TEN: Top seeds advance to Channel League semifinals

The top seeds held in Monday’s Channel League Boys Tennis Singles Tournament as Petar Jivkov, Jacob Rucker,
Graham Maassen and Luca Ferrari reached Tuesday’s semifinals.

San Marcos’ Jivkov will meet Ventura’s Rucker in one semifinal while San Marcos’ Luca Ferrari faces off against Santa Barbara’s Maassen in the other. Jivkov and Maassen share the No. 1 seed.

After Tuesday’s semifinals, the league singles championship will be decided on Thursday.

None of the four players dropped a set on their way to the semifinals, with Maassen posting two 6-0, 6-0 victories.

RESULTS

Round 1:
Petar Jivkov (1)(SM) def Oscar DeSario (V) 6-0, 6-2
Jackson Powell (7)(SB) def Paul Stockdill (Buena) 6-0, 6-0
Patrick Corpuz (6)(DP) def Grant Coe (B) 6-0, 6-1
Jacob Rucker (4)(V) def Caleb Franzen (DP) 6-2, 6-0
Lucca Ferrari (3)(SM) def Zack Scurrah (V) 6-1, 6-0
Ryan Chung (5)(SB) def Kevin Holst (B) 6-0, 6-2
Joshua Wang (8)(DP) def Dee Lucca (B) 6-0, 6-0
Graham Maassen (1)(SB) def Jake Wheelock (SM) 6-0, 6-0

Round 2:
Jivkov (SM) def Powell (SB) 7-5, 6-2
Rucker (V) def Corpuz (DP) 6-1, 6-3
Ferrari (SM) def Chung (SB) 6-3, 6-0
Maassen (SB) def Wang (DP) 6-0, 6-0

Semifinals:
Jivkov vs. Rucker
Maassen vs. Ferrari