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Ukrainian Zeynalova finds refuge in playing SoCal Pro Circuit
Arriving for nearly two months for the first time in Southern California to start her summer following the biggest win of her tennis career has been nothing short of bittersweet for Sabina Zeynalova. Just days after leading the University of Texas to the NCAA Team Championship, the 18-year-old freshman Zeynalova arrived in San Diego to…
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Pro Circuit USD: Ryan Seggerman Takes Advantage of Wild Card To Earn First ATP Singles Point at SoCal Pro Circuit
June 7, 2022 Back in the fall of 2016, Ryan Seggerman was a 16-year-old Coronado High School junior who took advantage of a USTA wild card alongside his buddy Timmy Sah to advance all the way to the Irvine ITF Pro Futures doubles final falling to current Top 50 ATP player Mackie McDonald and Deiton…
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University of San Diego Standout August Holmgren, Australian Teenager Talia Gibson Win Inaugural SoCal Pro Circuit ITF Singles Titles at Rancho Santa Fe Open
Before embarking on his professional career in earnest on Tuesday at the Rancho Santa Fe Open, the inaugural $15,000 Futures event on the SoCal Pro Circuit, August Holmgren acknowledged one of the most important mental and emotional adjustments he would have to make is learning to cope with the concept of dealing with defeat. One…
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This is… Quinn Borchard
At the JTT Sectional Championships in Orange County in May, Quinn Borchard coached three teams to the finals of their division and won the championship with his U12 teams. The longtime head pro at Sunset Hills Country Club has forged a meaningful position in junior tennis in Southern California, and despite his own success as…
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Pro Circuit RSF: Holmgren aims to dominate swing through adopted hometown
June 1, 2022 The highly anticipated debut of the SoCal Pro Circuit began in earnest Tuesday with the Rancho Santa Fe Open kicking off first-round main draw play in singles and doubles on the heels of concluding its men’s and women’s singles qualifying at Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club. Among the players with Southern California…
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This is… South Pasadena’s Olivia Center
“Tennis has kind of always been in my family, both of my parents played more recreationally. And my uncle was a pretty good tennis player. They put me in the sport pretty early, and it just kind of stuck.” These are the words of Fifteen-year-old Olivia Center, casually describing her introduction to tennis at age…
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This is… Culver City’s Ted Salter
“They call me coach Ted.” A rather humble self description by Ted Salter, a long-time member of the tennis community and a pioneer in Oregon and Southern California for his efforts to diversify and increase access to the game of tennis. The Compton native is the executive director of tennis for Kids, a program designed…
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Pro Circuit: Colling looks to make a splash on familiar ground
One of the most accomplished players to ever come out of the University of San Diego, Solymar Colling has a big decision to make this summer – continue adding to her legacy and return to play for the Toreros or venture off to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a professional tennis player. The 22-year-old…
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This is… Claremont’s Cynthia Hom
Club Sports on College campuses can be a tenuous affair as the process is entirely self motivated. Students aren’t bound by scholarships and are usually competing for the love of the game as opposed to career motivation. As a result, a lot of club programs across the country find themselves struggling to maintain membership and…
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Success for SoCal’s Super Senior Tennis Captains on ITF Team Cup Circuit
There are many who would argue that winning a USTA National Gold Ball is the ultimate prize for any competitive tennis player, from the seniors all the way down to the juniors. But for a select group of seniors who compete year after year on the ITF International Team Cup circuit, there’s nothing that compares…