Article: Teaching pro provides lesson.(Sports)(Sara Zolbrod topples 15-year-old top seed Geneva Gnam to reach today's women's final)

Byline: Paula Lincoln The Register-Guard

Age and experience won out over youthful talent in the semifinals of the women's open singles at the Sonitrol Tennis Championships on Saturday afternoon.

Sara Zolbrod rallied from a first-set loss to knock off top-seeded Geneva Gnam 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 and advance to today's finals of the three-day tournament.

Zolbrod, a 28-year-old teaching pro at the Eugene YMCA, will face Churchill graduate Kelli Royer in today's 10:30 a.m. championship match at Willow Creek Tennis & Sports Center.

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"I heard (Royer) has a really big forehand, so I want to keep (the ball) away from there," said ...

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