Taylor Dent

NEWPORT BEACH — Fans who follow Taylor Dent on Twitter or "like" him on Facebook lately have been treated to his thoughts on the Australian Open. They're observations not everyone would have on the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year. Then again, not everyone played professional tennis for over a decade and reached as high as No. 21 in the world. Dent is back living in the Eastbluff community of Newport Beach now, a stone's throw from where he competed at Corona del Mar High in 1996 and became just the third player ever to win a CIF Individuals title as a freshman.

BRYCE ALDERTON The Australian Open couldn't have come at a better time for former Corona del Mar High standout and current tennis professional Taylor Dent. The 23-year-old has started 2005 off in torrid fashion, reaching the final of the Australian men's hardcourt championships in Adelaide, Australia, Jan. 8, which shot him to fifth place in the current Association of Tennis Professionals points race. Dent, off to a 4-1 start this year, earned 24 points for his performance in Adelaide, which included a straight-set victory over top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open tuneup.

Former Corona del Mar High boys tennis standout Taylor Dent, 21, captured his second title on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour when he defeated Andy Roddick, 6-1, 6-4, in the championship Sunday of the Kroger St. Jude Tournament in Memphis, Tenn. Dent, who won the Hall of Fame Invitational last year at Newport, R.I., overpowered Roddick with his serve-and-volley game, which has improved since Dent made a few adjustments on his big serve to alleviate back pain.

Steve Virgen For the past three weeks, Misty May has been sidelined with an abdominal strain. That's what's known, but it's not the entire truth. May, a former Newport Harbor High star volleyball player known for her fiery competitiveness, is actually ready to play, ready for the 2004 Olympics. "I'm in the best shape that I have ever been in since college," May said in a phone interview last week. "From last year to this year, it's night and day. I'm going to be healthy going into the Olympics and I feel very confident."

Former Corona del Mar High standout Taylor Dent, coming off his first singles title on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour, won his opening-round match Monday in the Mercedes-Benz Cup at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA. Dent, who captured the Hall of Fame Invitational last week in Newport, R.I., defeated Neville Godwin of Johannesburg, South Africa, 6-3, 6-4, and will face either seventh-seeded Xavier Malisse or qualifier Scott Draper in the second round.

Richard Dunn On the international challenger circuit, former Corona del Mar High tennis standout Taylor Dent captured the $50,000 men's grass-court event in Surbiton, Great Britain, after defeating South African Neville Godwin, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2. For Dent, who won the Powder Byrne Trophy, it was his first challenger-level title on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. The victory last week also gives Dent continued success on grass. Last year, after winning three qualifying matches at Wimbledon, Dent took the opening set in his first round match against Andre Agassi, before retiring in the fourth set with an injured right knee.

Taylor Dent, a former Corona del Mar High tennis star, will play for the Newport Beach Breakers on July 11 at The Tennis Club Newport Beach. Sam Querrey is not playing World Team Tennis this season because of an injury. He would have played for the Washington Kastles on July 11 against the Breakers. Instead, Dent, a former ATP player, will play for Newport Beach at the site where he conducts his Dent Tennis Academy. Dent won four ATP singles titles in his career. At Corona del Mar, he was the only freshman to win a CIF singles title.

LONDON - Former Corona del Mar High standout Taylor Dent lost to second-seeded Andre Agassi, but outhit the international superstar in the first set of the first round Tuesday at Wimbledon. Agassi, the 1992 champion and last year's runner-up, turned up the heat to take the second set and then reeled off 10 games in a row before Dent retired, dropping the match, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 4-0. Dent, 19, won three qualifiers to advance to the main draw, knocking off Argentina's Hector Moretti, Czech Republic's Petr Luxa and Germany's Lars Burgsmuller.

A Notable Face Charlie Buckingham, a Newport Harbor High product is featured in this week’s Sports Illustrated issue in the section, “Faces in the Crowd.” Buckingham, a sophomore skipper at Georgetown University, was named the Everett B. Morris Sailor of the Year. He also earned his second All-American honor this past year, after helping lead the Hoays to a third-place finish in both the team and fleet competitions at the Intercollegiate Sailing Assn.

