Glatch wins Easter Bowl crown

Alexa Glatch of Newport Beach won the girls 14s singles title at the

Easter Bowl junior tennis championships Friday, while Anne Yelsey of

Corona del Mar advanced to the 18s singles final at the Riviera

Resort Racquet Club.

Glatch, the No. 1 seed, topped No. 2-seeded Maggie Mello of Laguna

Beach, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, to complete a five-match sweep. She did not

lose a set her first four matches, but was forced to prevail in the

third set Friday.

Yelsey, the No. 9 seed, rallied past Vania King of Long Beach,

0-6, 6-3, 6-1, to advance to today’s 11 a.m. final against No.

4-seeded Mary Gambale from Billerica, Mass.

Yelsey has battled her way to the title match. She won, 7-5, 7-5,

Thursday.

Gambale beat top-seeded Alexandra Podkolzina, 6-1, 6-1, in

Friday’s semifinal.