NorCal sweeps boys No. 1 rankings, earns five overall

Roger Federer posed with Sam Riffice, far left, five years
ago at the La Quinta resort in the Palm Springs area. Riffice,
12 at the time, is now over 6 feet tall. Also shown are Riffice's
coach, Amine Khaldi, second from left, and Khaldi's friend
Steve Mohibi. Photo courtesy of Amine Khaldi.

   Northern California, tennis capital of the United States?
   Not long ago, the notion would have been laughable. Now, though, NorCal can make a strong claim to that title.
   In a stunning achievement, Northern California has swept the No. 1 boys national singles rankings and earned five of the eight top spots overall.
   Even more surprising, three of the four top-ranked boys are from the Sacramento region rather than the far more populous San Francisco Bay Area.
   Heading the USTA boys rankings are Sam Riffice of Granite Bay in the 18s, Austen Huang of Elk Grove in the 16s, Stefan Leustian of Mather in the 14s and Hugo Hashimoto of San Jose in the 12s.
   Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek is ranked No. 1 in the girls 14s, and Sara Choy of Palo Alto is No. 2 in the girls 16s.
   Also, CiCi Bellis of Atherton in the Bay Area ended 2014 as the world's top junior, and the Cal women head the college rankings.
   Riffice, who will turn 17 on March 1, swept the boys 18 singles and doubles titles in the USTA Clay Court Championships in Delray Beach, Fla., last July and reached the boys 18 quarterfinals of the prestigious Orange Bowl on clay in Plantation, Fla., in December. He trains at the USTA center in Boca Raton, Fla.
   Huang won the boys 16 singles title in the USTA National Winter Championships in late December and early January in Scottsdale, Ariz.
   Leustian earned the boys 14s singles crown in the recent Les Petits As (Small Champions) in Tarbes, France, and advanced to the boys 14 singles final in the Winter Championships in Tucson, Ariz.
   Past winners of Les Petits As, for 12s and 14s, include Rafael Nadal, Michael Chang, Martina Hingis and Kim Clijsters.
   Hashimoto won the boys 12s consolation singles title in the Winter Nationals.
   Volynets took the girls 14s singles crown in the USTA National Championships in Peachtree City, Ga., last August. Choy captured the girls 16s singles title in the Winter Nationals in Scottsdale.
   Other girls earning national No. 1 singles rankings were Sofia Kenin of Pembroke Pines, Fla., in the 18s, Natasha Subhash of Fairfax, Va., in the 16s and Elvina Kalieva of Pembroke Pines in the 12s.  

NorCal juniors win National Winter singles titles

   No. 8 seed Austen Huang surprised No. 1 William Genesen of Tulsa, Okla., 6-3, 0-6, 6-1 today to win the boys 18 title in the USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz.
   Genesen has verbally committed to Stanford.
   Sara Choy of Palo Alto, meanwhile, was the only top seed to win a gold ball in singles. She defeated No. 2 Hannah Zhao of San Diego 6-4, 6-4 in the girls 16s in Scottsdale.
   In an all-Northern California final, No. 10 seed Ryder Jackson of Nicasio in Marin County defeated No. 1 Stefan Leustian of Mather 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 in the boys 14s in Tucson, Ariz.
   Including Andrew Ton's boys 16 doubles title on Friday, Northern Californians claimed four gold balls.

USTA NATIONAL WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

In Scottsdale, Ariz. (18s and 16s) and Tucson, Ariz. (14s and 12s)

Boys

Singles finals

   18 -- Austen Huang (8), Elk Grove, def. William Genesen (1), Tulsa, Okla., 6-3, 0-6, 6-1.
   16 -- Christian Alshon (6), Boca Raton, Fla., def. Carson Haskins (1), Ballwin, Mo., 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
   14 -- Ryder Jackson (10), Nicasio, def. Stefan Leustian (1), Mather, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
   12 -- Nishesh Basavareddy (3), Carmel, Ind., def. Samuel Landau (1), Los Angeles, 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles finals

   18 -- Billy Rowe, Coronado, and Keegan Smith (4), San Diego, def. Payam Ahmadi, Reston, Va., and David Horneffer (8), Brookfield, Wis., 6-4, 6-3.
   16 -- Zummy Bauer, Suwanee, Ga., and Andrew Ton (1), Milpitas, def. Ryan Seggerman, Coronado, and Charlie Sharton (8), Wayland, Mass., 6-4, 7-5.
   14 -- Robert Cash and Joel Jose (4), New Albany, Ohio, def. Thomas Yu and James Yu (8), Medina, Wash., 6-4, 6-4.
   12 -- Andrew Chang, Trophy Club, Texas, and Samuel Landau (3), Los Angeles, def. Hudson Rivera and Andrew Salu (9), Rancho Santa Fe, 6-0, 6-0.

