2019: SoCal and Arizona Tourneys Recap
To start 2019 I played two $25k Futures in Los Angeles and Tucson. The first one was held in Los Angeles at USC. I played doubles with Miles Seemann for the first two tournaments after we had success playing with each other at the end of 2018. Based off my ranking, I was accepted into the singles main draw of both of the tournaments . In singles, I played the #6 seed from France, Manuel Guinard. He was ranked #350 in singles and is a good player. He was an aggressive baseliner who wanted to take time away with his groundstrokes. He had a good 1 st serve and could hit his spots well. I got off to a great start in the match by breaking my opponent in the 1 st game and then holding for a 2-0 lead. We both held our next service game as I had a 3-1 lead. I then played another good return game to break him again to go up 4-1. I saved one break point in my next service game before holding for 5-1. I served out the first set after hitting a few good first serves to take it 6-2. My oppo