Daufuskie Finals Sunday

TENNIS E-News

Feb. 09, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 12
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Some Events Complete

Sunday Morning Singles Finals Set at Daufuskie Adult Championships; Doubles Follow

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The singles finalists are set to go to court early Sunday to decide titles in the Daufuskie Island Adult Championships at Daufuskie Island Resort & Breathe Spa. Some of the events were decided today.

Eighty-three players competed in the USTA-sanctioned tournament that began Friday, directed by Ron Gwyn.

Here are results from the late Friday matches and today:

Men's 55 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Ryszard Nowotka d. Lacy Gaddy 6-2; 6-1; Ron Smith d. Bob Seward 6-0; 6-0; Semifinals -- Nowotka d. (2) Eddie Goodson 6-4; 7-6(4); (1) Patrick Child d. Smith 6-0; 6-0

Men's 60 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Dennis Posteraro d. Roy Austin 6-2; 6-1; Michael Crider d. Kenneth Uhlig 6-0; 6-1; Semifinals -- Posteraro d. Richard Silver 6-0; 6-4; (1) Robert Davis d. Crider 6-2; 6-3

Men's 65 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Joseph Keenan d. (2) Henry Iannuzzi Wd (emerg); (4) Dennis Hardin d. John Travis 6-1; 6-0; (3) Ronald Keiger d. Harold Stephens 6-4; 6-2; (1) Daniel Wszolek d. David Kimball 6-0; 6-0; Semifinals -- (4) Dennis Hardin d. Keenan 6-3; 6-3; (1) Daniel Wszolek d. Keiger 6-4; 6-4

Men's 70 Singles -- Semifinals -- John Brock d. Ronald Levy 5-7; 6-2; 6-2; Victor Carlsen d. Sal Greco 6-1; 6-4

Men's 75 Singles -- Semifinals -- Larry Hurrel d. Ernest Clark 4-6; 6-0; 6-2; (1) Robert Koenig d. Fred Giardinello 6-3; 6-2

Men's 4.0 Singles -- Round Robin One -- Brock Newman d. James Jeffers 6-3; 6-3; Round Robin Two -- Art Meeder d. Jeffers 6-2; 6-2

Women's 40 Singles -- Final -- Ye Hu d. Donna Bierschenk 6-1; 6-3

Women's 65 Singles -- Round Robin One -- Brenda Neurell d. May Hines 6-2; 6-0; Round Robin Two -- Neurell d. I. Trenis 6-0; 6-1

Women's 3.0 Singles -- Final -- Gena Kobleur d. Kimberly Gerson 6-1; 6-2

Women's 3.5 Singles -- Round Robin One --Tevis Kraft d. Amy L Young 6-4; 6-3; Round Robin Two -- Kraft d. Frances Clay 6-1; 6-3

Men's 55 Doubles -- Final -- Child/Whitlow d. James/Panaro 6-0; 6-4

Men's 60 Doubles -- Quarterfinal -- Brooker/Tharp d. Blohm/Perry 6-1; 6-0; Semifinals -- Davis/Silver d. Brock/Posteraro 6-3; 6-1; Austin/Crider d. Brooker/Tharp 7-6(6); 7-5

Men's 65 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Bernsten/Elkins d. Bradshaw/Kimball 6-4; 3-6; 6-3; Keenan/Stephens d. Glynn /McBride 6-3; 6-3; Semifinals -- Hardin/Keiger d. Bernsten/Elkins 6-0; 2-6; 6-1; Schinto/Tharp d. Keenan/Stephens 7-5; 3-6; 6-0

Men's 70 Doubles -- Round Robin One -- Norton/Williams d. Greco/Pizzat 7-6 (1); 6-2; Round Robin Two -- Clark/Levy d. Greco/Pizzat 6-0; 6-1

Men's 75 Doubles -- Final -- Hurrel/Koenig d. Giardinello/Queen 6-0; 6-1

Men's 3.5 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Bernsten/Elkins d. Brown/Norton 6-2; 6-2; Dockum/Rickenbach d. Fesche/Weidman 6-3; 6-2

Women's 55 Doubles -- Round Robin One --O'Brien/Pearce-Batten d. James/Morris 6-1; 6-3; Round Robin Two -- McClintock/Queen d. James/Morris Wo (inj); Round Robin Three -- McClintock/Queen d. O'Brien/Pearce-Batten 4-6; 7-6(10); 6-2

Women's 60 Doubles -- Round Robin One -- Hunt/Levering d. Brooker/Tharp 6-0; 6-1; Round Robin Two -- Hunt/Levering d. Braude/Trenis 6-0; 6-0

Women's 3.0 Doubles -- Final -- Carter/Tucker d. Gerson/Steele 6-1; 6-3

Women's 3.5 Doubles -- Final -- Clay/Young d. Brooker/Tharp 6-4; 6-7(5); 6-1

Women's 4.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinal -- James/Morris d. Hutcheson/Tompkins Wd (emerg); Semifinals -- James/Morris d. McClintock/Queen 5-7; 7-5; 6-2; Bierschenk/Reynecke d. O'Brien/Pearce-Batten 7-6(6); 7-5

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Winners Bunched at Top

Early Standings Shape Up as More USTA League Divisions Get Under Way

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Another bunch of the USTA League teams got the first match under the belt this week, with only a few of the small brackets yet to see action. The weekend is busy time for the Adult leagues. Here are the Senior standings as they appeared on TennisLink late Friday:

Senior # teams

2.5M -- 6 teams -- Sea Pines CC Falcons lead at 2-0

2.5W -- 3 teams -- Sun City Rally Girls, Sun City Slice Girls tied at 1-0

3.0M -- 22 teams -- Palmetto Dunes Net Cords, Sea Pines CC Cardinals tied at 2-0 in Flight I; Country Club of HH Hustlers, Shipyard Rockets tied at 2-0 in Flight II

3.0W -- 19 teams -- 4 teams tied at 1-0 in Flight I; 3 teams tied at 1-0 in Flight II

3.5M -- 19 teams -- 4 teams tied at 1-0 in Flight I; 5 teams tied at 1-0 in Flight II

3.5W -- 24 teams -- Port Royal Glory Girls, Palmetto Dunes PDQ, SC Yacht Nauti-Gals tied at 3-0 in Flight I; Spring Lake Roaring Rackets, Sun City Swingers tied at 3-0 in Flight II

4.0M -- 6 teams -- 3 teams tied at 1-0

4.0W -- 6 teams -- Indigo Run Racquettes, Colleton River Herricanes tied at 2-0

4.5M -- 2 teams -- TBA

4.5W -- 2 teams -- TBA

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