WAR BY THE SHORE TOURNAMENT:Top seed runs into Ball

NEWPORT BEACH — Although Christian Ball is just 13, he showed on Friday that his brothers Cameron and Carsten aren’t the only ones who know how to play tennis.

The Newport Beach native, alongside teammate Gannon Daynes of Trabuco Canyon, captured the boys’ 14 doubles championship of the War by the Shore tournament. Ball and Daynes, the No. 2 seed, upset the top-seeded Newport Beach residents Joel Ishii and Hayden Tremper, 6-2, 6-4, at the Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club.

The title match didn’t just involve three local players. It also featured the future of Corona del Mar High boys’ tennis. Ball, Ishii and Tremper plan to be Sea Kings. So it makes sense why CdM Coach Tim Mang was on hand to take a look at what’s in store for his program.

Mang — who coached both Ball’s older brothers — will coach Ball when he arrives at CdM after this upcoming school year. Mang would feel fortunate if Ball shared some of the success his brothers had.

“Hopefully [he will],” Mang said. “He was a late starter, but he’s really blown past a lot of people here.”

Ball also doesn’t feel the pressure of being the younger brother or having to uphold any sort of legacy.

Syd Ball — father of the Ball boys’ — is a former member of the Australian Davis Cup team. Cameron Ball led CdM to a CIF Southern Section Division V title in 2001. Carsten Ball won a section doubles’ championship in 2002. Both brothers were All-Americans for CdM.

That doesn’t seem to affect Christian Ball much.

“I just focus on me,” Christian Ball said. “That’s what I do.”

He applied that same mentality when dealing with the pressure of being the second seed. Being the top seed has its high amounts of pressure, too.

Trailing 2-1 in the first set, Ishii and Tremper tied it up after a back-and-forth battle. There didn’t seem to be an end in sight after deuce. In the match, six games were decided on deuce play.

Although most games featured a battle of deuces, no one fatigued too much.

“It just gets a little frustrating if you keep having to fight for a break point,” Ball said.

After falling behind 2-0 in the second set, Ishii and Tremper fought back to tie the set again. They tied it at 3-3, and 4-4, respectively, but would not win another game.

“We just didn’t play very well the first set and got nervous,” Tremper said. “We almost won the second set but it was too late, I guess.”

The effort of Ishii and Tremper impressed Mang.

“They are just beginners and they really improved in the second set,” Mang said of the duo who will be freshmen at Corona del Mar in the fall. “Joel just hasn’t played that much and Hayden has to move his feet more … he’s got the great reach and everything.”

Ball isn’t the only sibling of a successful tennis player. Joel is the younger brother of Karen Ishii, who won the girls’ 18 doubles championship on Friday.

For Tremper, it was his first time playing doubles. The soon-to-be Sea King knows Joel Ishii from school. Tremper didn’t have to travel far to participate in the tournament.

“It was my first doubles tournament … I like it. I want to play doubles again,” Tremper said. “This is the closest tournament to my house and it’s my favorite tournament too.”

For the talented Ball, winning the championship brought about a simple reaction.

“I’m just happy,” said Ball, who is a ball boy for the Newport Beach Breakers.

JASON KORNFELD may be reached at (714)-966-4616 or at jason.kornfeld@latimes.com.