Adpotion Guild tennis: UCI’s Morton advances

Brian Morton, a Corona del Mar High product who just completed his

freshman year at UC Irvine, was among those who earned quarterfinal

victories Monday in the 41st annual Adoption Guild Tennis Tournament.

Morton and partner Jon Endrikat from Medford, Ore. defeated Kelly

Gullett (Whittier) and John Letts (Rolling Hills), 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, at the

Newport Beach Tennis Club, to advance to Saturday’s men’s open doubles

semifinals.

Costa Mesa resident Julie Shapiro and her partner, Jennifer Lyons from

Dana Point, earned a 6-3, 6-1 women’s open doubles quarterfinal triumph

over Christy and Katy Popstra from Flagstaff, Ariz. Monday at NBTC.

The top-seeded tandem of Debbie Graham, from Newport Beach, and CdM

senior Brittany Reitz received byes into Saturday’s women’s open doubles

semifinals.

Other locals advancing to the semifinals include: Newport Beach’s

Peter Davidson (men’s 35-and-older men’s doubles); Newport’s Paul Cross

(men’s 6.0 doubles); Newport’s Paul King (men’s 5.5 doubles); Newport

residents and partners Ken Stuart and Larry Collins, as well as Costa

Mesa’s Randy Myers (men’s 5.0 doubles); Newport’s Lawrence Van Pelt

(men’s 3.5 doubles); Newport’s Kathy Bennett Doss, as well as Newport

resident Erin Hendricks and teammate Natalie Hill from Costa Mesa

(women’s 5.5 doubles); Balboa residents and partners Kathryn D’Eliscu and

Christine Shively (women’s 4.5 doubles); Reitz, as well as Corona del Mar

resident Orestes Baez, teamed with a separate partner (mixed 6.0

doubles); CdM’s Gail Glasgow and the Costa Mesa pairing of Chris Hastings

and Hill (mixed 5.5 doubles); Costa Mesa’s Kerry Flaherty (mixed 4.5

doubles); and Newport Coast resident Lisa Henkins (mixed 4.0 doubles).