Jessup wins Stead tennis singles crown
Lim, Richmond-Buccola are Cupertino champs
By DICK SPARRER
Michael Jessup was seeded No. 1 in the men's singles division for the recent 2001 Stead $25,000 Open tennis tournament at the Moraga Country Club.
And the former Saratoga High School star proved the seeding committee knew just what it was doing.
Jessup won the Stead men's single title with six straight victories, including a 6-4, 6-2 win over Scotty Scott in the finals.
Jessup took a pair of three-set decisions in the quarterfinals and semi's to get into the title match, then made short work of Scott in straight sets.
After a first-round bye, the former Falcon opened the tourney with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Raymond Byrum, then beat Robbie Phillips 6-0, 6-3 and Andrew Carlson 6-1, 6-1 to get to the quarterfinals.
Jessup pulled out a 7-5, 2-6,
6-1 win over Ken Kuperstein, then edged No. 3 seed Jeff Greenwald 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the semi's.
In men's doubles play, Jessup teamed with Minh Le and the pair made it to the semifinals before losing 7-5, 6-4 to Lans Bale and Benjamin Miles.
Cupertino 3.0
Perry Lim of Milpitas and Cassandra Richmond-Buccola of Pleasanton were singles winners at the recent Cupertino 3.0 tournament played at the Cupertino Tennis Club.
Lim took three sets to beat On-King Lau of San Jose 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the men's singles title match, and Richmond-Buccola beat Katie Bartell of Sunnyvale 7-5, 6-4 in the women's singles finals.
Lim had beaten Royal Caswell of Los Gatos 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the semifinals and Lau topped Glenn Hernandez of Daly City 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.
George Mena of Gilroy took Jerry Callahan of Santa Clara 6-1, 6-1 in straight sets in the consolation finals.
In women's singles play, Richmond-Buccola topped Sayuri Sharper of Los Altos 6-2, 6-4 in the semi's while Bartell handled Marie Shi of San Jose 6-3, 6-2.
Alka Poddar won the consolation title in women's singles play with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 win over Alison Tong of Santa Clara. Poddar had edged Manju Chexal of Cupertino 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the semifinals and Tong beat Jeanne Kuo of Los Gatos 6-0, 6-4.
Sam Milioto of San Jose and Robert Brown of Sunnyvale teamed for a 6-4, 6-3 win over Tewel Han of San Jose and James Mei of Milpitas in the men's doubles finals. Milioto and Brown had beaten Don Carloni and Jeff Phillips, both of San Jose, 6-2, 6-2 in the semi's while Han and Mei topped Royal Caswell and Robert Roe, both of Los Gatos, 7-5, 6-4.
In the consolation round, Grant Gower of Cupertino and Dick Heinz of Sunnyvale beat Mark Mays and Jerome Lewis of Daly City 7-6 (6), 6-1 to take the title. Gower and Heinz beat Lawerence Dougherty of San Jose and Gregg Johnson of Campbell 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals while Lewis and Mays handled Henry Buffalow of Cupertino and Quentin Hix of Mountain View 6-2, 6-1.
In women's doubles play,
Darcy Lopes of Martinez and Patti May of San Ramon whipped Jenny Douglas of San Ramon and Terry Rothfield of Danville 6-4, 6-3 to take the title. Lopes and May had beaten Linda Kim of San Jose and Thu Stankunas of Saratoga 6-2, 6-4 in the semi's while Douglas and Rothfield took care of Sophia Fujioka of Fremont and Melinda Lumpkin of Hayward 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.
Susan Hunt of Los Gatos and Julie Porter of Oakland combined for a 6-1, 6-4 win over Chexal and Rukminisron Das of Los Altos in the consolation finals. Hunt and Porter had pulled out a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 win over Jennifer Kistner of Los Gatos and Corrine Maxwell of Campbell in the semi's while Chexal and Das beat Flavia Pollack and Michelle Fitch, both of San Jose.
In mixed doubles, Ara Hamamjian of Mountain View and Susan Roberts of Milpitas beat Mitzi Macon of Cupertino and James Martinez of San Jose 6-2, 6-0 in the finals. Hamamjian and Roberts had beaten John Cardoza of Los Altos and Dolly Yang of Saratoga 6-0, 6-2 in the semifinals while Macon and Martinez beat Dave Aldrich of San Jose and Myrna Irigon of Mountain View 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Sookok Oh and Mike Wilkens, both of Cupertino, pulled out a hard-earned 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-2 win over Aldrich and Irigon to win the consolation crown. Oh and Wilkens had beaten Bartell and Phil McClendon of Cupertino 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-2 in the semi's and Aldrich and Irigon topped Glenn Hernandez of Daly City and Melissa Barnuevo of Sacramento 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.
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