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Jam-packed schedule as tennis returns to Ojai for 120th Annual Tournament
The Ojai Tennis Tournament returns April 20-24, once again hosting the PAC-12 Team Championships as well as other collegiate competitions such as the Independent Colleges and NCAA Division III West Regionals. The Open Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles events will be contested with an overall purse of $20,000. The tournament also includes the Boys’…
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UCLA Captures Second Consecutive Tennis on Campus National Championship
The UCLA Bruins were crowned Tennis On Campus national champions on Saturday at the USTA National Campus as they defeated the UC Berkeley in a rematch of the 2019 final. The win marked back-to-back titles for UCLA as the event was last held in 2019 due to the pandemic. UCLA took an early lead as…
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Double the fun: Siblings excel on the same side of the net
It took a leap of faith and an unlikely destination some 2,000 miles east of home for the Canete sisters to re-discover their love of tennis and the joy of playing together as a team. A sophomore and freshman at Central Oklahoma University in Edmund, Okla., 19-year-old Mae and 18-year-old Christine – who grew up…
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California dreamin’ as north and south meet at the 47th Maze Cup this weekend
Started as a way to bring the best Northern and Southern California junior tennisplayers together to compete and prepare for the East Coast summer Nationalevents way back in 1974, the Maze Cup will celebrate its 47th edition April 8-10 atthe Stockdale Country Club in Bakersfield. George Maze, Sr. was the namesake and brainchild for what…
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Sweet Sweep! Aliso Viejo’s Alex Michelsen shines at 2022 FILA Easter Bowl
The 54th FILA Easter Bowl, which serves as the USTA National Spring Championships, concluded this weekend in Indian Wells with junior singles and doubles competition. After a stellar performance at the Australian Open earlier this year, 17-year-old Alex Michelsen of Aliso Viejo dominated the 18s division. Michelsen became the first player since Donald Young in…
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Six-event 15k SoCal Pro Circuit launching in 2022; begins May 30 in Rancho Santa Fe
USTA Southern California announced today the launch of the 2022 SoCal Pro Circuit, a series of ITF events showcasing college and high-level juniors as they begin their journey to the professional ranks. The new USTA SoCal Pro Circuit launches its inaugural schedule on Monday, May 30 with qualifying rounds of the $15k Rancho Santa Fe…
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Autism Acceptance Month
April is Autism Acceptance Month, an observance to highlight the increasing number of individuals on the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and the impacts on families. The observance was created by and for the autistic community to change the conversation around autism, and to help spread awareness, promote acceptance, and ignite change. April 2 is World…
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Pro Circuit: USC’s Cayetano eyes Ojai ahead of summer Circuit slate
Her long commute days long over, Erin Cayetano is now just living a short skateboard ride away from her classes and the tennis courts at USC. A junior and the No. 6-ranked ITA singles player in the country, Cayetano said living in an on-campus apartment – and previously in the dorms at USC – has…
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Adaptive Sports Month: Riverside County’s SoCal Adaptive Sports
SoCal Adaptive Sports is an organization that looks to make tennis an accessible sport for people of all backgrounds and abilities throughout Southern California. The organization was founded in June of 2020, and collaborates with other public, private, and non-profit organizations and individuals to fill the need for consistent access to sports opportunities for people…
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Pro Circuit: Holt looks to carry red-hot start into summer season
Brandon Holt knows all about winning USTA Pro Circuit Futures tournaments in Southern California. The former USC All-American pulled out singles wins in the 2018 Claremont Club Futures and in 2019 won the USC Futures, both $25,000-level events. Holt hopes he can re-create some of that magic this summer when USTA Southern California launches the…