Orange’s Peterson Wins at Easter Bowl

MIAMI —  Adam Peterson of Orange, the top-seeded player in the boys’ 18s division, needed four match points to defeat Mashiska Washington of Swartz Creek, Mich., 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, Monday in the first round of the 25th Easter Bowl Junior Tennis Championships.

Peterson’s booming serve gave him a 6-5 lead, but with Washington serving at 40-15 hoping to get into a tiebreaker, Peterson won four consecutive points for the break and match.

Unseeded David Roditi of San Clemente lost to fifth-seeded J.J. Jackson of Hendersonville, N.C., 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), also in the boys’ 18s division.

In boys’ 16s, fourth-seeded Glenn Weiner of Cypress defeated Mark McGraw of Novi, Mich., 6-3, 6-2, and unseeded Jakub Pietrowski of Huntington Beach defeated Marc Silva of Telford, Penn., 6-1, 6-1.

In boys’ 14s, third-seeded Geoff Abrams of Newport Beach defeated Mat Daly of Wellesley, Mass., 6-4, 6-4.