Yelsey battles partner

Steve Virgen

FOUNTAIN VALLEY - They’re doubles partners, but today they’ll have

to play against each other in the 100th Annual Southern California Junior

Sectional Championships. Corona del Mar High girls tennis standout Anne

Yelsey will face her doubles partner, Riza Zalameda, in the Round of 16

girls 18 singles match at 2 p.m. at the Los Caballeros Tennis Center in

Fountain Valley. That’s just one of several matches which feature local

players.

In girls 18s singles action, Yelsey has been businesslike, moving her

way up in the bracket. She started out with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over

Rachel Nass of Santa Monica. Yelsey, who is ranked No. 1 in Southern

California girls 18s, also knocked off San Diego’s Patricia Ruman, 6-1,

6-2, and then Fullerton’s Joanna Kao, 6-4, 7-6, to advance to the main

draw.

Zalameda (Beverly Hills High) is the No. 7 seed and will team with

Yelsey in 18s doubles at 2 p.m., also at Los Cab. They will take on

Kristin Bronowicki and Kristen Wilson in the Round of 16.

Corona del Mar High’s Taylynn Snyder, who has teamed with Serena

Fermin, will face Julianna Gates and Lauren Jones at 2 p.m.

Pepperdine-bound Natalie Braverman, a recent Newport Harbor High

graduate, defeated Corona del Mar High’s Brittany Holland, 6-1, 6-0, in

18s singles Tuesday. Braverman, the No. 6 seed, will play Sylvia

Kosakowski of Downey, today at 9:30 a.m. at Los Cab.

Yelsey and Braverman could potentially meet in the semifinals.

Also today, Newport Beach’s Alexa Glatch, the No. 2 seed in girls 14s

singles, will play in her first match of the tournament at 11 a.m. at the

Fountain Valley Tennis Center.

Costa Mesa’s Kelly Radeva, the No. 4 seed in girls 12s singles, will

face Tiffany Mai of Fountain Valley at 12:30 p.m. at the Costa Mesa

Tennis Center.

The No. 7 seed in girls 10s singles, Cierra Gayton-Leach of Corona del

Mar, defeated Haley Dixon of Canyon Lake and will now face 15th-seeded

Kaitlyn Christian of Orange, at 2 p.m. at Los Cab.

Meanwhile, in boys 18s singles action, Corona del Mar High’s Garrett

Snyder will face Adam Loucks of Irvine at 12:30 p.m. at Los Cab. The

winner will most likely face the 18s No. 1 seed, Malibu’s Doug Stewart,

in the Round of 16, Thursday at 11 a.m at Los Cab.

In the boys 16s singles bracket, Corona del Mar High’s Carsten Ball,

the No. 7 seed, will face Adam Ung of Monterey Park at 11 a.m today, at the Neal Machander Tennis Center in Santa Ana, while No. 8-seeded Kaes

Van’t Hof of Newport Beach will take on Ojai’s Rian Rifkin at the same

time.