Tourney features upset winner
Mike Sciacca
The 45th annual City of Laguna Beach Tennis Tournament had a real
family and community flavor to it during a three-day event that concluded
Sunday at Alta Laguna Park.
The closest matches of the tournament, which began last Friday night
at Laguna Beach High, came in Men’s A Division singles and doubles
action.
In the men’s A final, Art Jenkins outlasted Gary Pattengill, 6-1, 7-6
(7-3). Jenkins reached the final by upsetting top-seed Mark Robinson in
semifinal action as he won a pair of tiebreakers, 7-6 (7-3) and 7-6
(13-11).
Pattengill used a third set tiebreaker to reach the final by beating
Kerry Johnson, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).
Robinson and Johnson, however, teamed to win the men’s A doubles
final, beating Bernie Schwartz and Rob Crow, 7-6 (9-7), 5-7, 6-4.
Using a round-robin format, the Men’s B Singles Division featured four
members of the Laguna Beach High boys’ tennis team.
Kyle Paxton won the division, using a powerful serve and forehand to
upend Jeff Ferguson, Dieter Schmitz and Riley McMahon.
Schmitz finished second.
The Men’s C Singles Division final was a rematch of last year’s men’s
D final, as Robert Butterfield outlasted another high school athlete,
Michael Codini, in three sets.
In men’s D singles play, high school student John Wagner defeated
Larry Nokes, 6-2, 6-4.
The event that attracted the biggest crowd was the Women’s D Doubles
Division final.
The team of Michele Tura and Ann Schott earned the title by fighting
past Kari Nies and Anna Hecker, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.
Other winners were Raymond Alemania and Keith Lee in Men’s C/D Doubles
Division as they defeated Peter Salomon and Ray Amador in the division
final; Brooke Jamieson and Andy Arnold, who defeated Arthur and Judy
Winer in the Mixed C Doubles Division final; Judy Winer and Tijana
Hamilton, who were winners over Sue Salomon and Cathy Nokes in Women’s C
Doubles; Tijana Hamilton over Lynn Vail in Women’s B/C Singles, and
Tijana Hamilton and Teague Hamilton over Cathy and McKenna Nokes in the
Mother-Child Doubles Division.
The Mother-Child Division was an unadvertised event that gave young
children the chance to learn how to play the game of tennis.
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