Khoury captures Sea View crown

Newport Harbor High freshman Robert Khoury rallied to upset

top-seeded Shimpei Suzuki of Woodbridge, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1, in the

singles title match Thursday in the Sea View League individual boys

tennis championships at Laguna Hills.

In the second set, Khoury went up, 5-2, but Suzuki came back to

tie it, 5-5. In the tiebreaker, Khoury took a quick 5-0 edge, before

Suzuki pulled to within a point.

Khoury became the first Newport Harbor player to win a league

singles title since Geoff Abrams in 1994, when the former Stanford

All-American defeated Sailor teammate Jeff Thomsen, the current

Newport Harbor coach.

As a team, the Sailors will play Irvine today at Laguna Hills at

3:15 p.m. in a showdown to decide the league’s third-place playoff

team.