KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Lake County Open tournament – held on Wednesday, July 17 – hosted 24 juniors played in 18 matches throughout the day.

The officially sanctioned United States Tennis Association junior tournament was held at Gard Street courts in a one-day event and referred by Russell Groh of Fairfield.

Players hailed from the Bay Area and surrounding areas, as well as Lake County.

The Konocti Junior Tennis League sponsored the event.

In the boys 12 event, Nitin Kancharla defeated his brother Sachin Kancharla in a close, three-set match with the scores of 2-6, 7-6, (3), 10-2 for the third set tiebreaker.

In boys 16 singles open match, Evan Vercellini played Derek Wadsworth from Napa and Derek Wadsworth defeated Evan Vercellini 6-0; 4-6; 1-0(7).

In boys 16 singles (Novice) Christopher King, the No. 1 seed  (Hidden Valley) defeated Bailey Elkington from Lakeport 6-2. 6-0. King then played Cassidy Parker from Middletown and Parker won, 6-4. 6-3.

In the third/fourth place match Bailey and Christian Nikolov, also from Hidden Valley, played with Nikolov defeating Bailey 6-4, 6-3.

In the boys 18 novice event, Kyle Schmidt of Kelseyville defeated Francisco Perez from Napa 6-4, 6-3, and Max Lehman (Kelseyville) defeated Robert Amante (Hidden Valley) 7-6, 7-5. In the playoff match, Perez defeated Lehman 4-6, 6-4,1-0 (4).

In the boys 18 open event, Richard Rhinehart (No. 1 seed) of Walnut Creek defeated Gavin Brazelton from Napa 6-0, 6-1. Also, James Cole, (No. 2 seed) played Cesar Chowell of Napa and Cole won 6-2. 6-1. In the third/fourth playoff, Rinehart won over Cole 6-1. 6-4.

In the girls’ 16 novice event, Ariana Diaz (Hidden Valley) played Claire Vargas of Kelseyville in a three-set match that resulted in these scores: (2-6), 6-3, and a 12-10 tiebreaker set.

In girls 18 singles, Sarah Tracy of Napa played Taylor James of Orinda and Tracy won with scores of 7-5, 6-3 and 10-8 in the 3rd set tiebreak.

The boys 18 doubles saw Cesar Chowell and Jaime Hill, both from Napa, against their teammates who are also from Napa, Sarah Tracy and Evan Vercellini. The teams had a great match that was fun to watch and Tracy and Vercellini won, 6-2, 7-6, 7-2.

In boys doubles action, the team of Parker/ Elkington took on Lehman/ Schmidt. Lehman/Schmidt defeated Elkington/Parker, 8-3.

The players all enjoyed the tournament and had a great day.