A LONG DAY, AND A BIG VICTORY MALIBU'S STEWART SURVIVES RAIN, SEVERAL DELAYS IN OJAI EVENT.Byline: Nevin Barich Nevin Barich (born August 6, 1979) is a former American sports journalist now working as the Senior Editor of The National Notary, a trade magazine based in Los Angeles with a circulation of more than 300,000 nationwide. Staff Writer OJAI - Doug Stewart Doug Stewart is a cohost of the radio show 2 Live Stews with his brother Ryan Stewart.[1][2] References 1. ^ Shaw, Jody. "“Two Live Stews” heat up airwaves with new style", The Technique, 2004-02-13. had a long day at the 102nd annual Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament on Friday. First he had to wait hours through a rain delay. Then he played a third round match that lasted more than two hours. Finally, after resting briefly, he played another 90 minutes in the quarterfinals. In the end, though, it was all worth it. Stewart, a senior from Malibu High, defeated Santa Barbara's Blake Muller Mul·ler , Hermann Joseph 1890-1967. American geneticist. He won a 1946 Nobel Prize for the study of the hereditary effect of x-rays on genes. Mül·ler , Johannes Peter 1801-1858. 6-2, 6-3 at Thacher High to advance to today's semifinal at 8 a.m. If Stewart wins, he'll play in the final at 2 p.m. The match came after a rain delay that suspended play for nearly six hours. Players were forced to play 10-point tiebreakers in place of third sets to try to get in the third-round and quarterfinal matches before darkness. ``I woke up at 6 a.m. and then drove all the way up here,'' said Stewart, the top seed who last year at Ojai won the boys' 16 and under tournament. ``I got here at 7 and got warmed up, thinking I was going to play. Then it starts raining and eventually I start wanting to just go home because I'm thinking we're not going to play. Then they tell me I have to play and I have to get warmed up again. It was tough.'' Against Muller, who defeated Granada Hills' Nima Roshan in the second round Thursday, Stewart was able to dominate the freshman for the most part. He held serve throughout and consistently punished Muller with forehands and backhands down the right side. ``I think this match was a little bit easier than the last one,'' Stewart said. ``I played pretty well.'' Stewart is undefeated this season, having not lost a match in either tournament or high school play. He said anything less than a victory in the finals at Ojai would be a disappointment. ``I hate to lose,'' Stewart said. ``I haven't lost a match all year and I don't intend to start now.'' Stewart will face Servite High's Patrick Buchanan in the semifinals. Buchanan is the defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre but has not beaten Stewart in eight previous meetings. Most recently, Stewart defeated Buchanan 6-1, 6-1 at the Easter Bowl tournament in Palm Springs two weeks ago. Stewart did had a tough time in his third-round match, outlasting Camarillo's Jason Mossembekker 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 10-4. Stewart had a commanding 4-1 lead in the second set before Mossembekker rediscovered his serve. Mossembekker, who had trouble holding serve throughout the match, managed to hold twice and also broke Stewart's serve when he double-faulted to help tie the set at 4. ``When my serve started working, that was a huge plus,'' Mossembekker said. ``It set up so many easy points for me.'' Both players would hold serve until the tiebreak tie·break n. See tiebreaker. , when Stewart made five unforced errors to help Mossembekker win four of the last five points en route to the set. Thousand Oaks' Andrew Lieu LIEU, place. In lieu of, instead, in the place of. won't be making a repeat performance in the semis at Ojai this year. Lieu fell in the quarterfinals to Rylan Rizza of Peninsula 5-7, 6-1, 10-8. Rizza was coming off a straight-sets victory over Gary Sacks of Calabasas. --CSUN women win: The Cal State Northridge women's tennis team defeated Cal Poly Cal Poly may refer to:
 `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. 4-0 in the first round of the Big West tournament. Teresa Simonyan, Rami rami[L.] plural of ramus. rami communicantes bundles of nerve fibers connecting a sympathetic ganglion to spinal nerve; categorized as gray rami (unmyelinated postganglionic fibers) or white rami (myelinated preganglionic Setiawati, Kendra Segura and Veronika Wagner all won for the third-seeded Matadors, who will play second-seeded Long Beach State today at 12:30 p.m. OJAI TENNIS TOURNAMENT CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). boys' singles: Semifinals, 8 a.m.; Finals, 2 p.m. CIF boys' doubles: Semifinals, 9:30 a.m.; Finals are at 2 p.m. Girls' 18 and under: Semifinals, 9:30 a.m.; Finals are at 2 p.m. Pac-10 men's and women's main draw singles: Semifinals, 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pac-10 men's and women's main draw doubles: Semifinals, 3:30 p.m. Pac-10 men's and women's invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. singles: Semifinals, 9:30 a.m. Pac-10 men's and women's invitational doubles: Semifinals, 2 p.m. Big West men's and women's tournament: Men's final is at 10 a.m. Women's semifinals, 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. - Nevin Barich CAPTION(S): box Box: OJAI TENNIS TOURNAMENT (see text) |
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