Mira Costa Freshman Wins Boys 18 Draw

Freshman Mustang Matt Sumen had been having some difficulty lately closing out his tennis matches, but the 15-year-old had no such troubles on Saturday in winning the boys 18 draw at the 10^th annual Hermosa Beach Tennis Junior Satellite Classic.

Sumen beat Garrick Liou of Granada Hills 6-4, 6-2 in the tournament semifinals and then took out Milan Suzuki of Redondo Beach to win the title, 6-1, 6-0.

''I kept playing him deep, with deep top-spin, and he eventually made an error,'' Sumen said of the tournament final. ''I took possession of each point, pretty much, and the couple points that I was on defense I was able to turn it to offense. I was usually on the offensive mode.''

In other finals played on Saturday, Katherine Peng of San Marino defeated Kelly Abaas of Calabassas 6-2, 7-6 in the girls 16, Grace Murtidjaja of Walnut beat Adelya Karaalp of Redondo Beach 6-0, 6-1 in the girls 12, and Sarina Liu of Rolling Hills took down Avery Aude of Woodland Hills 6-4, 6-1 in the girls 10. William Wong of Manhattan Beach won the boys 16 over Kyle Berman of Thousand Oaks (wo).