OJAI TENNIS: AIKEN'S RUN AT OJAI ENDS IN QUARTERS.Byline: Lauren Gustus Staff Writer OJAI - Bruce Aiken from 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:
Aiken said his teacher would have proctored the 3 1/2-hour test for him Monday had he reached this morning's semifinals. ``I'm very happy with the way he played,'' said his father, Bruce Aiken, Sr. In both of his matches Friday, Aiken faced opponents who had trouble controlling their emotion. He played Kevin McQuaid - a Los Alamitos Los Alamitos (lôs ăləmē`təs, lŏs), city (1990 pop. 11,676), Orange co., NE of Long Beach, S Calif., in a suburban area; inc. 1960. Los Alamitos Racetrack and U.S. military installations are nearby. senior who will play for Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. next year - in the round of 16. McQuaid yelled at Aiken and at himself, and Aiken fed off the behavior for a 6-4, 6-3 victory. ``The best way to beat Bruce is to be nice to him,'' coach Marvin Jones Marvin Jones may refer to:
In Aiken's quarterfinal match, Snyder questioned Aiken's judgment on calls and requested a line judge. However, Aiken wasn't able to translate his energy into a victory. Aiken wasn't the only San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. player bounced Friday: Sam Querrey of Thousand Oaks and Jason Mossembekker of Camarillo also lost. Querrey, a freshman, lost to No. 1 seed Jeffrey Das 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the round of 16. Mossembekker lost to Eric Riley of Torrey Pines of San Diego 1-6, 6-2, 6-4. The only remaining local boys' entry is Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's No. 1 doubles team, James Thayer and Sam Wagner. They survived a second-set tiebreak tie·break n. See tiebreaker. scare against Jon Luo and Tongle Yu of Torrey Pines, earning a 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) victory to advance to the semifinals. They play Nick Berger and Nathan Stadler of Redondo Union today at 8 a.m. If Thayer and Wagner win, they will play for the doubles championship today at 2 p.m. ``We came here for first place,'' Wagner said. ``We're confident.'' --Also: Marcin Matkowski from UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX will play John Paul Fruttero of California in a Pacific-10 Conference men's semifinal match today at 9:30 a.m. at Libbey Park. ... Celia Durkin of Calabasas defeated Yassi Entekhabi of Agoura in the girls' 18 draw to advance to a semifinal match against Kady Pooler of Laguna Nigel today at 9:30 a.m. at Thacher School. ... Kelly Stewart of Malibu advanced to the semifinals of the girls' 16 draw and will face Kimber Gresham of Hawthorne at 8 a.m. at Thacher School. |
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