U.S. eliminated from Davis Cup despite victory
Sam Querrey, a 32-year-old San Francisco native, and JackSock gave the United States a dramatic win over Italy on Wed-nesday in the Davis Cup Finals. File photo by Paul Bauman Despite a dramatic win...
View ArticleMcDaniel loses by walkover in National Indoors final
Unseeded Williams Cooksey of Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich., beat third-seeded Marcus McDaniel of Vacaville by walkover (illness) on Monday in the final of the USTA Boys 18 National Indoor...
View ArticleTwo NorCal girls reach Eddie Herr doubles semis in 16s
Two Northern Californians separately reached the girls 16 doubles semifinals in the prestigious Eddie Herr International 2019 in Bradenton, Fla. In the top half of the draw, top-seeded Sarah...
View ArticleOvrootsky advances to Eddie Herr girls 16 doubles final
Vivian Ovrootsky will play for another Eddie Herr title. The 15-year-old San Jose, Calif., resident, who won the singles crown in the 14s last year, reached Saturday's doubles final in the 16s...
View ArticleOvrootsky wins girls 16 doubles title in Eddie Herr
Two years after winning the girls 14 singles title in the prestigious Eddie Herr International, Vivian Ovrootsky claimed the doubles crown in the 16s. Top-seeded Sarah Hamner of Fort Collins,...
View ArticleWozniacki, 29, to retire after Australian Open
Caroline Wozniacki, right, and Varvara Lepchenko shake hands after their matchin the second round of the 2015 Bank of the West Classic at Stanford. Wozniacki,the top seed who had received a first-round...
View ArticleAmerican Kenin voted WTA Most Improved Player
Sofia Kenin, shown en route to the 2018 Berkeley (Calif.) title, ended this year at No. 14 in the world. Photo by Paul Bauman Sofia Kenin, who starred in Northern California Challengers, was voted...
View ArticleOvrootsky loses in Orange Bowl girls 16 quarters
No. 10 seed Victoria Mboko of Canada outlasted No. 13 seed Vivian Ovrootsky of San Jose, Calif., 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 today in the girls 16 quarterfinals of the Orange Bowl in Plantation, Fla. Ovrootsky...
View ArticleHashimoto reaches Orange Bowl boys 16 doubles final
Fifth-seeded Ozan Colak of Okemos, Mich., and Hugo Hashimoto of San Jose, Calif., trounced unseeded Marc Othman Ktiri of Spain and Brayden Michna of Taylor, Texas, 6-2, 6-1 today to reach the Orange...
View ArticleMayo, Hashimoto fall in Orange Bowl doubles finals
Northern California came up empty in two Orange Bowl finals today in Plantation, Fla. In boys 18 doubles, third-seeded Mikolaj Lorens of Poland and Shunsuke Mitsui of Japan beat unseeded Lorenzo...
View ArticleMurray voted ATP Comeback Player of Year
Andy Murray rebounded from his second hip operation to wina doubles title in his first tournament back and a singles crownin October. Photo by Paul Bauman Andy Murray, who won the first two of his 46...
View ArticleVolynets turns pro; Brooksby to enroll at Baylor
Katie Volynets poses after winning the USTA Girls 18National Championships in San Diego in August. Photocourtesy of JFS Communications Katie Volynets and Jenson Brooksby are Northern California...
View ArticleSerena voted AP Female Athlete of Decade
Serena Williams, a part-time Silicon Valley resident, was selected as the Female Athlete of the Decade by The Associated Press on Saturday. Williams, 38, won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles...
View ArticleSerena's losses in major finals highlight top stories of '19
Serena Williams, playing at Indian Wells in March, lost two more Grand Slamfinals in straight sets to remain one major title short of Margaret Court's recordof 24. Photo by Harjanto Sumali The wait...
View ArticleNorCal players reach National Winter quarters in 16s
Three Northern Californians, two boys and one girl, reached the 16-and-under singles quarterfinals of the USTA National Winter Championships on clay in Orlando, Fla. Advancing today were...
View ArticleWinter Nationals to feature all-NorCal boys 16 final
A Northern Californian will win the boys 16 singles title in the USTA National Winter Championships. Fifth-seeded Kurt Miller of Los Gatos in the San Jose area and sixth-seeded Ethan Quinn of...
View ArticleQuinn wins all-NorCal boys 16 final in Winter Nationals
Sixth-seeded Ethan Quinn of Fresno, Calif., beat fifth-seeded Kurt Miller of Los Gatos, Calif., in the San Jose area 6-2, 6-2 today to win the boys 16 singles title in the USTA National Winter...
View ArticleGibbs advances in Australian Open qualifying
No. 15 seed Nicole Gibbs, who starred at Stanford, beatCristina Bucsa of Spain 6-0, 2-6, 7-5 in the first round ofAustralian Open qualifying. 2018 photo by Paul Bauman No. 15 seed Nicole Gibbs...
View ArticleKlahn trails in suspended Aussie Open qualifying match
Bradley Klahn, a 29-year-old Stanford graduate, trails ViktorTroicki of Serbia 6-4, 4-1 in the first round of Australian Openqualifying. 2018 photo by Paul Bauman Viktor Troicki of Serbia served at...
View ArticleKlahn loses in first round of Aussie Open qualifying
Viktor Troicki of Serbia completed a 6-4, 6-2 victory over 22nd-seeded Bradley Klahn, a Stanford graduate from Los Angeles, tonight in the first round of Australian Open qualifying in Melbourne....
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