Girls

Singles finals

   18 -- Jessica Failla (9), Ramona, def. Alyvia Jones (12), Midland, Mich., 6-3, 6-1.
   16 -- Sara Choy (1), Palo Alto, def. Hannah Zhao (2), San Diego, 6-4, 6-4.
   14 -- Mae Canete (3), Los Angeles, def. Gabriella Price (4), Montebello, N.Y., 6-1, 6-4.
   12 -- Christine Canete (3), Los Angeles, def. Katrina Scott (2), Woodland Hills, 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles finals

   18 -- Annette Goulak, Oak Park, and Ena Shibahara (2), Rancho Palos Verdes, def. Christina Rosca, Princeton, N.J., and Savannah Slaysman (1), Phoenix, 6-3, 6-1.
   16 -- Dasha Kourkina, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Michelle Sorokko (3), Little Neck, N.Y., def. Samantha Gillas, New Braunfels, Texas, and Chelsea Kung, Fort Worth, Texas, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1).
   14 -- Amanda Chang, Pasadena, and Amy Huang, San Diego, def. Gabriella Price, Montebello, N.Y., and Katie Volynets (2), Walnut Creek, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
   12 -- Christine Canete, Los Angeles, and Katrina Scott (2), Woodland Hills, def. Zoe Hammond, Edmond, Okla., and Caroline Wernli (3), Austin, Texas, 6-2, 6-4.

NorCal juniors gain National Winter singles finals

   Three Northern California juniors will play for singles titles in the USTA National Winter Championships in Arizona.
   Advancing today were No. 8 seed Austen Huang of Elk Grove in the boys 18s, No. 1 Sara Choy of Palo Alto in the girls 16s and No. 1 Stefan Leustian of Mather in the boys 14s.
   However,  No. 1 Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek lost to No. 4 Gabriella Price of Montebello, N.Y., 6-4, 6-1 in the girls 14 semifinals in Tucson.
   In Scottsdale, Huang routed No. 10 Jason Lui of Bellevue, Wash., 6-1, 6-3, and Choy beat unseeded Sedona Gallagher of Henderson, Nev., 6-3, 6-4.
   Leustian defeated No. 3 Harry Yang of Arcadia 6-1, 6-3 in Tucson.
   Huang will face No. 1 William Genesen, a Tulsa, Okla., resident headed for Stanford. Choy will meet No. 2 Hannah Zhao of San Diego, and Leustian will play No. 10 Ryder Jackson of Nicasio.
   Top seeds Zummy Bauer of Suwanee, Ga., and Andrew Ton of Milpitas won the boys 16 doubles title. Ton, a diminutive left-hander, also captured the boys 14 doubles title in the 2014 USTA National Clay Court Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with Brandon Nakashima of San Diego.    

USTA NATIONAL WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Northern California results only)

Boys

Singles semifinals

18 and under

   Austen Huang (8), Elk Grove, def. Jason Lui (10), Bellevue, Wash., 6-1, 6-3.

14 and under

   Stefan Leustian (1), Mather, def. Harry Yang (3), Arcadia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles final

16 and under

   Zummy Bauer, Suwanee, Ga., and Andrew Ton (1), Milpitas, def. Ryan Seggerman, Coronado, and Charlie Sharton (8), Wayland, Mass., 6-4, 7-5.

Girls

Singles semifinals

16 and under

   Sara Choy (1), Palo Alto, def. Sedona Gallagher, Henderson, Nev., 6-3, 6-4.

14 and under

   Gabriella Price (4), Montebello, N.Y., def. Katie Volynets (1), Walnut Creek, 6-4, 6-1.

