Junior tennis: Locals advance at SoCal Junior Sectionals
FOUNTAIN VALLEY - Three local tennis standouts, Matthew Chou, Nelly
Radeva and Jamison Steele, advanced to the Round of 16 in the 99th
Southern California Junior Tennis Sectional Championships Monday at Los
Caballeros Sports Village.
In the boys 14s, Newport Coast’s Chou rallied to defeat Gordon Shu of
Torrance, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, in the Round of 32, while Charlie Alvarado
(Costa Mesa), Ian Connolly (Newport Beach), Parker Rhodes (Corona del
Mar), Robert Khoury (Newport Beach), Charlie Farmer (Newport Beach) and
Nicholas Gingold (CdM) were eliminated from boys singles championship
brackets.
In the girls 14s, Steele (Newport Beach) defeated El Cajon’s Charlee
Warford, 6-1, 6-2, to qualify for the Round of 16, while Radeva (Costa
Mesa) also advanced in the girls 10s with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Palm
Springs’ Tasha Gilbreath.
In the girls 12s, Jillian Braverman and Sarah Geocaris, both of
Newport Beach, advanced to the Round of 32.
Alexandria Walters (CdM), Karina Van Leuven (Newport Beach), Hayley
Young (Newport Beach) and Jill Damion (Newport Beach) were all eliminated
Monday from girls singles championship brackets.
In Sunday’s boys 18s action, Cameron Ball (CdM) came back nicely to
defeat Timothy Stenovec of San Luis Obispo, 4-6, 6-0, 6-0, to advance to
the Round of 32, then swept Gregory Sher of Playa Del Rey, 6-1, 6-1, to
move on to the Round of 16 today.
In the girls 18s, Kimberly Singer of Newport Beach defeated Megan
Biorkman of Irvine, 6-4, 6-0, to also advance to the Round of 16.
All the latest on Orange County from Orange County.
Get our free TimesOC newsletter.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Daily Pilot.