CONGRATUATIONS!! JENYA PEREVERZIN MIKE AGASSI’S “NO QUIT” SINGLES FINALIST!! Congratulations to Jenya Pereverzin, who made it to the finals of the Mike Agassi NO QUIT Championships. Jenya worked his way from the round of 32, to the finals where he lost in a close match to the first seed, Denis Nguyen. In the five rounds that Jenya played, he defeated many top ranked players, and the … [Read more...]

For the months of December and January came many opportunities for the players at the Leong Tennis Academy to challenge every facet of their tennis game. These two months have been filled with many national tournaments, as well as some fun local tournaments in the Portland area. In mid-December freezing temperatures and a week-long snow storm came with the much anticipated West Hills-Nike … [Read more...]

After a year of competition and training, some of our players went on to challenge themselves at a national level in year-end winter nationals. Congratulations to Jenya and Tasha for rising to this challenge and representing the LTA at the USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale Arizona. Jenya won his first three rounds, beating Daniel Faierman, Aaron Poliak, and Anthony Tsodikov (who is … [Read more...]

With little turnaround time after this national tournament, Tasha went to the Copper Bowl in Tucson Arizona along with Kadie, Allie, and Betsy. Tasha competed in a very close first round match against Jill Wollesen in the Girls 16s division, but was defeated in a close third set ending in a seven-point tie-breaker. She rallied to win the next three rounds in the consolation draw, and defeated … [Read more...]

Jenya was the only LTA player who competed in the Columbus Indoor Tennis Tournament from January 31st to February 2nd. Once again, Jenya achieved incredible results, beating Kyle Dawson and Trevor Horstmann. In his third match Jenya was defeated by Sebastian Fauchet in close sets. Jenya unfortunately had to withdraw from his last match against Kyle Roth in the consolation quarterfinals because of … [Read more...]

LTA SELECT Players Compete in the New Year's Dual Level 5 Tournaments On the weekend of January 16th-19th most of our players competed in the Dual Level 5. For the boys, this was a local tournament at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center, but for the girls, this tournament was in Mercer Island Washington. LTA Coach, Angela Leong took a group of four girls including Katie Lorish, Christina Le, Betsy … [Read more...]

LTA’s Michael Stephenson Battles in Back to Back Tournaments LTA player Michael Stephenson has stepped up to the plate in recent months, and has been a fierce competitor in many challenger level tournaments. In the City of Vancouver Jr. Challenger from January 9th to the 11th, Michael competed in the Boys 12s singles division, and won the consolation finals. In the Glendoveer Challenger … [Read more...]

With the first weekend in February also came the first Boys and Girls endorsement of the year. Tasha won two matches against Demie Warner and Alexis Filliol, and lost two against Lea Jansen and Sophia Bott. There is much to be said, however, about Tasha’s match with Lea Jansen. After hours of hard practice and training, Tasha was able to walk out onto the court with Lea wearing passion, … [Read more...]

The month of September brought the players of the Leong Tennis Academy a fresh new season to display their athletic excellence. Our competitors kicked off this successful season at the Ace Deuce Jr. Girls and Boys tournament at Club Green Meadows. Erin Larner advanced to the finals where she defeated fourth seed Basia Kopecka in the Girls 14s division. After three matches in the Boys 12s division, … [Read more...]

Many more of our players competed in the 2008 Mountain Park Racquet Club Adidas Cup Champs tournament. Sam Stephenson played a great first round match, leading him into his second round against Jenya. Sam and Jenya played a great match, and Jenya emerged victorious. Jenya advanced through the next three rounds, eventually defeating Alex Wallace 6-3, 6-0 in the finals. In the Girls 14s division, … [Read more...]