Tennis: Junior Tennis Classic kicks off Monday

Tony Altobelli

NEWPORT BEACH - There is plenty of local flavor at this year’s

Junior Tennis Classic, also known as the “War By The Shore”, which kicks

off today at the Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club.

In Monday’s action, on the girls side, Balboa’s Bailey Hogan will see

action at 5 p.m. in the Girls 10 Division, while Corona del Mar’s Cierra

Gayton and Newport Beach’s Melissa Matsuoka each received first-round

byes and will play Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.

In Girls 12 singles action, in a battle of locals, Kristina Heimstaedt

will take on Alexandra Hsu in first-round action, beginning at 5 p.m.,

while Newport’s Michelle Atkins (8 a.m.), Christina Schwartz (8 a.m.),

Brie Whitehead (5 p.m.), Kelly McKitterick (5 p.m.) and Sasha Dunlap (5

p.m.) will also take to the court in first-round action. Top seeded

Jillian Braverman will compete at 5 p.m. on Tuesday in second-round

action.

Eight local girls in the 14 singles division, Jaclyn Manning, Tala

Jahangiri, Karin Hacatoryan, Jill Damion, Carly Adams, Amy T. Nguyen,

Sarah Geocaris and Jamison Steele have received first-round byes and will

play on Tuesday. Katie McKitterick will take on Tiffany Huang Monday at 8

a.m. in first-round action.

In Girls 16 singles, Vanessa Dunlap (8 a.m.), Laura Claster (8 a.m.),

Diana Khoury (2 p.m.), Amanda Rubenstein (2 p.m.) and Marguerite Suozzi

(5 p.m.) will all be in first-round action, while Amber Ray, Bonnie Adams

and Juliette Mutzke will play in second-round action Tuesday.

Second seeded Brittany Holland has the first round off and will play

Tuesday in Girls 18 singles, as will Emily Boyd and Kelly Nelson.

Brittany Minna (11 a.m.), Carmen Khoury (11 a.m.), Sara Bryan (2 p.m.)

and Meagan Hawkins (2 p.m.) will see action Monday.

In Boys 10 singles action, second seeded Charlie Alvarado and third

seeded Carlie Corum received first-round byes, while Daron Arnold (11

a.m.), C.J. Chomeau (2 p.m.), Rory Kew (2 p.m.), Chris Damion (2 p.m.)

and Erik Heimstaedt (5 p.m.) will all be in action Monday.

It will be a local showdown in Boys 12 singles as Parker Rhodes takes

on Brent Pham Monday at 8 a.m. Other singles action Monday includes Henri

Chomeau (3:30 p.m.), Andrew Singer (3:30 p.m.) and Daniel Freeman (3:30

p.m.) Second seeded Ryan Caughren will play Tuesday after a first-round

bye.

Jonathan Kroopf will compete in Boys 13 singles action Monday at 3:30,

while third seeded Jake Pham, sixth seeded Fabian Matthews, Nicholas

Gingold and Sean Pham will all play Tuesday.

Costa Mesa’s Andrew Hinger will compete against Newport Beach’s Tyler

Deck in first-round action in Boys 16 singles, as will Randy Herrel,

Robert Khoury, Alexander Sweidan and Hashem Al-Attas. Shaun Maguire,

Bryan Warsaw, Brennan Roberts and Issei Saida each have first-round byes.

Doubles action, featuring locals in every division, will kick off

competition Tuesday.