Daufuskie Champs

TENNIS E-News

Feb. 15, 2009 Vol. VIII, No. 16
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

USTA-Sanctioned Action

Singles Titles Go to HHIslanders in Daufuskie Island Adult Championships

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) –Daufuskie Island Adult Championships dodged raindrops and yucky weather Saturday and today at Haig Point Club. Hilton Head Islanders Vic Carlsen and Ron Garrow won championships in their singles divisions. The USTA-sanctioned tournament had 35 entrants.

Here are the results as posted to date on TennisLink:

Men's 55 Singles – Semifinals -- Ron Smith (Avon Lake OH) def. Bob Seward (Pawleys Island) 6-0; 6-0; Lacy Gaddy (Columbia) def. Robert Sandell (HHI) Wo (inj); Final -- Smith def. Gaddy 6-1; 6-0

Men's 60 Singles – Semifinals-- Dennis Posteraro (Saint Marys PA) def. Richard Silver (Daufuskie Is.) 6-2; 6-1; (1) Robert Davis (Charlottesville VA) def. Alex Raducanu (Marlborough MA) 6-0; 6-0

Men's 65 Singles – Semifinals -- Norman Neurell (Philadelphia PA) def. Joseph Keenan (HHI) 6-4; 7-5; (1) Daniel Wszolek (Freeville NY) def. Harold Stephens (HHI) 7-5; 6-1

Men's 70 Singles – Final -- (1) Victor Carlsen (HHI) def. John Engelke (Bay Village OH) 6-7; 6-2; 7-6(3)

Men's 60 Doubles – Final -- Posteraro/Wszolek def. Davis/Silver 7-5; 6-2

Men's 65 Doubles -- Round Robin -- Engelke/Stephens def. Joe Andrews (St. Simon’s Is. GA)/Fred Freyer (St. Simon’s Is. GA) 6-2; 6-0

Men's 70 Doubles -- Final -- Andrews/Freyer def. Fred Giardinello (Queensbury NY)/Terry Jones (Morgantown WV) 6-4; 6-2

Men's 3.5 Singles -- Final -- Ronald Garrow (HHI) def. Gordon Grant (HHI) 6-2; 6-1

Men's 3.5 Doubles -- Final -- Garrow/Grant def. Tom Larkin (HHI)/Larry LeGrand (HHI) 6-0; 6-3

Open Trade Show Wed., Thurs.

Agee, Whitlow in Finals, Other Locals Advance in $25,000 PTR Championships

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – HHI area tennis teaching pros advanced through the draws today in the $25,000 PTR Championships at Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club. Denise Agee and Keith Whitlow are in the finals of their divisions and top seeds Tom Jilly and Pat Child have advanced to semifinals in their age categories. Matches are open free to spectators.

The PTR International Symposium sessions will continue daily through Friday morning. The Tennis Trade Show Wednesday and Thursday will be open free to general spectators. To access the schedule, go to http://www.ptrtennis.com. For additional information, call 785-7244.

While men’s and women’s singles and doubles will continue, mixed doubles will start Monday. Tournament draws and match times are available at http://www.usta.com. Go to Adult Tournaments, then use ID# 704102409.

OPEN FREE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC – All tournament matches at Palmetto Dunes and Shipyard. Tennis Trade Show Wednesday noon to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday 8 a.m.-Noon with silent auction.

Here are early round results from Saturday and today as posted on TennisLink (Local players in boldface):

Men's Open Singles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Brad Pearce d. Yhonny Murray 6-3; 6-0; Juliano Cirimbelli d. Michael Sutcliffe 7-5; 6-4; (3) Calin Constanceanu d. Tiago Bruniera 6-2; 6-3; (1) Zbynek Mlynarik d. Christophe Bonadona 6-3; 6-2

Women's Open Singles – Quarterfinals -- Mikayla Rogers d. Lyndall Jordan 6-0; 6-1; Nicola Slater d. Melina Harris 6-3; 6-2

Men's Open Doubles -- Round of 16 (2) Constanceanu/Globerman d. Stephan/Ungvarsky 6-1; 6-2; Cadeau/Ranganath d. Beatty/Bremer 7-6; 2-6; 1-0; Bonadona/Cirimbelli d. (4) Campagnoli/Ceruti 6-2; 7-6; McNulty/Perez d. Macalester/Mirhosseini 6-4; 6-2

Women's Open Doubles -- Round Robin One -- Becker/Kashef d. Rogers/Tohmatsu 6-3; 4-6; 1-0

Men's 30 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Nicolas Sabbatini d. (2) Jeffrey Jacobsen 6-2; 6-1; (3) Adam Baranowski d. Lenno Lasn 6-1; 6-3; (4) Troy Robinson d. Leandro Martins 6-2; 6-0; (1) Mattia Ceruti d. Ifeanyi Onyenwenu 6-0; 6-0

