NorCal men fall in USTA National 40 semifinals
Both Northern California men lost today in the semifinals of the USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla. No. 3 seed Oren Motevassel of San Jose fell to No. 1...
View ArticleNorCal's Campana edged in Eddie Herr doubles final
Unseeded Carolyn Campana of Hillsborough in the San Francisco Bay Area and Abigail Forbes of Raleigh, N.C., lost a heartbreaker in the girls 16 doubles final of the Eddie Herr International Tennis...
View ArticleBujan wins third straight National 40 Hard Court title
No. 1 seed Tony Bujan of Tustin defeated No. 4 Marcio Carlsson of Brazil7-6 (4), 6-4 to win the USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships in LaJolla, Calif. Photo courtesy of JFS Communications/USTA...
View ArticleCanadian, American earn unlikely titles in Herr 18s
Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada and Kylie McKenzie of Anthem, Ariz., completed stunning title marches on Sunday in the Eddie Herr International Championship in Bradenton, Fla. Saving three match...
View ArticleNorCal collegians help U.S. beat France for title
Mackenzie McDonald, a UCLA junior from Piedmontin the San Francisco Bay Area, led the United States toa 4-1 win over France. 2015 file photo by Paul Bauman The United States, featuring several...
View ArticleRoseville's Riffice advances in Orange Bowl 18s
Sam Riffice of Roseville in the Sacramento area defeated qualifier Andres Andrade of Ecuador 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 today in the completion of a suspended boys 18 first-round match at the Orange Bowl in...
View ArticleRoseville's Riffice upsets seed in Orange Bowl 18s
Sam Riffice of Roseville in the Sacramento area surprised No. 10 seed Jurabek Karimov of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday in the second round of the boys 18s in the Orange Bowl in Plantation, Fla....
View ArticleNorCal's Riffice, Gordon fall in Orange Bowl 18s
Sam Riffice and Michaela Gordon, both 16-year-old Northern Californians, suffered similar fates on Friday in the Orange Bowl in Plantation, Fla. The difference was that Riffice played two singles...
View ArticleNorCal juniors lose in Orange Bowl doubles semis
Two Northern California juniors lost in the doubles semifinals on Saturday in the Orange Bowl in Plantation, Fla. Michaela Gordon, 16, of Saratoga in the San Francisco Bay Area and Jaqueline...
View ArticleResults of Orange Bowl finals
ORANGE BOWLIn Plantation, Fla.Boys finals18 singles Miomir Kecmanovic (9), Serbia, def. Stefanos Tsitsipas (3), Greece, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5).18 doubles Yuta Shimizu and Yunosuke Tanaka, Japan, def....
View ArticleThree NorCal players advance in Junior Orange Bowl
Three Northern Californians reached today's round of 32 in the Junior Orange Bowl in Coral Gables, Fla. Fourth-seeded Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek in the San Francisco Bay Area defeated Jada Bui...
View ArticleDream of World TeamTennis faces uncertain future
Tennys Sandgren, left, and Neal Skupski of the CaliforniaDream face the San Diego Aviators in July in the Sacramentosuburb of Citrus Heights. Photo by Paul Bauman The California Dream could be...
View ArticleAidan Mayo upsets ninth seed in Junior Orange Bowl
Aidan Mayo, serving in the Rio Del Oro JuniorExcellence Tournament in Sacramento in April,will play for a berth in the boys 12 quarterfinalsin the Junior Orange Bowl. Photo by Paul Bauman Aidan Mayo...
View ArticleAidan Mayo ousts another seed in Junior Orange Bowl
Aidan Mayo, playing in the Rio Del Oro Junior ExcellenceTournament in Sacramento in April, reached the quarter-finals of the Junior Orange Bowl. Photo by Paul Bauman Aidan Mayo of Roseville in the...
View ArticleAidan Mayo loses to top seed in Junior Orange Bowl
Aidan Mayo, playing in the Rio Del Oro Junior ExcellenceTournament in Sacramento in April, fell in the quarterfinalsof the Junior Orange Bowl. Photo by Paul Bauman Aidan Mayo faced a seed for the...
View ArticleU.S. goes 0 for 8 in prestigious junior tourneys
The recent Orange Bowl and Junior Orange Bowl weren't exactly encouraging for the United States. The U.S. failed to win any of the eight singles titles in the prestigious Florida tournaments....
View ArticleNo. 1 seeds from NorCal advance in Winter Nationals
Stefan Leustian, shown in April in Sacramento, is seededfirst in the boys 14s in the USTA National Winter Champ-ionships in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Paul Bauman Three No. 1 seeds from Northern...
View ArticleNorCal's Favero falls in Winter National nail-biter
No. 6 seed Camille Favero, shown in June in Sacramento,lost a heartbreaker in the third round of the girls 18s inthe USTA National Winter Championships.Photo by Paul Bauman No. 6 seed Camille Favero...
View ArticleNorCal's Shekhera ousts No. 4 seed in Winter Nationals
Ajai Shekhera, playing in Sacramentoin April, beat fourth-seeded RichardCiamarra to reach the boys 18 quarter-finals in the USTA National WinterChampionships. Photo by Paul Bauman Unseeded Ajai...
View ArticleYear-end rankings, calendar
WORLD RANKINGS Players with Northern California ties ranked in the top 1,000 in the world (change from last week in parentheses): Men Collin Altamirano, 20-year-old Sacramento resident -- No. 818...
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