{"id":19835,"date":"2018-07-14T14:44:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T22:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alaskasportsda.wpengine.com\/?p=19835"},"modified":"2018-07-14T19:41:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T03:41:43","slug":"lewis-participates-in-first-ever-itf-futures-event-in-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/2018\/07\/lewis-participates-in-first-ever-itf-futures-event-in-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis participates in first-ever ITF Futures event in Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_18185\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18185\" src=\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eddie-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie Lewis softball\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-18185\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eddie Lewis<\/p><\/div><strong>Eddie Lewis<\/strong> of Anchorage has accomplished a lot of firsts for Alaska tennis lately.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s likely the first Alaskan to play on the International Tennis Federation tour and now he\u2019s the first to play in the ITF\u2019s new Futures event on the clay in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old dropped a 6-1, 6-2 decision to former ATP veteran and local legend Anas Fatter in the qualifying draw.<\/p>\n<p>It probably felt like a Davis Cup road match, with the entire crowd rooting against the Alaskan.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a tough spot for any player.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis, of South High fame, has played in nine ITF events this season, mostly in Florida, where he was the No. 1 player at Eckert College. <\/p>\n<p>This was his second international tournament, with the first one coming last November in Monterrey, Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Lewis of Anchorage has accomplished a lot of firsts for Alaska tennis lately. 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The 23-year-old dropped a 6-1, 6-2 decision to former ATP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.6 (Yoast SEO v22.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lewis participates in first-ever ITF Futures event in Morocco - Alaska Sports Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Alaska Sports Report provides in-depth daily coverage of Alaska athletes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/2018\/07\/lewis-participates-in-first-ever-itf-futures-event-in-morocco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lewis participates in first-ever ITF Futures event in Morocco\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Alaska Sports Report provides in-depth daily coverage of Alaska athletes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/2018\/07\/lewis-participates-in-first-ever-itf-futures-event-in-morocco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Alaska Sports Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-14T22:44:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-15T03:41:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eddie-150x150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Van Williams\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Van Williams\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/2018\/07\/lewis-participates-in-first-ever-itf-futures-event-in-morocco\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/2018\/07\/lewis-participates-in-first-ever-itf-futures-event-in-morocco\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Van Williams\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2f7b2194dd402242a45510cabb9a6375\"},\"headline\":\"Lewis participates in first-ever ITF Futures event in Morocco\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-14T22:44:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-15T03:41:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/2018\/07\/lewis-participates-in-first-ever-itf-futures-event-in-morocco\/\"},\"wordCount\":151,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/2018\/07\/lewis-participates-in-first-ever-itf-futures-event-in-morocco\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eddie-150x150.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Tennis\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/2018\/07\/lewis-participates-in-first-ever-itf-futures-event-in-morocco\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/2018\/07\/lewis-participates-in-first-ever-itf-futures-event-in-morocco\/\",\"name\":\"Lewis participates in first-ever ITF Futures event in Morocco - 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