Sam Riffice of Roseville, a suburb of Sacramento, on Friday reached the boys 12 singles and doubles semifinals of the USTA Winter Nationals in Tucson, Ariz.
Riffice, seeded third in singles, defeated seventh-seeded Alexander Rushin of Rancho Santa Fe 6-2, 6-4. Riffice and Noah Schachter of Steilacoom, Wash., seeded first in doubles, beat eighth-seeded Roscoe Bellamy of Pacific Palisades and Keenan Mayo of Roseville 3-6, 6-3, 10-3.
Seventh-seeded Paul Barretto of Bel Tiburon and Conrad Russell of Los Altos Hills advanced to the doubles semis in the other half of the draw.
No. 22 seed Catherine Bellis, a resident of Atherton playing up in the girls 14s, lost to 11th-seeded Raquel Pedraza of Claremont 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals.
All Northern Californians have been eliminated in boys and girls 18 and 16 singles and doubles in Scotttsdale, Ariz.
Veteran journalist Paul Bauman, based in Sacramento, covers Northern California professional, collegiate and junior tennis. Contact him at norcaltennisczar@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @norcaltenczar.
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