Kropp: Wayne Bryan remains an outspoken ambassador
Wayne Bryan is one of the most engaging and vocal ambassadors the sport of tennis has ever seen.
View ArticleKropp: Locals gaining valuable college experience
The curtain for the 2013 tennis season will come down soon and when it does we will leave behind some good memories while also looking forward to what promises to be a bright and interesting 2014. That...
View ArticleKropp: Ventura's Tracie Currie part of two championship teams
It required surviving two pressure-packed finals, but Ventura's Tracie Currie excelled once again in one of the USTA's more significant senior tournaments last weekend at La Jolla.
View ArticleKropp: Calabasas team earns trip to senior nationals
A handful of local seniors traveled to Indian Wells last weekend to compete in a USTA Southern California Sectional Tournament.
View ArticleKropp: Thousand Oaks' Liu wins title at Orange Bowl
There must be something about the Junior Orange Bowl International Championships that brings out the best in Claire Liu. Maybe not the absolute best tennis the Thousand Oaks resident can play, but at...
View ArticleKropp: Bryans, Querrey to play in another Davis Cup
Random thoughts, observations and opinions from the tennis scene in and around Ventura County:
View ArticleKropp: Juniors play by The Code
Matt Gottlieb, Natalie Greco and Maya Krishnasamy are three Ventura County teenagers who play junior tennis, win their fair share of matches and always try to exhibit their best sportsmanship when they...
View ArticleKropp: T.O.'s Marcos Giron wins Sherwood Collegiate Cup title
Several of the nation's best college tennis players came to Ventura County last weekend and a hometown standout performed brilliantly en route to winning the singles championship at the Sherwood...
View ArticleKropp: Local college players shine in opening week
Spanning the nation to highlight several results from area players during the opening week of dual matches for the 2013-14 college season:
View ArticleKropp: Ojai's Yuki Chiang making immediate impact for Pepperdine
MALIBU — There are 11 freshmen from Ventura County who are making the jump from junior competition to college tennis this year. Those local standouts, six of them women, are scattered across the country.
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It has been a little more than two weeks since the Ventura College men's tennis team has struck a ball on its home courts, but Thursday afternoon the Pirates will finally be back on familiar turf when...
View ArticleKropp: UCLA's Giron handles pressure, powerful Virginia opponent
LOS ANGELES — On many occasions during his three years of playing college tennis at one of the nation's elite programs, Marcos Giron has taken on powerful opponents and played plenty of pressure-packed...
View ArticleKropp: Ware, McClain have winning returns
Savannah Ware and Brendan McClain were back on familiar turf last weekend and the local standouts, playing as well as any college freshmen in the nation, made the most of their brief Southern...
View ArticleTennis: Local senior players to be part of USA team at world championships
As accomplished senior players, Tom Kong, Guillaume Gauthier and Willie Quest have all played pressure-packed matches and been on the big stage many times. The three local standouts will experience...
View ArticleKropp: Pac-12 men's dual final a crowd favorite at The Ojai
While there were lots of outstanding performances from many of the players who competed in the 114th Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament last week, perhaps the most lasting memories from the came from...
View ArticleKropp: Depth key to Westlake's perfect run
With the addition of five promising freshmen to join several accomplished returning players, the pieces were in place for the Westlake High boys tennis team to win a lot of matches this spring. The...
View ArticleKropp: Giron helps UCLA reach round of 16
Five of Ventura County's top collegiate players were in action last weekend during the first two rounds of the 2014 NCAA Division I tournament, but only one of them advanced to the third round in the...
View ArticleKropp: Ventura's Caisey Lee Emery wins prestigious Girls 16 title
Because she competes in one of the strongest and most talented age groups in Southern California, winning tournaments has been a stumbling block for Caisey Lee Emery.
View ArticleOaks Christian, Giron win impressively
Sorting through all the significant local tennis news from the past week
View ArticleKropp: Goulak, Mulville win junior tennis titles
June tends to be a busy month for Ventura County juniors and last week two of them started the month by capturing titles at one of Southern California's longest and prestigious tournaments.
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