Glatch sizzles at Supernationals

Alexa Glatch, a Newport Beach 13-year-old, won the singles and

doubles championships in the girls 14 division at the USATA Winter

Supernational Championsips in this past week.

In addition to her two crowns, she was awarded the Sportsmanship

Award.

Glatz also received the girls 14s Sportsmanship Award for the 2002

Southern California Section of the USTA earlier in the season.

In singles, she defeated Lauren Sabacinski of Pembroke Pines,

Fla., 6-3, 6-3 for the singles title. She defeated her doubles

partner, Logan Hansen of Santa Monica, 6-2, 6-4, in the semifinals.

In doubles, Alexa and her partner saved their best performance for

the final match, wowing the crowd with strong net play, deft volleys

and powerful overhead smashes -- winning, 6-0, 6-0, a rare feat for a

national championship match.