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Sports Briefs
Tournament helps players
The State Farm Women's USTA Challenger, an international professional tennis tournament that is part of the USTA Prudential Securities Circuit, will run through the Los Gatos Swim and Racquet Club July 9.
The tournament, designed to help younger players to develop their skills, offers $50,000 in prize money with the winner collecting $7,700 and 36 WTA ranking points.
Among the American players expected for the tournament are Kristina Brandi, a 23-year-old who reached the round of 16 at this year's Australian Open and a challenger defending champion; Marissa Irvin, a Stanford star who has won or reached the finals of three challengers since last October; Meghann Shaughnessy, a 21-year-old who won a challenger this year; and Holly Parkinson. Top players expected from abroad include Rossana de Los Rios of Paraguay, who reached the round of 16 at the French Open this year, Jana Nejedly of Canada and Alina Jidkova of Russia.
Matches will begin at 11 a.m. through July 7 and will begin at noon on July 8-9. Featured matches will be played each day at 6 p.m. with the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals set for July 7-9. Admission to the tournament is free.
Missing All-star
The members of the Los Gatos Little League all-star teams were listed in last week's Weekly-Times. Missing from the list of 8-year-old all-stars was Justin Krupp.
Volleyball Camps
Los Gatos High School and the Vision Volleyball Club will co-host two girls youth volleyball camps this summer for players in grades 5-9.
For more information, call Ripp at 408.264.7801.
Williams hoop camp
The annual Sid Williams Basketball Camp returns to Fisher Middle School in Los Gatos this summer.
The camp runs July 10-14 with boys and girls entering grades 5-6 attending from 1-3:30 p.m. and boys and girls entering grades 7-9 attending from 4-7 p.m.
For more information, call 408.358.9323.
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