Junior tennis: Yelsey opens doubles bid

PALM SPRINGS - Corona del Mar High junior Anne Yelsey was defeated

by Iris Ichim, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, in the third round of girls 18 singles at

the Easter Bowl, the United States Tennis Association’s super national

spring championships, Sunday at Riviera Resort.

Despite the loss, Yelsey said her strong performance against Ichim,

from Beverly Hills, will boost her confidence as she heads into her first

doubles match today.

“I lost, but I thought I played well,” Yelsey said. “I’d never beaten

Iris before and I’d lost pretty badly. But I had two match points

(Sunday). Things just didn’t go well for me at the end of the second set.

But I thought I played with confidence.”

Yelsey teams with Riza Zalameda from Los Angeles as the No. 2 seed in

18s doubles. After a first-round bye, Yelsey and Zalameda open today at

11 a.m. against the winner of a Sunday evening match.

Other local doubles competitors include CdM High junior Garrett

Snyder, Newport Beach resident Kaes Van’t Hof, Newport Coast resident

Alexa Glatch and CdM High sophomore Brittany Holland.

Snyder, along with partner Brett Van Linge from Irvine, also received

a first-round bye Sunday in the boys 18s doubles draw. Snyder and Van

Linge will play today at 3:30 p.m. against Brad Pomeroy from Asheville,

N.C. and Travis Triplett from Goshen, Ky. Pomeroy and Triplett defeated

Andrew Hong from New York and Anthony Ly from Atlanta, 6-2, 6-3, Sunday.

Glatch, teamed with Downey’s Lyndsay Kinstler in the girls 14s,

defeated Stephanie Davison from Port Orchard, Wash. and Yvette Ly from

Fairview, Ore., 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, Sunday. Glatch and Kinstler will meet No.

2-seeded Floridians Krysty Marcio and Yasmin Schnack today at 3:30 p.m.

Vant’ Hof, who was eliminated in boys 16s singles, teamed with Yevgeny

Supeko from Ojai to defeat Brenton Horne from Texas and Robert Lim from

Hawaii, 7-6, 6-2, Sunday night in 16s doubles. Van’t Hof and Supeko

advance to today’s second-round match at 9:30 a.m.

Holland and partner Christine Dao from Northridge, defaulted their

first-round girls 16s doubles match against Floridians Alexis Conil and

Sarah Sabin Sunday.