Men’s Hardcourt Tennis Event Opens Today
The U.S. Tennis Assn. men’s national 50-55 hardcourt championships will begin today at the Lindborg Racquet Club in Huntington Beach.
Doubles play begins today and singles start Tuesday.
The event will feature more than 150 players from the United States. Scheduled to compete are Dick Leach, Bob Duesler and Jim Nelson, three of the top-ranked players in the 50-55 division.
The finals for doubles and singles will be July 21.
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Aaron Peirsol of Irvine set a national age-group record in the 100-meter backstroke Sunday at Golden West College.
Peirsol’s time of 1 minute 3.6 seconds broke the 11-12 age-group record of 1:03.83, set in 1994 by David Chan of Central California.
“This was my last chance to break the record,” said Peirsol, 12. “I age-up next week so I knew I had to do it this time.”
Peirsol swims with the Irvine Novaquatics, the same club for which Olympian Amanda Beard swims.
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