This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Health & Fitness

Tracy Austin 34th Doubles Tournament Men's Open Division

Andy Chang and David Eiges on July 15, 2012 winning the Men's Open Division in Tracy Austin's 34th Annual Doubles Tennis Tournament.

David Eiges and Andy Chang cashed in on their bid for winning the Men’s Open division of the 34th annual Tracy Austin tournament in Rolling Hills Estates, beating Jeff and Jon Kazarian in the finals 6-4, 6-7, and 6-2.    

After falling short in the semifinals last year, to Jon Kazarian and Tyler Bowman this makes Chang and Eiges first victory together here in the open division.

Eiges (Peninsula High and Cornell University) and Chang (West Torrance High and Cal Poly Pomona) teamed up after competing at Whittier Narrows, where Chang is the director of tennis. The Kazarian brothers (Peninsula High, Jeff for USC and Jon for UCI), are also tennis standouts.

Find out what's happening in Palos Verdeswith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Eiges and Chang won the first set holding serve and taking one break. But the Kazarians fought back from 6-5 in the second with great serving, and one break also, and won in the tiebreaker 7-6 (7-3). 

Eiges smacking tremendous flat serves and Chang rifling forehands and backhands, took it up a gear in the third, both served and returned well, and were up 4-0 quickly. They maintained holding serve to take it decisively 6-2. 

Find out what's happening in Palos Verdeswith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Before reaching the finals, Eiges and Chang beat Trent Aaron, (tennis pro) and John Despot 6-1, 6-1 in the first round.  Then they beat Jeffrey Hawke (University of Washington) /Erik Lim (Johns Hopkins) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?