BOYS' TENNIS: CITY SECTION QUARTERFINALS: GRANADA HILLS MAKES STATEMENT.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News Jeremy Choo said he and doubles partner Vinnie Amor wouldn't have been bothered by playing Granada Hills High teammates Zach Katz and Dominic Plata in the semifinals of the City Section boys' tennis tournament. Although they were disappointed the matchup didn't materialize ma·te·ri·al·ize v. ma·te·ri·al·ized, ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing, ma·te·ri·al·iz·es v.tr. 1. To cause to become real or actual: By building the house, we materialized a dream. , Choo and Amor were more than content when they learned about the alternative -- a showdown with Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). of Pacific Palisades' Michael Light and Seth Mendelkern. After Choo and Jared Novak defeated three Palisades doubles teams en route to winning the doubles title last year, Choo and Amor secured a semifinal matchup with Light and Mendelkern following a 6-1, 6-2 victory Thursday over El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Choo and Amor's victory highlighted a day at Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). Sports Complex in Encino when two area singles players and a pair of local doubles tandems reached the final four. ``This year, it's a different partner and a different mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. , but the goal is the same,'' said Choo, who will look to earn a measure of revenge for the Highlanders' loss to Palisades in the May 12 City final. Granada Hills was the only area team that had singles and doubles entries advance, as Eric Lee moved on with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over ECR's Chad Chad (chăd, chäd), Fr. Tchad, officially Republic of Chad, republic (2005 est. pop. 9,826,000), 495,752 sq mi (1,284,000 sq km), N central Africa. Gerber. Lee will face Roosevelt of East Los Angeles' Sal Romero, who defeated North Hollywood's Dillon Klincke 6-0, 6-4. The semifinals for both singles and doubles are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Balboa. |
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