Men's 35 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) Christer Francke d. Donato Campagnoli 6-1; 6-1; (3) Joseph Eskridge d. Gary McNulty 7-6; 6-3; Stephen Sayoc d. Magic Lincer 7-6; 6-2; (1) Julien Heine d. Bill Dopp 6-1; 6-1

Men's 40 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) Felipe Alarcon d. Patrick Mason 6-1; 6-3; Paul Allam d. Harris Rosenblatt 6-4; 6-3; Emanuele Gioso d. Adrian Figueroa Sterloff 6-1; 6-0; (1) Karl Hale d. Greg Spencer 6-1; 6-2

Men's 45 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) Bruce Lipka d. Stefan Pramberger 6-2; 6-2; Jose Naranjo d. Terry Smith 6-1; 6-1; Aldo Castellani d. Sean Monaghan 6-0; 6-3; (1) Thomas Jilly d. Eugene Simmons 6-2; 2-0 Ret (inj)

Men's 50 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) Steven Brady d. D'Wayne. Begay 6-2; 6-1; (4) Whitney Kraft d. Tapi Hayrinen 6-1; 6-0; (3) Boris Serebro d. Patrick Tibbs 1-6; 6-3; 1-0; Rolf Staguhn d. Timothy Shideler 6-1; 6-0

Men's 55 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) John Antonas d. Jack Barker 6-2; 6-2; David Northey d. Thomas Freeman Wd (inj); Joseph Lyden d. Mario Muñoz Picado 7-5; 7-5; (1) Patrick Child d. Max Quinton 6-1; 6-1

Men's 60 Singles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Keith Whitlow d. Kevin Nebergall 6-1; 6-0; John Sheffield d. Howard Cross 6-0; 7-5; Robert Costanzo d. Lucious Reid 6-2; 6-3; Semifinal -- Whitlow d. John Sheffield Wo (admin)

Men's 65 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) Thay Butchee d. Jim Crane 6-2; 6-1; Richard Miller d. Ivan Purdy 6-3; 6-4; Henry Iannuzzi d. Ollen Dupree 6-4; 6-2

Men's 70 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) Yung Chao d. Kenneth Tharp 4-6; 6-4; 1-0; Samuel Corso d. Harvey Jenkins 6-1; 6-1;

Semifinals -- Chao d. Corso 6-4; 6-1; (1) Bob Helton d. Fred Abbott 6-2; 6-2

Men's 75 Singles -- Round Robin One -- Mort Greenberg d. Adhemar Byl 6-0; 6-0

Women's 45 Singles -- Semifinals -- Denise Agee d. Carol Conidi 6-2; 6-1; Precious Morgan d. Bobbie Kim 6-1; 6-2

Men's 35 Doubles -- Round of 16 -- Rayos/Riddle d. Echandi/Muñoz Picado Def (ns); (4) Ellison/Mason d. Alarcon/Anser Terga 6-0; 6-1; Mireles/Wuller d. Carrigan/Dowsett 6-0; 6-3; Figueroa Sterloff/Gioso d. Hayhurst/Horsfall Wd (emerg)

Men's 45 Doubles -- Round of 16 -- Simmons/Smith d. Parsley/Scearce 1-6; 6-1; 1-0; Hayrinen/Naranjo d. Shideler/na Wd (ill); Manns/Monaghan d. Alonso/Carrigan Wd (inj); Castellani/Pramberger d. Wiggs/Young 6-2; 6-1

Men's 55 Doubles-- Round of 16 -- Campbell/Cross d. Penniman/Sheffield 1-6; 4-5Ret (inj); Costanzo/Lyden d. Goodson/Hale 7-6; 7-5; Mohney/Quinton d. Fiorentino/Northey 7-6; 5-7; 1-0; (4) Iannuzzi/Young d. Freeman/Hedgepeth 6-1; 2-6; 1-0

Men's 65 Doubles-- Quarterfinals-- Dupree/Schoeninger d. Abbott/Crane 7-5; 6-3; Miller/Weisenberg d. Hohman/Purdy 7-6; 1-6; 1-0

Men's 70 Doubles -- Quarterfinal -- Chao/Jenkins d. Clarno/Raastad 6-4; 6-4

Women's 35 Doubles -- Quarterfinal -- Deaton/Stone d. Gill/Howard 2-6; 6-3; 1-0; Semifinal -- Crawford/McCollum d. (2) McKenna/Wilson Wd (inj)

Women's 45 Doubles -- Round Robin One -- Conidi/Morgan d. Kim/Osei 6-2; 6-2

USTA League Standings

“It may have been chocolate Valentines and unwanted rain drops, but CCTA 4.0 Adult Women beat all the Las Vegas odds and got their matches in!”

