Brothers Keenan and Aidan Mayo of Roseville in the Sacramento area moved into today's round of 32 in their respective age divisions at the Junior Orange Bowl in Coral Gables, Fla.
Keenan Mayo, seeded third in the boys 14s, defeated Yousef Khamis of Irvine 7-6 (6), 6-4. Aidan Mayo, seeded ninth in the boys 12s, topped Alvaro Guillen-Meza of Ecuador 6-2, 6-4.
Also in the boys 12s, Spencer Brachman of Commack, N.Y., ousted top-seeded Shunsuke Mitsui of Japan 6-2, 6-2.
Keenan Mayo, ranked No. 1 in his age group in the United States, will play 17th-seeded Jake Hersey of Great Britain.
Aidan Mayo will take on Faris Khan of San Antonio. They are ranked third and fourth, respectively, in the country in the 12s.
The Mayos train at the USTA center in Carson.
Veteran journalist Paul Bauman, based in Sacramento, covers Northern California professional, collegiate and junior tennis. Contact him at norcaltennisczar@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @norcaltenczar.
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