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After two losses to Serena, Ahn advances in Macon
Fourth-seeded Kristie Ahn will face formerworld No. 5 Sara Errani. 2018 photo byPaul Bauman Kristie Ahn didn't have to play Serena Williams for a change. After losing to the American icon in...
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Bay Area products gain quarters, continuing comebacks
CiCi Bellis routed Romanian qualifier Gabriela Talaba 6-1, 6-3in Macon, Ga. 2016 photo by Paul Bauman Almost 6,000 miles apart, San Francisco Bay Area products CiCi Bellis and Mackenzie McDonald...
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Bellis linked to Evert in rout of former No. 5 Errani
CiCi Bellis, 21, thrashed 33-year-old Sara Errani, formerly rankedNo. 5 in singles and No. 1 in doubles, 6-0, 6-3 today in Macon, Ga.Bellis won the first nine games. 2018 photo by Mal Taam Before...
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Bellis gains 1st final in 4 years as Lepchenko quits match
CiCi Bellis reached her first final since winning a $125,000 tournamentin Honolulu in November 2016. 2017 photo by Mal Taam Varvara Lepchenko figured to have a tough time against CiCi Bellis today....
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Bellis ends title drought as teen retires with leg cramps
CiCi Bellis, a 21-year-old San Francisco Bay Area product, won her first titlein four years today. She missed 19 months in 2018-19 while undergoing fouroperations. 2017 photo by Mal Taam It doesn't...
View Article2019 champs Ram, Salisbury top singles stars in Vienna
Doubles specialists Rajeev Ram, a volunteer assistant coach at the University of California, Berkeley, from Carmel, Ind., and Joe Salisbury of Great Britain opened their title defense in Vienna...
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Ex-Cal star Goransson advances in Hamburg doubles
Andre Goransson won his first ATP doubles title in February.File photo by Paul Bauman Third-seeded Andre Goransson (University of California, Berkeley, 2014-17) of Sweden and Jan Zielinski of Poland...
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McDonald upsets Bublik in Kazakhstan opener
Mackenzie McDonald, a 25-year-old San FranciscoBay Area product, practices during the 2017 Fairfield (Calif.) Challenger. He went on to win the title. Photoby Paul Bauman In a matchup of former...
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McDonald reaches ATP QF; Ahn ousted in $80K Tyler
Mackenzie McDonald beat former top-20 player Andreas Seppi3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Astana Open inNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 2017 photo by Paul Bauman Unseeded Mackenzie McDonald,...
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Kratzer suspended; McDonald falls; Bellis wins twice
Ashley Kratzer, playing in Berkeley, Calif., in 2018, testedpositive for a growth hormone. Photo by Paul Bauman Ashley Kratzer, who has excelled in Northern California Challengers, was suspended for...
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Bellis pulls out of Tyler semis; twins reach doubles final
CiCi Bellis' winning streak ended at eight matches. 2018 photoby Mal Taam One week ago, sixth-seeded Marta Kostyuk, 18, of Ukraine retired from the final of the $80,000 Mercer Tennis Classic in...
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Zamarripa twins save championship points, win title
Allura, left, and Maribella Zamarripa tap hands during lastyear's Berkeley, Calif., Challenger. Photo by Paul Bauman With little chance to get into the doubles draw in Tyler, Texas, Allura and...
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Volynets, 18, falls in $100K Charleston qualifying
Katie Volynets lost to fifth-seeded Ankita Rainaof India in the first round of qualifying for a$100,000 clay-court tournament in Charleston,S.C. 2018 photo by Paul Bauman Fifth-seeded Ankita Raina,...
View ArticleEx-Fresno St. star gains main draw, earns doubles upset
Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdelaziz didn't have a bad day. The 24-year-old Egyptian and former Fresno State All-American advanced to the singles main draw in the $100,000 LTP Tennis on clay in...
View ArticleTop seed Rogers averts early upset; Bellis stays hot
Top-seeded Shelby Rogers came within two points of losing early today to a qualifier for the second consecutive week, this time in her hometown. Rogers, 28, edged Kyoka Okamura, 25, of Japan 6-2,...
View ArticleFormer Fresno St. star advances in singles, doubles
Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdelaziz, a former Fresno State All-American, today advanced to the singles quarterfinals and doubles semifinals in the $100,000 LTP Tennis on clay in Charleston, S.C. The...
View ArticleEx-Fresno St. star reaches singles semis, doubles final
Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdelaziz, a former Fresno State star, continued to march through the singles and doubles draws today in the $100,000 LTP Tennis in Charleston, S.C. So did Katarzyna Kawa....
View ArticleEx-Fresno State star reaches first $100K final
Qualifier Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdelaziz, a former Fresno State All-American, reached her first final in a $100,000 tournament today when fourth-seeded Misaki Doi retired in the third set in...
View ArticleEx-Fresno State star coasts to $100K Charleston title
Grunting loudly while ripping groundstrokes, qualifier Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdelaziz rolled to by far the biggest title of her budding career today. The former Fresno State All-American dominated...
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N.C. State star ousts McDonald in Cary Challenger
No. 8 seed Mackenzie McDonald, a San Francisco Bay Areaproduct, lost to Canadian wild card Alexis Galarneau, a fifth-year senior at North Carolina State, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 today in theopening round of the...
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