Roseville players reach round of 16 in Eddie Herr

   Two seeds from Roseville in the Sacramento area breezed into the round of 16 in the Eddie Herr International Championships in Bradenton, Fla.
   Top-seeded Sam Riffice dismissed Lobo Armando Augusto of Brazil 6-3, 6-1 in the boys 16s, and ninth-seeded Keenan Mayo eliminated Daniil Glinka of Estonia 6-1, 6-3 in the boys 14s. Both matches were played Tuesday.
   Today, Riffice is scheduled to face 10th-seeded Trent Bryde of Suwanee, Ga., and Mayo is set to play his doubles partner, eighth-seeded Roscoe Bellamy of Pacific Palisades in the Los Angeles area.
  Also today, top-seeded CiCi Bellis of Atherton and unseeded Michaela Gordon of Saratoga are scheduled to play their second-round matches the girls18s. Both San Francisco Bay Area residents are 15.
   Top-seeded Bellis and Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic lost in the first round of doubles to Russians Anna Blinkova and Olesya Pervushina 6-4, 4-6 [11-9].
   Gordon also lost her opening doubles match with a Czech against a Russian pair. Gordon and Tereza Kolorova of the Czech Republic fell to Veronica Miroshnichenko and Karine Sarkisova 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a matchup of unseeded teams.
   Top-seeded Vasil Kirkov of Tampa, Fla., and Riffice won their first-round doubles match, as did the second-seeded Bellamy and Mayo.
  The Eddie Herr is one of the top junior tournaments in the world. Past competitors include Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic. Herr, the father of international junior tennis, died in 2000 at 93.

San Jose's Motevassel leads match in National 40s

   Top-seeded Oren Motevassel of San Jose led Misha Yevtich of Las Vegas 6-0 on Tuesday when rain halted the third-round match for the day in the USTA National 40 Hard Court Championship in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla.
   Only one main-draw singles contest was completed Tuesday.
   The match between Motevassel, the 2011 and 2012 champion, and Yevtich is scheduled to resume today.
   Also, third-seeded Jeff Tarango of Manhattan Beach, Calif., is set to face unseeded Jawad Bisharat of La Jolla in the third round. Tarango, a former Stanford All-American, won the title in 2010.

BNP Paribas Open launches holiday fundraiser

The 2015 BNP Paribas Open is scheduled for March 9-22, 2015, in Indian Wells.

   The BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells has launched its annual holiday fundraising promotion, tournament director Steve Simon announced Monday.
   One dollar for every daily loge and grandstand ticket sold in December will be donated to the National Junior Tennis & Learning Network of the Coachella Valley.

   The NJTL Network -- founded in 1968 by Charlie Pasarell, the late Arthur Ashe and Sheridan Snyder -- is a nonprofit organization benefiting children through recreational tennis programs to promote sportsmanship, self-esteem and fitness.

   Additionally, the BNP Paribas Open donated more than $11,000 to the Eisenhower Schnitzer/Novack Breast Center and the Desert Cancer Foundation during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

   The BNP Paribas Open, the largest ATP World Tour and WTA combined two-week event in the world, is scheduled for March 9-22, 2015, at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. 

   Daily tickets range from $15 for the first Thursday evening session to $105 for loge seats on the final weekend. To purchase tickets, visit bnpparibasopen.com or call (800) 999-1585 or (760) 200-8000.

Gold River men win USTA League national title

   The Spare Time Indoor Tennis Center men from Gold River in the Sacramento area won the USTA League Adult 55 & Over 9.0 National Championships in Surprise, Ariz., the USTA Northern California Section announced last month.
   Gold River defeated Laguna Hills, Calif., in the semifinals and Houston in the final, both 2-1.
   Gold River consists of Jack Walker (captain), Arnie Dun, Clayton Beckwith, Donald Blessen, Zoran Popazivanov, Kurt Chan, Louis Carlin, Kris Louis Duff and Kendall Homer. 
   Established in 1980, the USTA League has grown from 13,000 participants in a few parts of the country to more than 820,000 players across the nation, making it the world's largest recreational tennis league.

