May 25, 2012
It's been a banner year for sophomore Marco Barretto.  He won the North Coach Section D2 Singles Championship defeating Branson's Alex Hiller.  It was the first Tam High boy to win NCS since 1968.  As a result, he was named Marin IJ Prep of the Week.  Finally, at the Tam High Awards Dinner, he was named Co-MVP along with Lukas Edman. 
The Burgos Tennis Captain plans on working hard to improve his game and leading his teammates on Burgos Tennis Team through the year. Well done!

May 22, 2012
First year assistant coach Alex Chun's Emory University Men's Tennis team capped off an undefeated season by clinching the NCAA D3 Team Championship with a 5-3 win over Kenyon College.

May 2, 2012

All the years of hard work, lessons and practices paid off today. Lukas Edman and Aidan Tirpack are Marin County Athletic League Champions after winning their singles flights today at Redwood High School in Larkspur. 

Lukas Edman hit an ace at match point to defeat San Marin's Jackson Grover 6-3, 6-0 to claim his first MCAL individual championship.  Lukas' lefty attacking game overwhelmed his opponent. Aidan Tirpack proved too tough as he completely dominated Justin Sienna's Pedro Alvarenga 6-1, 6-1 in an impressive display of movement, consistency and aggression on short balls.
Finals Results

Super Doubles: Sam Wexman & Theo Gough were defeated by Redwood's Silverman & Pike 6-2, 6-3.
#2 Doubles Flight: Oliver Ramin & Henrik Neuwirth were defeated by Redwood's Hanson & Van Brunt 6-1, 6-2

(L to R) Seniors Henrik Neuwirth, Oliver Ramin and Theo Gough

April 20, 2012

Marin Spring Classic Junior Championships Results

• Daria Hoang captures Marin Spring Classic G14s Singles Title to win second straight USTA event.
  
• Jonathan Hoang places 3rd in B12s Singles
• Lani Tice finalist in G16s Singles
• Hillary Fazekas finalist G18s Singles

Well done to our players who entered the recent Marin Spring Classic Junior Championships!

April 14, 2012
Burgos Tennis Competition Team players played some strong tennis at this past weekend's Alameda Junior Open Tournament.  Daria Hoang defeated San Jose's 2nd seeded Katherine Lin 6-3, 6-0 in the G14s Open singles final.  In the semis, Daria had defeated top seeded Yasmin Ramadan on Neward 6-3, 6-4.  In Boy's 14s action, Willie Saiga defeated 4th seeded Alex Yang 6-2, 6-0 to take 3rd Place.  Earlier in the day Liza Brusman & Hillary Fazekas were awarded the G18s Doubles title as one of their finals opponents did not show.  Mitch Heckmann and Aaron Gold were finalist in the B14s doubles after being defeated by Pleasanton's Pesce brothers. Earlier in the tournament, Aaron Gold won all five of his round robin matches to take the B14s Novice Singles.  All in all, a good showing for our team.  All the hard work is paying off through our results and improved rankings.

4/15/12
Congrats to our former Team Captain, Alex Kaiser  of Cal Berkeley.  The Cal Club Team beat Virginia in the final of the National Campus Championships in Cary, North Carolina. Just another National Champion to come out of Burgos Tennis!

4/2/12
Liza Brusman announced today that she has chosen to play her college tennis at UC San Diego.  She had been accepted to Cal, Tufts, Rochester, Tulane, UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis.  Lukas Edman has decided to play his college tennis at University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.  We're very proud of both our seniors!

March 29, 2012

Arthur Ashe said "true heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." That describes Mark Manning who passed away yesterday. Mark was one of the most significant junior tennis advocates in the last 20 years and the first African American President of USTA Nor Cal. After retiring from the Oakland Fire Department, he devoted his life and resources helping inner city kids in Oakland learn the game of tennis, compete for rankings and most importantly, aspire to go to college. He was well known to many of our players as he awarded a lot of trophies to Burgos Tennis players through the years. RIP Mark Manning.