 Doubles final

    Amanda Chan, Pasadena, and Amy Huang, San Diego, def. Gabriella Price, Montebello, N.Y., and Katie Volynets (2), Walnut Creek, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

NorCal's Huang reaches National Winter semifinals

   No. 8 seed Austen Huang of Elk Grove defeated No. 14 Matthew Lord of Bloomfield, Conn., 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday in the boys 18 quarterfinals of the USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz.
   Huang will meet No. 10 Jason Lui of Bellevue, Wash., today for a berth in the final. Lui beat unseeded Eric Morris of Corinth, Texas, 6-4, 6-3.
   Top-seeded William Genesen, a Tulsa, Okla., resident who's headed to Stanford, topped No. 17 Paul Barretto of Tiburon 6-2, 7-6 (7).
   Mac Kiger of Katonah, N.Y., outlasted Ajai Shekhera of Campbell 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in a battle of unseeded players. Shekhera had eliminated the No. 17, No. 11 and No. 4 seeds in his previous three matches.
   Top seeds Sara Choy (girls 16s), Katie Volynets (girls 14s) and Stefan Leustian (boys 14s) also reached the semifinals. Volynets and Milpitas' Andrew Ton (boys 16s) advanced to doubles finals.
   The boys and girls 18s and 16s are being played in Scottsdale, and the 14s and 12s are being held in Tucson, Ariz.

USTA NATIONAL WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Northern California results only)

Boys

Singles quarterfinals

18 and under

   William Genesen (1), Tulsa, Okla., def. Paul Barretto (17), Tiburon, 6-2, 7-6 (7).
   Mac Kiger, Katonah, N.Y., def. Ajai Shekhera, Campbell, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
   Austen Huang (8), Elk Grove, def. Matthew Lord (14), Bloomfield, Conn., 6-2, 6-3.

14 and under

   Stefan Leustian (1), Mather, def. Jerry Wang (9), Fayetteville, N.C., 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Doubles semifinals

16 and under

   Zummy Bauer, Suwanee, Ga., and Andrew Ton (1), Milpitas, def. Trey Hilderbrand, San Antonio, and Kevin Zhu (3), Pearland, Texas, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.

14 and under

   Robert Cash and Joel Jose (4), New Albany, Ohio, def. Stefan Leustian, Mather, and Zachery Lim (7), Fairfield, 7-6 (3), 6-1.

Girls

Singles quarterfinals

16 and under

   Sara Choy (1), Palo Alto, def. Sophia Edwards (7), Sarasota, Fla., 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

   Hannah Zhao (2), San Diego, def. Carolyn Campana (8), Hillsborough, 6-1, 6-1.

14 and under

   Katie Volynets (1), Walnut Creek, def. Elizabeth Goldsmith, Chula Vista, 6-2, 6-1.
   Amy Huang (5), San Diego, def. Jillian Taggart (2), Fair Oaks, 1-6, 6-4, 6-0.

12 and under

   Christine Canete (3), Los Angeles, def. Yuu Ishikawa (5), Mountain View, 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles semifinals

18 and under

   Annette Goulak, Oak Park, and Ena Shibahara (2), Rancho Palos Verdes, def. Hind Abdelouahid, San Jose, and Diana Wong, Hilo, Hawaii, 6-3, 6-4.

14 and under

   Gabriella Price, Montebello, N.Y., and Katie Volynets (2), Walnut Creek, def. Elizabeth Goldsmith, Chula Vista, and Rachel Wagner (9), Calabasas, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6).

NorCal's Favero falls in National Winter nail-biter

No. 6 seed Camille Favero, shown in June in Sacramento,
lost a heartbreaker in the third round of the girls 18s in
the USTA National Winter Championships.
Photo by Paul Bauman 

   No. 6 seed Camille Favero of Sacramento lost to No. 17 Annette Goulak of Oak Park 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (1) today in the third round of the girls 18s in the USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz.
   Northern California's other remaining girl in 18 singles, No. 17 Darya Possokhova of San Francisco, fell to No. 9 Jessica Failla of Ramona 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
   Three NorCal boys, however, reached the round of 16 in the 18s. Advancing were No. 8 Austen Huang of Elk Grove, No. 17 Paul Barretto of Tiburon and unseeded Ajai Shekhera of Campbell.
   Shekhera upset No. 11 Joseph Rotheram of Manhattan Beach 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
   Barretto won the boys 18 title in the NorCal Junior Sectional Championships in Sacramento in June.
   The 18s and 16s are being played in Scottsdale, and the 14s and 12s are being contested in Tucson, Ariz.

