th Colorado State Open at Gates Tennis Center.
"I've made a lot of friends up there and it will certainly be nice, not just for Boulder, but for the Harvest House to have a state champion," said Wurtzman, who is from Rochester, N.Y.
The tone of the match was set in the first game. A big first serve, which Wurtzman said is even better at altitude, was on from the get-go and had Scott guessing. Wurtzman didn't miss a first serve in the first game, and missed only six (18-for-24, 75 percent) in the first set.
"I was just trying to make a lot of first serves, because he was attacking my second a ton," said Wurtzman, an All-American at Ohio State in 2003-04. "I was as aggressive as possible on my serve, to get those games over with and work on breaking."
Wurtzman broke twice in the first set. Although his first-serve percentage dropped dramatically in the second set, Wurtzman continued his aggressive play from the baseline and at the net.
"He just returns the ball really well, and I think that was the difference, our return games," said Scott, who lost in the final last year to Jeff Loehr. "He returns much better than I do and was able to get into each one of my service games, except for two."
The two traded breaks early in the second set and then held serve to the tiebreaker. Wurtzman needed only one championship point to put the match away, sending one of just his seven winners down the line for the clincher.
"I felt terrible after I bowed out of the city (open, due to illness). I just wasn't feeling well," he said, "I wanted to prove myself and get back at this tournament."
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Still, a nice story IMO:
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_4060081
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Enter Jeremy Wurtzman.
The 24-year-old, who is spending the summer teaching tennis at the Millennium Harvest House, kept Boulder on the Colorado tennis map with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over City Open champion Bart Scott on Sunday in the men's open finals of the 112th Colorado State Open at Gates Tennis Center.
"I've made a lot of friends up there and it will certainly be nice, not just for Boulder, but for the Harvest House to have a state champion," said Wurtzman, who is from Rochester, N.Y.
The tone of the match was set in the first game. A big first serve, which Wurtzman said is even better at altitude, was on from the get-go and had Scott guessing. Wurtzman didn't miss a first serve in the first game, and missed only six (18-for-24, 75 percent) in the first set.
"I was just trying to make a lot of first serves, because he was attacking my second a ton," said Wurtzman, an All-American at Ohio State in 2003-04. "I was as aggressive as possible on my serve, to get those games over with and work on breaking."
Wurtzman broke twice in the first set. Although his first-serve percentage dropped dramatically in the second set, Wurtzman continued his aggressive play from the baseline and at the net.
"He just returns the ball really well, and I think that was the difference, our return games," said Scott, who lost in the final last year to Jeff Loehr. "He returns much better than I do and was able to get into each one of my service games, except for two."
The two traded breaks early in the second set and then held serve to the tiebreaker. Wurtzman needed only one championship point to put the match away, sending one of just his seven winners down the line for the clincher.
"I felt terrible after I bowed out of the city (open, due to illness). I just wasn't feeling well," he said, "I wanted to prove myself and get back at this tournament."
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