NorCal Tennis Czar

   NOTE TO READERS: This story will be topped tonight with the result of the NCAA women's semifinal match between No. 12 Stanford and No. 1 Florida, the two-time defending champion, in Urbana, Ill. The dual match is scheduled to begin at 3 p....

  The Cal women couldn't knock off top-ranked and two-time defending champion Florida at the NCAA Team Championships in Urbana, Ill.   Now Stanford gets a chance.   The Gators eliminated the Bears 4-2 in today's quarterfinals. ...

Modesto product Maria Sanchez, left, beat Jessica Pegula in the final of last year'sinaugural $50,000 FSP Gold River Women's Challenger. Photo by Paul Bauman   Seeking a better field and more fans, organizers are making several changes for th...

   The eighth-ranked Cal women reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Team Championships for the second straight year on Friday, defeating No. 9 Alabama 4-1 in Urbana, Ill.   No. 8 Anett Schutting, a junior from Estonia, beat No. 34 ...

   Now it's up to the women.   The last remaining men's team from Northern California lost Thursday in the NCAA Division I Championships as No. 18 Cal fell to No. 3 Virginia in the round of 16 for the second straight year 4-0 in Urb...

Dmitry Tursunov, shown at Indian Wells in March, will miss one totwo weeks with a strained hamstring muscle. Photo by Paul Bauman   Right on cue, Dmitry Tursunov got hurt.   In his next tournament after winning the Munich doubles ti...

   ELK GROVE -- Cameron Klinger and Lane Leschly, nationally ranked 15-year-olds, live about 20 miles (32 kilometers) apart in the San Francisco Bay Area.   So they've played each other since they were toddlers, right?   N...

   Two juniors from the San Francisco Bay Area knocked off No. 1 seeds in the semifinals of national junior tournaments in Northern California on Sunday.   In the USTA National Open girls 16s at the Laguna Creek Racquet Club in Elk ...

   Three Northern California teams advanced Saturday to the round of 16 in the NCAA Championships, while two others were eliminated.   Heading to Urbana, Ill., for the Sweet 16 are the No. 8 Cal women, No. 12 Stanford women and No. ...

   The unthinkable occurred Friday.   The Stanford men lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time, falling to No. 20 LSU 4-2 in Malibu. The No. 40 Cardinal (12-12) played without injured freshman Trey Strobel ...