CITY SECTION TENNIS SEMIFINALS: G.H. TANDEM ADVANCES HIGHLANDERS SEEK CITY DOUBLES TITLE.Byline: Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
The Granada Hills High boys' tennis team believed it had a good shot to win this year's City Section title, but the Highlanders were beaten by 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:
Two of Granada Hills' players, Jared Novak and Jeremy Choo, will have an opportunity to capture a City title. Novak and Choo beat 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' Darya Bakhtiar and Seth Mandelkern 6-3, 7-5 in the City doubles tournament semifinals Thursday 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 Center. Another Palisades team, Sepehr Safii and Stephen Surjue, defeated Chatsworth's Josh Dver and Chris Oh 6-2, 6-1 in the other semifinal. In the singles tournament, Belmont of Los Angeles' Bobby Tam defeated El Camino Real's Chad Gerber 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. Tam will face Narbonne's Ranier Matias in Wednesday's final. Matias defeated Cleveland's Andrew Ong 6-4, 6-4 in the other semifinal. Safii and Surjue defeated Novak and Choo in the third-place match last year, but Novak and Choo have beaten two Palisades tandems to reach this year's championship match. ``We'd easily trade (the doubles) title for a team title,'' Choo said. Added Novak: ``But we'll take what we can earn.'' Gerber could not complete a comeback against Tam, the defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre . He staved off one match point to pull within 5-4 in the final set but could not recover from a 40-0 deficit to start the 10th game. ``I did all I could do,'' a deflated de·flate v. de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing, de·flates v.tr. 1. a. To release contained air or gas from. b. To collapse by releasing contained air or gas. 2. Gerber said. Dver and Oh's loss prevented Dver from competing in championships in different sports on consecutive days next week. Dver is entered in the CIF/SCGA golf tournament, which will be held Thursday. Sean Martin, (818) 713-3607 sean.martin(at)dailynews.com |
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