Pali High junior Jade Finestone (above) and partner Nicole Weng won a USTA event in Anaheim. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer
Palisades High tennis player Jade Finestone and her partner Nicole Weng of Pasadena won the USTA 18-and-under girls doubles championship Monday at the AnaheimTennis Center. After a first-round bye, the duo downed Malia Mitchell and Leyla Homuth of San Diego 8-2 in the quarterfinals, then advanced to the finals in a walkover. There, they bested Isabella Pitchford of Van Nuys and Sunny Lu of Los Angeles 8-3.
In the fall, Finestone won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 2 singles to help Palisades beat Granada Hills in the City finals. The season before she and fellow sophomore Anaya Ayanbadejo won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles in the City finals. As a freshman she paired with Sarah Slavkin to take third in the City Individual Doubles tournament.
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