Tennis

D2 TENNIS: Scranton Prep advances to Class 2A final; Abington Heights and Valley View move on in Class 3A

Oct. 4—WILKES-BARRE — Scranton Prep and Wyoming Seminary set up their girls tennis team showdown with wins in the semifinals of the District 2 Class 2A tournament Wednesday morning. Both teams are the champions from their respective conferences this season. Scranton Prep is the defending champion in the district event. Alyssa Wigley, Ilanya Lengyel and …

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Brother-sister tennis standouts are poised to help West High soar to another state title

Oct. 4—West High has had one of the premier tennis programs in Alaska for over two decades, even before the first sanctioned state tournament in 2007. The Eagles have claimed 10 state championship team titles since then. Helping lead the charge for the team’s attempt at 11 is a pair of siblings who hail from …

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La Salle is the favorite, but can NK win a girls tennis title? The answer is a hard maybe.

PROVIDENCE – The score didn’t tell the story. On paper, it looked like your run-of-the-mill win for the La Salle girls tennis team. The Rams hosted undefeated North Kingstown and won 7-0, the same score of its previous six matches this season. But that’s not exactly what happened. The story Tuesday wasn’t the Rams extending …

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‘It kind of brought me to a place of peace’: Ravenna’s Jameson Jordan cherishes tennis

Many high school tennis players stumble into the sport. The vast majority of Portage County tennis players don’t pick up a racket until high school. Not Jameson Jordan. The Ravenna senior “knew I was going to have to play,” given that her aunt, mom and older sister all played tennis for the Ravens. If tennis …

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‘They complement each other’s games very well’: Gracie, Kamy Milano earn district return

SOLON — They’re the one seed for a reason. Gracie and Kamy Milano proved that Monday, advancing through a pair of sectional matches without dropping a single game. With a pair of 6-0, 6-0 victories at Solon Community Park Monday, Aurora’s Milano sisters secured a second straight district berth. “The nice thing is that Gracie is very …

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Boys’ tennis: Bloomington South out, North’s O’Guinn still in

The rerouted boys’ tennis regional made things no easier for Bloomington South, which fell 4-1 in the semifinals to No. 7 Avon at Plainfield. The Orioles secured the three points they needed with sweeps of the doubles and a win at 1 singles and split the remaining singles matches. Avon will meet Terre Haute South …

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Jannik Sinner upsets Carlos Alcaraz to advance to China Open final

Jannik Sinner upset No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets to reach the final of the China Open, where he will face world No. 3 Daniil Medvedev on Wednesday. Sinner beat the two-time grand slam champion 7-6 6-1 in a statement victory, telling the ATP his performance was at the “very top” of the …

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Eagles fall at regional, Sam Barr advances

Oct. 3—NOBLESVILLE — Tournament realignment may have changed the set and the scenery, but the net result was eerily familiar Tuesday evening. Frankton became the latest in a long line of talented small-school tennis teams from Madison County to be gobbled up by the larger schools during the single-class IHSAA tournament as the Eagles fell …

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After dodging rainout, Jacks dominate DL to open Section 8AA playoffs

Oct. 3—BEMIDJI — The Bemidji High School girls tennis team nearly had Mother Nature rain out its parade. Tuesday afternoon at the BHS courts, a light rainstorm soaked the pavement and put the Lumberjacks’ opening match of the Section 8AA Tournament in limbo. But after a half-hour rain delay and some maintenance work to ready …

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Tennis player disqualified on brink of win after slamming ball into chair umpire’s face

Marc Polmans was up a set, then out of the Shangai Masters. (Photo by Andy Cheung/Getty Images) (Andy Cheung via Getty Images) There are a number of ways for tennis players to react to missing a volley on match point. Marc Polmans landed on one that got him disqualified from the match. The Australian national …

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