NEWPORT BEACH — The Washington Kastles came into town and showed why they have the best record in World Team Tennis. The Newport Beach Breakers came back into town and looked like a team that was playing its seventh match in seven nights. Washington controlled from the outset Monday night despite the presence of the Breakers' homegrown marquee player, Taylor Dent, a former Corona del Mar High standout. The Kastles won the first four sets of the night and cruised to a 21-13 overtime victory at The Tennis Club Newport Beach.

Taylor Dent, a former Corona del Mar High tennis star, will play for the Newport Beach Breakers on July 11 at The Tennis Club Newport Beach. Sam Querrey is not playing World Team Tennis this season because of an injury. He would have played for the Washington Kastles on July 11 against the Breakers. Instead, Dent, a former ATP player, will play for Newport Beach at the site where he conducts his Dent Tennis Academy. Dent won four ATP singles titles in his career. At Corona del Mar, he was the only freshman to win a CIF singles title.

NEWPORT BEACH — Fans who follow Taylor Dent on Twitter or "like" him on Facebook lately have been treated to his thoughts on the Australian Open. They're observations not everyone would have on the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year. Then again, not everyone played professional tennis for over a decade and reached as high as No. 21 in the world. Dent is back living in the Eastbluff community of Newport Beach now, a stone's throw from where he competed at Corona del Mar High in 1996 and became just the third player ever to win a CIF Individuals title as a freshman.

Dent vs. Federer Former Corona del Mar High tennis standout Taylor Dent will play world No. 2 Roger Federer in a second-round match Thursday at the If Stockholm Open in Sweden. Dent, 29, is playing in his first tournament since making it to the Round of 64 at the U.S. Open. Dent, who now lives in Florida, is currently ranked No. 101 in the world. He has been ranked as high as No. 21, in 2005. Federer, who many consider to be the greatest to ever play the sport, has won a record 16 singles Grand Slam tournaments.

Former Corona del Mar High tennis standouts Taylor Dent and Carsten Ball are both alive in men's singles at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York. Newport Beach resident Alexa Glatch is playing women's doubles. Dent, 29, beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-4, 7-5, 6-1 in his first-round match. He is scheduled to play No. 5-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden in the second round Thursday. Soderling swept Dent in three sets at the French Open this year on his way to the final.

Former Corona del Mar High standout Taylor Dent fell in straight sets to No. 3-seeded Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1, 6-4, Wednesday in the second round at Wimbledon. Dent, a qualifier at Wimbledon and ranked No. 96 in the world, used his serve-and-volley to stay with Djokovic through the first set. But an unforced error in the tiebreaker helped Djokovic wrestle away control of the set, and eventually the match, from Dent, who is making a bit of a comeback after a series of back injuries.

Former Corona del Mar High standout Taylor Dent will face No. 3-seeded Novak Djokovic today in the second round at Wimbledon. Dent defeated Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 7-5, in the first round. He also previously won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw. Beating Chela, who is ranked No. 50 in the world, already qualified as a minor upset for Dent. He is currently ranked No. 96 but has been ranked as high as No. 21, in 2005. Dent is in his seventh Wimbledon and has made it past the first round for the fifth time.

Former Corona del Mar High standout Taylor Dent and Newport Beach resident Alexa Glatch have earned men’s and women’s wild-card qualifying berths, respectively, into the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, Aug. 31 through Sept. 13 at the United States Tennis Assn. Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Dent, 28, who played at Wimbledon in June, will return to the U.S. Open for the first time since 2005. He has missed much of the past three years with a back problem, for which he had two surgeries in 2007.

Corona del Mar High product Taylor Dent advanced to the second round of the men's singles draw at the U.S. Open following a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Lars Burgsmuller of Germany Wednesday in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Dent, seeded 25th, hit 44% of his first serves and tallied 18 aces in the victory. He will face Nicolas Almagro of Spain the second round Friday. Dent's best finish in seven U.S. Open's came in 2003 when he reached the fourth round.