USTA NATIONAL WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Northern California results only)

Boys
Third-round singles

18 and under

   Austen Huang (8), Elk Grove, def. Dylan King (17), Portland, Ore., 6-3, 6-1.
   Paul Barretto (17), Tiburon, def. Michael Lee, Tucson, Ariz., 6-2, 6-0.
   Ajai Shekhera, Campbell, def. Joseph Rotheram (11), Manhattan Beach, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
   Connor Hance (2), Torrance, def. Jayson Fung, San Francisco, 6-1, 6-3.

16 and under

   Carson Haskins (1), Ballwin, Mo., def. Jenson Brooksby (17), Carmichael, 6-0, 6-4.
   Arjith Jayamaran, Gold River, def. Jack Katzman, Seattle, 6-2, 6-4.

14 and under

   Stefan Leustian (1), Mather, def. JC Roddick, San Antonio, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2.
   Justin Mandell, Harrison, N.Y., def. Mason Fung, San Francisco, 6-3, 6-2.
   Jerry Wang (6), Fayetteville, N.C., def. Brandon Aprill, Mountain View, 6-2, 6-2.
   Harry Yang (3), Arcadia, def. Aidan Mayo (17), Roseville, 7-5, 6-3.
   Andrew Dale (5), Leesburg, Va., def. Zachery Lim (17), Fairfield, 6-3, 6-1.
   Pierce Rollins, Tulsa, Okla., def. Aditya Gupta (17), Los Altos, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (6).
12 and under
   Nishesh Basavareddy (3), Carmel, Ind., def. Alexander Chang (17), Berkeley, 6-1, 6-1.

Third-round doubles

16 and under

   Zummy Bauer, Suwanee, Ga., and Andrew Ton (1), Milpitas, def. William Grattan-Smith and Garrett Johns, Atlanta, 6-0, 6-1.

14 and under

   Stefan Dostanic, Irvine, and Aditja Gupta (6), Los Altos, def. Logan Paik Chang, Old Westbury, N.Y., and Derek Raskopf (9), New York, 7-5, 6-1.
   Stefan Leustian, Mather, and Zachery Lim (7), Fairfield, def. Keshav Chopra, Marietta, Ga., and Alex Lee (9), Oak Brook, Ill., 6-4, 7-6 (6).

12 and under

   Nishesh Basavareddy, Carmel, Ind., and Alan Jesudason (1), Berwyn, Pa., def. Alexander Chang, Berkeley, and Luke Neal, Oakland, 3-6, 6-3 [11-9].
   Max Fardanesh, Albany, and Jake Vassel, Danville, def. Noah Zamora, San Diego, and Learner Tien, Irvine, 6-2, 5-7 [10-7].

Girls

Third-round singles

18 and under

   Annette Goulak (17), Oak Park, def. Camille Favero (6), Sacramento, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (1).
   Jessica Failla (9), Ramona, def. Darya Possokhova (17), San Francisco, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

16 and under

   Sara Choy (1), Palo Alto, def. Maia Sung, Rolling Hills, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
   Rachel Eason (4), Union City, def. Vivian Cheng (17), Santa Monica, 6-2, 6-2.
   Sedona Gallagher, Henderson, Nev., def. Ashley Yeah (16), Los Gatos, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3.
   Carolyn Campana (8), Hillsborough, def. Somer Henry, Franklin, Tenn., 6-2, 7-6 (6).

14 and under

   Katie Volynets (1), Walnut Creek, def. Audrey Boch-Collins (17), Las Vegas, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
   Gabriella Price (4), Montebello, N.Y., def. Stephanie Nguyen (17), Fremont, 6-2, 6-2.
   Jillian Taggart (2), Fair Oaks, def. Macey Miller (17), Norman, Okla., 6-1, 6-1.
12 and under
   Christine Canete (3), Los Angeles, def. Angelica AksdalJansen, San Francisco, 6-0, 6-0.
   Yuu Ishikawa (5), Mountain View, def. Sonya Macavei, Loveland, Ohio, 6-1, 6-0.
   Bridget Stammel (4), Dallas, def. Makenna Thiel (17), Piedmont, 6-3, 6-4.
   Vivian Ovrootsky (13), San Jose, def. Filippa Bruu-Syversen (17), Chatham, N.J., 6-3, 7-5.

