PTC Juniors Win in Fullerton

Of the 16 boys left in the Boys 12s draw at last weekend’s 62nd annual Fullerton Designated Championships, three train at the Palisades Tennis Center. In a field of 128 players from as far away as Mexico, Robbie Bellamy is through to the round of 16 and has only lost five games. Cristobal Rivera and Alexander Solonin are also through to the round of 16. In the Boys 18s division, Palisadian Walker Kehrer advanced to the round of 16 in the 256-player draw and has only lost eight total games. After a first-round bye, Kehrer blanked Nicolas Johnson of Long Beach, 6-0, 6-0, in the second round. Kehrer then beat Chapman Chan of Thousand Oaks, 6-3, 6-0. in the third round and Taylor Goggin Summerland, 6-4, 6-1, in the fourth round. In the Boys 10s, PTC player Brandon Michaels beat Samuel Feit of Los Angeles, 6-1, 6-0, in the first round. Michaels then defeated Jackson Leipzig of Beverly Hills, 6-4, 6-2, in the second round before falling to top-seeded Bradley Cummins of Rancho Mirage, 6-1, 6-0 in the third round. Also in the Boys 10s, Nicolas Kolin beat Alafia Ayeni of San Diego, 6-3, 7-5, in the first round before falling to fourth-seeded Costin Pirvu of Mission Viejo, 6-0, 6-1, in the second round. In the Boys 12s division, Robbie Bellamy is still alive after a bye in the first round, a win over Kenny Gea of Irvine, 6-3, 6-0, in the second round and a win over Saumaun Heist Irvine, 6-1, 6-1, in the third round. Also in the Boys 12s, Cristobal Rivera received a first-round bye, beat Adrian Ortiz of Laguna Niguel, 6-3, 6-1, in the second round and beat Franco Rubio of Tijuana, Mexico, 6-2, 6-1, in the third round. Another PTC player in the Boys 12s was Alexander Solonin, who received a first round bye, beat Darius MacKenzie of Woodland Hills, 6-4, 6-2, in the second round and beat Sammy Shamlou of Laguna Niguel, 6-2, 6-4, in the third round. Derek Levchenko, also playing the Boys 12s, beat Luke Mountain of Trabuco Canyon, 6-1, 7-5, in the first round, beat Chase Masciorini of Dana Point, 6-1, 7-5, in the second round and lost to Edward Kim of La Habra, 6-4, 6-2, in the third round. Eduardo Nava, playing ‘up’ a division, beat Nikin Sampath of Los Angeles, 6-0, 6-1, in the first round of the Boys 12s before falling to seventh-seeded Garratt Auproux of Studio City, 6-2, 7-5, in the second round. Blake Anthony of the PTC routed Javier Raygada of Chula Vista, 6-0, 6-1, in the first round of the Boys 12s then lost to ninth-seeded Gannon Daynes of Trabuco Canyon, 6-0, 6-4, in the second round. Three PTC trainees entered the Boys 14s draw. Joel Suchil got a first round bye, beat Ian Scheilf of Alta Loma, 7-5, 7-6, in the second round and lost to Shane Korber of Laguna Beach, 6-0, 6-2, in the third round. Also in the Boys 14s, Palisades’ Spencer Pekar beat Rex Tseng of Rowland Heights, 6-2, 6-3, in the first round and fell to Justin Agbayani of Yorba Linda, 6-0, 6-2, in the second round. Seby Uritz was the other local player to compete, losing in the first round to Joshua Kameel of Los Angeles, 6-1, 2-6, 3-6. The tournament features nearly 1,200 tennis players from as far north as Oregon, as far south as Mexico and as far east as Ohio. Winkenhower Wins Irvine EVent Palisadian Katie Winkenhower won the Orange County Tennis Academy’s 10-and-under Girls tournament last weekend at Ridgeline. Along the way, Winkenhower beat Kassie Truong of Irvine, Michelle Maddox of Irvine, Aya Haruyama of Rolling Hills and Jordan Freelander of Irvine. In the finals, Winkenhower beat Caroline Lappe of Rancho Sante Fe without losing a game in two sets.