Darian King, 24, of Barbados defeated American Michael Mmoh, 18, to win the Tiburon Challenger singles on Sun., Oct. 2, and earn his third title of 2016. “I’m from a small island where this never really happens. I hope to be back next year,” said King. An Australian flag hanging courtside was a good omen […]

Qualifier Michael Mmoh defeated defending champion Tim Smyczek in a closely fought match on Saturday, earning a spot in the finals and knocking the last remaining seeded player out of the men’s singles competition. Mmoh faces Darian King, who prevailed over wild card Mackenzie McDonald in another close match. Doubles finals will see Quentin Halys […]

Defending champion and no. 3 seed Tim Smyczek defeated Mitchell Krueger on Friday, making Smyczek the only seeded player to reach the semifinals. Wild card Mackenzie McDonald prevailed over no. 4 seed Frances Tiafoe in a closely-fought match, while qualifier Michael Mmoh dispatched no. 2 seed Bjorn Fratangelo, and Darian King overcame no. 5 seed […]

Among the highlights of the day, No. 5 seed Dennis Novikov dispatched wild card Brian Baker with a convincing 6-1 third set victory, and Mackenzie McDonald defeated Italian qualifier Salvatore Caruso to move into the final. McDonald will face Frances Tiafoe on Friday. “This is set to be a showdown not to be missed between […]

“We had absolute fireworks in the doubles today with the Tiafoe and King duo putting on quite the show against Polansky and Bester, finalists in last week’s Columbus Challenger,” said tournament director Brendan Curry. Tiafoe and King won the first set 76(2), and then at set point down in second-set tiebreaker, Tiafoe hit a fast […]

Record crowds at the Tiburon Peninsula Club filled the stands to see American Tommy Paul face Germany’s Benjamin Becker. Becker prevailed in two sets to move on to the next round. Paul will partner with Canadian Denis Shapovalov in a doubles match against Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Julio Peralta of Chile in an […]

Monday drew record crowds for the start of the main draw. The day’s excitement began with Junior Wimbledon champion Denis Shapovalov of Canada vs. U.S. player Michael Mmoh, with Mmoh coming out on top in the final qualifying round to earn a spot in the main draw. Second-seeded Bjorn Fratangelo of the United States overcame […]

The second qualifying round saw 2016 Junior Wimbledon champion Denis Shapovolov going on to win after losing the first set to Cal Berkeley’s Andre Goransson. Emilio Gomez, of Ecuador, son of famed tennis star Andres Gomez, bested Filip Bergevi, also of Cal. Italy’s Salvatore Caruso prevailed over Stanford’s Tom Fawcett in three straight sets. One […]