Falcon shines on court at state tennis championship

  • Posted June 5, 2023
Surisawai warms up before a home tennis match against Guilderland.

For the second year in a row, Masami Surisawa competed at the New York State boys' tennis tournament, played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, on Friday.

The 91¸£Àûµ¼º½ High School junior, and Section 2 champion, played an impressive first-round match with a 6-0, 6-0 win.

Surisawa faced Section 1 Champion, Callum Markowitz of White Plains and one of the top high school tennis players in the state, in his second-round match. Despite an impressive performance, Surisawa ultimately lost to Markowitz 6-2, 6-1. 

"Masami represented Section 2 like the champion he is and played at the highest level. He put it all on the line. I know great things are in the future for him and this is just another chapter in his growth as a supreme tennis player," said the Falcons' head coach, Anthony Omoragbon.

Markowitz went on to place fifth in the state.