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CONGRATUATIONS!!
BELINDA NIU
USTA Girls 16’s Clay Court Champion!!

Congratulations to Belinda Niu, who won Girls 16s singles in the USTA National Clay Court Championships. Belinda worked her way from the round of 128, to the finals where she defeated the 17th seed, Nicole Melichar. In the nine rounds that Belinda played, she defeated the 1st, 5th, 4th, and 17th seed. Belinda also competed in doubles with partner Lea Jansen. They won their first match, but lost their second match to the doubles finalists Mimi Fotopoulos and Alecia Kauss. Belinda’s remarkable performance this summer has skyrocketed her into the top ten nationally for the Girls 16s. Great Job Belinda!

CONGRATULATIONS TO LTA’s PNW ZONAL TEAM MEMBERS

Congratulations to our players who played in this summer’s Zone Team Championships. Jackie Carr competed on the Pacific Northwest Team for 12s Zonals in Tuscan Arizona. She won a total of three singles matches and five doubles matches. With a whopping 5-0 record, the team finished in first place. Katie Lorish also represented the Pacific Northwest in the 16s Zone Team Championship. Katie competed at the number one spot, where she played many challenging matches. Also, Nick Mulflur and Erin Larner competed in the 14s Zone Team Championship. Nick won two of his doubles matches, and Erin Larner, age 12, won three doubles matches and two singles matches.

LTA PLAYERS TEST THEMSELVES AGAINST SOUTHERN CAL COMPETITION

On July 26th through the 2nd of August, Angela and Chris took Christina Le, Nick Mulflur, Anna Becker, Sam Stephenson, Valerie Frank, and Katie Lorish, to Los Angeles to play in the Lakewood Junior Open Tournament. The players got a taste of the Southern California heat, as well as the heat of the competition! Additionally, in later rounds of the tournament some of the LTA players encountered competitors who were visiting from Hong Kong. This gave the players an opportunity to challenge themselves not only against players from a different state, but players from a different continent. After the tournament ended, the players went to Knott’s Berry Farm to relax and have some fun. At the end of the trip, the LTA players returned to PDX with great new experiences and fond memories.

EUGENE SWIM & TENNIS CLUB CHAMPS TOURNAMENT RESULTS

The Leong Tennis Academy players continue to challenge themselves in the Pacific Northwest by playing many local tournaments. Players Sam Stephenson, Nick and Tommy Mulflur, Valerie Frank, Peter Beatty, Trevor Apple, Eliizabeth Johnson, Taylor Rees, Emily Rees and Betsy Sauer competed in the Eugene Swim and Tennis Club Champs tournament. The players faced challenging first and second round matches, and found success in the consolation. Peter Beatty beat Jamie Fisher in the finals of Boys 14s consolation, and Valerie Frank lost in the finals of consolation.

LTA PLAYERS COMPETE IN PNW JUNIOR SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT

The summer came to a close with the Pacific Northwest Junior Sectional Tournament that was held on August 18th-24th. Chris and Angela took ten LTA players, including Tasha Kadie and Allie Hueffner, Nick and Tommy Mulflur, Katie Lorish, Valerie Frank, Betsy Sauer, Sam Stephenson, and Peter Beatty. Half of the traveling players made it through to the second round of the tournament before losing to highly seeded players. Sam Stephenson had a great match against Michael Charmerski who made it to the semi-finals of the tournament before losing to Emmet Egger. Betsy Sauer competed strongly against singles finalist Lea Jansen. Kadie Hueffner reached the semifinals of the consolation, Nick Mulflur got to the third round of the tournament before losing to to sixth seed Scott Goldner, and Valerie Frank and Tommy Mulflur lost in their second round of consolation. Valerie Frank demonstrated mental toughness by battling back from being down 3-6 2-5 and coming back to win the second set 7-5 against Carlina Jow, and winning the match 10-5 in the third set tiebreaker. Lastly, Katie Lorish and Belinda Niu made it to the finals of the doubles and were defeated by the first seeds Nikole Novikova and Christy Sipes.

