The 103rd Ojai
Tennis Tournament
By Misty Volaski

The stands were full Sunday morning as some of the finest names in amateur tennis took to the courts at Libbey Park for the final rounds of play in the Ojai Tennis Tournament.

The heat was on in the Pac-10 Women's Singles match, where the University of Oregon's Daria Panova and California Lutheran's Raquel Kops-Jones faced off in an incredibly close match. All eyes were on them as Panova made the final point for the win, 7-6 (6), 6-2.

"She played really well," said Panvoa of Kops-Jones. "(It helps) me when a lot of people are around." Panova also won the PAC-10 Women's Singles indoors championship, which she said was her goal.
Later that day, Kops-Jones paired up with Christina Fusano to beat Maia Mlakar and Emilie Scribot of the University of Arizona for the PAC-10 Women's Doubles championship.

Last year's Pac-10 Men's Singles runner-up, the University of Washington's Alex Vlaski, faced off against Marcin Matkowski of UCLA. Though the first match was close, Matkowski began the second match with a definite mental advantage, which seemed to be the downfall of Vlaski. Again, Vlaski found himself with the second-place medal, even though the day before he'd beaten Rodrigo Grilli, last year's Pac-10 Men's Singles champion.

The following is a complete list of the winners in each category:

· Boys' 14 Singles: Andrew Mateljan bested Jake Fleming, 7-6, 6-3.
· Girls' 14 Singles: Nelly Radeva bested Gabriela Gresham, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2.
· Boys' 16 Singles: Chris Ko                          beat Alex Krueger-Wyman, 6-3 7-6 (1).
· Girls' 16 Singles: Cosmina Ciobany beat Kelly Stewart, 6-0, 6-1.
· Boys' CIF Singles: Jeffrey Das beat Kaes Van't Hof, 7-5. 6-3.
· Boys' CIF Doubles: J. Thayer and S. Wagner beat C. McMakin and K. McMakin     6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3
· Girls' 18 Singles: Elizabeth Exon beat Kady Pooler, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3.
· Girls' 18 Doubles: D. Beatty and J. Nguyen beat J. Devera and D. Matias, 6-1, 6-4.
· Men's PAC-10 Singles: Marcin Matkowski beat Alex Vlaski, 6-4, 6-2.
· Men's PAC-10 Doubles: P. Collins and D. Langre beat K. Corkery and J. Pade, 8-3.
· Womens' Pac-10 Singles: Daria Panova beat Raquel Kops-Jones, 7-6 (6), 6-2.   
· Womens' Pac-10 Doubles: C. Fusano and R. Kops-Jones beat M. Mlakar and E. Scribot, 8-1.
· Men's Open Singles: Adriano Biasella beat Bryan Juinio, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4.
· Men's Open Doubles: A. Biasella and S. Webster beat T. Budgen and B. Sceney, 7-5, 6-2.
· Women's Open Singles: Martina Nejedly beat Dina McBride, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.
· Women's Open Doubles: N. Hummel and S. Lansdorp beat T. Currie-D. McBride, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.
· Men's Independent College Singles: Nestor Bernabe beat Sam Fletcher, 6-2, 6-3.
· Men's Independent College Doubles: A. Davidson and S. Fletcher beat B. Bakalov and T. Jelsma, 6-3 Ret (inj)
· Women's Independent College Singles: Katalin Nagy beat Anna Sieczka, 6-3, 6-3.
· Women's IIndependent College Doubles: W. Henderson and K. Howard beat A. Sieczka and A. Sieczka, 6-3, 7-6.
· Men's Community College Singles: Dalibor Ptak beat Ryusuki Kashiwabara, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
· Men's Community College Doubles: P. Gartner-Hanspeter and F. Minozi  beat A. Gomez and L. Nordlund, 6-3, 6-2.
· Women's Community Col. Singles: Mugette Ahn beat Kumiko Yoshida, 6-1, 6-1.
· Women's Community Col. Doubles: M. Ahn - E. Brito beat Y. Hagiwara and K. Yoshida, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
· Inv. PAC-10 Men's Singles: Alberto Francis beat Wayne Wong, 6-1, 6-3.
· Invitational Pac-10 Men's Doubles: C. Morris and S. Warburg beat O. Dekel and R. Kowalczyk, 8-5.
· Invitational Pac-10 Women's Singles: Jody Scheldt beat Nicole Havlicek, 6-4, 6-2.      
· Invitational Pac-10 Women's Doubles: B. Bayani and M. Esmero beat D. Hollands and K. Perry, 8-5.       
· Division III West Men's Singles: Amir Marandy beat Brian Casey, 6-3 to 6-2.      
· Division III West Men's Doubles: R. Condiotty and B. Murphy beat J. Cham-a-koon and I. Yeh, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. 

© 2003 The Ojai Valley News

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