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15-year-old rocks US Open

By Associated Press in New York (China Daily) Updated: 2014-08-28 07:14

Bellis youngest winner at Flushing Meadows since Kournikova in 1996

While 15-year-old American CiCi Bellis was in the process of stunning a Grand Slam finalist to become the youngest player to win a US Open match since 1996, her father did his best to conceal his emotions courtside.

Like many a teen, CiCi has strict rules for dad in public - even if his 1,208th-ranked daughter was pulling out a back-and-forth 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory on Tuesday over 12th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova in the first round at Flushing Meadows.

"I'm told I cannot sigh and I cannot move or say anything (because) that distracts her, so I just have to sit there like a Sphinx and just smile and pray," the elder Bellis, Gordon, explained with a deadpan delivery. "She hears me when I sigh. So I can't sigh."

Ah, yes, the joys of raising children. And make no mistake, Bellis is a child. She is home-schooled and about to start 10th grade. Her first memory of the US Open is watching it on TV while Maria Sharapova played. She likes to hang out at the mall with friends back in California. Asked whether she is a fan of pop star Justin Bieber, Bellis answered, "I used to like him when I was younger, a couple of years ago."

Her victory was the most surprising of the afternoon session on Day 2 of the year's last Grand Slam tournament. Another American teen, Taylor Townsend lost to defending champion Serena Williams 6-3, 6-1 at night, after Roger Federer beat Marinko Matosevic 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) with Michael Jordan sitting in Federer's guest box in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

"Growing up, he was my big sporting idol," Federer said. "Having him here is unbelievably special."

Aside from the Williams sisters, American tennis fans have not had much reason to cheer for their own in the latter stages of major tournaments in recent years. That's why the occasional run by a young US player - think Melanie Oudin, wearing 'Believe' on her sneakers in 2009 - stirs interest at Flushing Meadows.

"Believing was the No 1 thing that I had to do today," said Bellis, whose nickname CiCi is derived from the initials of her first and middle names, Catherine Cartan. "That's what my coach told me before the match also: Just go out there and believe that you can win."

Bellis is still young enough that she plans on playing in the junior tournament in New York. She lost in the third round of that event a year ago; she lost in the first round of the Wimbledon girls' tournament last month.

But on Tuesday, there she was in front of a supportive, overflowing crowd on Court 6 at Flushing Meadows, taking it to Cibulkova, the runner-up at the Australian Open in January.

"I went into the match thinking it was going to be such a great experience," said Bellis, whose rapid-fire sentences tend to finish with a gurgle of laughter, "but I never thought I would come out on top winning".

Neither did her parents. Her mother, Lori, didn't attend the match because she gets too nervous watching in person, Gordon said. So Lori stayed at their hotel, getting updates via text from Gordon.

"She asked how bad it was going in the first set. And so I told her (CiCi) actually won the first set. She couldn't believe that," Gordon said. "We were just thankful that she didn't get double-bageled. That was the first objective."

After trailing 3-1 in the third set - "kind of a bummer", Bellis would say later - she came back to even things and then broke the 25-year-old Cibulkova in the final game. When it ended, Bellis crouched at the baseline and pumped her fists, then ran over to the stands for congratulatory hugs.

"I didn't expect her to play so aggressive today. I thought she's kind of a player who's just putting the ball back and running around," Cibulkova said. "That didn't happen today. She was really aggressive on the court and that maybe surprised me in the first set."

Bellis was making her main-draw tour-level debut, having earned a wild-card invitation from the US Tennis Association by winning the USTA Girls' 18s National Championship, the youngest to do so since Lindsay Davenport also won it at 15 in 1991.

Not since Anna Kournikova was 15 in 1996 had someone so young won a match at the US Open. And not since Mary Joe Fernandez was that age in 1986 had an American done it.

"Now it's time for her to refocus, not get too excited about this first round. Just get back to business," said Fernandez, an ESPN analyst.

Next up for Bellis is a second-round match against 48th-ranked Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan. And Gordon said Lori might decide to attend that one. No word on what sort of rules mom will have to follow.

(China Daily 08/28/2014 page24)

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