Laguna nets win over D.P.

The Laguna Beach Rec. tennis team picked up another victory by edging

Deerfield Park Team A, 33-31, in junior league tennis action.

Teague Hamilton and Brian Vail each picked up wins in boys’ play.

Hamilton was a 6-1 winner over Kenneth Zhou, while Vail defeated

Kenny Song, 6-4.

Erik Henrikson, playing for the first time at No. 1 singles,

dropped a 3-6 score to Song.

In girls’ singles, Laguna’s Kate Rogers lost to Shannon Thieson,

6-4, and teammate Kira Hamilton defeated Chelsea Chou, 6-2.

The brother and sister team of Teague and Kira Hamilton paired up

in mixed doubles, but lost to Chou and Thieson, 6-3.

Kellan Lindley and Tad Heitman went wire-to-wire but dropped a 6-5

(8-6) score in a doubles tiebreaker.

In other tennis action:

The 48th annual City of Laguna Beach Tennis Tournament got

underway last weekend with first-round play.

Below is a listing of first-round winners:

Men’s Open Singles

(Round robin)

W. Tahara def. K. Johnson (default)

M. Robinson def. B. Bezme, 6-1,6-2

N. Heussenstamm def. B. Besme (default)

Men’s Open Doubles

J. Rushing/M. Smith def. K. Johnson/B. Besme

Men’s 4.0/4.5 Singles

B. Smith def. T. Chesire, 6-0, 6-0

R. Singer def. J. Perella, 7-5, 6-1

R. Kanner def. F. Gundoz, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5

B. Hoffman def. S. Koyanagi, 6-4, 6-4

Men’s 5.0 Doubles

L. Weinstein/D. Brennan def. T. Lang/J. Cobain, 6-2,6-1

R. Singer/R. Eastman def. J. Pastor/R. Amador, 6-0, 6-2

K. Sand/D. Sand def. J. Perella/F. Gundoz, 6-1, 6-2

B. Schwartz/B. Smith def. A. Krishna/M. Sigman 6-3, 6-2

Men’s 3.5 Singles

J. Cobain def. P. Hamilton, 6-0, 6-2

W. Gorges def. S. Gordon (default)

R. Seaman def. A. Danon, 6-3, 6-2

3.5/4.0 Mixed Doubles

M. Short/ K. Burkourus def. L. Collins/J. Perella, 6-1, 7-5

M. Kodera/T. Kodera def. M.Henrikson/R. Henrikson, 6-2, 6-4