You are here: Home / Archives for Grace Flintermann

Bulgarians conquer from Santa Barbara

Sunday, January 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
Junior_Tennis_Frame

December's 47th Annual Anaheim Junior Tennis Tournament experienced a new level of competition this year — the Junior Bulgarian National Tennis Team.The infiltration originated in Santa Barbara, where Oceanside Tennis Academy head coach Dimitar Yazadzhiev hosted six internationally ranked junior tennis players, ages 12-to-14, for a two-week training program.Four of the players - Victoria Bardareva, Vivian Zlatanova, Kaloan Valtchev, Andrey Alawi - are Bulgarian national champions in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Tennis, USTA Tennis, Youth Tennis Tagged With: ,

Peus, Simon, Goulak take Knowlwood titles

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

This past weekend, 200 junior tennis players from Southern California competed in the 39th Annual Knowlwood Tournament in Santa Barbara.While there were many top ranked juniors that competed, Briggs Peus, Spencer Simon, and Annette Goulak were the standouts in the tournament.COMPLETE KNOWLWOOD RESULTSPeus, the No. 1 seed in the boys 10’s division, dominated throughout, winning 7-5, 7-5 in the final. Peus, a local player coached by Jerry Hatchett at Knowlwood, played Connor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tennis, Youth Tennis Tagged With: , , , ,

Basica has ATP player to contend with at SB Open

Friday, July 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Santa Barbara Tennis Patrons are set to host its 74th annual adult open tournament this Fourth of July weekend. The tournament is filled with some of Santa Barbara’s top adults and juniors, including Nima Roshan, an ATP tour ranked men’s player in both doubles and singles.Currently, Roshan is ranked in the top 500 in the world in singles and top 300 in doubles.Tournament play is scheduled to begin at The Municipal Tennis Courts and at Pershing Park and the finals are scheduled to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tennis, USTA Tennis

Dons start CIF with no worries

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Redondo Union was no match for the No. 2-seeded Santa Barbara High boys tennis team on Wednesday, as the Dons moved past the Seahawks 15-3 in the first round of CIF.Santa Barbara came out strong in the first round, and dominated until the last point, winning all three rounds 5-1, 4-2, 6-0.While No.1 singles player Chase Melton did his fair share of damage in the match, winning all of his sets, it was the Santa Barbara’s doubles teams that secured the Dons a spot in the next round of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Boys Tennis, Santa Barbara High

Pac-10 women highlight day one at Ojai

Thursday, April 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The first day of the Ojai Tennis Tournament was full of victories for the Santa Barbara juniors.Tournament play started Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Ojai Valley Athletic Club, beginning with the Pac-10 women’s draw.On center court, Stanford’s Lindsey Burdette faced off against Arizona’s Claire Rietsch. The three set match was a battle from the beginning. With cheering teammates and spectators, Burdette held serve at 5-4, to clinch the first set 6-4, but in the second set, the tables … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tennis, USTA Tennis

Ojai Tournament features area’s best of prep, collegiate, adult players

Thursday, April 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Starting today, over 1500 players will compete for USTA and PAC-10 titles at the 110th Ojai Tennis Tournament in Ojai.Due to the tournament’s proximity to Santa Barbara, many top locals will be making the trip over the hill to compete, including Rachel Decker-Sadowski, Chase Melton, Lauren Stratman, Blake Mackall and Alexander Gryaznov.While the girls will be competing for individual USTA titles, the boys will be competing for team titles for their high school.Despite the 64 top … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Boys Tennis, Tennis, USTA Tennis Tagged With: ,

Beckerman, Pollero stand out at Leslie Allen

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Teenagers Nico Pollero and Ariel Beckerman dominated the men’s and women’s singles draws in the Leslie Allen Tennis Tournament on April 11th. The annual tournament was hosted by the City of Santa Barbara and held at the Municipal courts and at Pershing Park.The unseeded Pollero cruised through four matches in the men’s open draw, including a win over teammate, Avery Chernin, securing him a spot in the finals. The match between the two Dons was filled with long points and strategic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tennis, USTA Tennis Tagged With:

Five SB juniors take on tennis world

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

This year's USTA International Spring Championships began on Saturday in Carson, bringing the world's top junior tennis players to the Home Depot Center's USTA Training Center.The fifth annual tournament consists of some of junior tennis’ biggest tennis stars of tomorrow - ranked both nationally and internationally.This year the tough competitors to look out for are 15-year-old Grace Min, of Duluth, Georgia, and Raymond Sarmiento, of Fontana, California, just to name a few. Last year, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tennis, USTA Tennis Tagged With: , , , ,

Rodman, Neilsen-Robbins lead Dons past Royals

Saturday, March 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Donstabber

While Santa Barbara High's 6-1 softball victory over visiting San Marcos on Friday afternoon was a team effort, pitcher Rebecca Neilsen-Robbins and fellow-senior Katie Rodman proved to be the most dangerous threats.San Marcos actually struck first, scoring off of an error in the top of the first. However, Neilsen-Robbins got the run back in the third when she hit an RBI double that brought Rodman home. Rodman hit two doubles in the game, eventually coming home after both. Freshman Talia … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prep Softball, Softball

Local tennis clubs to host five day camps

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again! Warm weather and only a few months left of school can only mean one thing for kids: spring break. With the vacation rapidly approaching, it’s time to start thinking about plans that are going to be made.One good option in Santa Barbara, are tennis camps run by local clubs and academies for juniors of all ages and abilities.The Tennis Club of Santa Barbara is hosting a five day camp from Monday, March 29th-Friday, April 2nd for boys and girls ages 8-16. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Tennis Tagged With: , , , , ,

DP JV breezes through Cardinals, 13-5

Sunday, March 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Dos Pueblos boys JV tennis team's strong doubles pairings proved to be unbeatable for Bishop Diego on Friday, as the Cardinals fell 13-5.“Today, our strength was in our doubles,” said DP JV head Coach Allison Golledge. “Our number one doubles team played really well today, but it’s hard to say that one player stood out from another. The scores were all pretty similar.”The Chargers No. 1 doubles team of Zijad Marcus and Michael Bake went undefeated, sweeping all three of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Boys Tennis, Tennis

Fullerton full of quarterfinal results

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Fullerton Tennis Patrons hosted its 65th annual designated tournament in February, accepting 1,144 player entries to make it the biggest tournament ever held by them. The tournament drew some of Santa Barbara’s finest junior players including Ryan Peus, Spencer Simon, Lauren Stratman, and Rachel Decker-Sadowski.Ryan Peus, the No. 1 seed in the girls 12-and-under division, reached the quarterfinals after taking out the No. 9-seed Ena Shibahara of Rancho Palos Verdes in a close … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tennis, USTA Tennis, Youth, Youth Tennis Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,