Jack Kennedy’s summer isn’t over.

In his second match of the U.S. Open Junior Boys' singles draw, the Huntington native defeated big-serving Swiss Flynn Thomas, extending a seasonal campaign that took him deep into the draws of junior events of the French Open and Wimbledon and at the USTA Boys’ 18 National Championships at Kalamazoo in early August.

On Tuesday before a hometown crowd in bright and airy Louis Armstrong Stadium, Kennedy built a methodical 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 win. He was happy to be playing, he told reporters later, even if his opponent, who screamed and punched his racquet after lost points and called for the trainer multiple times, was not.

“I’m happy to be here in this beautiful place,” said Kennedy, 17. “Not many people get to play in these great stadiums.” As for his o

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