Fink Falls to Cal’s Fodor

Each time USC freshman Amanda Fink tried to win with topspin, Suzi Fodor sliced through it with another volley.

Fodor, a junior at California by way of Budapest, Hungary, used athleticism and artistry in attacks at the net to undercut Fink, 7-6 (2), 6-3, and win the Pacific 10 Conference women’s singles championship at the 106th Ojai Valley tennis tournament Sunday at Libbey Park.

“It was an interesting match,� Fodor said. “We made each other play, and it was fun and different.�

Contrasting styles were evident throughout, with the left-handed Fink going for heavy-topspin passing shots from both wings, and Fodor chipping and charging at every opportunity.

“I’m never satisfied with the way I play, but there was some really good tennis played today,� said Fink, a Calabasas High graduate who’s No. 10 nationally.

Freshman Matt Bruch won an all-Stanford Pac-10 men’s singles final, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-0, over junior James Wan.

Third-seeded Zbynek Mlynarik, a 29-year-old ATP tour veteran, beat top-seeded Thousand Oaks High senior Sam Querrey, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, in the men’s open championship match to claim a $4,000 share of the $15,000 purse for the division with prize money.

Querrey and Grant Doyle then fell to Nick Rainey and Brian Wilson, 6-2, 6-2, in the men’s open doubles final.

Kasenia Milevskaya defeated Maureen Diaz, 6-3, 6-0, in the women’s open championship match.

-- Lauren Peterson