The Chapel Hill Tennis Club will be among the 11 sites this weekend hosting the USTA League Mixed Doubles State Championships.

Anudeep Kodali of Raleigh has climbed to No. 1 in the U.S. Tennis Association Boys 12s rankings, which include 1,445 players.

Among this season's accomplishments, the homeschooled athlete won the July 18-25 USTA Clay Court Super Nationals Championships in Winston-Salem, and he was third in the Aug. 7-13 USTA Hard Court Super Nationals in Little Rock, Ark.

Lauren Herring didn't win the singles title, but she does go home with a championship from the Easter Bowl.

The Greenville tennis player and her playing partner took the girls 18s
doubles championship during the  43rd annual Eastern Bowl Junior Spring
National Championships which wrapped up a one-week run this past
weekend at Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

The top-seeded duo of Herring and Grace Min of Lawrenceville, Ga.,
defeated sixth-seeded Courtney Dolehide of Hinsdale, Ill., and Ellen
Tsay of Pleasanton, Calif., 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday's ITF girls 18s
championship match.

This one went to the other Lauren.

In a matchup of rival Laurens, top-seeded Lauren Davis of Gates Mills,
Ohio, defeated ninth-seeded Lauren Herring of Greenville 6-1, 6-4 on
Thursday in the girls 18s quarterfinals of the 43rd Easter Bowl Junior
Spring National Championships.

Herring remains in contention for a championship, however.

Ninth-seeded Lauren Herring of Greenville advanced to the round of 16 in the girls 18s division at the Easter Bowl Junior Spring National Tennis Championships on Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Herring, who won the tournament's girls 14s title in 2007, defeated Nikki Sanders of Ontario, Calif., 6-1, 6-3.

Results for other N.C. players are below. 

Lauren Herring of Greenville found success, but it was a tough day for Triangle tennis players on Monday in California.

Herring, seeded ninth in the girls 18s singles, advanced to the round
of 32 at the 43rd annual Easter Bowl Spring Nationals tournament in
Rancho Mirage, Calif., defeating Kelly Chui of Milpitas, Calif., 6-1,
6-4, at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort, according to an event news
release.

Raleigh's Will Baird didn't fare as well as Herring on Monday.

Lauren Herring's run at the U.S. Tennis Association's Spring International Championships has ended.

The Greenville resident, seeded No. 12, lost 6-0, 6-0 to No. 8 seeded
Sachia Vickery on Thursday in the round of 16 of the girls 18s age
division at the tournament at Carson, Calif.

Herring had opened two victories at the sixth annual ITF Junior-sanctioned event.

Lauren Herring of Greenville on Wednesday advanced to the round of 16
in the girls 18s division of the sixth annual U.S. Tennis Association
Spring International Championships being played at the Home Depot
Center in Carson, Calif.

Seeded No. 12, Herring advanced with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Jade Frampton on Wednesday, according to an event news release.

Herring, who is considering Georgia, North Carolina and UCLA among her
college choices, also is part of the top-seeded doubles team with Grace
Min of Lawrenceville, Ga. The pair won their first-round match on
Wednesday, 6-4, 6-2.

Tennis organizations on national and local levels campaign hard to
increase participation. One of those efforts takes place in the
Triangle starts this weekend.

Triangle "Tennis Night in America"
programs will be held Friday, Saturday and Monday. (A list is below.)
Area clubs and organizations, assisted by the U.S. Tennis Association,
will conduct events to get youths involved in leagues and team tennis,
including USTA Junior Team Tennis.

The events are held in conjunction with Monday's BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup
at New York's Madison Square Garden for the second straight year.
Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic will face Kim Clijsters, and Venus Williams
will play Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals of the one-night
exhibition.