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Feb. 17, 2009 Vol. VIII, No. 17
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Doubles Finals Wednesday A.M.

Watanabe-Giltz Wins Singles & Doubles; Whitlow Wins Singles at PTR Championships

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Jolene Watanabe-Giltz won the Women’s 35 Singles, then teamed with Denise Agee to take the Women’s 35 Doubles today in the $25,000 PTR Championships at Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club. HHIslander Keith Whitlow won the Men’s 60 Singles. The PTR International Symposium is continuing, with a free and open-to-the-public trade show Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.

It was a day NOT to be a No. 1 seed in the championships. Although the Bluffton team of Watanabe-Giltz/Agee was a #1, Men’s Open Zbynek Mlynarik of Chatsworth CA was the only other top seed to win a final. Among those #1’s falling were HHI’s Tom Jilly in Men’s 45s and Pat Child in Men’s 55s.

Watanabe-Giltz defeated Karen Gill of Glenford NY 6-0, 6-1 for the singles championship. She and Agee won 6-2, 6-0 over Danean Crawford (Palmetto GA)/Linda McCollum (Big Canoe GA). Seeded #2, Whitlow defeated #1 Laurence Hammel of Wayland MA 7-6, 6-2 in the 60s final.

Whitlow and Child carry a #1 seed into the Wednesday 10:30 a.m. Men’s 55 Doubles final. Also in the doubles finals will be HHI’s Chris Mireles and Matt Wuller in Men’s 35 Doubles, playing at 9 a.m. A lineup of Mixed Doubles quarterfinal and semifinal matches are set for 9 a.m. as well. Admission is free to spectators.

Here are Monday and today results as posted on TennisLink (Local players in boldface):

Men's Open Singles – Final -- (1) Zbynek Mlynarik d. Juliano Cirimbelli 6-1; 6-1; Semifinals --Cirimbelli d. (2) Brad Pearce 6-2; 6-4; Mlynarik d. (3) Calin Constanceanu 6-4; 6-2

Women's Open Singles – Final -- Nicola Slater d. (2) Yasmin Kashef 6-1; 6-3; Semifinals -- Kashef d. Mikayla Rogers 6-3; 6-1; Slater d. (1) Amanda Becker 6-1; 6-4

Men's 30 Singles – Final -- (3) Adam Baranowski d. (4) Troy Robinson 6-2; 6-3; Semifinals -- Baranowski d. Nicolas Sabbatini 6-1; 6-3; Robinson d. (1) Mattia Ceruti 6-2; 6-1

Men's 35 Singles – Final -- (2) Christer Francke d. (1) Julien Heine 6-0Ret (inj); Semifinals -- Francke d. (3) Joseph Eskridge 6-3; 6-1; Heine d. Stephen Sayoc 6-2; 6-1

Men's 40 Singles – Final -- (1) Karl Hale d. (2) Felipe Alarcon 6-1; 6-0; Semifinals -- Alarcon d. Paul Allam 6-4; 6-1; Hale d. Emanuele Gioso 6-1; 6-0

Men's 45 Singles – Final -- (2) Bruce Lipka d. (1) Thomas Jilly 6-3; 6-3; Semifinals -- Lipka d. Jose Naranjo 6-0; 6-0; Jilly d. Aldo Castellani 6-2; 6-0

Men's 50 Singles – Final -- (4) Whitney Kraft d. Rolf Staguhn 7-5; 6-1; Semifinals -- Kraft d. (2) Steve Brady 6-1; 2-0Ret (inj); Staguhn d. (3) Boris Serebro 6-1; 6-0

Men's 55 Singles – Final -- (2) John Antonas d. (1) Patrick Child 7-6; 6-4; Semifinals -- Antonas d. David Northey 6-2; 6-2; Child d. Joseph Lyden 6-3; 6-4

Men's 60 Singles – Final -- (2) Keith Whitlow d. (1) Laurence Hammel 7-6; 6-2; Semifinals -- Whitlow d. John Sheffield Wo (admin); Hammel d. Robert Costanzo 6-1; 6-1

