CITY SECTION TENNIS: FRIENDLY RIVALS ADVANCE.Byline: Anel Laj Staff Writer They were among friends. Three buddies See buddy list. battling for the final two spots in the City Section tennis individual finals. Jason Nguyen of Chatsworth Chatsworth, estate, Derbyshire, central England, near Chesterfield. It is the seat of the dukes of Devonshire. Begun in 1552, the present Classical-style Chatsworth House was rebuilt in 1686. High and James James, person in the Bible James, in the Gospel of St. Luke, kinsman of St. Jude. The original does not specify the relationship. James, rivers, United States James. Magsino and Matt Jones of 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:
With victories in Friday's City Section semifinals at Warner Tennis Center, Nguyen, the No. 1 seed, and Magsino, the No. 6 seed, guaranteed a ``friendly'' final. Nguyen advanced with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Jones; Magsino advanced with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Reyniere Roka of Carson. Nguyen and Magsino will meet in Wednesday's championship, meeting for a third time in City Section competition. ``James has a little bit of a bigger serve and he's a lefty too so he's at an advantage,'' said Nguyen, looking ahead. ``James has a very strong forehand forehand the head, neck, shoulders, withers and forelimbs of the horse. , it's a lot stronger than his backhand. The thing with James is James I, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona James I (James the Conqueror), 1208–76, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1213–76), son and successor of Peter II. you have to keep everything to his backhand. He knows that, everybody else knows that. He's gonna gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. try to go to his forehand as much as possible, and I'm gonna try to keep him away from it.'' The Nguyen-Jones match was expected to be the most exciting semifinal game. Both players had similar styles of play with strong forehands to the baseline The horizontal line to which the bottoms of lowercase characters (without descenders) are aligned. See typeface. baseline - released version . However, the difference in the match proved to be consistency from the service line. Jones had troubles getting his first serve over the net, which fueled his frustration during the match. Nguyen was able to take advantage of that and win the bigger points and advance. Nguyen had a powerful serve leading 5-3 in the second set, eventually winning the match on an ace. He finished with seven aces. ``The first set I was serving pretty well and held at love pretty easily, and after that it was just a matter of holding until I got my opportunity to break,'' said Nguyen. ``After that one break he blew up a little sort of getting down on himself. That's how you beat Matt. Get up on him try to keep it close and that one break is gonna do it for you.'' Magsino had a tougher time in his match against Rokas, but Magsino's forehand and serve was bigger and better that day. His backhand was solid down the stretch, making it difficult for Rokas to return. Magsino had four big serves in the last game of the second set to beat Reyniere for the second time this year. But, back to Nguyen and Magsino. During the regular season they split games, with Magsino handing Nguyen (24-1) his only loss in the City. The two play doubles in tournament competition, in fact, winning the Easter Bowl. However, now it's every man for himself in a championship match on Wednesday at the Warner Tennis Center at 2 p.m. ``I can't make too many mistakes, because he's solid from the baseline,'' Magsino said. ``I'll have him come in and play the net, because I won't be able to beat him from the baseline.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Jason Nguyen of El Camino Real, a finalist in the City Section individual final, returns a shot in Friday's semifinals. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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