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TENNIS E-News

Feb. 18, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 15
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

WANTED: Bluffton Lobcats 3.0 Adult Men's team is looking for a player or two. Call 290-2833.

No Semis, Finals Today

PTR Prize-Money Championships Chased Indoors by the Weather

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Life was a tad damp today in the $25,000 Professional Tennis Registry Championships at Van der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club. The few semifinals and finals that were scheduled today were scrubbed in order for larger draws to catch up … given the chance of late-afternoon drying of courts and some matches played indoors. Matches are open free to spectators. Also open to the public is the Tennis Trade Show Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon.

PTR pros are continuing daylong seminars, workshops and on-court demonstrations through Friday. Evenings are devoted to cookouts, special dinners and an annual awards banquet.

Here are the results so far involving HHI area players in bold type:

Men's Open Singles -- Round of 16 -- Jason Derijk d. Heinrich Bremer 6-0; 6-1; Quarterfinal -- (3) Christophe Bonadona d. Lee Macalester 6-0; 6-2

Women's Open Singles -- Final -- Christine Damas d. Christine Dransfield 6-0; 6-0

Men's 30 Singles -- Quarterfinal -- Michael Rayos d. Stephen Black 6-2; 3-6; 10-6

Men's 35 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Rob Ellison d. Michael Patrick 6-2, 6-3; James Bates d. Patrick Mason 6-7(6); 7-5, 10-6; Quarterfinal -- (1) Julien Heine d. Ellison 6-0; 6-1

Men's 45 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Eric Parker d. (3) Thomas Jilly 6-0; 6-2; Bob Cooke d. Tony Cherry 6-3; 6-1; Job de Boer d. Franz Collas 7-5; 6-1; Quarterfinals -- (2) Scott Nichols d. Johnny Cheung Wai Hing 4-1Ret (inj); (4) Whitney Kraft d. Cooke 6-2; 6-1; (1) John Chatlak d. De Boer 7-5; 6-2

Men's 50 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- (4) Steven Brady d. D'Wayne. Begay 6-2; 6-3; (3) Luiz Carlos Cruz d. John Christensen 4-6; 6-0; 10-6

Men's 55 Singles -- Round of 16 -- (4) Ben Hale d. Vladimir Marchenko 6-2; 6-3; Eddie Goodson d. Kermit Crew 6-0; 6-0; Quarterfinals -- (2) Patrick Child d. Donnie Campbell 6-2; 6-0; Jack Barker d. Hale 6-2; 6-3; John Antonas d. Goodson 6-3; 6-1

Men's 60 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- (1) Keith Whitlow d. Sergey Gusev 6-4; 3-6; 10-8

Men's 65 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Hank Iannuzzi d. Russ Sholes 6-4; 6-0; Quarterfinal -- Iannuzzi d. (3) Ollen Dupree 6-4; 6-4

Men's Open Doubles -- Quarterfinal -- (3) Bonadona/Pavlov d. Dicus/Nius 6-2; 6-4

Men's 35 Doubles -- Round of 16 -- (4) Ellison/Mason d. Browne/Cadeau 6-1; 6-2

Men's 45 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Cox/DeBoer d. (2) Chatlak/Vietmeier 7-5; 6-4; (3) Jilly/Jonsson d. Hammel/Parrish 6-2; 6-4; (4) Brady/Nichols d. Begay/Kraft 6-2; 6-7(4); 11-9; (1) Coulton/Schnall d. Cutone/Meek 6-0; 6-2

Men's 55 Doubles -- Round of 16 -- (2) Child/Whitlow d. McCoy/Penniman 6-1; 6-1; Goodson/Hale d. Blanchard/Campbell 6-0; 6-7(5); 10-7

Women's 35 Doubles -- Round Robin One -- Fritz-Krockow/McKenna d. Barnes/Gill 6-3; 6-3

Women's 55 Doubles -- Quarterfinal -- Lopez/MacLennan d. Gleason/Ryan 6-2; 6-2

ADULT TEAM STANDINGS IN USTA LEAGUES

Here is the rundown of teams in TennisLink as of Sunday (17^th):

Adult # teams

2.5M -- 1 team --

2.5W -- 5 teams -- Bluffton HS Alley Cats lead at 3-0

3.0M -- 6 teams -- Wexford Wildcats lead at 4-0

3.0W -- 9 teams -- Beaufort Breeze leads at 3-0

3.5M -- 8 teams -- Bluffton Breeze, Chaplin Park Kingfishers, Long Cove PLUS tied at 2-0

3.5W -- 18 teams -- Palmetto Dunes Dixie Chix, Sun City Sole Sisters tied at 2-0 in Flight I; Long Cove Longcovettes, Indigo Run Volley Girls tied at 2-0 in Flight II

4.0M -- 4 teams -- Port Royal Sundevils, Beaufort Rovers tied at 2-1

4.0W -- 6 teams -- Sea Pines Smashers lead at 4-0

4.5M -- 2 teams -- play TBA

4.5W -- 3 teams -- play TBA

5.0M -- 2 teams -- play TBA

TENNIS E-News FootNote

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( ) that. It's against the law and I'd lose my license." The woman produces a picture of her husband in bed

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-- Dennis Malick