CdM's Fabian Matthews, the two-time CIF Southern Section doubles champion with Dustin Hladek, is entered into the boys' 18 doubles draw at sectionals with Ryan Cheung of Lomita. The duo, the No. 2 seed, opens Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Los Caballeros in the Round of 32 and would play a Round of 16 match at 5:15 p.m.
Also in the doubles draw are Sea Kings' teammates Chris Damion and Parker Rhodes, who play their Round of 32 match today at 2 p.m. at Los Cab. Damion has his first boys' 16 singles match of the tournament on Sunday at 8 a.m. at Heritage Park in Irvine, while Rhodes, in 18 singles, plays Sunday at 9:45 a.m. at Los Cab.
Matthews is also entered in the boys' 18 singles draw, but as a top 16 seed he won't need to start play there until June 22, after the preliminary rounds are over.
CdM's Cierra Gaytan-Leach is teamed with Santa Barbara's Jordan Dockendorf in the girls' 18 doubles draw. The No. 4 seed, they open Saturday at 12:45 p.m. in the Round of 32 at Los Cab.
Gaytan-Leach also has her first girls' 18 singles match of the tournamenton Sunday at 5 p.m. at Los Cab.
Estancia's Bradley Fisher (boys' 18 singles) and Ely Zaidler (boys' 16s) are both entered. Fisher plays a Round of 128 match Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at Los Cab, and Zaidler opens Saturday at 12:45 p.m. at Cabrillo.
On the girls' side, Estancia's Ellie Edles has a girls' 16 singles match Sunday at 9:30 a.m., also at Cabrillo.
Five members of the Corona del Mar High girls' tennis team, which capped an undefeated season by winning the CIF Southern Section Division I championship in the fall, are entered in sectionals. They include Hailey Hogan, Karen Ishii, Melissa Matsuoka, Danielle Kaiden and Lindsay Zotovich, all in the girls' 16 singles draw.
MATT SZABO may be reached at (714) 966-4614 or at matthew.szabo@latimes.com.
