San Diego is one of the best locations in the world to play tennis.
\nGiven the year-round weather conditions, it should not come as a big surprise that many up-and-coming tennis players call San Diego home.
\nThat said 15-year-old Pacific Beach resident Zach Svajda (will turn 16 in late November) has had quite a year to date.
\nRecently, Svajda pulled off a big surprise while playing on the Stadium Court at the Claremont Club Pro Classic, a $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures event. It was there that the local wild-card entry topped the world\u2019s 601st-ranked player, Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva of Brazil 6-3, 6-4. In doing so, Svajda captured his first ATP World Tour ranking point.\u00a0
\nIn comments at the time, Svajda noted, “I didn\u2019t know what was going to happen out there because I don\u2019t play many tournaments and he\u2019s the one-seed, but I went out there and stayed positive and I got it. I skipped juniors for three or four years and trained really hard. And now I\u2019m starting back and going to be entering some Futures events.”
\nHome schooled and coached by his father, Tom Svajda, a teaching pro at the Pacific Beach Tennis Center near Mission Bay who is originally from Texas and played Kalamazoo as a junior, the younger Svajda is now in Texas playing in his third USTA Pro Circuit Futures tournament. This tournament is his first at the $25,000 level and his first trying to qualify. Svajda was awarded a main-draw wild card in the two SoCal events at Claremont (where he upset the No. 1 seed) and then Laguna Niguel the following week where he lost in the first round 6-4, 6-2 to a player who once ranked No. 238 in the world.
\n“I\u2019ve tried not to change too much in my game since my last tournament,” Svajda commented. “I\u2019ve been talking to my coach and we\u2019ve been tinkering with just some small technical stuff on the serve, but nothing major. The serve is the big thing for me right now.”
\nWith 2018 winding down and the New Year around the corner, Svajda has his sights set on even bigger things.
\n“I want to get my ranking inside the Top 500 in the world,” Svajda said. “That will make things easier for me getting into more pro events in 2019.”
\nGiven this young man\u2019s drive and talents; look to see his name on the men\u2019s tennis circuit for years to come.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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