Men's 65 Singles – Final -- (2) Thay Butchee d. Henry Iannuzzi 6-2; 6-4; Semifinals -- Butchee d. Richard Miller 6-0; 6-2; Iannuzzi d. (1) Fernando Velasco 3-6; 6-4; 1-0

Men's 70 Singles – Final -- (2) Yung Chao d. (1) Bob Helton 6-2; 7-6; Semifinals -- Chao d. Samuel Corso 6-4; 6-1; Helton d. Fred Abbott 6-2; 6-2

Men's 75 Singles -- Round Robin -- Mort Greenberg d. Adhemar Byl 6-0; 6-0; Greenberg winner of round robin

Women's 35 Singles – Final -- Jolene Watanabe-Giltz d. Karen Gill 6-0; 6-1; Semifinals -- Gill d. Danean Crawford 6-1; 6-2; Watanabe-Giltz d. Stephanie Howard 6-0; 6-0

Women's 45 Singles -- Final -- Denise Agee vs. Precious Morgan

Men's Open Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Constanceanu/Globerman d. Cadeau/Ranganath 6-1; 6-0; Bonadona/Cirimbelli d. McNulty/Perez 6-2; 6-4; (3); Baranowski/ Minoda d. Bruining/Hodge 6-1; 0-6; 1-0; (1) Heine/Mlynarik d. Coulton/Sutcliffe 4-6; 6-3; 1-0; Semifinals -- Bonadona/Cirimbelli d. (2) Constanceanu/Globerman 2-6; 7-6; 1-0; (1) Heine/Mlynarik d. (3) Baranowski/Minoda 6-4; 6-2

Men's 35 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Eskridge/Jacobsen d. Rayos/Riddle 6-2; 7-5; Mireles/Wuller d. (4) Ellison/Mason 7-5; 6-4; (3) Dopp/Lincer d. Figueroa Sterloff/Gioso 6-2; 6-1; (1) Burke/Hale d. Blouin/Francke 6-2; 6-3; Semifinals -- Mireles/Wuller d. (2) Eskridge/Jacobsen 6-0; 7-6; (1) Burke/Hale d. (3) Dopp/Lincer 6-4; 3-6; 1-0

Men's 45 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Kraft/Lipka d. Simmons/Smith 6-1; 6-0; Hayrinen/Naranjo d. (3) Jackson/Serebro 4-6; 6-4; 1-0; (4) Christensen/Tibbs d. Manns/ Monaghan 6-4; 6-3; (1) Castillo/Schnall d. Castellani/Pramberger 6-1; 6-2; Semifinals -- (2) Kraft/Lipka d. Hayrinen/Naranjo 6-0; 6-0; (1) Castillo/Schnall d. (4) Christensen/Tibbs 6-0; 6-1

Men's 55 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Antonas/Lyst Sr d. Campbell/Cross 6-0; 6-2; (3) Dehart/Velasco d. Costanzo/Lyden 6-2; 6-1; (4) Iannuzzi/Young d. Mohney/Quinton 6-2; 6-2; (1) Child/Whitlow d. Nebergall/Reid 6-1; 6-1; Semifinals -- (2) Antonas/Lyst Sr d. (3) Dehart/Velasco 6-0; 6-2; (1) Child/Whitlow d. (4) Iannuzzi/Young 6-0; 6-2

Men's 65 Doubles – Semifinals -- (2) Collins/Helton d. Dupree/Schoeninger 6-4; 6-2; (1) Butchee/Corso d. Miller/Weisenberg 6-0; 6-2

Men's 70 Doubles – Semifinals -- Chao/Jenkins d. Bonney/Byl 6-1; 6-2; Schinto/Tharp d. Baker/Barnes 6-1; 6-2

Women's Open Doubles – Round Robin Two -- Bobrowski/Slater d. Rogers/Tohmatsu 6-1; 6-0; Bobrowski/Slater d. Becker/Kashef 6-4; 6-4

