Another title for Gaytan-Leach

Corona del Mar resident Cierra Gaytan-Leach and doubles partner

Catherine Isip claimed the girls 12s doubles title of the Southern

California Tennis Association junior sectional championships at the

Los Caballeros Sports Village in Fountain Valley Nov. 8.

Gaytan-Leach and Isip, the third-seeded duo, defeated the

top-seeded team of Danielle Lao and Thien-Tang Nguyen, 6-3, 6-7

(5-7), 6-2 in the semifinals before besting the tandem of Tiffany

Mai-Kellen Alberstone, the No. 2 seeded squad, 6-2, 6-4 in the final.

Gaytan-Leach and partner Chris Freeman reached the semifinals of

the mixed 12s doubles at the same event.

In July, Gaytan-Leach, 12, teamed with partner April Bisharat to

claim the girls 12s doubles championship in the War by the Shore

junior tennis tournament.

Gaytan-Leach and Isip will begin play in the girls 14s doubles of

the United States Tennis Association national open championships

today at the Sunny Hills Racquet Club in Fullerton.

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Corona del Mar High freshman Jill Damion will face San Diego’s

Kimberly Haynes in the first round of the USTA girls 16s national

open championships at 11 a.m. today at the Costa Mesa Tennis Center.

Damion, who played both singles and doubles for the CdM girls

tennis team which reached the CIF Southern Section Division I

semifinals, is the lone Newport-Mesa representative in the 64-player

field.

If she defeats Haynes, Damion would face either Cheyenne Inglis or

second-seeded Stephanie Davison from Port Orchard, Wash., at 8 a.m.

Friday in the second round.

Finals in singles and doubles are scheduled for Monday.