3/4/12
Willie Saiga and Matia Jovanovic defeated Heckmann/Gold 8-4 to capture the Alameda Junior Open B14s Doubles Championship.  Willie and Matia were playing in only their second tournament together.  In the semis, they defeated Top Seeded Cardiff/Hagler 8-4.  The doubles practice at Burgos Tennis really paid off as the pair played solidly from the net and moved well together.

2/26/12  

2/19/12
Sunday's action at the Seascape Tournament in Aptos saw fine play from our players.  In the Boy's 16s challenger division, Top Seeded Kyle Wong reached the finals before bowing out to Mt. View's 2nd Seeded Drew Mitchner 6-1, 6-0.  Mitchner had defeated Morgan Ohrstrom in the Semis 6-3, 6-1 and Aidan Tirpack 6-4, 6-2 in the quarters.  Morgan narrrowly lost the 3rd place playoff to San Jose's Ronak Muni 6-4, 6-4 and finished 4th place overall.  Daria Hoang reached his first G14s Open final.  Jonathan Hoang handily won his quarters match 6-1, 6-1 before being edged by 2nd Seeded Alex Lin of Granite Bay 3-6, 6-1 10-4.  4th Seeded Marco Barretto reached the B16s Semis before narrowly losing to 2nd Seeded Peter Shin of Dublin 7-5, 6-3.  Marco is slated to play the 3rd place play-off vs Top Seeded Daniel Cardiff of Lafayette.  Jonathan is also playing off for 3rd on Monday.  It was a great learning and team bonding experience as all the players supported eachother.

2/20/12

Monday Results:

B16s Open Singles:  Marco Barretto  4th Place

B12s Challenger Singles:  Jonathan Hoang 3rd Place

B12s Doubles:  Jonathan Hoang/Partner  Champion

2/12/12
It was a great day for Burgos Tennis players at the Marin President's Day Junior Open Championships.  It was an all Burgos Tennis final in the G18s when Hillary Fazekas and Liza Brusman faced off for the title.  Hillary came out on top 6-1, 6-4 for the G18s title.  In the semis, Hillary defeated Siena MInuth 6-0, 6-1 and Liza defeated Daria Karakoulka of Foster City 6-3, 6-4. 

Top Seeded Lani Tice captured her second career USTA Open Championship by coming back to defeat 2nd Seeded Sabrina Mui of Cupertino 0-6, 6-2, 10-7.  Way to fight, fight, fight!  Well done Burgos Tennis Girls!

1/13/12
Mikaila Smith is head to Southern California to train at the Weil Tennis Academy in Ojai.  Mikaila will get a structured routine which includes a full day of tennis, fitness training and school at Nordoff High School.  Good luck Mikaila!

1/12/12
2011 grad Zak Bohegian won his play-off matches to earn his spot on the 2012 Sonoma State Men's Tennis Team roster.  Zak had come back to Burgos Tennis during the Winter break to work on his game and get him ready for the try-outs.  It paid off as Zak defeated 3 other players to take the lone opening on the team.  Well done!

November 2011
Lani Tice had a terrific run in USTA Tournaments in November and will be shooting up the rankings. Lani started the month by capturing the Gorin Tennis Academy Sonoma Junior Open Girl's 16s division defeating Emily Greco 6-4, 6-2.  It was a satisfying win as Lani avenged a loss to the same player in the Fairfield tournament.  Later in November, our top seeded Lani reached the Girl's 16s Singles finalst falling to Hillsborough's Alexa Corcoleotes in a hard fought match 7-6, 6-3.  Burgos Tennis girls rock!

Liza Brusman & Lani Tice continued their amazing winning season by defeating Monte Vista's Kaitlyn Haithcock and Betsy Main 6-2, 7-6 in the finals.  With the win Brusman & Tice became the first ever Tam players to capture an NCS individual championship.  In the semis, they defeated the second seeded team of Korich and Hill from Campolindo 6-1, 6-3.  Brusman & Tice's superior net play and drop shots set them well apart from the other teams as they captured the title without the loss of a set.  Well done Burgos Tennis girls!