More than 40 Palisadians and Palisades Tennis Center players were among the 1,200 participants in one of the biggest tournaments in Southern California last week in Los Caballeros. In the boys’ 10-and-under division, Palisadian Ben Goldberg reached the quarterfinals, knocking off the #5 and #9 seeds along the way. Harry Cohen and Lucas Bellamy also had big wins in that age group. In the boys’ 14s, Cristobal Rivera had a great run, finally falling to top-seeded Nikko Madregallejo of Duarte, 7-6, 7-5. “Nikko is one of the top 10 or so kids in the country and Cristobal almost took him out,” PTC Head Pro Jon Neeter said. “No one works harder and it is really paying in spades.” Alex Giannini also played well losing to second-seeded Justin Agbayani, 6-4, 6-3, in the quarterfinals. PTC players Seth Stolar, Blake Anthony, Brandon Clarke and Joshua Kameel each won at least two matches and beat seeded players. This weekend, Palisadians Robbie Bellamy and Walker Kehrer will play in the Mike Agassi “No Quit” tournament in Las Vegas and many other local players have entered the 45th annual Matador tournament in Northridge, including Goldberg, Cohen, Rivera, Giannini, Brett Alchorn, Blake Anthony, Lucas and Roscoe Bellamy, Spencer Pekar, Cole Pilar, Thomas and Elizabeth Ryan, Jake and RJ Sands, Reid and Charlie Shumway, Connor Treacy, Jameson West, Mason Wojciechowski, Max Licona and Christian Gambale.
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