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....
View ArticleCal 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...
View ArticleCal 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...
View ArticleCal'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...
View ArticleBatta, 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...
View ArticleFlorida 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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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...
View ArticleUC 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...
View ArticleSanta 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,...
View ArticleOh, 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...
View ArticleTiilikainen, 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...
View ArticleNovikov 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...
View ArticleLipsky 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....
View ArticleBrowne, 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...
View ArticleCal 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...
View ArticleMcDonald, 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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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...
View ArticleSanchez 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...
View ArticleTV 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...
View ArticleRankings 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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