PTR Finals Wednesday

TENNIS E-News

Feb. 19, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 16
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Nichols, Brady, Child, Whitlow in Finals Wednesday

So Much for the 10-point Match Tiebreak; Local Pros Play One in 40 Points

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- That so-called "10-point match tiebreak" took on a new meaning today in the $25,000 Professional Tennis Registry Championships at Van der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club. Ask local pros Rob Ellison and Patrick Mason how to play a match tiebreak of 40 points.

Ellison and Mason lost the first set of their Men's 35 Doubles to John Bremner of Wheaton IL and Bill Dopp of Monroe GA, then came back to take the second set 6-2. Thence into the deciding "10-point" breaker. Winning 19 points in a tiebreak would seem to be a winner, but not for the HHI pros. Bremner/Dopp had 21 and advanced to Wednesday's final.

Four area pros, meanwhile, earned their way into Wednesday morning singles finals:

9 a.m. -- #2 Pat Child in Men's 55s vs. John Antonas of Nassau, Bahamas

9:30 a.m. -- #1 Keith Whitlow in Men's 60s vs. #2 Laurence Hammel of Wayland MA.

10:30 a.m. -- #2 Scott Nichols in Men's 45s vs. #1 John Chatlak of Wheeling WV; #4 Steve Brady in Men's 50s vs. #3 Luiz Carlos Cruz of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Doubles finals will follow in the early afternoon, beginning with 45 Mixed at 12:30. Others will follow, wrapping up the championships that had 196 players in the draws.

Matches are open free to spectators. Also open to the public is the Tennis Trade Show Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon.

Here are the Monday and today's results as posted on TennisLink involving HHI area players (in bold type):

Men's Open Singles -- Semifinal -- (1) Zbynek Mlynarik d. (3) Christophe Bonadona 6-1; 6-3

Men's 45 Singles -- Semifinal -- (2) Scott Nichols d. Eric Parker 6-0; 6-0

Men's 50 Singles -- Semifinal -- (4) Steven Brady d. (2) Patrick Tibbs 6-2; 6-4

Men's 55 Singles -- Semifinal -- (2) Patrick Child d. Jack Barker 6-1; 6-4

Men's 60 Singles -- Semifinal -- (1) Keith Whitlow d. (4) Dennis Posteraro 7-5; 4-6; 10-4

Men's 65 Singles -- Semifinal -- SF (2) Fernando Velasco d. Henry Iannuzzi 6-1; 6-3

Women's 35 Singles -- Semifinal -- Sandra Pester d. Donna McKenna 4-6; 6-2; 10-7

Men's Open Doubles -- Quarterfinal -- (1) Heine/Mlynarik d. Black/Macalester 6-4; 6-2; Semifinal -- (1) Heine/Mlynarik d. (3) Bonadona/Pavlov 6-4; 7-6(2)

Men's 35 Doubles -- SF Bremner/Dopp d. (4) Ellison/Mason 6-4; 2-6; 21-19

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; Semifinals -- Cox/De Boer d. (3) Jilly/Jonsson 6-1; 7-6(1); (4) Brady/Nichols d. (1) Coulton/Schnall 1-6; 6-4; 10-8

Men's 55 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) Child/Whitlow d. Barker/Cross 6-1; 6-0; (3) Callen/Gray d. Goodson/Hale 6-1; 6-2; Lyst Sr/Scearce d. (4) Dehart/Velasco 6-3; 7-6(3); Semifinals -- (2) Child/Whitlow d. (3) Callen/Gray 6-2; 6-4; (1) Carter/Klousia d. Lyst Sr/Scearce 2-6; 6-2; 10-4

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

Mixed 45 Doubles -- Quarterfinals--(2) Agee/Cox d. Butler/Collas 6-0; 6-1; Christensen/MacLennan d. Davis/Davis 6-0; 6-1; Semifinal -- (2) Agee/Cox d. Christensen/MacLennan 6-2; 6-1

Mixed 55 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Ransom/Ryan d. Cap/Marsella U. S.P. 6-4; 6-0

Men's 70 Doubles -- Round Robin One -- Powless/Van der Meer d. Hubbard/Pinson Def (ns); Round Robin Two -- Powless/Van der Meer d. Byl/Jenkins 6-1; 6-2

PTI/Chaplin T-Shirts Ready for Pickup

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (The Chaplin Chatter) --T-shirts for the Public Tennis Inc. new court fundraiser have arrived and can be picked up at Player's World of Sports, Shoppes on the Parkway near The Fresh Market. Shirts bearing a new logo as well as the PTI logo are available for a $10 donation.

To reserve a shirt, email Tim Ryan at chaplinroundrobin@hotmail.com and include name and size. Anyone who already has ordered can pick up shirts at at Player's World.

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