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| 05.07.11 -
DOUBLES TEAM OVERCOMES INJURIES TO WIN
CHAMPIONSHIP |
With one of their players forced to retire in the
quarterfinals of the Southern California Regional
singles tournament and another held out altogether,
it would only make sense that the duo would overcome
those obstacles to capture the Southern California
Doubles championship for the first time in Cerritos
College men's tennis history. Sophomores
Derek Siddiqui
(Los Alamitos HS) and
Johnny Chai (Cerritos HS/UC
Riverside) defeated #1-ranked Alex Sarkissian
and Trevor Campbell of Glendale College in the
finals, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday at College of the
Desert. The pair, who were ranked #2 for the
Southern California Regional Tournament, will enter
the state championships next weekend at Fresno City
College as the #1-ranked team from Southern
California.
Siddiqui, who was ranked #2 in singles play, easily won his
first two singles matches on Friday, and was leading
Ventura College's Sean Levesque, 3-2 in the first
set of their quarterfinal match. However, still
feeling the effects of a nagging injury that stemmed
from the Ojai Tournament the week before, Siddiqui
was forced to retire. At the Ojai Tournament, Siddiqui
easily defeated Levesque, 6-1, 6-1 in the
quarterfinals, and will be ranked #4 at the state
tournament.
As for Chai, he has been fighting injuries for the latter
part of the season and didn't want to risk the
chance for the doubles team to compete for the
Southern California championship. As a result, he
was withdrawn from singles play for the Southern
California Regional Tournament.
Two years ago, the Cerritos doubles team of Doug
Edwards and Jason Wall
became the first team in the school's history to win
the Ojai Tournament doubles championship, but were
defeated in the Southern California championship
match and the state tournament semi-final match. |
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