Third-round doubles 

18 and under

   Hind Abdelouahid, San Jose, and Diana Wong, Hilo, Hawaii, Alyssa Hahn, Richmond, Va., and Nina Sorkin, Glen Allen, Va., 6-4, 2-6 [10-7].

16 and under

   Carolyn Campana, Hillsborough, and Madison Hwang (1), Frisco, Texas, def. Page Freeman, Ashland, Mass., and Cayla Koch, Weston, Conn., 6-3, 7-5.

   Dasha Kourkina, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Michelle Sorokko (3), Little Neck, N.Y., def. Sara Choy, Palo Alto, and Salma Ewing, Long Beach, 7-5, 6-1.

   Abigail Forbes, Raleigh, N.C., and Alexis Merrill (10), Fairfax, Va., def. Julia Lilien, Scottsdale, and Niluka Madurawe (9), Sunnyvale, 6-4, 6-3.

   Julia Haynes, San Diego, and Rena Lin, Northridge, def. Jessica Aragon, Plano, Texas, and Rachel Eason (13), Union City, 6-1, 7-5.

14 and under

   Gabriella Price, Montebello, N.Y., and Katie Volynets (2), Walnut Creek, def. Fiona Crawley, San Antonio, and Kiana Graham (9), Austin, Texas, 6-2, 3-6 [10-8].

12 and under 

   Vivian Ovrootsky, San Jose, and Makenna Thiel (9), Piedmont, def. Whitley Pate, Winston-Salem, N.C., and Sophia Strugnell (7), Summerfield, N.C., 7-6 (2), 7-5.

   Yuu Ishikawa, Mountain View, and Katja Wiersholm (5), Kirkland, Wash., def. Kailey Evans, Ennis, Texas, and Katherine Wurster, Wichita Falls, Texas, 4-6, 6-2 [11-9].  

Barretto has banner day in NorCal Boys Sectionals

Paul Barretto, left, and Keenan Mayo won the 18s
and 16s, respectively, in the NorCal Junior Sectional
Championships. Photo by Paul Bauman

   SACRAMENTO -- Paul Barretto's 18-and-under singles title meant so much to him that he took the tournament banner home.
   With permission, of course.
   The fifth-seeded Barretto, from Tiburon, wore down third-seeded Austen Huang of Elk Grove 6-4, 6-1 on Monday in the NorCal Boys' 18 & 16 Junior Sectional Championships at Sacramento State.
   From 4-4 in the first set, Barretto won eight of the last nine games.
   "I just really wanted (the title)," said the 16-year-old Barretto, who appropriately wore a shirt depicting a tiger. "I fought hard with a little injury. I had the mindset to win today."
   Barretto said he had cramped in his legs and hips in his three-set semifinal victory over unseeded Mayson Xue, who had toppled No. 1 seed Lane Leschly in the second round, No. 9 Dominic Barretto (Paul's brother) in the third round and No. 5 Gabriel Owens in the quarterfinals.   
   Paul Barretto added that he did not cramp in the final. He earned his first sectional singles title, although he has won the doubles in the 18s, 16s and 14s with Dominic, who's 11 months older.
   Paul Barretto also avenged a 6-3, 7-6 (3) loss to Huang in the semifinals of the Junior Fall Sectionals last September at the Broadstone Racquet Club in nearby Folsom.
   Barretto -- a 5-foot-11 (1.80-meter), 150-pound (68-kilogram) counterpuncher -- said his greatest strength is his mentality.
   "I do get down on myself, but put me on a back court at Sac State in 110-degree (43.3 Celsius) heat, and I still want to be out there. It's never an easy match," said Barretto, who's ranked 38th nationally in the 16s to Huang's 14th.
   While Huang pounded away in the final, Barretto scrambled for balls from several feet behind the baseline and often managed to throw up lobs to stay in points.   
   "My game plan was to work him around and get a short ball," Barretto said. "I let him dictate the point until I was forced to hit a passing shot. That's a good element of my game. I'm able to do both things."
   Barretto also played the big points better than Huang, who had not lost more than two games in any of his tournament matches.
   Barretto led 3-0 and 4-1 in the first set, but Huang fought back for 4-4. After Barretto held serve for 5-4, Huang double-faulted to give his opponent set point but saved it with a service winner.
   Huang then missed his first serve. On his second, he swatted a short forehand that should have been a putaway, but the ball clipped the net and sailed long to give Barretto his second set point.
   After Huang missed his first serve again, Barretto slugged a backhand crosscourt passing shot for the set and roared in exultation.
   Barretto bolted to a 4-0 lead in the second set and promptly closed out the match.
   "I felt Austen was rushing," said Joseph Gilbert, Huang's coach and the founder and owner of the JMG Tennis Academy at the Arden Hills Resort & Spa in Sacramento. "He was trying to end the point too quickly instead of trying to set up the point.
   "He (had) played with the lead the whole tournament. This was the first time he was down, and he was trying to get it back really fast. He hadn't had any battles."

