INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Jagger Leach, the 15-year-old son of three-time main champion Lindsay Davenport, misplaced within the second spherical on the FILA Worldwide Junior Championships.
Leach was crushed by ninth-seeded Stiles Brockett 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 on Wednesday at Indian Wells Tennis Backyard, the place Leach’s mom reached the finals of the professional event six occasions. She received twice.
Leach is tied for essentially the most ITF junior singles titles this yr with three, all received at occasions in New Zealand. He has a report of 18-1 this yr and is ranked 205th on the planet junior rankings.
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The Indian Wells novice occasion is being held for the primary time together with the BNP Paribas Open, that includes the mixed ATP and WTA excursions.
Leach is the oldest youngster and solely son of Davenport, a former No. 1-ranked participant and Olympic gold medalist. She and her husband, Jon, even have three daughters.
Leach is the newest offspring of a profitable professional participant to observe of their dad and mom’ footsteps.
Brandon Holt, the son of two-time US Open champion Tracy Austin, performs on the ATP Tour. So does Sebastian Korda, the son of Australian Open winner Petr Korda. Elizabeth Mandlik, daughter of four-time main champion Hana Mandlikova, performs on the WTA Tour.
In 2020, Leach was in an all-terrain car accident in Hawaii through which he suffered a extreme compound fracture of his femur. He wanted a number of blood transfusions and was within the hospital for eight days after experiencing issues from surgical procedure.
He totally recovered and resumed tennis, together with working, browsing and {golfing}.
