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...]
Stratman’s perfect to win 16s title
After battling through five rounds of opponents this past week in Elk Grove, sophomore Lauren Stratman of Dos Pueblos proved to be unbeatable.Stratman did not drop a single set in the US Tennis Association National Open 16 division. As the competition got stiffer, Stratman continued to dominate by big margins. She held her opponents to two games or less in 12 out of her possible 20 sets played.In the round of 64, Stratman had one of her few close matches but still prevailed. In the semifinals, … [Read more...]
Stratman, Scatliffe scamper into Ojai final
Lauren Stratman and doubles partner April Scatliffe have reached Saturday's Girls 18s final in the Ojai Valley Tournament, outlasting all of Santa Barbara's other junior players.The Stratman combo will face Bella Genkina and Kaley Schultz of San Diego at 2 p.m.None of the boys singles or doubles players from Santa Barbara High, Dos Pueblos or Cate made it past the Round of 16 in the CIF portion of the tournament.Junior player Ryan Peus did well, reaching the quarterfinals in the girls … [Read more...]
Pac-10 women highlight day one at Ojai
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 turned … [Read more...]
Ojai Tournament features area’s best of prep, collegiate, adult players
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 high … [Read more...]
Beckerman, Pollero stand out at Leslie Allen
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 net-play, … [Read more...]
Five SB juniors take on tennis world
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, Min … [Read more...]
Fullerton full of quarterfinal results
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 three-set … [Read more...]
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