Rankings, calendar

WORLD RANKINGS

   Players with Northern California ties ranked in the top 1,000 in the world (change from last week in parentheses):

Men

   Collin Altamirano, 18-year-old Sacramentan -- No. 740 in singles (-1), No. 874 in doubles (-6).

   Bob Bryan, 36-year-old former Stanford star -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.

   Mike Bryan, 36-year-old former Stanford star -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.

   Bradley Klahn, 24-year-old former Stanford star -- No. 148 in singles (no change), No. 152 in doubles (no change).
   Scott Lipsky, 33-year-old former Stanford star -- No. 32 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.

   Mackenzie McDonald, 19-year-old Piedmont resident -- No. 631 in singles (no change), No. 588 in doubles (no change).

   Dennis Novikov, 21-year-old San Jose resident -- No. 367 in singles (+3), No. 467 in doubles (-1).
   Sam Querrey, 27-year-old San Francisco native and former Sacramento Capital in World TeamTennis (2012-13) -- No. 35 in singles (no change), No. 64 in doubles (no change).

   Matt Seeberger, 30-year-old Los Altos resident -- No. 459 in doubles (-1).
   Dmitry Tursunov, 31-year-old resident of Folsom in Sacramento area -- No. 110 in singles (no change), No. 180 in doubles (no change).

Women

   Kristie Ahn, 22-year-old former Stanford star -- No. 650 in singles (no change), No. 711 in doubles (no change).

   CiCi Bellis, 15-year-old resident of Atherton in San Francisco Bay Area -- No. 262 in singles (no change), No. 827 in doubles (no change).

   Hadley Berg, 18-year-old resident of Greenbrae in San Francisco Bay Area -- No. 949 in doubles (no change).

   Alexandra Facey, 21-year-old resident of Cameron Park in Sacramento area -- No. 738 in doubles (no change).

   Kat Facey, 21-year-old resident of Cameron Park in Sacramento area -- No. 738 in doubles (no change).
   Nicole Gibbs, 21-year-old former Stanford star -- No. 95 in singles (no change), No. 839 in doubles (no change). 

   Michaela Gordon, 15-year-old resident of Saratoga in San Francisco Bay Area -- No. 700 in singles (no change).

    Lejla Hodzic, 28-year-old former Stanford standout -- No. 730 in doubles (no change).

    Raquel Kops-Jones, 31-year-old San Jose resident and former Cal star -- No. 12 in doubles (no change), No. 808 in singles (no change).

   Maria Sanchez, 25-year-old Modesto product -- Career-high No. 79 in doubles (no change), No. 242 in singles (no change).

   Karina Vyrlan, 16-year-old Sacramentan -- No. 766 in singles (no change).

   Allie Will, 23-year-old native of San Mateo in San Francisco Bay Area -- No. 160 in doubles (+1), No. 540 in singles (no change).
   Carol Zhao, 19-year-old Stanford sophomore -- No. 296 in singles (no change), No. 516 in doubles (no change).

TV SCHEDULE

   No tournaments scheduled. 

CALENDAR

   Through Sunday -- Eddie Herr International Championships, Bradenton, Fla., eddieherr.com.

   Monday-Dec. 14 -- Orange Bowl, boys and girls 18 and 16 singles and doubles, Plantation, Fla. orangebowltennis.org
   Dec. 13-23 -- Junior Orange Bowl, boys and girls 14 and 12 singles, Coral Gables, Fla. jrorangebowl.com

   Dec. 27-Jan. 2, 2015 -- USTA National Winter Championships, boys and girls 18 and 16 singles and doubles, Scottsdale, Ariz. phoenixtennis.com
   Dec. 27-Jan. 2, 2015 -- USTA National Winter Championships, boys and girls 14 and 12 singles and doubles, Tucson, Ariz. reffkintenniscenter.com
   Jan. 19-Feb. 1, 2015 (Jan. 18-31, 2015, in United States) -- AUSTRALIAN OPEN. 2014 champions: Stan Wawrinka, Li Na, Lukasz Kubot/Robert Lindstedt, Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci, Kristina Mladenovic/Daniel Nestor. ausopen.com

