Qualifying begins Friday; Capital draw Tuesday, Sept. 16
The aftermost aperture afore condoning begins in the $10,000 Costa Mesa Pro Classic, a United States Tennis Association Pro Ambit event, will be abounding Thursday, back the Costa Mesa Pro Classic hosts a wild-card shoot-out.
The champ of the shoot-out, which begins at noon, will accompany the 19 players who accept already able for the capital draw, which begins Sept. 16. These accommodate the top-ranked amateur in the tournament, Australia's Matt Reid, currently ranked 223rd in the world, Torrance built-in Jason Jung, currently ranked 301, UCLA green Mackenzie McDonald, above Pepperdine amateur Alex Sarkissian, Thousand Oaks' Kyle McMorrow; and Haythem Abid, a above UCLA stand-out who won the Costa Mesa Pro Classic aftermost September.
Irvine citizen Gage Brymer, a green at UCLA avant-garde to the capital draw by acceptable the Costa Mesa Pro Classic's aboriginal agrarian agenda accident on Aug. 21.
The Pro Ambit is the adorning arm of the USTA, fielding men's and women's clash beyond the country. Players acquire money and, aloof as important, apple baronial points. The Costa Mesa Pro Classic is the additional of three after hard-court Pro Ambit contest in Southern California. This week, the ambit is in Claremont at the Claremont USTA Pro Classic. The anniversary of Sept. 22, the bout will be in Irvine at the Irvine Futures.
Last year, the Costa Mesa Tennis Centermost hosted two Pro Circuits events.
In March, Poway's Bradley Klahn defeated Korea's Min Hyeok-Cho in beeline sets. Klahn entered the accident ranked 227th in the world. He is currently ranked 117th and, in 2014, has won two tournaments and played in the capital draw of all four admirable slams.
In September, Abid captivated off West Covina 18-year-old Ernesto Escobedo to win the title. Abid exhausted accepted UCLA player, Marcus Giron, in the semi-finals. Giron is currently the top-ranked academy amateur in the United States.
The Costa Mesa Tennis Center, a year-round tennis centermost that offers apprenticeship and practice, is amid at 880 Juniper Dr., Costa Mesa, (714) 557-0211.
ABOUT THE USTA PRO CIRCUIT
With about 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and award-winning money alignment from $10,000 to $100,000, the USTA Pro Ambit is the alleyway to the US Open and tour-level antagonism for ambitious tennis players and a common battlefield for accustomed professionals. The USTA launched its Pro Ambit 34 years ago to accommodate players with the befalling to accretion able baronial points, and it has back developed to become the better adorning tennis ambit in the world, alms about $3 actor in award-winning money. Aftermost year, added than 1,000 men and women from added than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. Mardy Fish, Maria Sharapova, John Isner, Caroline Wozniacki, Sam Querrey, Li Na and Andy Murray are amid today's top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit.
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Title : Costa Mesa holds wildcard shootout for Pro Classic Thursday
Description : Qualifying begins Friday; Capital draw Tuesday, Sept. 16 The aftermost aperture afore condoning begins in the $10,000 Costa Mesa Pro Cla...