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San Francisco Giants preview: Giants hope to end losing skid against A’s

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San Francisco Giants Thairo Estrada is out flat on his back after being hit in the helmet by a Chicago Cubs pitcher Mark Leiter fastball that got up and away on Sat Jul 30, 2022. Estrada is expected to be off the IL this Sun Aug 7, 2022 at the Oakland Coliseum against the Oakland A’s (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum

Friday, August 5, 2022

The San Francisco Giants are enjoying a rare Friday night off, returning to action Saturday with a two-game interleague series with Bay Area rivals the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum.

Earlier this season, the Giants could have looked at this series as an easy two wins, but that scenario has shifted. San Francisco is 3-7 in its last 10 games and 3-12 since the All-Star break – the worst such record in the majors.

While the Giants were swept in a four-game series with the National League-leading Los Angeles Dodgers, the A’s took two of three from the fading Los Angeles Angels.

Coming into the weekend series, the Giants are 51-55, 22 games behind the first-place Dodgers. Oakland is 41-66, fifth place in the American League West. The A’s are 6-4 in their last 10 games.

Probable starters for Saturday’s game are left-hander Carlos Rodon (9-6, 3.00) against Oakland’s Adam Oller (1-4, 7.68). Sunday’s probables are Logan Webb (9-5, 3.20) for San Francisco against the Athletics’ Cole Irvin (6-8, 3.04).

Off the field, catcher Joey Bart is dealing with groin tightness, but not expected to go on the injured list. Shortstop Brandon Crawford (left knee inflammation) and outfielder Joc Pederson (concussion) are expected to leave the IL on Saturday. Meanwhile, infielder Thairo Estrada (concussion) may return off the IL on Sunday, and the Giants determined that third baseman Evan Longoria (strained right hamstring) will not need a rehab assignment. Longoria is not expected back until possibly next week.

The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association announced Thursday that Wilmer Flores was selected as the Giants’ recipient of its Heart and Hustle Award. One player is selected for each team and the overall winner will be announced in November.

Gauff has a match to forget, Rogers powers her way to the semis, Badosa, Kudermetova also advance to the final four at MSVC

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American Shelby Rogers prepares to return service against Amanda Anisimova in her quarterfinals match at the San Jose State Tennis Center on Friday AUG 5, 2022. (MSVC)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — Shelby Rogers has caught fire at the right time.

Rogers upended fellow American Amanda Anisimova in straight sets 6-4 6-4 in her quarterfinals match on Friday evening at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic at the San Jose State Tennis Center.

Rogers stamped her passport to the semifinals with an impressive serve that carried her past Anisimova with five aces and an 88.9% first service points won.

“She (Anisimova) probably has one of the best returns in the world on tour. It’s definitely a lot of pressure on your serve to serve well, to have a high return percentage. I did a good job of mixing my spots tonight and spins and speeds and just not letting her get a rhythm,” Rogers said.

Second seed Paula Badosa was able to take down the tournament favorite Coco Gauff in straight sets 7-6 6-2 to advance to the final four.

Gauff was up 5-4 in the first set with serving for the set, but she wasn’t not able to close out the set against the Spainard who fought her way back to even the match at 5-5 before winning the tiebreaker.

“I feel like I should’ve shown my frustration more,” said Gauff. “You can’t block your feelings. Yes having the body language and all that is great, also I think letting out is even better. I think maybe there should have been a moment where I should have shouted something instead of just letting it build. I think I just should’ve let it out.”

Badosa took advantage of Gauff’s frustration in the second set as Gauff committed many unforced errors that was her downfall in the match. Badosa cruised the rest of the way to clinch her spot in the semifinals despite being cautious to not lose her focus.

“You can see when a player is struggling a little bit. In the second set I saw it. I tried to go there to her shot where she wasn’t comfortable and to stay calm. Sometimes you get a little bit nervous because you see the finish line is near. So, I tried to stay as calm as I could,” Badosa said.

Veronika Kudermetova was the first Russian to make the semifinals with her straight sets victory over number three seed Ons Jabeur 7-6 6-2.

