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SCTA 2017 Yearbook Now Online
The Southern California Tennis Association has published its annual Yearbook of memorable moments from the past year. The document will be available in the next couple of days in print and online. Please check back. This publication recollects events and happenings in Adult, Junior, and Senior divisions as well as Wheelchair/Adaptive competition, USTA Tennis on…
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SoCal Boasts TGA Coach Of The Year
A well-deserved honor for TGA’s Will Mauriz, who was named 2017 HEAD Penn Racquet Sports/TGA Premier Sports Coach of the Year! Not only is Will Mauriz a popular coach with our students, but he is quite versatile and talented. Will coaches on Pre-K, Elementary, and Middle School campuses as well as leading the charge…
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Inaugural Friendship Team Cup This Summer
New and Innovative One Day Format Boys and Girls 18’s and 16’s Divisions The SCTA #FriendshipCup is a new, exciting, and innovative Level 3 18s and 16s team tournament where players have the ability to build their own teams with friends and fellow competitors. The event will be held June 9-10 at Nellie Gail Ranch…
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Pro Circuit: Seeds Plummet in Opening Round at Long Beach
With courts dry and ready for a plethora of tennis on Wednesday, the fast paced schedule proved somehow beneficial to four unseeded players who toppled their ranked opponents in the opening round of the $25k Legends Long Beach USTA Pro Circuit event at El Dorado Park Tennis Center. Number two seed Marcos Giron (Thousand Oaks)…
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Pro Circuit: Order Restored as Remaining Seeds Advance
Collin Altamirano (USA) unleashes a serve at the $25k Legends Long Beach. If the funky, rain-delayed schedule at the $25k Legends Long Beach USTA Pro Circuit was taxing on the athletes at El Dorado Park Tennis Center, it hardly showed on the court. Some of the most lively tennis of the past two weeks was…
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2017 Doubles South Area Playoff Winners
Congratulations To The 2017 SCTA Doubles South Area Playoff Winners These Winners Are Advancing To Sectionals On January 27-28 Playing At Palm Desort Resort And Rancho Las Palmas Resort In The Desert. [Show slideshow]
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USC Freshman Qualifier Upsets Sell at Long Beach Pro Futures
USC freshman Daniel Cukierman ended Karue Sell’s winning streak as the qualifier advanced to the quarterfinals at the Long Beach Pro Futures Tournament Presented by the Southern California Tennis Association with a 7-6 (6), 6-1 victory in the USTA Pro Circuit $25,000 event being played at the El Dorado Tennis Center. Cukierman had four set…
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Three-Time NCAA Champ Altamirano Into Semis at Long Beach
Not even the chance to become one of a select few college players to win four straight NCAA team titles was enough to keep Colin Altamirano in school for one more year. Altamirano, who helped the University of Virginia win team titles from 2015-2017, was taken the distance in his two quarterfinal matches on Friday…
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Pro Circuit: Sunday’s Final is Double Duty for Altamirano
The $25K Legends Long Beach concludes on Sunday as two USTA Pro Circuit stars reach their first Pro Circuit final of the young season, and one young American seeks to double up at the awards ceremony on Sunday. Collin Altamirano (USA), a product of NorCal, reached the championship final with a win on Saturday over…
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Pro Circuit: Altamirano is Legends Long Beach Champion
Collin Altamirano (USA) patrols the baseline at El Dorado Tennis Center in Long Beach. At the end of a weeklong tournament that saw pouring rain, blazing heat, juggled schedules, unexpected wild cards, and the fall of nearly every seeded player heading into the semifinals, Collin Altamirano was never phased. In Sunday’s singles final at the…