USTA WINTER NATIONALS: THACHER A CHAMP IN SINGLES.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News It took one of the nation's top-ranked doubles teams to spoil spoil v. spoiled or spoilt , spoil·ing, spoils v.tr. 1. a. To impair the value or quality of. b. To damage irreparably; ruin. 2. Ryan Thacher's bid for a NewYear's Day double-double. After winning the boys' 18-under singles title Monday at the 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, Thacher's bid to capture back-to- back championships in singles and doubles came up short. The Harvard- Westlake of Studio City junior and Orange High's Steve Johnson Steve Johnson is the name of:
In architecture, a steplike recession in the profile of a high-rise building. Usually dictated by building codes to allow sunlight to reach streets and lower floors, the building must take another step back from the street for every specified added height interval. to top-seeded Geoffrey Embry of Phoenix and William Guzick of Greer, S.C., at Arizona's Scottsdale Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. Park. ``It hasn't sunk in (winning a second straight singles title),'' said Thacher, the fourth seed who followed his 16-under crown last year by recording a 6-4, 6-3 victory over No. 3 Reid Carleton of Naples, Fla. ``To be honest, the last two hours I've been a little upset about the doubles because I thought we had a great opportunity to win it. I'm happy that I won the singles again, but it would've have been better to win both twice in a row. ``Not everyone these days are playing singles and doubles, or at least they're not able to translate their singles success into success in doubles. I was disappointed for Steve, but I guess it's pretty good to finish second.'' Thacher, who won the 16-under doubles title last year with Thousand Oaks' JT Sundling, captured his fourth consecutive singles championship in the past three months and extended his 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 26 in a row. But the win didn't come easy for Thacher, who battled back from a 3-1, 40-0 deficit in the opening set to record three service breaks, swinging the momentum in his favor. ``The quality of tennis early on wasn't great,'' Thacher said. ``But I just wanted to stay the course. When you're down 40-0, you're not throwing in the towel, but you're figuring you aren't going to win it. So when I was able to come back and break him, I think he got a little discouraged dis·cour·age tr.v. dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing, dis·cour·ag·es 1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit. 2. To hamper by discouraging; deter. 3. .'' Thousand Oaks' Kyle <noinclude></noinclude> ''This article or section is being rewritten at One derivation of the surname is from the Scottish Highland word caol, 'channel', or 'strait'. There are other possible derivations (see below). McMorrow couldn't produce a 16-under singles title on his 15th birthday, as the second seed fell 6-4, 6-2 to No. 16 Evan King of Chicago. McMorrow won two singles titles in 2006. Thousand Oaks' Marcos Giron suffered consecutive setbacks in the 14-under draw after reaching the quarterfinals. Los Angeles' Sabrina Santamaria dropped a 6-0, 6-1 decision to top seed Ellen Tsay of Pleasanton in the 14-under girls' final. erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: THACHER |
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