USTA WINTER NATIONALS: THACHER, SUNDLING TO FACE OFF.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News Ryan Thacher and JT Sundling stood side by side on the tennis court, experiencing the triumph of winning the 16-under doubles title at last year's United States Tennis Association “USTA” redirects here. For other uses, see USTA (disambiguation). The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the United States. Winter Nationals. Their teamwork also helped 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, capture the 16-under Interscholastic in·ter·scho·las·tic adj. Existing or conducted between or among schools. in  ter·scho·las Team Championships in Louisiana in June.
Today, two of the area's top players will be trying to prevent one another from achieving glory when they stand on opposite sides of the net in the boys' 18-under semifinals 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 Winter Nationals at Phoenix Tennis Center. Thacher, a junior at Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, extended his singles winning streak 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 24 matches with Saturday's 6-0, 6-1 victory over No.12 Greg Hirshman of LaJolla. Thousand Oaks' Sundling continued his impressive run as an unseeded entry with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Viju George of Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla. The winner of today's showdown will face top-seeded Jordan Rux of Kerrville, Texas Kerrville is a city in Kerr County, Texas, United States. The population was 20,425 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kerr CountyGR6. , or No. 3 Reid Carleton of Naples, Fla., in Monday's final. Thousand Oaks' Kyle McMorrow, the second seed in the 16-under division, remained in the championship hunt Saturday with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Boca Raton's Bob Van Overbeek. McMorrow will face unseeded Ian Chadwell of Franklin, Tenn., in his semifinal at today. Thacher defeated Sundling 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the round of 32last year en route to winning the 16-under singles championship in Arizona. Sundling then helped Thacher as they marched through the doubles draw as an unseeded entry to record a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Indianapolis' Paul Chappell and Casey Cullen of Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , Mich. Sundling, who knocked off No. 2 Bozhidar Katsarov of the Weil Academy in Ojai 6-3, 6-1 in Thursday's round of 32, faces a tough task in slowing down the momentum of the fourth-seeded Thacher. Including last year's run to the title, Thacher has won 24straight sets in Winter Nationals competition. Since his loss to Pedro Zerbini in the final of the Wilson Junior Championships in October, Thacher has won three consecutive tournaments and dropped only twosets during his 24-match winning streak. Thacher and Orange's Steve Johnson Steve Johnson is the name of:
Johnson and Thacher, finalists in the Southern Section individual tournament in May, were teammates on the 16-under Interscholastic championship team, as well as Southern California's victorious 18-under squad at the USTA National Team Championships in Illinois in August. Helpingstine and Preyer halted Sundling's bid for back-to-back national doubles titles Saturday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over the left-hander and partner Nicolas Meister of Tesoro of Las Flores. erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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