BOYS' AND GIRLS' TENNIS: REDEMPTION FOR C.H.'S TURNER.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News SEAL BEACH Seal Beach, city (1990 pop. 25,098), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1915. It is a beach city with an active art colony. Transportation equipment and concrete are among the city's manufactures. U.S. naval stations are nearby. -- A week removed from one of the low points of his young tennis career, Jenson Turner was riding an emotional high Saturday at Seal Beach Tennis Center following two of his biggest victories of the year. Following a humbling exit in the 16-under division at the 104th annual Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Sectional Championships, Turner returned to competition in the 18-under draw at the USTA USTA United States Tennis Association USTA United States Telecom Association USTA United States Trotting Association USTA United States Telephone Association USTA United States Twirling Association USTA United States Trademark Association National Open and the Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
``After sectionals, I felt like I had to prove myself again,'' said Turner, who lost to champion Walker Kehrer of Brentwood in the quarterfinals, then retired from fifth-place semifinal match the following day. ``I was extremely excited about this tournament because it was another chance for me to redeem myself.'' Turner joined Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's Ryan Thacher -- who recorded 6-4, 6-2 victories over Sacramento's Kevin Liang and Texas' Alexei Chijoff-Evans -- as the only area players in the boys' 18-under draw to reach the round of 16. In the 7-6 (5), 6-1 opening-round victory over the Cal-bound Moallemi, Turner built a 3-0 first-set lead, before relinquishing five straight games. He rebounded to prevail in the tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie , then turned in a dominant performance in the second set. ``That was a step toward me becoming more mentally tough,'' said Turner, who defeated Stege 7-5, 6-4 to set up a showdown with Santa Clara's Bijan Hejazi at 11 a.m. today. < In the girls' 18-under draw, top-seeded Leyla Entekhabi of Agoura defeated Irvine's Michelle Murphy and Corona del Mar of Newport Beach's Jill Damion to set up a round- of-16 match with Peninsula of Rolling Hills Rolling hills are like a mountain chain, only a "hill chain" of hills that roll on and on continually. You will often find them in between plains and mountains, near major rivers, or randomly anywhere. The only places without rolling hills are deserts and flood plains. Estates' Rika Tatsuno at 11 a.m. Campbell Hall's Katarina Reveche, the second seed, swept Sacramento's Ashley Pane and Burlingame's Irina Morozova. Reveche will face Fremont's Jennifer Yen at noon. Malibu's Daniel Moss advanced to the round of 16 in the boys' 16-under division with straight-set victories over Taft of Woodland Hills' Josh Tchan and Ojai's Noah Simonson at the nearby Lakewood Tennis Center. Brentwood's Logan Hansen and Anaheim's Catherine Isip 7/8 the 18-under and 16-under sectional champions -- both extended their match winning streaks Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" to 13 with two victories Saturday to join Entekhabi and Reveche in the round of 16. |
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