Parks Reaches Singles and Doubles Finals at USTA Event
7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The No. 2 seed in the 128-player singles draw, Parks cruised through the first three rounds of competition by surrendering just a combined five games to his opponents. Ninth-seeded Connor Roth took Parks to three sets in the round of 16 before the future Wolverine prevailed by a score of 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-0. Parks then dispatched eighth-seeded Scott Lieberman by a 6-3, 6-4 margin to advance to the semifinals. Parks outlasted third-seeded Bryant Salcedo, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, before falling to 12th-seeded Joshua Graves, 7-6(0), 2-6, 6-4, in the championship match.
Parks and teammate Andrew Thomson (West Bloomfield, Mich.), the third-seeded tandem in the 64-team doubles bracket, knocked off three seeded pairings en route to the championship final, where they dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to 13th-seeded Matthew Allare and Chris Herrlinger.
Parks earned four varsity letters at Troy High School and dropped just two matches at No. 1 singles in his final year. Although he fell to Ann Arbor Pioneer's Andy Gauthier by a score of 6-4, 6-4 in the Division I state finals, Parks was still named Michigan's Mr. Tennis at the conclusion of the 2006 season. The award, presented by the Detroit Free Press and the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association, is given annually to the state's top senior player.
USTA Midwest Closed Junior Championship
Washington Towns Schools
Indianapolis, Ind. (June 24-29, 2006)
#2 seed Matt Parks (Singles)
Championship Match -- l. #12 seed Joshua Graves, 7-6(0), 2-6, 6-4
Semifinals -- d. #3 seed Bryant Salcedo, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
Quarterfinals -- d. #8 seed Scott Lieberman, 6-3, 6-4
Round of 16 -- d. #9 seed Connor Roth, 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-0
Round of 32 -- d. #28 seed Brian Mikkelson, 6-1, 6-0
Round of 64 -- d. Brian Starr, 6-2, 6-0
Round of 128 -- d. Matthew Devlieger, 6-1, 6-1
#3 seed Matt Parks/Andrew Thomson (Doubles)
Championship Match -- l. #13 seed Matthew Allare/Chris Herrlinger, 6-3, 6-3
Semifinals -- d. #9 seed Gentry Kaegi/Christopher Nowak, 7-6(7), 6-2
Quarterfinals -- d. #6 seed Paul Chappell/Connor Roth, 7-6(4), 7-6(3)
Round of 16 -- d. #11 seed Matthew Johnson/Isaac Stein, 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(3)
Round of 32 -- d. John Smetona/Bradford Tobin, 6-4, 6-1
Round of 64 -- Bye
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