Local stars double tough at tennis sectionals

Thousand Oaks' Denis Lin and Kyle McMorrow knocked off Lancers teammate Marcos Giron and San Diego's Thomas Pham 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday to reach the boys' 18-under doubles semifinals at the 106th annual Southern California Junior Sectional Tennis Championships in Fountain Valley.

Lin and McMorrow, who captured the 18-under title at the Easter Bowl in April, will face the University High of Irvine tandem of Jason Lin and Ryan Cheung -- 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 quarterfinal winners over Taft of Woodland Hills' Josh Tchan and Beverly Hills' Daniel Ho -- at 5:30 p.m. today at Los Caballeros Sports Village.

The other semifinal matches University High's John Huang and Torrey Pines of San Diego's Michael Lin against Brentwood's Walker Kehrer and recent Pacifica Christian of Santa Monica graduate Alex Brigham, a UCLA signee.

Campbell Hall of North Hollywood sophomores Sarah Lee and Sabrina Santamaria reached today's girls' 18-under doubles semifinals with different partners.

Lee teamed with Corona del Mar of Newport Beach's Hailey Hogan to defeat Laguna Niguel residents Brynn Boren and Kristina Smith 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, setting up a 5 p.m. showdown against USC signee Alison Ramos (Troy of Fullerton) and Creekside Christian of Newport Beach's Alexandria Walters.

Santamaria joined forces with Orange Lutheran's Kaitlyn Christian to knock off Westminster's Tiffany Mai and Dos Pueblos of Goleta's Jordan Dockendorf 7-5, 6-2. Santamaria and Christian will face Ontario Christian sisters Britney and Nikki Sanders, also at 5 p.m.

Both doubles finals are scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday.