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Pro Circuit: Skies clear for Legends Long Beach on Wednesday
After two days of gloom and rain, the $25k Legends Long Beach USTA Pro Circuit resumes this morning with the final round of qualifying and opening matches of the main draw. Needless to say, the schedule at El Dorado Tennis Center is jam packed today with those in search of their first title of 2018…
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Southern California Pro Futures Begins Saturday
Former UCLA All-American Karue Sell is the top-seeded player in the qualifying singles draw for the fourth annual Southern California Pro Futures Tournament, a $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event that begins today on the campus of USC. Qualifying singles draw Sell, currently ranked No. 686 in the ATP World Tour rankings, is originally from Brazil…
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Lucky Loser Ross Wins First-Round Match at SoCal Futures
By winning the prestigious USTA Junior Spring National Easter Bowl in Indian Wells a year and a half ago, Gianni Ross quickly became known as one of the top junior tennis prospects in the United States. He returned in the spring of 2017 to the desert, but still unsure whether or not he would turn…
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Wild Card Rybakov, Top-Seeded Sarkissian Move On
Texas Christian University junior Alex Rybakov was one spot out from main-draw entry last week and fully prepared to play qualifying when he learned he was granted a USTA wild card and moved directly into the main draw. The 20-year-old Rybakov from Florida has taken full advantage of the generosity shown to him. On Thursday…
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Newport Beach Tennis Club to Host $150,000 ATP Challenger Jan. 20-28
The inaugural event of the Oracle Challenger Series, to be held January 20-28, 2018, at the Newport Beach Tennis Club, has released its entry lists, which are highlighted by the entry of 22 American players (11 men and 11 women). Nineteen-year-old Frances Tiafoe of Orlando, Fla., and Taylor Fritz of Palos Verdes, Calif., will headline…
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Scott To Play Les Petit As In Paris, France
JUNIOR SPOTLIGHT: Katrina Scott There was a familiar Southern California junior player missing from the top finishers at the recently concluded USTA Winternationals Championships. But Katrina Scott had a perfectly good reason for skipping a national tournament. While the nation’s best were competing for gold, silver and bronze ball trophies, Scott was finishing up training…
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“Sportsmanship Is…”
It is great to start the New Year 2018 with our “Sportsmanship Is…” campaign, See TEAM play, and Innovation right out of the gate, starting with Junior Team Tennis (JTT) Orange Ball Divisions in the Sectional Championships and the 2nd Annual Bryan Twins Doubles Race! After a hectic tennis schedule last year, January brings a…
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Local TGA Premier Tennis Honored At Annual Summit
During the week of December 11, Nancy Abrams and her TGA Premier Tennis team were honored at the Annual TGA Premier Sports Summit in La Quinta, CA, where they took home multiple awards and a $2500 Grant to further their mission. Under the direction of Nancy Abrams, the SCTA/TGA has brought tennis to over 40…
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TGA And Braemar Host Novice Level 7 Orange Ball Tournament
SCTA/TGA Premier Tennis and Braemar Country Club Host Winter Break Novice Level 7 Orange Ball Tournament On Friday, December 22, the Southern California Tennis Association’s TGA Premier Tennis program, along with Braemar Country Club in Tarzana, hosted 26 girls and boys for the one day tournament. The 10 and under players each earned 4 participation…
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NTRP Fast4 Sectionals This Month
The 2018 NTRP Fast4 Section Championship takes place January 20-21 at Braemar Country Club in Tarzana. Men and women competing in 18+ and 50+ divisions (Levels 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5) will play the unique Fast4 format – sets played to 4 games with a five-point tiebreak at 3-3. Entries for the Section Championships close on…