Both players went back and forth in the first set that saw Kudermetova win the tiebreaker 7-5. The first set proved to be too much for Jabeur who ran out of gas in the second set. Kudermetova overpowered Jabeur with her serve as she finished the match with six aces and 30 winners.

Kudermetova, who is playing in her first Mubadala Classic, said she like that she was able to stick to her gameplan and not let Jabeur back in the match.

“It had gave me lot of confidence in the second set. I tried to believe more in my plan, I tired to be more aggressive, and it worked out well for me,” said Kudermotova.

Jabeur, who had a big Tunisian fan base cheering her during the tournament, said she appreciated her time during her week in San Jose.

“Overall, I am pretty happy with this experience. Honestly, not waiting for the result to show right now but in the future I will look back and say this tournament helped me a lot,” said Jabeur.

Daria Kasatkina advanced to her second consecutive Mubadala semifinal when she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in three-sets 4-6 7-5 6-0.

Sabalenka started the match strong winning the first set and looked to be firing on all cylinders. The turning point in the match was in the second set with Kasatkina breaking serve to even the match at 5-5. The 25-yeard old Russian player went on to win the next two games sending the match to a decisive third set.

Down 3-0 in the third, Sabalenka needed a medical time out as she was dealing with a lower body injury. She toughed it out the final three games but it was obviously she was not able to play her game and Kasatkina rolled her way to the semis.

“It was a roller coaster of a match,” Kasatkina said after the match. “We went back and forth throughout the match. I really pushed through at the end of the second set.”

In doubles action, Gabriela Dabrowski and Giuliana Olmos defeated the American duo of Ashlyn Krueger and Elizabeth Mandlik in three sets 2-6 6-1 10-5 to reach the semifinals. The Chinese duo of Yifan Xu and Zhaoxuan Yang automatically advanced to the semifinals when the team of Latisha Chan and Beatriz Haddad Maia had to retire from the match due to injury.

UP NEXT: The semifinals matchup on Saturday 8/6 at the San Jose State Tennis Complex.

3:00pm Shelby Rogers vs Veronika Kudermetova

6:00pm Daria Kasatkina vs Paula Badosa

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Frustration building up SF has lost 11 of last 14

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon makes the start on Sat Aug 6, 2022 at the Oakland Coliseum against the Oakland A’s to open a two game series (NBC Bay Area photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Michael:

#1 Michael just how badly is the wild card slipping away from this team?

#2 If you had to point to any two things that have gone wrong in these last 11 out 14 games what would it be?’

#3 Is Gabe Kapler’s managing in question or part of the problem that the Giants are having?

#4 What do you make of the trading of gestures between Giants pitcher Jarin Garcia and Los Angeles Dodgers Mookie Betts causing Betts and James Outman to jaw at Garcia?

#5 Taking a look at the starting pitchers for this Saturday’s contest Carlos Rodon (9-6, 3.00) he’ll be opposed by A’s starter Adam Oller (1-4, 7.68) a 4:07 pm PDT first pitch at the Oakland Coliseum how do you see this series for the Giants?

Join Michael for the Giants Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Las Vegas Raiders podcast with Rich Perez: Jacobs runs for 30 yards on five carries against Jacksonville

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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jarrett Stidham (3) tries to evade Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Jay Tufele (97) in a keeper that Stidham would score for a touchdown on Thu Aug 4, 2022 at the Hall of Fame Game in Canton Ohio (AP News photo)

On the Raiders podcast with Rich:

#1 Rich, for Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels this was like a homecoming returning back to Canton Ohio to play the Hall of Fame game.

#2 Josh Jacobs, rookie Zamir White and Austin Walter stayed on top the running game for the Raiders.

# 3 In their win over the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-11 Josh Jacobs ran for 30 yards on five carries and Zamir White ran carried 11 times to get 52 yards.

#4 Quarterback Derek Carr and Davante Adams wide receiver sat out for Thursday’s game McDaniels not taking any chances.

#5 Sun Aug 14 the Raiders will host the Minnesota Vikings at Allegiant Field in Las Vegas this will be the second of four pre season games.

