
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, August 15, 1994                   TAG: 9408160033
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

HIPPENSTEEL 5TH AT USTA TOURNAMENT

K.J. Hippensteel of Roanoke won the singles consolation-bracket final Sunday at the U.S. Tennis Association Boys 14 Championships in San Antonio to place fifth overall.

Hippensteel, the second seed, beat top-seeded David Martin of Tulsa, Okla., 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3) in a match that lasted nearly three hours.

The match ended a remarkable summer on American soil for Hippensteel, who travels to Japan this month as part of a select U.S. team. Hippensteel won the doubles championship in San Antonio, and in four national tournaments - including the USTA 14-and-under Clay Courts, the Easter Bowl and the NationsBank Spring Fling - his singles losses were to the eventual champion in each, once in the final, twice in the semifinals and once in a quarterfinal. He never lost a consolation-bracket match.

by CNB