Palisadian Chase Pekar and doubles partner Torsten Keil-Long of Claremont participated in the boys’ 14s division of the War By the Shore junior tennis tournament July 19-23 at Balboa Bay Racquet Club in Newport beach. In a draw that included the top juniors from Hong Kong, who are on tour in Southern California this summer, Pekar and Keil-Long won their first two rounds against local competition by 6-0, 6-1 and 6-3, 7-5 scores. In the finals, they faced Hong Kong’s top-ranked duo of Michael Kwong and Ka Chun Ko) and lost 7-5, 6-3. Pekar won the 14s division of the Palisadian-Post Tennis Open last year and reached the boys’ 12s consolation finals at the K-Swiss Grand Prix Masters in Lakewood last October.
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