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Orange County boys tennis will be represented by highly-seeded singles players and doubles teams as it aims to maintain dominance this week at the prestigious Ojai tournament.
The 123th edition of event, which is the longest-running amateur tennis tournament in North America played at the same location, will begin its CIF boys competition on Thursday.
The boys singles and doubles finals are scheduled for Saturday at Libbey Park in downtown Ojai at 11 a.m. Both draws feature 64 singles players and 64 doubles teams.
In singles, Orange County’s top seeded players are No. 2 Cayden Wang of Crean Lutheran, No. 3 Rishvanth Krishna of University, No. 3 Brayden Tallakson of Woodbridge, No. 6 Matteo Huarte of Mater Dei and No. 8 Jovan Pedroza of Los Alamitos. The top seed is Lorenzo Brunkow of Palisades.
Wang and Brunkow are seniors committed to Vanderbilt and UC Santa Barbara, respectively.
An Orange County player has claimed the singles title in Ojai the past five tournaments. Corona del Mar’s Niels Hoffmann, now a freshman at USC, won the single crown last season by defeating Brunkow in straight sets.
In doubles, Orange County has the top seeds in No. 1 David Tran and Trevor Nguyen of Marina and No. 2 Caden Lee and Edwin Yuan of Beckman. Tran and Nguyen are the reigning CIF-SS doubles champion.
Humam Alajeely and JiHyuk Im of powerhouse University are seeded eighth.
Last season, Lee teamed with his brother Tyler to give county its third straight doubles championship in Ojai. In 2023, Tallakson and his brother Brayden won the crown.
An Orange County team also has captured the last five team titles, which is known as the Griggs Memorial Challenge Trophy. Corona del Mar is the reigning team champion.
The Ojai is considered the most competitive tournament of the boys tennis season because it’s the only event that includes players from the Los Angeles, San Diego and Southern sections.
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