Junior tennis: Locals in finals

FOUNTAIN VALLEY - Newport Beach’s Kaes Van’t Hof and Corona del Mar

High standout Brian Morton advanced to today’s boys 14s singles and boys

18s doubles finals, respectively, with semifinal victories Saturday at

the 99th annual Southern California Junior Tennis Sectionals at Los

Caballeros Sports Village.

Van’t Hof defeated Shan Sondhu from Laguna Niguel, 7-5, 6-4, to earn a

berth in today’s noon final against Samuel Tadevosian from Glendale.

Van’t Hof and Tadevosian have split two previous meetings this year.

Morton, teaming with K.C. Corkery from Manhattan Beach, defeated

Patrick Buchanan and Serge Modoc, 6-4, 6-0, in Saturday’s semifinal.

Morton and Corkery, the No. 2 seed, will face top-seeded Ryan Redondo,

from Carlsbad, and Fountain Valley’s Travis Rettenmaier today at 1:30.

In a consolation girls 18s singles match of note, Brittany Reitz

defeated CdM High teammate Anne Yelsey, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3). Reitz, the

CIF Southern Section singles champion was spent after avenging her loss

to Yelsey in last fall’s Pacific Coast League singles final. She retired

from her next match.

Costa Mesa resident Nelly Radeva lost, 6-4, 6-3, in a girls 10s

singles semifinal Saturday to Brooke Schweyer from Manhattan Beach.