Tennis: Yelsey advances at Easter Bowl with comeback win

Corona del Mar High junior Anne Yelsey, seeded 17th in the girls 18s, defeated Monica Wiesener of Woodland Hills in the second round

Saturday in the Easter Bowl, the United States Tennis Association’s Super

National Spring Championships at Riviera Resort in Palm Springs.

For Yelsey, ranked 47th in the nation and 11th in Southern California,

it was a roller coaster ride against Wiesener with a 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (7-3)

victory in windy conditions.

Yelsey, who advanced in the opening round with a 6-1, 6-0 win over

Julia Goyer of Birmingham, Ala., will play longtime Beverly Hills nemesis

Iris Ichim, the No. 6 seed, today in the third round at 11 a.m. Yelsey

has never beaten Ichim in three career matches, her father, Arthur, said

Saturday night.

Highlighting the boys action in the desert, CdM freshman standout

Carsten Ball, a left-hander and the No. 2 seed in the 14s, advanced to the Round of 16 with another straight-sets victory Saturday in the third

round.

Ball defeated Justen Roth of Short Hills, N.J., 6-1, 6-2, his third

consecutive win in straight sets, CdM Coach Tim Mang said.

In the boys 18s, CdM senior Cameron Ball was knocked out in the first

round of the championship bracket by 12th-seeded Stephen Bass of

Bronxville, N.Y., 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

“Cameron had him, 4-2, in the third set, but (Bass) came back and beat

him,” Mang said.

In the girls 16s, Taylynn Snyder lost in the second round Friday to

ninth-seeded Bryce Marable of Darien, Ill., 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.

Another Newport Beach player, Mater Dei High’s Kaes Van’t Hof in the

boys 16s, won his first-round match Friday. Van’t Hof is unseeded.