Katie Volynets -- a 5-foot, 80-pound
phenom -- will play for the girls 16 title.
Photo by Paul Bauman

   In the boys 16 final, third-seeded Keenan Mayo of Roseville used his one-foot (30.5-centimeter) height advantage to defeat top-seeded Andrew Ton, a left-hander from Milpitas, 6-4, 6-4.
   "I was trying to hit heavier, get the ball high on him, and I was getting some points off that," said the 6-foot-4 (1.93-meter) Mayo, who trains under Vahe Assadourian at the USTA center in Carson. "On my serve, I was trying to get the ball out of his strike zone. He does well for his size."
   Both players won 14-and-under titles in last year's USTA National Clay Court Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Mayo in singles and Ton in doubles with Brandon Nakashima of San Diego.  
   The top seeds in the girls 18s and 16s also lost in the semifinals at Arden Hills. Fifth-seeded Jenna Friedel of Mill Valley dismantled Camille Favero of Sacramento 6-2, 6-3 in the 18s, and fourth-seeded Jillian Taggart of Fair Oaks overwhelmed Ashley Yeah of Los Gatos 6-0, 6-3 in the 16s.
   In today's finals at noon, the 17-year-old Friedel will meet fourth-seeded Rachel Eason, 15, of Union City, and Taggart will take on third-seeded Katie Volynets, 13, of Walnut Creek.
   Volynets -- a 5-foot (1.52-meter), 80-pound (36.3-kilogram) phenom -- won last year's USTA girls 12 national hardcourt title.  

NORCAL JUNIOR SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Boys 18 finals

At Sacramento State

Singles

   Paul Barretto (5), Tiburon, def. Austen Huang (3), Elk Grove, 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles

   Dominic Barretto and Paul Barretto, Tiburon, def. Gabriel Owens, Los Altos, and Mayson Xue, San Ramon, 6-3, 6-1.

Girls 18
At Arden Hills Resort & Spa in Sacramento
Singles semifinals

   Jenna Friedel (5), Mill Valley, def. Camille Favero (1), Sacramento, 6-2, 6-3.

   Rachel Eason (4), Union City, def. Jessi Muljat (5), Sacramento, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles final

   Darya Possokhova and Katya Tabachnik (1), San Francisco, def. Seriana Saltzen, Cameron Park, and Emily Zheng (2), Fremont, 6-1, 6-1.

Boys 16 finals

At Sacramento State

Singles

   Keenan Mayo (3), def. Andrew Ton (1), 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles

   Randy Cory, Salinas, and Andrew Ton (1), Milpitas, def. Armaan Kalra, Tiburon, and Wilhelm Saiga, Belvedere Tiburon, 6-3, 6-3.

Girls 16
At Arden Hills Resort & Spa in Sacramento
Singles semifinals

   Jillian Taggart (4), Fair Oaks, def. Ashley Yeah (1), Los Gatos, 6-0, 6-3.

   Katie Volynets (3), Walnut Creek, def. Niluka Madurawe (2), Sunnyvale, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

Doubles final

   Niluka Madurawe, Sunnyvale, and Jacquie Tan (2), Elk Grove, def. Hind Abdelouahid, San Jose, and Abbie Mulbarger (1), Woodbridge, 6-1, 2-6 [10-7]. 

