 | | | Nick Ballou (right) Photo provided
| | | | | | Moraga Country Club will host its 29th annual tennis tournament August 6-11.
The event, directed by Mark Orwig, offers $25,000 in prize money. There are few Open Sectional tennis tournaments that offer this amount of prize money and, like all true tennis open events, any player may enter. In recent years, many local tennis players have competed with touring professionals.
Darrin Cohen, a Campolindo grad who played at UNIV of Virginia, was runner up in men's doubles three years ago. Nick Ballou, a Miramonte grad now attending Cal Lutheran, made the quarterfinals in men's singles and doubles in last year's competition.
Matches start Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. with the men's singles. On Wednesday, there are men's and women's singles followed by doubles in the afternoon. For those who cannot attend the matches during the day, there are featured tennis matches on Thursday evening.
The tournament is supported by major sponsor Heritage Bank of Commerce, and presenting sponsor Pine Grove Business Center in Orinda.
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA