Hal's competitive explosion on display at Port Washington; Schtitt's "revenant"

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texture · YDAU, 6 Nov

When: 6 Nov YDAU (2009), E.T.A.-P.W.T.A. annual meet, Long Island
What: The meet showcases Hal's "quantumish competitive plateaux-hop": last year "a respectable but by no means to-write-home-about 43rd nationally," this year at seventeen he is "4th in the nation and #6 on the O.N.A.N.T.A. computer and playing A-#2 for E.T.A. in Boys' 18's." His delicate attritional game has "grown a beak"; his left-handed kick serve is now "one of the best… the junior circuit has ever seen"; Schtitt now calls him his "revenant." He and Wayne dominate the Show Courts (per scene 067, they "lost only five total games between them in singles"). Confirms event 41.