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Tracy wins the first round of the tennis playoffs.

Tracy High’s Chris Pope hits the return shot from the baseline playing in the No. 4 singles slot during the first playoff round against Beyer High. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press

Tracy won the match 8-1, which means it will face the winner of a match between Armijo High and Franklin High of Elk Grove. The second-round match will be at Tracy High at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

West High also hosted tennis playoff action today and fell just short of a second-round berth as the team from Turlock High won 5-4.

In Tracy’s singles matches, Neil Thakor, who is the San Joaquin Athletic Association league champion, remained undefeated this year with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Beyer’s Doug Azevedo. Quinn O’Brien, who was second at the league championship after Thakor, won his matches against Mike Gryskiewiez, 6-4, 6-1.

Tracy won three of its other singles matches as John Trinidad beat Nate Bybee, 6-1, 6-3; Chris Pope beat Frank Loaliza, 7-5, 6-3; and Miguel Gonzalez beat Max Jarvis, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6. Tracy’s Mitchell Adams lost in three sets to Chris Lee, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6.

In doubles, Tracy’s Cameron Mercurio and Niraj Punjya beat David Diehra and Anthony Nunez, 6-1, 6-2; Vatsal Jhalani and Sanjit Gill beat John Miller and Thomas Miller, 6-3, 6-2; and Kevin Camacho and Ryan Kelly beat Kenneth Gloena and Godan Zho, 6-2, 6-3.

Jon Trinidad of Tracy High reaches down low to line up a return as he plays the No. 3 singles player from Beyer High today. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press.

Brett Spadoni, champion of the Tri-City Athletic League in individual play, lost to Turlock’s Mike Simms, 3-6, 7-5, 3-6. West coach Micheal Quintana said the hardest-fought match was between the No. 2 players, who went down to a close tie-breaker set. Kevin Canoy lost to Anders Skooglund, 1-6, 6-4, 5-7.

In other singles matches, West’s Jay Modi lost to Kevin King, 0-6, 1-6; Lewis beat Spenser Stevens, 6-4, 6-3; West’s Baljit Singh lost to Nathan Potter, 4-6, 1-6; and West’s Gilbert Munoz lost to Kevin Kumimoto, 7-6, 6-7, 1-6.

In doubles, David de la Cruz and Serggio Antonio beat their Turlock opponents, 6-4, 6-2; Luke Creasman and Jerome Oribello beat Keith Waterman and Amarseen Mikael, 6-4, 6-1; and D.J. Coleto and Noel Antonio beat their opponents, 6-1, 6-2.

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