Join Rich Perez for all Raiders podcasts heard right here on http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Daniel Dullum: Giants Kapler gets boot after sticking up for pitcher Garcia in four game sweep

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San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler argued with umpire Phil Cuzzi regarding pitcher Jarlin Garcia getting ejected during Thu Aug 4, 2022 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park in San Francisco (photo from Fox Sports)

On the Giants podcast with Daniel Dullum:

#1 Daniel, Clayton Kershaw left Thursday’s game after suffering back pain pitched four innings, gave up three hits, one earned run, and pitched well enough to win if he had the opportunity.

#2 The 5-3 win gives the Dodgers another four game sweep over the Giants for the second time in the last month.

#3 Giants manager Gabe Kapler got ejected after Giants pitcher Jarlin Garcia got ejected for making gestures at the Dodgers Mookie Betts.

#4 Betts and Trea Turner both hit home runs to help the Dodgers get their first four game sweep of the Giants in San Francisco since 1977.

#5 The Giants open a three game series in Oakland on Saturday night. Giants starting pitcher Carlos Rodon (9-6, 3.00) and for the A’s Adam Oller (1-4, 7.68) a 7:07 pm PDT first pitch.

Join Daniel for the Giants podcasts each Thursday night at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Nuts grab three run win over Ports in Class A California ball

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Thursday, August 4, 2022

By Lewis Rubman

Modesto Nuts (51-48). 10. 8. 2

Stockton Ports (33-66). 7. 11. 3

STOCKTON–Watching a ball game in the San Joaquin Valley is different from doing it on the shores of San Francisco Bay. For one, the temperature at game time was 93 degrees.

Here, in the low class A California League, Grantland Rice’s oft quoted lines “For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name,/He writes – not that you won or lost – / But how you played the game,” takes on new meaning.

It’s of no great moment that the 33-66 Stockton Ports, on their way to the worst season in franchise history, dropped an 11 inning 10-7 decision to the 51-48 Modesto Nuts. What matters to the organizations to which the teams belong-the A’s and Mariners, respectively-is how well individual players performed. To the fans, it’s the pleasure of the players’ performances.

No one on the Ports’ roster figures in the list of Oakland’s top 50 prospects. Gone are the days when you could spend a balmy summer’s night watching the Matts, Chapman and Olson, strut their stuff on the banks of the delta.

The Nuts, on the other hand, boast of four top prospects. They are, in descending order Harry Ford, tonight’s DH, left fielder Gabriel González, and two. switch hitters, third baseman Milkar Pérez and center fielder Jonatán Clase.

Modesto’s starting lineup also included the delightfully named right fielder Walking Cabrera. The home plate umpire’s moniker also was a source of innocent merriment, Daniel Bytheway.

The top of the third was neither innocent nor merry. Modesto scored one run, no hits, one error, a passed ball, a balk, and two wild pitches. (The top of the second was pretty ugly, too, but you get the picture).

It wasn’t a well played game, but it was an exciting one. The victorious Nuts used four pitchers. They were, in order of appearance Jake Miednik, Chris Jefferson, José Geraldo, and the winner, Raúl Alcántara.

Clark Cota took the loss for the Ports, whose other hurlers were the starter, Yehizón Sánchez, followed by Luke Anderson, Hunter Brreault, Ed Baram, and Cota.

Gauff cruises past Osaka, Rogers upsets number one seed Sakkari and Sabalenka advances to quarterfinals on Day 4 at MSVC

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Coco Gauff celebrates her victory over Naomi Osaka in her round of 16 match at the San Jose State Tennis Center on Thursday AUG 4, 2022. (Ed Jay-Ultimate Sports Guide)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — This is Coco Gauff’s tournament to lose.

The 18-year-old sensation powered past four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets 6-4 6-4 in her round of 16 match that highlighted Day 4 action at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic on Wednesday evening at the San Jose State Tennis Center.

Gauff broke service once in the first and twice in the second set to punch her ticket to the quarterfinals on a night where a sold-out crowd of 2,250 witnessed the phenom in all her glory. Gauff will face second seeded Paula Badosa on Friday afternoon.

