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Stanford's Doyle upsets No. 2 seed, gains Pac-12 QFs

   Caroline Doyle of Stanford won two matches, including an upset of No. 2 seed Klara Fabikova of Cal, on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Pacific-12 Conference Championships in Ojai, Calif....

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Cal men defeat USC, advance to first Pac-12 final

   The No. 3-seeded Cal men defeated No. 2 USC 4-1 on Friday in Ojai, Calif., to reach their first Pacific-12 Conference Championships final.   No. 82 Billy Griffith, a sophomore from Fresno, provided...

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Cal men fall in Pac-12 final; Manasse seeks women's title

Mackenzie McDonald of  Piedmont beat Florian Lakaton Court 1 to clinch UCLA's 4-1 victory over Cal in thePac-12 final. 2015 photo by Paul Bauman    Cal fell short of the men's title in the Pacific-12...

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Cal's Manasse wins Pac-12 women's singles title

Cal's Maegan Manasse practices her serveduring the Sacramento Challenger last July.Photo by Paul Bauman   Cal's Maegan Manasse ended UCLA's streak of three consecutive women's singles titles in the...

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Batta, Taggart earn NorCal Junior Excellence titles

Amit Batta of Los Altos slugs a forehand during hisvictory in the boys 18 final. Photo by Paul Bauman   Amit Batta of Los Altos won the NorCal Junior Excellence boys 18 singles title for the second...

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Florida women replace Cal at No. 1 in national rankings

Brooke Austin, a semifinalist in the $50,000 FSP Gold RiverWomen's Challenger in the Sacramento area last July as a wildcard, leads top-ranked Florida. Photo by Paul Bauman    The Florida women, who...

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Rankings, TV schedule, 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 Sacramentan -- No. 823 in singles...

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UC Davis men blank Hawaii to reach Big West semis

Brett Bacharach, a senior from Newcastle in the Sacramentoarea, clinched UC Davis' 4-0 victory over Hawaii today.2014 photo by Paul Bauman   No. 3 seed UC Davis rolled to a 4-0 victory over No. 6...

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Santa Clara women win thriller in conference tourney

   The Santa Clara women overcame a 2-0 deficit to stun BYU 4-3 on Thursday in the first round of the West Coast Conference Championships in Claremont, Calif.   Chelby Cooke, saving four match points,...

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Oh, brother: Fresno State men stun Utah State

   In a matchup of coaching brothers, the eighth-seeded Fresno State men stunned top-seeded Utah State 4-2 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Championships in Las Vegas.   Jeremy Moser...

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Tiilikainen, Hansen top men's field in USTA 30 Indoors

Calle Hansen returns to the USTA National 30 Indoorsfor the first time since winning his second straight titlein the tournament in 2013. 2012 photo by Paul Bauman   Jan Tiilikainen is the men's top...

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Novikov doubles title, college tourneys, USTA 30 Indoors

Dennis Novikov of Milpitas in the San Francisco BayArea won the doubles title in the Tallahassee (Fla.)Challenger with Julio Peralta of Chile. 2015 photoby Paul Bauman   Dennis Novikov of Milpitas in...

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Lipsky title, college tourney finals, USTA 30 Indoors

   Fourth-seeded Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky of the United States edged top-seeded Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski of Poland 6-4, 3-6 [10-8] today to win the Millennium Estoril Open in Portugal....

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Browne, Jacutin-Mariona earn sweet titles in 30 Indoors

   Note: Photos will be added this afternoon.   GOLD RIVER, Calif. -- Looking at Tyler Browne now, it's hard to believe he had a weight problem as a kid.   A lean 5-foot-10 (1.78 meters) and 155 pounds...

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Cal women, Virginia men seeded first in NCAAs

   The Cal women and defending champion Virginia men, featuring sophomore star Collin Altamirano of Sacramento, received No. 1 overall seedings today in the NCAA Division I Tennis Championship.    Both...

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McDonald, Manasse seeded sixth in NCAA singles

Mackenzie McDonald, from Piedmont in the SanFrancisco Bay Area, recently led UCLA to thePac-12 title. 2015 photo by Paul Bauman    Mackenzie McDonald of UCLA and Piedmont in the San Francisco Bay Area...

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Rankings, TV schedule, 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 Sacramentan -- No. 820 in singles...

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Sanchez falls in Indian Harbour Beach doubles final

Maria Sanchez, who was born and raised in Modesto,plays doubles in the U.S. Open last September,Photo by Paul Bauman   Maria Sanchez, a 26-year-old Modesto product, lost in today's doubles final in...

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TV schedule, calendar

TV SCHEDULE(All times in California; all broadcasts on Tennis Channel)   Wednesday   Rome (men and women), second round, 3 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (live), 2:30-5 p.m. (repeat), 7 p.m.-3 a.m. Thursday...

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Rankings mover of the week: CiCi Bellis (up)

CiCi Bellis, a 17-year-old amateur from Atherton,soared 49 places to No. 280 in doubles by reach-ing the semifinals of a $75,000 tournament inFlorida last week. 2015 photo by Paul Bauman   CiCi Bellis,...

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