Women's 35 Doubles – Semifinals -- Crawford/McCollum d. (2) McKenna/Wilson Wd (inj); (1) Agee/Watanabe-Giltz d. Deaton/Stone 6-1; 6-0; Final -- (1) Agee/Watanabe-Giltz d. Crawford/McCollum 6-2; 6-0

Women's 45 Doubles– Round Robin-- Conidi/Morgan d. Douglas/Read Wo (admin); Kim/Osei d. Douglas/Read 6-7; 7-6; 1-0

Women's 55 Doubles – Semifinals -- Ranero/Roach d. Langbord/Marsella U. S.P. 6-1; 6-2; Broadus/MacLennan d. Herendeen/Luchene 6-2; 1-6; 1-0

Mixed 45 Doubles –Quarterfinals -- Pramberger/Tohmatsu d. Hale/Humes 3-6; 6-4; 1-0; MacLennan/Malone d. Mohney/Stone 6-4; 7-5; Barker/Read d. Sherman/Stacey 6-0; 6-1; Autrey/Douglas d. Castellani/Deaton 3-6; 6-4; 1-0

Mixed 55 Doubles – Round of 16 -- Ranero/Schinto d. MacLennan/Schoeninger 6-2; 6-3; Quarterfinals -- Herendeen/ Penniman d. Barnes/Hamm-Vida 6-1; 6-2; Roach/Stone d. Hohman/Marsella U. S.P. 6-0; 6-1; Broadus/Lyst Sr d. Dehart/McCollum 6-7; 6-2; 1-0

HHI’s Young Named PTR’s SC Member of the Year

Attached photo: PTR CEO Dan Santorum, Dr. Bryce Young and Dennis Van der Meer Photo by Ken Mak

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC – The Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) presented its annual awards this week and Hilton Head Islander Dr. Bryce Young was named the PTR Member of the year for South Carolina.

The award to the well-traveled sports psychologist and author was made during the PTR International Tennis Symposium that is midway through its 60-plus on-court and classroom presentations, a tennis trade show and $25,000 Championships at Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club. The trade show, open from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, is free to the general public.

The PTR selects “one member who has displayed the utmost in professionalism on and off the tennis court” to be honored as State Member of the Year. Honorees are active in tennis in their communities and show dedication and service to PTR. Not all states have an honoree.

PTR, operating from its HHI headquarters, is the largest global organization of tennis-teaching professionals with more than 13,000 members in 122 countries.

Thomas-Yates Winners

Wrapping Up the Finals News from the Daufuskie Island Adult Championships

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) – Daufuskie Island Adult Championships posted the last of its Sunday finals a little bit past our Sunday night “dead”line and a Hilton Head Island team was one of the late champions.

Here are the final finals:

Men's 55 Singles – Final -- Ron Smith (Avon Lake OH) def. Lacy Gaddy (Columbia) 6-1; 6-0

Men's 60 Singles – Final -- (1) Robert Davis (Charlottesville VA) def. Dennis Posteraro (St. Marys PA) 6-0; 3-6; 7-5

Men's 65 Singles – Final -- (1) Daniel Wszolek (Freeville NY) def. Norman Neurell (Philadelphia) 6-3; 7-6(8)

Men's 65 Doubles – Round Robin – Jack Engelke (Bay Village OH)/Harold Stephens (HHI) def. Joe Keenan (HHI)/Tom Landry (HHI) 6-2; 6-1

Women's 3.5 Doubles – Final -- Freda Thomas (HHI)/Marilyn Yates (HHI) def. Alene Deloach (HHI)/Anneliza Itkor (HHI) 6-4; 3-6; 6-4

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.

Correcting errors: If a player serves out of turn during a tiebreak game and the error is discovered after an even number of points have been played, the error is corrected immediately. If the error is discovered after an odd number of points have been played, the order of service shall remain as altered.

A fault that was served by the opponent(s) before the error was discovered shall not stand. In doubles, if the partners of one team serve out of turn, a fault that was served before the error was discovered shall stand.

*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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