TENNIS E-News
Mar. 08, 2009 Vol. VIII, No. 25
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC
26th Annual
Watanabe, Bracken Lead Parade of Championships With Two Each at Luck of the Irish
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-NEWS) – Lee Bracken and Jolene Watanabe each got lucky twice in today’s championships in the 26th annual “Luck of the Irish” Tournament at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center in “THE BEST TOURNAMENT WEATHER EVER”.
All 204 entrants most likely agreed with that shout from Tournament Director Jackie Reynecke – a welcome weather report just a week after the Fripp Island Spring Clay Court Championships final day was completely rained out. Well, it’s named the “Luck of the Irish” … and, whether any Irish were on the draws, the good mood prevailed as the players chipped in with a plethora of three-set matches.
Here are Saturday and today match results, straight from the Reynecke ‘puter, with a tad of compiliatory editing. Players are from Hilton Head Island unless otherwise noted:
Men's 3.0 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Bob Apfel - Tom Larkin d. Peter Archibald, Annapolis MD - Lester Clark 6-2;6-1; Tom Cambron - Kevin Carpenter, Bluffton d. Ryan Battilo, Cincinnati OH - Michael Davey, Cincinnati, OH 6-3; 6-0; Final -- Apfel - Larkin d. Cambron - Carpenter 6-1;4-6; 6-3
Men's 3.5 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Curtis Battistelli - Timothy Ryan d. Bob Apfel - Tom Larkin 6-1; 6-3; Lee Bracken - Bill Cale d. Jan Ghys, Bluffton - Don Morris 6-3; 6-3; Tim Duffy - Tom Russell d. Pete Buxton - Norm Ginsburg 6-2; 6-3; Ron Garrow - Gordon Grant, Oakville, Ont. d. Todd McGlamery - Ken Walton 7-6(5); 6-3; Semifinals -- Bracken - Cale d. Battistelli - Ryan 6-4; 6-4; Duffy - Russell d. Garrow - Grant 7-6(3);1-6; 7-5; Final -- Bracken - Cale d. Duffy - Russell 6-2; 7-5
Men's 4.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Brent Gallagher, Bluffton - Rob Warren d. Larry Correll - Art Loeben 6-2; 1-6; 6-3; Keith Hutcheson, Bluffton - Don Sigmon d. Jeff Foltz, Norcross GA - Chuck King, NorcrossGA 6-2; 1-6; 6-0; Dave Hales, Glenview IL - Harold Stephens d. Frank Meade - Peter Parrott 6-2; 6-1; Dave Dockum - Rick Rickenbach d. Brent Howell, Guyton GA - Ed Wostbrock, Guyton GA 7-5; 6-2; Semifinals -- Hutcheson - Sigmon d. Gallagher - Warren 6-4; 6-4; Dockum - Rickenbach d. Hales - Stephens 6-2; 3-6; 7-5; Final -- Hutcheson - Sigmon d. Dockum - Rickenbach 6-1; 6-0
Men's 4.5 Doubles – Semifinals -- Cliff Andrus, Atlanta GA - