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Lindsey Marsh of Saratoga may have been the fourth seed in the girls 12 singles division at the Saratoga Junior Open tennis tournament, but by the time the weeklong tourney finished last Friday she was No. 1.
Marsh was one of six individual champions when the best young tennis players in the area converged on the courts at the Saratoga Country Club for the annual tournament.
The tournament was played June 23 through 27 at the country club, with the top players meeting in the semifinals on Thursday and the semi winners playing for titles on Friday.
Marsh joined with Andrew Malozsak of Woodside (boys 10), Adrian Schwarzer of Fremont (boys 12), David Clark of Sunnyvale (boys 14), Ellen Tsay of Pleasanton (girls 10) and Samantha Lam of Mountain View (girls 14) as singles champions in the tournament.
Winning doubles titles were Anthony Brewer and Justin Chan of Sunnyvale (boys 10); Jamin Ball of Palo Alto and Schwarzer (boys 12); Jason Daniel of Saratoga and Naveen Dixit of Los Altos (boys 14); Marsh and Kara Wang of Saratoga (girls 12); and Alison Daniel and Valerie Tang of Saratoga (girls 14).
Marsh and Schwarzer were the only tennis players to walk off as double winners in the five-day tourney.
Marsh clinched the girls 12 singles title with a convincing 6-2, 6-0 win over Esther Walker of San Jose in the finals. She also teamed with Wang to beat Kate Bergeson of San Jose and Angela Horng of Saratoga in the girls 12 doubles finals.
Other local players in the girls 12 field were Taylor Klein and Anne Robson of Los Gatos.
Schwarzer joined Marsh as a twin winner in the tourney. He whipped Spencer Talmadge of Hillsborough in the boys 12 singles finals and he teamed with Ball to outlast Conor Berg of Greenbrae and Daniel McCall of San Francisco 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 in the doubles finals.
Kevin Brogan of Los Gatos was also in the boys 12 field.
In boys 10 play, Anthony Brewer of Sunnyvale had quite a week. He finished second to Malozsak in the finals, losing a tight 6-3, 6-4 decision, and he teamed with Justin Chan of Sunnyvale to take David Cappello and David Hubbard 6-1, 6-0 in the doubles finals.
Cappello cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win over Will Scarlett of Woodland to take the boys 10 consolation singles title.
Among the local players in the division was Garrett Taylor of Monte Sereno.
Clark pulled out a 6-3, 6-3 win over Bryan Song of Selma, Ala., to take the boys 14 singles title in the tourney.
Jason Daniel of Saratoga teamed with Naveen Dixit of Los Altos to beat Travis Cohan of Orinda and Keven Wong of Kaneohe, Hawaii, 6-1, 6-2 in the doubles finals.
Clark and Daniel were joined in the field by Patrick Brogan of Los Gatos.
Tsay pulled out a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Yanni Dzoan of Milpitas to win the girls 10 singles title in Saratoga.
Jennifer Switzer of Los Gatos was another local player in the division.
Lam rolled to a 6-1, 6-0 win over Marjoria Adams of Woodside to walk off with the girls 14 singles top spot.
Other local players in the division included Caroline Hurley and Priya Prasad of Los Gatos, and Sara Silberstein of Monte Sereno.
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