   Feb. 7-8, 2015 -- Fed Cup first round, United States at Argentina. fedcup.com

   Feb. 13-16, 2015 -- Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Team Indoor Championships, Chicago. itatennis.com

   March 6-8, 2015 -- Davis Cup first round, United States at Great Britain. daviscup.com

   March 9-22, 2015 -- BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, Calif. 2014 champions: Novak Djokovic, Flavia Pennetta, Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan, Hsieh Su-Wei/Peng Shuai. bnpparibasopen.com     

Gordon, 15, upsets eighth seed in Eddie Herr

   Michaela Gordon of Saratoga ousted eighth-seeded Sandra Samir of Egypt 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Monday in the first round of the girls 18s in the Eddie Herr International Championships in Bradenton, Fla.
   Also, top-seeded CiCi Bellis of Atherton outclassed Charlotte Robillard-Millette of Canada 6-1, 6-3.
   Both San Francisco Bay Area residents are 15.
   Top-seeded Sam Riffice (boys 16s) and ninth-seeded Keenan Mayo (boys 14s), both from Roseville in the Sacramento area, advanced in straight sets.
   Bellis will face Destanee Avaia of Australia for the first time in the second round on Wednesday. Gordon will meet Maia Lumsden of Great Britain for the second time. Gordon won 6-2, 6-1 in the girls round of 16 at Wimbledon in July.
   Bellis became a national sensation when she stunned 12th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova, the Australian Open runner-up in January, in the first round of women's singles at the U.S. Open.
   Gordon reached the quarterfinals of the $25,000 Redding Challenger the week after the U.S. Open and came within a tiebreaker of a semifinal berth.
   The Eddie Herr is one of the top junior tournaments in the world. Past competitors include Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic. Herr, the father of international junior tennis, died in 2000 at 93.   

Top seed Motevassel advances in National 40s

   Top-seeded Oren Motevassel of San Jose defeated Steve Heroux of Hidden Hills, Calif., 6-0, 6-4 on Monday in the second round of the USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla.
   Motevassel, who received a first-round bye, won the title in 2011 and 2012. He will face unseeded Misha Yevtich, a Las Vegan who trounced Wade Murphy of Ranch Palos Verdes, Calif., 6-0, 6-1.
   Breezing into the third round were No. 2 seed Tony Bujan, the defending champion from Tustin, Calif., and No. 3 Jeff Tarango, the 2010 champion from Manhattan Beach, Calif.
   Tarango, a former Stanford All-American, reached No. 10 in the world in doubles in 1999 and No. 42 in singles in 1992.
   Tarango is perhaps best known, however, for walking off the court during his third-round singles match at Wimbledon in 1995 in a dispute with chair umpire Bruno Rebeuh. As if that wasn't bizarre enough, Tarango's wife at the time, Benedicte, then slapped Rebeuh twice.

USTA NATIONAL 40 HARD COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS

At La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club in La Jolla, Calif.

(Northern California results only)

Men's singles

First round

   Will Ross, Elk Grove, Calif., def. John Fitzpatrick, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (6).
   Matt Whitehead, Cooper City, Fla., def. Dave Kuhn, Elk Grove, Calif., 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
   David Smith, San Francisco, def. Eric Schantz, Anaheim, Calif., 6-2, ret.

Second round

   Oren Motevassel (1), San Jose, def. Steve Heroux, Hidden Hills, Calif., 6-0, 6-4.
   Jeff Greenwald (6), San Anselmo, Calif., def. Jimmy Gleason, Laguna Beach, Calif., 6-0, 6-0.
   Leon Bax (9), Mountain View, Calif., def. Rob Horsch, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 6-0, 6-1.

Women's singles

First round

   Leora Grimshaw, Novato, Calif., def. Carolyn Barber, La Jolla, 6-1, 6-4.