Van’t Hof sparkles

Newport Beach’s Kaes Van’t Hof, the son of Robert Van’t Hof,

teamed with Eric Roberson of Sacramento to win the USTA Supernational

championship in doubles, and was runner-up in boys 16s singles

Thursday to complete the week-long tournament in Tucson, Ariz.

Van’t Hof, 48th in the nation in boys 16s and a student at Mater

Dei High, was seeded No. 12 in singles and sailed through Nos. 8, 4

and 2 before falling to Maciek Sykut of Marathon, Fla. in the final,

6-3, 6-4.

The doubles victory came with a 6-4, 6-3 decision over Sykut and

his partner, Czerwinski.