Malibu’s Stewart Wins Tennis Championship

Doug Stewart of Malibu High went through almost five hours of tennis, two tenacious opponents and three T-shirts, but eventually won the Southern Section individual singles title Saturday at Seacliff Tennis Club in Huntington Beach.

The top-seeded Stewart defeated fourth-seeded Malcolm Scatliffe of San Bernardino San Gorgonio, 7-6 (3), 6-3, in the morning semifinals and outlasted second-seeded Patrick Buchanan of Anaheim Servite, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-2, in a 2 1/2-hour afternoon match.

Stewart’s victory came 45 years after his father, Forrest Stewart, playing for Pasadena Muir, lost in the section singles final to Allen Fox of Beverly Hills.

In the doubles final, top-seeded Brian Morton and Garrett Snyder of Corona del Mar defeated second-seeded Phil Sheng and Andrew Lieu of Thousand Oaks, 6-4, 6-2.