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Klahn Meets Fritz In Oracle Challenger Final
Two Southern California pros originally from San Diego but currently residing in Los Angeles County, will take center stage in Sunday’s men’s singles final of the Oracle Challenger Series as third-seeded Taylor Fritz will meet unseeded Bradley Klahn for the championship at the Newport Beach Tennis Club. The Palos Verdes resident Fritz used a solid…
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USTA Pro Circuit comes to Long Beach this week
Jan Satral (CZE) is the top seed at Legends Long Beach this week. After a fantastic week of tennis in Los Angeles, the USTA Mens Pro Circuit moves south to the coast for the $25k Legends Long Beach at El Dorado Tennis Center, beginning with Tuesday’s main draw opening round. Top seed Jan Satral (CZE),…
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Cardio Tennis Comes to Carson on January 27
Registration is now open for a Cardio Tennis Training Course (Level 1) in Southern California from 9am to 4pm on Saturday, January 27 at StubHub Center in Carson. The many benefits of Cardio Tennis include the following: Improve your skill set to add Cardio Tennis as a potential offering. Make you a better coach. Earn…
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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…