Other LTA players that played in the tournament, including Arianna Fardanesh, Taylor Rees, Elizabeth Johnson, Erin Larner, Trevor Apple, Jenya Pereverzin, Christina Le, and Stuart Tierney. Jenya won three rounds, making at all the way to the semifinals of the boys 18s. Stuart made it to the semifinals of the boys 16s, moving through four rounds to get there. Trevor Apple also demonstrated great skill in his consolation match, working through three sets with Spencer Moore. Though Trevor could have easily beaten S. Moore, he lost in a close tiebreaker. Furthermore, with many LTA players cheering from the sidelines, Erin Larner won the entire girls 12s singles draw. Congratulations to ERIN on a job well done!!

LTA’s competitors always have high hopes of performing their best tennis in every tournament they compete in. During their training week prior to the tournament, the players learned new lessons from guest coach Chris Lam. As a retired touring professional and UCLA graduate who played for the National Championship team as their #4 player, Chris offered the team honest advice and fresh inspiration. We would all like to thank Chris for spending time with the LTA, and we wish him the best with his new assistant coaching position at the University of Denver.

Pro Tennis Summer Camp

LTA’s SELECT Players Inspire Young Tennis Community

For the past two summers, LTA has been hosting tennis camps for Oregon Episcopal School’s summer programs. This year, our SELECT players volunteered their time for three weeks to inspire and teach young OES summer students their favorite lifetime sport.


Leong Tennis Academy would like to congratulate its players who participated in the Oregon State Dual Level 5 Championships.

Those players included:

Elizabeth Johnson, Taylor Rees, Katie Lorish, Peter Beatty, Nic Mulflur, Tommy Mulflur, Anna Becker, Valerie Frank, Sam Stephenson, Stuart Tierney, Jackie Carr, Erin Larner, Michael Bott, Yevgeny Pereverzin, Trevor Apple, Belinda Niu, and Audrionna Farr.

Congratulation’s to our SELECT players who had amazing results!

Jackie Carr Girls 12’s Singles Finalist and Doubles Champion
Erin Larner Girls 14’s Singles Finalist
Audrionna Farr Girls 16’s Singles Finalist & Doubles Champion
Belinda Niu Girls 18’s Singles Champion
Michael Bott Boy’s 10’s Singles Finalist
Stuart Tierney Boys 16’s Singles Finalist
Sam Stephenson Boy’s 16’s Singles Consolation Finalist
Yevgeny Perverzin Boys 18’s Singles Finalist and Doubles Champion
Trevor Apple Boy’s 18’s Singles Quarterfinalist


Several of LTA’s SELECT players will be traveling this summer to several national events including a few PNW team national events.

LTA wishes Erin Larner, Jackie Carr, Belinda Niu, Katie Lorish, Christina Le, Stuart Tierney, Yevgeny Pereverzin, Michael Bott, Nicolas Mulflur, and Tommy Mulflur the best of luck! Here’s a sneak peak of the tournaments they will be participating in:

Boys and Girls 12’s National Open Beaverton, Oregon
Boys and Girls 16’s Intersectionals Shreveport, Louisiana
Boys and Girls 14’s Zonals Dothan, Alabama
Boys and Girls 16’s Zonals Waco, Texas
Girls 12’s National Clay Courts Boca Raton, Florida
Boys 12’s National Clay Courts Greensboro, North Carolina
Girls 14’s National Clay Courts Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Boys 14’s National Clay Courts Plantation, Florida
Girls 16’s National Clay Courts Virginia Beach, Virginia
Girls 18’s National Clay Courts Memphis, Tennessee
Boys 16’s &18’s National Clay Courts Delray Beach, Florida
Girls 12’s National Hard Courts Alpharetta, Georgia
Boys 12’s National Hard Courts Little Rock, Arkansas
Girls 14’s National Hard Courts Peach Tree, Georgia
Boys 14’s National Hard Courts San Antonio, Texas
Girls 16’s National Hard Courts San Diego, Calfornia
Boys 16’s & 18’s National Hard Courts Kalamazoo, Michigan
Girls 18’s National Hard Courts Berkeley, California


Updated information on our players' tournament results will be posted on this website throughout the summer so stay tuned…

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