No. 8 Rod Horton advances to next round of tennis tournament

SALT LAKE CITY — All of the seeded players, including Salt Lake's Rod Horton, advanced Monday at the U.S. Men's 45s Indoor Championships at the Salt Lake Swimming & Tennis Club.

Horton, the head professional at the SLSTC, who is the No. 8 seed, defeated Scott Chandler 6-2, 6-3. Other winners included No. 2 seed Mario Tabares over Alfred Grossniklaus 6-2, 6-1, No. 3 Andy Stoner over George Lukes 6-1, 6-1 and No. 4 Thomas Kong over Karl Ward, 6-3, 6-2.

Also, Kelly Ward (No. 5) defeated Tom Baker 6-1, 6-0, Willie Alumbaugh (No. 6) beat Bobby Roper 6-0, 6-2, and Gilbert Schuerholz (No. 7) advanced after Leo Young retired, 3-6, 3-1.

No. 1 seed Rick Leach, who has won in doubles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and Australian Open, plays his first match today at 11 a.m. against unseeded Mike Lamb.

For information about viewing matches, contact the SLSTC at 801-487-3206 or Ian@thetennisclub.org.