INGRID NEEL AT A GLANCE
• 12-year-old from Rochester who has won prestigious national and international tournaments and has drawn interest from big-time names in tennis, including John McEnroe.
• Seventh-grader who is competing for the Rochester Mayo High School boys' tennis team. She won 6-0, 6-0 against an opponent from Rochester John Marshall in Mayo's first match of the season Thursday. "If they don't like that a girl shows up and I help push them to be better, too ... well, I don't see what the problem is," Neel said of competing in boys' tennis.
• Weather permitting, Neel's team will start competing on a regular basis this week. Rochester Mayo is slated to play several matches in the Twin Cities, including:
April 25 at Blake, 4 p.m.
April 30, Edina Invite, Edina Community Center,
8 a.m.
May 5 at Eden Prairie, Round Lake Park, 4 p.m.
May 9 at Wayzata, 4 p.m.
