Several junior players from the Palisades Tennis Center advanced deep into their respective brackets at the Whittier tournament last weekend. In the Boys 12s, nine-year-old Eduardo Nava advanced to the third round after a first-round bye and a 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 victory over Maxwell Cancilla of Huntington Beach. Also in that division Robbie Bellamy beat William Chiu, one of the top-ranked players in San Diego, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5, in the second round, then dominated Jake DeVries, the 29th-ranked player in Southern California, 6-1, 6-0 in the third round. In the Boys 14s, Alex Baetig beat Benito Romeo of Laguna Beach 6-3, 6-3 in the first round. In the same age group, Connor Treacy was awarded a first-round bye, then beat Kendi Hansen 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 in the second round. Walker Kehrer, the Palisadian-Post’s Athlete of the Year in 2006, picked up where he left off. He beat Thomas Carillo of Riverside 6-1, 6-1, beat Mizuki Shibahara of Rancho Palos Verdes 6-0, 6-1 in the second round and beat David Masciorini of Dana Point 6-2, 6-0 in the third round.
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