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Pro Circuit: Seeds Plummet in Opening Round at Long Beach
With courts dry and ready for a plethora of tennis on Wednesday, the fast paced schedule proved somehow beneficial to four unseeded players who toppled their ranked opponents in the opening round of the $25k Legends Long Beach USTA Pro Circuit event at El Dorado Park Tennis Center. Number two seed Marcos Giron (Thousand Oaks)…
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Pro Circuit: Order Restored as Remaining Seeds Advance
Collin Altamirano (USA) unleashes a serve at the $25k Legends Long Beach. If the funky, rain-delayed schedule at the $25k Legends Long Beach USTA Pro Circuit was taxing on the athletes at El Dorado Park Tennis Center, it hardly showed on the court. Some of the most lively tennis of the past two weeks was…
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2017 Doubles South Area Playoff Winners
Congratulations To The 2017 SCTA Doubles South Area Playoff Winners These Winners Are Advancing To Sectionals On January 27-28 Playing At Palm Desort Resort And Rancho Las Palmas Resort In The Desert. [Show slideshow]
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USC Freshman Qualifier Upsets Sell at Long Beach Pro Futures
USC freshman Daniel Cukierman ended Karue Sell’s winning streak as the qualifier advanced to the quarterfinals at the Long Beach Pro Futures Tournament Presented by the Southern California Tennis Association with a 7-6 (6), 6-1 victory in the USTA Pro Circuit $25,000 event being played at the El Dorado Tennis Center. Cukierman had four set…
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Three-Time NCAA Champ Altamirano Into Semis at Long Beach
Not even the chance to become one of a select few college players to win four straight NCAA team titles was enough to keep Colin Altamirano in school for one more year. Altamirano, who helped the University of Virginia win team titles from 2015-2017, was taken the distance in his two quarterfinal matches on Friday…
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Pro Circuit: Sunday’s Final is Double Duty for Altamirano
The $25K Legends Long Beach concludes on Sunday as two USTA Pro Circuit stars reach their first Pro Circuit final of the young season, and one young American seeks to double up at the awards ceremony on Sunday. Collin Altamirano (USA), a product of NorCal, reached the championship final with a win on Saturday over…
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Pro Circuit: Altamirano is Legends Long Beach Champion
Collin Altamirano (USA) patrols the baseline at El Dorado Tennis Center in Long Beach. At the end of a weeklong tournament that saw pouring rain, blazing heat, juggled schedules, unexpected wild cards, and the fall of nearly every seeded player heading into the semifinals, Collin Altamirano was never phased. In Sunday’s singles final at the…
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JTT Championships Bring 700 Young Players to the Desert
The Junior Team Tennis Sectional Championships were held January 6-7 in Palm Desert, featuring 92 teams comprised of 700 players between the ages of 8 and 18. The competition culminated USTA SoCal’s Fall 2017 season. Matches were held under beautiful skies at five locations, including Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa,…
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Indian Wells Tennis Coaches Summit March 2018
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TEAM SOCAL: Locals in the Hunt at Oracle Newport Beach Challenger
Southern California not only hosts the ATP Oracle Challenger Series this week, but also welcomes home some of SoCal’s most promising athletes who take the court today in the first round at Newport Beach Tennis Club. Ernesto Escobedo (West Covina), Taylor Fritz (Palos Verdes), and Bradley Klahn (Poway) lead the charge of locals in a…