John Yandell: The Easter Bowl 2007: Page 2

Emmett Eggers: an very complete all court game.

Boys 14s

So that was the general story. And after 6 days it finally got down to 2 players in every division. So who won this year’s Easter Bowl titles and how and why? Here’s what I observed.

The boys 14s final was very surprising and atypical, compared to the grueling power baseline struggles I’d been filming all week. Emmett Egger from Washington state played amazing all court tennis, including lots of serve and volley, to beat Southern California’s Sean Berman surprisingly easily, 6-1, 6-3.

I say surprisingly because Sean had gone through to the final without losing a set. Despite being only probably 5’8" or so at this point, Sean had a very effective and surprisingly powerful serve.

He also had a nice mix of consistency and power on his forehand, and his wins were methodical in the best sense of that word. He just always seemed to hit the right shot at the right time, and rarely went for too much or made a bad unforced error.

Sean Berman: a big forehand and a sense of the right shot.

From the start of the final match though, Sean seemed off…