Boys 14 finals

At Fremont Tennis Center
Singles 

   Stefan Leustian (3), Mather, def. Ryan Ali (5), Mill Valley, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles

   Stefan Leustian, Mather, and Zachery Lim (2), Fairfield, def. Ryder Jackson, Nicasio, and Rian Ta (1), Fremont, 6-3, 7-5.

Girls 14 finals

At Fremont Tennis Center

Singles

   Connie Ma (2), Dublin, def. Muskan Mahajan (5), San Ramon, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles

   Katherine Duong, Cupertino, and Connie Ma (2), Dublin, def. Muskan Mahajan, San Ramon, and Laura Sanders, El Cerrito, 6-4, 6-1.

Boys 12 finals

At Sunnyvale Tennis Center

Singles

   Aryan Chaudhary (2), Santa Clara, def. Max Fardanesh (3), Albany, 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles

   Aryan Chaudhary, Santa Clara, and Jake Vassel (1), Danville, def. Luke Casper, Santa Cruz, and Geoffrey Golan (2), San Jose, 6-2, 6-0.

Girls 12 finals
At Sunnyvale Tennis Center
Singles

   Claire Galerkin (2), San Francisco, def. Vivian Ovrootsky (1), San Jose, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. 

Doubles

   Georgia Beard, Santa Rosa, and Vivian Ovrootsky (1), San Jose, def. Claire Galerkin, San Francisco, and Maryia Lucia (2), Roseville, 7-5, 7-5.

Gordon withdraws from Easter Bowl with injury

   Fifth-seeded Michaela Gordon of Saratoga withdrew from her second-round match in the girls 18s at the prestigious Easter Bowl in Indian Wells on Wednesday.
   Gordon, the 22nd-ranked junior in the world at 15 years old, pulled out against Emma Higuchi, 17, of Los Angeles with an abdominal injury.
   Last year, Gordon reached the Easter Bowl semifinals and, as a qualifier, the Wimbledon girls quarterfinals in her first tournament on grass.
   Another Saratoga resident, 16-year-old Alaina Miller, lost to Ena Shibahara, 17, of Rancho Palos Verdes 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday in the second round of the girls 18s.
   Meanwhile, three Northern Californian boys -- Sam Riffice of Roseville, Cameron Klinger of Elk Grove and Jake DeVine of Los Altos Hills -- advanced to the 18 doubles quarterfinals with separate partners.  
   The Easter Bowl is one of the top junior tournaments in the United States.

EASTER BOWL

Northern California players only

Boys 18

Second-round singles

   Sam Riffice (14), Roseville, def. Kyrylo Tsygura, North Potomac, Md., 6-4, 6-3.
   Cameron Klinger, Elk Grove, def. Jakub Wojcik, Delray Beach, Fla., 7-5, 6-0.
   William Blumberg (2), Greenwich, Conn., def. Alexander Keyser, Danville, 6-0, 6-2.

Second-round doubles

    Jake DeVine, Los Altos Hills, and Patrick Kypson, Greenville, N.C., def. Connor Hance, Torrance, and Alexander Lebedev, Island Park, N.Y., 3-6, 6-2 [14-12].
    Cameron Klinger, Elk Grove, and Nathan Ponwith, Scottsdale, Ariz., def. John McNally, Cincinnati, and Gianni Ross, La Grange, Ill., 6-3, 6-4.
    Vasil Kirkov, Tampa, Fla., and Sam Riffice (6), Roseville, def. Emanuel Llamas, El Paso, Texas, and Jakub Wojcik, Delray Beach, Fla., 6-0, 6-2.

Boys 16

Third-round singles

   Brian Cernoch (11), North Bethesda, Md., def. Austen Huang (2), Elk Grove, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
   Oliver Crawford (1), Spartanburg, S.C., def. Paul Barretto (12), Tiburon, 6-3, 6-2. 

Girls 18

Second-round singles

   Emma Higuchi, Los Angeles, def. Michaela Gordon (5), Saratoga, walkover.
   Ena Shibahara, Rancho Palos Verdes, def. Alaina Miller, Saratoga, 6-2, 7-5.

Girls 16

Third-round singles

   Victoria Emma (12), Naples, Fla., def. Carolyn Campana, Hillsborough, 6-4, 6-1.