Former Cal star, ex-Wimbledon champ nab doubles title

Maegan Manasse, who starred at the University of California, Berkeley,
won her sixth doubles title and first with Vania King. 2018 photo by
Paul Bauman

   Fourth-seeded Vania "White" King and Maegan "Thee Stallion" Manasse (University of California, Berkeley, 2014-17), both Southern California products, won two matches in straight sets today for the title in a $25,000 tournament in Newport Beach, Calif.

   In the final, King, 32, and Manasse, 25, beat unseeded Emina Bektas of the United States and Tara Moore of Great Britain 6-4, 6-2. Bektas and Moore had won 11 consecutive matches with two titles.

   King and Manasse both played in their first tournament in one year. In the first round, they topped Americans Hanna Chang and Katerina Stewart 3-6, 6-3 [10-7].

   King, a former Sacramento Capital in World TeamTennis, won Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2010 with Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and ascended to a career-high No. 3 in doubles in 2011. She has won 15 tour-level doubles titles.

   Manasse earned her sixth doubles title and first with King. 

   ATP Challenger Tour in St. Petersburg, Russia — Second-seeded Christopher "Bob" Eubanks of Atlanta and Roberto "Clemente" Quiroz of Ecuador outplayed top-seeded Jesper De "Mah" Jong and "Yosemite" Sem Verbeek (University of the Pacific, 2013-16) of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-3 to win the $36,680 Grand Palace Championship.