TV schedule, calendar
TV SCHEDULE (All times in California; all broadcasts on Tennis Channel) Wednesday WTA Finals, round robin, 2 a.m. and 2 p.m. WTA Finals, Basel (men) and Vienna (men), 4 a.m. and 5 p.m. WTA...
View ArticleRankings mover of the week: CiCi Bellis (up)
CiCi Bellis, a 17-year-old Atherton product, rose to No. 101with the Saguenay title. 2016 photo by Paul Bauman Six weeks after turning pro, CiCi Bellis is on the verge of cracking the top 100 in the...
View ArticleFanselow defeats Berkeley champ in Burlingame
No. 6 seed Sebastian Fanselow, shown in 2012,beat Marcos Giron 6-4, 6-3 Thursday to reachthe quarterfinals for the sixth straight tourna-ment. Photo by Paul Bauman Sixth-seeded Sebastian Fanselow of...
View ArticleCal's Goransson falls in 25K Burlingame quarters
Andre Goransson, shown last year, lost to Mico Santiago todayin the quarterfinals of the $25,000 Broadway Tennis CenterMen's Futures in Burlingame. Photo by Paul Bauman Unseeded American Mico...
View ArticleIrishman survives again to reach Burlingame final
Sam Barry has survived a harrowing road to the final of the $25,000 Broadway Tennis Center Men's Futures. Not only has the second-seeded Irishman needed three sets in all four of his matches, the...
View ArticleBemelmans beats Barry for 25K Burlingame title
No. 1 seed Ruben Bemelmans, shown in thismonth's Fairfield Challenger, routed No. 2 SamBarry to win the $25,000 Burlingame Futures.Photo by Paul Bauman Top-seeded Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium routed...
View ArticleGullikson on U.S. hopefuls: 'Rising tide lifts all boats'
Tom Gullikson, left, the USTA lead men's nationalcoach, chats with 6-foot-11 (2.11-meter) Reilly Opelka,19, at the recent $100,000 Fairfield (Calif.) Challenger.Photo by Paul Bauman First of a...
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TV SCHEDULE (All times in California; all broadcasts on Tennis Channel) Wednesday Paris (men), early rounds, midnight and 11:30 a.m.Thursday Paris (men), round of 16, midnight and 11:30...
View ArticleRankings mover of the week: John Lamble (up)
John Lamble, a former University of Santa Clara star from nearby Saratoga, rose 11 places to a career-high No. 796 in singles and 42 spots to No. 657 in doubles in this week's world rankings....
View ArticleRubin: 'Tennis players have to be unique people'
Noah Rubin is shown during his loss to fellow U.S. pros-pect Frances Tiafoe in the final of last month's $100,000Stockton (Calif.) Challenger. Photo by Paul Bauman This is the second in a three-part...
View ArticleSmyczek: Prospects could end U.S. Slam title drought
American veteran Tim Smyczek, playing in last month's $100,000Fairfield (Calif.) Challenger, has faced almost all of the UnitedStates' top prospects. Photo by Paul Bauman This is the last in a...
View ArticleCal players advance in National Indoors
Cal's Maegan Manasse, playing in the qualifying event of the $50,000 SacramentoChallenger in July, beat Kate Fahey of Michigan 6-1, 6-4 on Thursday in the firstround of the USTA/ITA National Indoor...
View ArticleCal's Lakat loses heartbreaker in National Indoors
Cal's Florian Lakat, serving in doubles in lastyear's Tiburon Challenger, lost in the secondround of singles in the National Indoors onFriday. Photo by Paul Bauman Cal's three remaining singles...
View ArticleNorCal brothers fall in Nat'l Indoor doubles semis
Columbia's Richard and Victor Pham, brothers from Saratoga in the San Francisco Bay Area, lost to wild cards Jeffrey Schorsch and Charlie Emhardt of Valparaiso in Indiana 7-6 (8), 6-3 on Saturday in...
View ArticleAhn, Bellis reach singles finals in 50K tourneys
Kristie Ahn, a former Stanford star, serves en route to thequarterfinals of the $50,000 Sacramento Challenger in July.She will face Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil today in Scotts-dale, Ariz. Photo by...
View ArticleBellis, 17, cracks top 100 with title; Ahn falls in final
Atherton's CiCi Bellis, shown in the U.S. Open in Sept-ember, jumped 11 places to No. 90 in the world withher second straight title. Photo by Paul Bauman CiCi Bellis, a 17-year-old San Francisco Bay...
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TV SCHEDULE (All times in California; all broadcasts on Tennis Channel)Saturday Fed Cup final, Czech Republic at France, 2 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday ATP World Tour Finals, London, round...
View ArticleRankings mover of the week: CiCi Bellis (up)
CiCi Bellis, 17, talks to the media during the Bank of theWest Classic at Stanford in July. Bellis lives in Atherton,a five-minute drive from Stanford. She cracked the top100 in the world this week...
View ArticleSaratoga's Gordon verbally commits to Stanford
Michaela Gordon lines up a forehand during her loss to StormSanders of Australia in the first round of the $50,000 StocktonChallenger in July. Photo by Paul Bauman The defending national champion...
View ArticleEx-Stanford star Klahn wins first match of comeback
Bradley Klahn practices in Sacramento in October 2015.On Saturday, he played his first official match since under-going his second operation for a herniated disc in his backin February 2015. Photo by...
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