DiGiulio Takes Little Mo Crown
Austin DiGiulio, who trains at the Advantage Tennis Academy, won the Little Mo International, held Dec, 15-19 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The nine-year-old, who defeated Courage Crawford 6-0, 6-2, has been training for the past two years under the direction of ATA coaches Mahmoud Karim and Mitch Bridge.
“Austin’s a powerhouse,” said Karim. “He has the determination and skills needed to help him reach great potential.”
Former Irvine Resident Reaches AO Junior Final
Former Advantage Tennis Academy standout Sean Berman made a great impression playing for his adopted homeland as the onetime Irvine resident reached the final of the Australian Open Junior tournament.
The unseeded 17-year-old had a dream run in his debut Open, defeating No. 3 Jason Kubler, No. 6 Marton Fucsovics, No. 10 Guilherme Clezar and No. 16 Jozef Kovalik en route to the final, where he was edged by Brazil’s Tiago Fernandes 7-5 6-3.
Berman’s family recently shifted from Orange County to settle in his mother’s native Melbourne. Born in Johannesburg in ‘93, Berman’s family moved to New Zealand, living there until Sean was 12. The Bermans then moved to Irvine, their home until last year. Although not yet a naturalized Australian, all Berman’s paperwork has been approved. Tennis Australia and he was listed as an Aussie for the event for the first time.
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“Sean has the desire and skill casino online to compete at the professional level,” said Advantage TA head coach Jimmy Johnson. “This is the first major step spring boarding Sean into future success on the pro tour.”
ATA’s Mitch Bridge said he was and was not surprised at Berman’s stellar result. “He had that type of potential, but to do it the way he did and beat four seeds is surprising. We’re happy for him,” said Bridge.
UC-Irvine Vies for Top Big West Spot
The UC-Irvine men are positioning for the future as local standout Ryan Cheung of University H.S. signed a Letter of Intent to play for the Anteaters casino online next season, according to head coach Trevor Kronemann. Cheung is currently ranked No. 77 in the TennisRecruiting.net national rankings, and is No. 13 in the SCTA 18s.
UCI is expected online casinos to make another run for the Big West title, building on the success of last season’s crop of recruits including Fabian Matthews and Steven Henderson. The team kicked off the season with three non-conference wins and losses to USC and Washington.
Shimpei Suzuki has been impressive early. He was named Big West Player of the Week after going 2-1 in singles on UCI’s season opening road trip. He also took a set from USC’s Jaak Poldma in a tight loss against the Trojans’ No. 3 player. Sam Gould should be a key point-earner, playing at No. 2.
Orange County Grand Prix Off and Running
The Orange County Grand Prix has launched another season. The Grand Prix features weekend tournaments taking place at venues throughout the county. Top point earners compete in the Masters event in January.
The 27th edition of the Masters took place recently in the desert. Winners were: Marc Roest/George Tate (MD5.5); Dan Oriza/Namoi Iseri (5.5MXD); Trena Tran/Nga Huyen (WD5.0); Trevor Kempton/Jered Lundquist (MD4.5); Steve Eperthener/Cindy Searle (4.5MXD); Rick Covey/Bob Renko (MD4.0); Shila Parker/Christy Hughes (WD4.0); Anthony Anania/Kelly Casares (4.0MXD); Yul Bongcarass/Rogelio Oco (MD3.5); Karen Owings/Teresa Jarrett (WD3.5) and Jared Troth/Julie Hull (3.5MXD). For info, visit grandprixtennis.com.
In Brief
Laguna Niguel’s Polly McCray won the women’s 3.0 singles title at the 7th Annual Queen of Hearts Charity Tournament at the Newport Beach TC.