Osaka, down 1-5 in the second set, surged back into it winning the next three matches by fighting off match point seven times. In the end Gauff was too much to handle as she served to win the final game and the match that lasted just under 90 minutes.

“I think I have improved in all aspects (of my game),” said Gauff. “I think today showed it. I knew playing Naomi (Osaka) was going to be tough. I think she has one of the best baseline games in the game. I think today I really held my ground and was really a lot more of those rallies that she was and I think that shows how much I’ve been improving in the last few weeks.”

For Osaka, despite the outcome she was pleased to be back on the court playing again since last playing a tournament in May of this year.

“Dang I’m really sore!,” Osaka laughingly said when asked what her experience was like this week. “I totally forgot how that felt. It’s really good to get my foot in the door again. My friends, they cheered me up after the match. But honestly, I wasn’t that upset.

American Shelby Rogers continued her impressive run at Mubadala with her straight sets upset victory over number one seeded Maria Sakkari of Grece 6-1 6-3.

Rogers showcased her strong serve that had not only the number three player in the world flabbergasted but everyone in the crowd as well. She fired 10 aces during the match.

While Rogers looked confident and in control, Sakkari looked flat on the hard court and was not able to establish her game in the match that was completed in just 72 minutes.

“I think for me, this week I’m just stepping up to the line,” Rogers said. “First target that comes to my mind I’m going with it. I’m not second guessing myself. Just trusting it as much as I can. It’s a little bit of conviction and it’s been working.”

Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka won a tough three-set match against American Caroline Dolehide 5-7 6-1 7-5. Sabalenka started the match off slow but gained her form in the second set.

Dolehide didn’t go down quietly in the third set as she evened the set at 5-5. Sabalenka was able to break serve and win the final two games to advance to the Friday’s quarterfinals.

“It was a pretty crazy match,” said Sabalenka. “She (Dolehide) played really well. I didn’t play well in the first set, and I was struggling with my serve to be honest. In the second and third sets I was able to come back and fight through the up and downs during this match.”

In earlier action, Veronika Kudermetova defeated American Claire Liu in straight sets 6-2 7-5 to advance to her first Mubadala quarterfinals. She takes on number two seeded Ons Jabeur on Friday afternoon.

Kudermetova also has success in doubles action. Her and her partner Zhang Shuai defeated the team of Dolehide and Storm Sanders in a three-set match 6-2 5-7 10-8 to advance to the semifinals.

The final doubles match to conclude the evening itinerary had Shuko Aoyama and Hao Ching-Chan defeat the duo of Demi Schuurs and Desirae Krawcyzk 6-3 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals.

UP NEXT: It’s an all-American affair when Amanda Anisimova battles Rogers in the evening’s featured quarterfinal match on Friday at 7:00pm at the San Jose Tennis Center.

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Will latest lawsuit be the one to stop A’s move to Howard Terminal?

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Oakland A’s team president David Kaval in green shirt said that the lawsuit filed by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association could stop the Howard Terminal project (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 Bay Conservation and Development Commission who voted for the Howard Terminal project is now facing a lawsuit brought on by the East Oakland Stadium Alliance and Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, the Harbor Trucking Association and the California Trucking Association the plaintiffs say that the vote by the BCDC was too fast with not enough thought process going into the project.

#2 Pacific Merchant lawyer and vice president Mike Jacob said that the A’s are only interested in doing something fast where the plaintiffs want to do something right.

#3 MLB and David Kaval the A’s team president have made it clear if the A’s don’t get to move to Howard Terminal there headed to Las Vegas and Kaval stated that he has visited several potential sites and said that it’s easy to build in Vegas than in Oakland.

#4 Jerry, with the trades of Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino how much of a setback will it be for Oakland going forward.

#5 For today’s fourth and final contest in Anaheim going for the A’s Paul Blackburn (6-6, 4.15) and for the Angels Janson Junk (1-0, 0.00) a 12:07 pm PDT fist pitch.

