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 Sheinberg … [Read more...]
Westmont tennis players honored
Three Westmont College men’s tennis players have earned NAIA All-American honors and a fourth was named Golden State Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete.Junior Carlos Lima, of Porto Alegre, Brazil, was named a first team All-American in addition to being honored as a All-Golden State Athletic Conference selection. Lima, who played at No. 1 singles, posted a record of 8-9. At No. 1 doubles, he partnered with sophomore Bryan Cox to notch a season record of 11-5.Cox, who hails from Alamo, … [Read more...]
Simon conquering the Caribbean
Santa Barbara's Spencer Simon has been tearing up the Caribbean hard courts of late, winning two doubles and a singles title recently in the Bahamas and Aruba in ITF Grade 4 events.Simon swept the singles and doubles draws in Noord, Aruba this past weekend at TIHTA 2010. Simon, 17, defeated doubles partner and No. 1 seeded Shaun Bernstein in the semifinals before winning the title match 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 over Robert Livi. Bernstein and Simon didn't drop a set on their way to the doubles championship.Link … [Read more...]
Top-seeded Roshan wins Santa Barbara Open
Nima Roshan, the top seed in this year's 74th Annual Santa Barbara Open tennis tournament, needed three sets to take home the title on Saturday, defeating No. 2 Luis Perez 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4 at the Tennis Club of Santa Barbara.FULL RESULTSThe 25-year-old Australia native and former BYU standout, currently ranked 577th by the ATP, defeated defending champion Leo Basica 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the championship round. Perez cruised past No. 4 Alexendre Anselme 6-0, 6-1 in the morning to make the … [Read more...]
Top seeds hold strong at SB Open
The top four seeds in the Men's Open draw advanced through three rounds over the weekend at the Santa Barbara Open, setting up the semifinals in perfect form for the tournament's second weekend.No. 1 seed and ranked ATP tennis pro Nima Roshan cruised through his first two matches before defeating sixth-seeded Ryan Heinberg 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals. No. 2 seed Luis Perez ousted former champion and last year's finalist Adam Webster in another quarterfinal.Defending Men's Open champ Leo … [Read more...]
Basica has ATP player to contend with at SB Open
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...]
SoCal Sectional’s Round of 16 stops local juniors
Ryan Peus, Kayla Day, Lauren Stratman, Marianna Alevra, Kevin Ha and Sasha Gryaznov advanced into the later rounds of the 108th Southern California Junior Sectional this weekend, each winning several matches to navigate the massive draws found at the tournament, which is one of the country's largest junior tournament that takes nearly two weeks to complete.The Los Caballeros Racquet and Sports Club in Fountain Valley hosted the event.Peus was second seeded in the 12-and-under girls division, … [Read more...]
Stratman holds down local designated tourney
Lauren Stratman claimed the Girls 18 title at the 95th Santa Barbara Summer Junior Tennis Tournament this weekend, defeating Dorothy Tang 6-3, 6-2 in the final.Stratman, from Goleta, made the championship match by defeating doubles partner and No. 1 seed April Scatliffe in the semifinals. Stratman won in three sets for the second time of the tournament, topping Scatliffe 6-4, 0-6, 6-2. Stratman was the only unseeded player to make a title match in any of the five girls draws.CLICK HERE … [Read more...]
Santa Barbara crushed in title match, 17-1
CLAREMONT - Santa Barbara High's boys tennis team reached its second Division-I CIF Final in three years with top singles player Chase Melton making an undefeated run through the playoffs.Suddenly without him due to an ill-timed ailment, the stunned Dons suffered a resounding 17-1 defeat to top-seeded University at the Claremont Club on Thursday."When Chase got so sick that he couldn't make the trip, we really didn't have the inspiration that he normally gives us," said Dons head coach Steve … [Read more...]
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