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USTA International Spring Championships to Be Contested at Home Depot Center
USC-Bound Sarmiento is Top-Seeded Boy at ITF-Sanctioned Event
CARSON, CALIF. — Some of junior tennis’ brightest stars of tomorrow both nationally and internationally will take center stage beginning April 5 at the sixth annual USTA International Spring Championships, an ITF Grade 1 tournament being held at the USTA Training Center – West at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Fontana’s Raymond Sarmiento [...]
Orange County – March 2010
• DiGiulio Takes Little Mo Crown
• Former Irvine Resident Reaches AO Junior Final
• UC-Irvine Vies for Top Big West Spot
• Orange County Grand Prix Off and Running
San Diego – March 2010
• Nideffer, Greenwald Claim 40s National Hard Courts
• LJB&TC Welcomes 121st Pac Coast Doubles
• USTA Adult League Accepting Team Registration
• PTR Comes to La Jolla Beach & TC Mar. 8-10
Los Angeles – March 2010
• Annual Hunt Memorial Set for Kramer Club
• A Job Well Done: Zaino Honored for Biszantz Center
• Trojan Tracker: No. 1 USC Off to Fast Start
• SoCal Standouts Ink College Commitments
• Jung: Big 10 Athlete of the Week
• L.A.’s Lee Triumphant at Copper Bowl
• 4th Annual Crestmont Doubles Classic
• Pomona’s Andrews Wins International Event
• Querrey Will Return to Defend L.A Open Title
• LeagueTennis.com Expands to California
• UCLA Recruit Making Mark in Michigan
SoCal’s Top 10 Stories of 2009
1. FAREWELL, BIG JAKE: When Hall of Famer Jack Kramer died in September, tennis lost arguably the most important figure in the sport’s history. Ruth, Robinson, Jordan, Gretzky and Tiger were all central to the their sports. But no one was as important to his/her game as Kramer was to his. Mr. Tennis was the [...]
BNP Paribas Open Preview
The Dirty Dozen: 6 Men / 6 Women Who Could Win It
There’s a new sheriff in town. In December, Oracle co-founder/CEO Larry Ellison bought the BNP Paribas Open from an ownership group headed by Charlie Pasarell and Ray Moore, quashing rumors that the combined ATP/WTA event — which each year pulls in more fans than any other tournament outside of the Slams might be headed to [...]
Three for the Price of One
One of the glories of tennis is that it has three prime surfaces: hard, clay and grass. Now, for one weekend, players in the Coachella Valley Grand Slam Grand Prix Tennis Tournament will incredibly play on all three in one tournament. The event at the beautiful Mission Hills Country Club will be held April 30-May [...]
Coachella – November 2009
• BNP Paribas Open Challenge Tournament
• Indian Wells Fey Given 2 Awards
• Mission Hills Offers Abundance of Activities
Orange County – November 2009
• Anatomy of Charity Tennis – Queen of Hearts
• OCCTA Awarded USTA Grant
• Advantage Tennis Academy’s “Tennis Stars of Tomorrow”