Join Jerry for the A’s podcasts Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Inter Miami upend Earthquakes in 1-0 shutout win

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San Jose Earthquakes fullback Tanner Beason jumps up to win a challenge over Inter Miami’s Ariel Lassiter at Pay Pal Park on Wednesday AUG 3, 2022. (Dario Cruz-Tectonic Takes)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — The light at the end of the tunnel is becoming more and more obscured.

The light being the playoffs hopes for the San Jose Earthquakes as they fell to Inter Miami FC 1-0 on Wednesday night at Pay Pal Park. It was the first meeting between to the two clubs.

San Jose has lost three of its past four matches and are currently nine points out of the seventh and final playoff spot in the Western Conference with 11 matches left in the regular season. Inter Miami have points in three of its last four matches and are tied with Charlotte FC for seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

It was a night to forget on the defensive front for San Jose (5-10-8-23 points) as they gave up numerous counter attacks to the visiting team which resulted in numerous scoring chances. The Earthquakes were fortunate in that Inter Miami only cashed in on one of them.

Inter Miami (8-10-5-29 points) broke through with the match’s lone goal in the 12th minute. Robert Taylor’s cross into the box was headed away by ‘Quakes rookie back Oskar Aegren but landed on the foot of Jean Mota and he fired a shot into the upper right corner of the net from just beyond the D for his first career MLS goal.

While the Earthquakes played flat in first 45 minutes, their energy picked in the second half. However, their aggressive play trying to score the equalizer led to easy counter attacks from Inter Miami.

“The second was a little bit different but the first half we started with low energy, and it was something that we were trying to address at halftime. In the second half we started a bit more aggressive, we recovered balls, we were able to do transitions and be a little bit more dangerous. Obviously when they are winning, they dropped back their lines and to get in was difficult, even if we had some good opportunities,” ‘Quakes interim head coach Alex Covelo said.

San Jose were without starting goalkeeper JT Marcikowski to start the second half as he was evaluated for a concussion after a collision that happened earlier on in the first half.

Matt Bersano made his MSL debut to replace Marcinkowski in net. Bersano did a tremendous job of keeping the Inter Miami from expanding their lead. Bersano came out aggressive on the many threats Inter Miami had inside the box.

“Yeah, I don’t really think there’s a perfect way to make the first appearance,” said Bersano. “So obviously I’m thankful to get out there and get some minutes. I think it was a bunch of years in the making. But to absorb the way we did and keep pressing and get so close, it’s definitely a bittersweet feeling. I’m so thankful for finally getting some MLS minutes, but above all else, I want to win, we want to win these games, and it’s definitely a sour taste in the mouth at the end of the day.”

The best save of the night came in the 51st minute when a chance by Ariel Lassiter at an open net was headed away by Aegren at the goal line.

Inter Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender finished t mawith fives saves on six shots on target to earn a clean sheet. Marcinkowski and Bersano combined for

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished the match with 13 corners kicks. Inter Miami had seven.

The Earthquakes are now 5-5-5 in MLS play under interim head coach Alex Covelo.

Seventeen-year-old Homegrown midfielder Niko Tsakiris made his first MLS appearance since April 2.

Rookie defender Oskar Ågren made his second career start.

UP NEXT: San Jose travels to the Lone Star state to take on Austin FC on Saturday 8/6 at 6:00pm at Q2 Stadium.

Jabeur, Anisimova and Badosa advance, Mandlik’s Cinderella run ends on Day 3 at MSCV

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Ons Jabeur smashes a forehand return against Madison Keys at the San Jose State Tennis Center on Wednesday AUG 3, 2022. (MSVC)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — In a battle of power versus finesse, it was finesse that proved mightier.

Third seeded Ons Jabeur was in total control in her straight sets victory over American Madison Keys 7-5 6-1 in the evening’s featured match to highlight Day 3 at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic at San Jose State Tennis Center.

The first set was evenly played between both players until late in the set. A medical timeout happened after Jabeur was leading 6-5 when Keys cut her finger getting a water bottle. Play resumed after the medical team was able to stop the bleeding on Key’s finger.

