The diminutive 8 year-old has been stunning Texas junior competition for several months now and tomorrow travels the McAdoo Tennis Academy where she will be competing in the 12 year-old division of the Jr USTA event. She has outlasted almost all of her 10 year-old opposition across the state of Texas and has been sanctioned from competing at that level because her skills are so advanced. Sifuentes can thank her parents for those skills as she works tirelessly everyday to prepare for these tournaments which she attends every chance they get. She won 1st place in the the John Newcomb Tennis Academy (Newks) tournament, 1st Place SATA (San Antonio Tennis Association) tounament,1st Place in the Austin Tennis Academy tournament, 2nd Place in the Chorpus Christi ZAT tournament, 1st place C in the SATA Southwest ZAT, 1st place C in the Austin Lost Creek Westlake ZAT, and 1st place in the Uvalde round up. Stela competes in the toughest Tennis tournaments in the State of Texas as an 8 yr old in the 10 yr old division. Players who participate train in some of the most exclusive country clubs and tennis academies in the state. Only the best of the best! The News Gram salutes Stela for all of her accomplishments on and off the court and we are sure we will be seeing her on the Deco Plexi-cushion courts of the US Open one day and we wish her continued success and Godspeed in her tournament this weekend as she carries the tradition of Eagle Pass tennis to greater heights each and every month.
ADVERTISEMENT 2
ADVERTISEMENT 3
Error: No articles to display
ADVERTISEMENT 1
ADVERTISEMENT 4
Stela Sifuentes lighting up Texas Jr. USTA events
- Written by David Venegas
- Thursday, 13 December 2012 23:07
-
font size
decrease font size
increase font size
A.D. Ibarra
-South Texas
When one sees or hears the story of the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, it goes without saying that they have achieved a level of tennis which may be unparalleled for many years to come as they have combined for over ten grand slam titles and even more as a doubles team. They have even taken two of the last three gold medals at the Olympics and there seems to be no end in sight for how much more they can achieve. What many people may not know is that their father Richard, took great steps to hone their skills and prepare them to achieve the goals they themselves set out to achieve without having played on the junior USTA circuit. In Eagle Pass, we may have the next coming of Venus Williams right in our very own back yard in 8 year-old Stela Sifuentes, the daughter of Karla (Head Tennis Coach at CC Winn High School) and Tony Sifuentes.