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – That quote from Coastal Carolina’s Vivian Wayne pretty much covered USTA League action through most of last week … and especially on the weekend. Teams still were catching up on matches postponed because of frozen and otherwise wet courts.

Some divisions – especially adults – have yet to start their spring season schedules. Here are the standings as posted on TennisLink as of Saturday.

Hilton Head Island Leagues

Playing # of Teams/

Level players Season Team Leaders as of 2/14/09

AW2.5 4/46 2/14 - 5/2 SCYacht Ms. Fits, Spanish Wells Love Means Nothing tied at 1-0

AM3.0 4/53 2/14 – 5/2 SCYacht Working Stiffs in lead at 1-0

AW3.0 5/74 1/29 – 4/25 Chaplin Shady’s Rath, Wexford Player Slayers tied at 2-0

AM3.5 6/83 1/31 – 5/2 Wexford Warriors in lead at 3-0

AW3.5 14/208 1/29 – 5/16 Indigo Run Indigo Slice, Spanish Wells Swamp Foxes tied at 3-0

AM4.0 5/62 2/15 – 4/26

AW4.0 4/61 1/31 – 4/25 Sea Pine’s Smashers in lead at 2-0

AM4.5 2/25 2/22 – 3/29

AW4.5 2/29 2/22 – 3/29

Total 46/641

SM2.5 4/45 2/11 – 4/9

SM3.0 14/162 1/26 – 4/20 Spring Lake Lakers in lead at 3-0

SW3.0 12/142 2/3 – 4/21 4 teams tied at 2-0

SM3.5 13/163 1/28 – 4/22 3 tied in first at 3-0

SW3.5 18/223 2/11 – 4/11 Flight I – 4 teams tied at 1-0; Flight II – 4 teams tied at 1-0

SM4.0 7/75 1/27 – 4/21 Sun City Net Gnats in lead at 4-0

SW4.0 6/77 2/9 – 4/20 3 teams tied at 1-0

SM4.5 1/10 n/a Indigo Run Hogg Doggs

SW4.5 1/9 n/a Indigo Run Golden Bear Naked Ladies

Totals 76/906

HHI Totals 122/1,547

Coastal Carolina Leagues

Playing # of Teams/

Level players Season Team Leaders as of 2/14/09

AW3.0 3/32 2/21 – 5/2

AM3.5 2/19 3/7 – 5/2

AW3.5 4/58 2/19 – 5/2

AM4.0 1/ n/a Bluffton Smash

AW4.0 5/68 2/14 – 5/2 Beaufort Sea Islanders, Sun City Tsunamis tied at 1-0

Totals 15/177

SM2.5 2/19 2/26 – 4/23

SM3.0 8/97 1/19 – 4/27 Sun City Spoilers in lead at 4-0

SW3.0 8/94 1/20 – 4/21 Belfair Court Jesters in lead at 4-0

SM3.5 10/118 2/25 – 4/22

SW3.5 9/108 2/25 – 4/22

SM4.0 3/28 2/12 – 4/23 Sun City Sun Strokes in lead at 1-0

SW4.0 3/34 2/16 – 4/20

Totals 43/498

CCTA Totals 58/675

Combined 180/2,222

NEW AGAIN IN 2009: Two years ago TENNIS E-News ran a well-received series of excerpts from "The Code, The Players' Guide for Unofficiated Matches". You have asked for a repeat? You got it.

Warmup is not practice – A player should provide the opponent … a 10-minute warmup … Some players confuse warmup and practice. Each player should make a special effort to his shots directly to the opponent … A player should take all warmup serves before the first serve of the match.

*Note: TENNIS E-News is not making up these items. All are taken word-for-word from USTA's "The Code" that can be found in the "Friend at Court" handbook or as a stand-alone leaflet -- available by going to http://www.usta.com and selecting "USTA Shop" and then "Books" on that page.

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Upcoming Tournaments/Activity:

Feb. 14-20: Professional Tennis Registry $25,000 Championships / Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club / USTA-sanctioned / ID #704102409 / Contact Peggy Edwards peggy@ptrtennis.org / 785-7244

Feb. 27-Mar. 1: Fripp Island Spring Clay Court Championship / Fripp Island Racquet Club / USTA sanctioned / Men’s and women’s singles and doubles and mixed doubles even years Open and 40 through 80 / Rated singles and doubles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 / mixed rated combo 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 / enter online using ID# 704132009 / Info call 843-838-1504.

Mar. 1-31: Spring Break Tennis 2009 / About 200 college teams in dual matches throughout the Island. See Island Packet for match schedule.

Mar. 6-8: Van Der Meer Men’s & Women’s Open / Van Der Meer Tennis Center / Contact Justyn Schelver at Justyn@vdmtennis.com.

Mar. 6-8: 26th annual “Luck of the Irish” Doubles Tournament / Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center / Men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles in rated divisions 2.5 thru open / call Palmetto Dunes at 785-1152.

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