Jabeur, known for her perfectly placed drop shots, was relentless in the second set and never allowed Keys to get back into the match. Jabeur dictated the pace of play as Keys was unable to play her normally fast and aggressive style.

“I think I was more comfortable when it was 5-5 (in the first set),” said Jabeur. “I changed some things technically. I was returning (serves) better, I stepped in more on the court. There were a lot of key moments, key points during the 5-5 (tie). She could’ve worked her serve there but I was making less mistakes and making her play one more shot.”

Number two seed Paula Badosa escaped with a three-set victory over up and coming 21-year-old Elizabeth Mandlik 6-3 5-7 7-6 (7-5).

Badosa cruised through the first set, but Mandlik stormed back in the second set to even the match. Mandlik had a chance to close out match when she was serving up 6-5 in the third set but Badosa broke serve and ended up tying it up at 6-6 to send the match to the deciding tiebreaker.

Badosa was able to outlast Mandlik in the tiebreaker winning it 7-5 and the match to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals on Friday. She let out a ferocious yell after winning match point.

“I think my experience helped me to win the match,” said Badosa. “I think I played at a pretty good level. She (Mandlik) played amazing. The fight that I have and accepting everyone (challenge) is what gave me the win.”

Both players had more unforced errors than winners and had several double faults throughout the match that was 2:31 long.

Mandlik had an impressive run at the tournament winning two matches in the qualifying stage before defeating Alison Riske Amritraj to make it to the round of 16.

“I for sure felt like I had the match so it’s very disappointing. I know that I can play with pretty much anybody and she (Bedosa) is (number) two in the world. So my belief (in my ability) is much higher than it was, and I’ll just keep pushing (forward) from there.”

In earlier action, Amanda Anisimova stormed back after dropping the first set to defeat eight seed Karolina Pliskova in three sets 3-6 7-5 6-1.

Anisimova was able to find her groove in the second set as she took control of the match after winning the second set. Pliskova had no answers for Anisimova who advanced to the quarterfinals after cruising through the third set.

Anisimova trailed, 6-3, 3-2, but broke Pliskova’s serve to love at that stage and proceeded to win 10 of the next 11 games. 

Fifth time was the charm for Anisimova who had been 0-4 against Pliskova previously and had only won one set.

“I started to play more of my game in the second set to shake off the nerves,” said Anisimova. “It was pretty hot (outside), I was fighting. I knew I had to stay focused every point. Sometimes I start off slow but (because) my game is pretty aggressive, it’s not the easiest to play sometimes. I was just happy I was able to find my groove.”

For Pliskova it was a disappointing to start to the hardcourt circuit of the tour.

“I had a good couple of matches. Both of them were super close, three setters. I feel like I’m close but for sure it was not my best tennis. But there is a long way to go till the US Open,” Pliskova said.

Last year’s finalist Daria Kasatkina took care of Taylor Townsend in straight sets 6-4 6-0. Kasatkina proved to be too much for Townsend who came into the round of 16 after winning her first match since 2015.

Kasatkina finished the match with four aces and won 62.5% of her total service points to advance to her second straight MSVC Quarterfinals. Townsend was not able to keep up with Kasatkina’s serve, only winning 29.5% of first return points.

“I wish!” said Kasatkina when asked if this year’s tournament felt like a repeat of her run in 2021. “I don’t know. I’ve already played and won two matches. If I can reach the final that would be great for me, if not there there’s a tournament next week and one another week after that.”

In doubles actions, the Chinese duo of Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan defeated the team of Nadiia Kichenok and Tereza Mihalikova in straight sets 6-3 6-3. The team of Latisha Chan and Beatriz Haddad-Maia beat the American duo of Asia Nuhammad and Taylor Townsend in straight sets 6-2 7-6 and the last doubles match of the night had the team of Gabriela Dabrowksi and Guiliani Olmos defeat the American duo of Emina Betkas and Kaitlyn Christian in straight sets 6-3 6-2.

UP NEXT: Tournament favorites Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka clash in a battle for a spot in the quarterfinals as the evening’s feature match on Thursday 8/4 at 7:00pm at the San Jose State Tennis Center.