Tennis: Titles at stake in Costa Mesa Junior Open

Richard Dunn

COSTA MESA - Top-seeded Jake Fleming of Newport Beach in the boys

12s and second-seeded Nelly Radeva of Costa Mesa in the girls 12s will

play for championships today in the ninth annual Costa Mesa Junior Open

Summer Classic at Costa Mesa Tennis Center.

In doubles, Newport Beach’s Bonnie Adams and Costa Mesa’s Krista

McIntosh will face Jamison Steele (Newport Beach) and Jessica Langer in

the finals of the girls 16s today at 2 p.m.

In Thursday’s semifinals, Fleming defeated Nicolas Patonai of Malibu,

6-0, 6-1, and will play Irvine’s Danny Desatnik, the second seed, in the

finals today at 9 a.m.

Radeva beat Newport Beach’s Sarah Geocaris, 7-6, 6-1, in the girls 12s

semifinals Thursday to advance against fourth-seeded Carissa Aboubakare

of Orange. Radeva and Aboubakare square off at 1:30 p.m. today.

In the boys 16s singles Thursday, Newport Beach’s Kaes Van’t Hof,

seeded first, was upset in the semifinals by Nathan Stadler of Redondo

Beach. The unseeded Stadler won 3-6, 6-1, 7-6. Van’t Hof defeated Adrian

Ang of Cypress, 6-1, 6-3, in the quarterfinals.

In the girls 16s, third-seeded Adams lost to Michelle Eaquivel of

Buena Park, 6-1, 6-2, in the semifinals.