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89th Annual San Diego District Championship
Registration for the 89th Annual San Diego District Championships is still open but the deadline us coming up fast! Prize money and trophies will be awarded to finalists and winners. Tournament is played at the Balboa Tennis Club in Morley Field starting Friday thru Sunday, Aug. 25-27 and Labor Day weekend Saturday thru Monday, Sept.…
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Tay/Kay headline SoCal’s US Open Qualifiers
At this year’s BNP Paribas Masters at Indian Wells, American hopefuls Kayla Day and Taylor Fritz energized the crowd with spirited play and dreams of a forthcoming renaissance for Team USA Tennis. This week, the USTA announced that both will return to the big stage in New York for the 2017 US Open. The USTA…
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Girls Nationals: SoCal dominates Sunday finals; Kratzer, Johnson/Liu win big
Ashley Kratzer celebrates her win at the USTA Girls National Championships in La Jolla. Coming into this week’s USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships, 18-year-old Ashley Kratzer of Newport Beach, Calif., did not envision winning the hard court title at the Barnes Tennis Center. But the unexpected happened on Sunday afternoon as the third-seeded Kratzer finished…
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Chen, Kratzer to Meet In All-SoCal Nationals Final Sunday
Duke University-bound Kelly Chen of Cerritos continued her amazing run at the USTA Girls’ 16s and 18s National Championships taking place at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego on Saturday. The 18-year-old Chen, seeded No. 33, won her seventh consecutive match with a strong performance and another win against a higher seeded player as…
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Cerritos’ Chen, Newport Beach’s Kratzer Make Final Four at Nationals
A rematch of this year’s French Open Girls’ singles final highlighted quarterfinal play at the USTA Girls’ 16s & 18s National Championships on Friday at the Barnes Tennis Center. Playing under partly-sunny skies, eighth-seeded Whitney Osuigwe needed three hours and 13 minutes to defeat second-seeded Claire Liu 7-5, 6-7 (8), 6-4 in a heart-stopping Girls’…
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SoCal Girls Keep On Winning At USTA Nationals
Four of the eight girls playing in the quarterfinals of today’s USTA Girls’ 16s & 18s National Championships being played at the Barnes Tennis Center are from Southern California. Pepperdine sophomore Ashley Lahey continued her strong for a possible gold ball and direct main entry wild card into the US Open with a 6-1, 6-4…
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Liu, Ewing Post Big Wins At Girls’ Hardcourt Nationals
It was a big day for Southern California players in an action-packed day at the Barnes Tennis Center as play continued at the prestigious USTA Girls’ 16s & 18s National Championships. Reigning Wimbledon girls’ singles champion Claire Liu, the No. 2 seed in the Girls’ 18s singles draw, dispatched unseeded Naomi Cheong, a hard-hitting 15-year-old…
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Tennis for Service Members in San Diego
Each week we visit our Champions of Southern California Tennis – those who go above and beyond to promote and grow the game throughout SoCal and beyond. These individuals and organizations deliver the game of tennis to a variety of audiences, often in places where the significance of tennis goes far beyond the court itself. As we share their…
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USTA Girls’ Junior Nationals To Air This Weekend On Tennis Channel
The USTA Girls’ 16s & 18s National Championships, which are being played this week at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, will offers fans the opportunity to watch the top junior players in the country as well as providing a peek at the future of American women’s tennis. This weekend, more fans than ever…
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Back to School with TGA Premier Tennis
The SCTA’s TGA Premier Tennis of the San Fernando Valley is wrapping up summer camp and heading into its 4th year of playground based after school enrichment! Campers enjoyed a summer of tennis, fitness and fun on courts in Tarzana, Studio City and Northridge. Activities included weekly matches, Grand Slam and Super Hero theme weeks,…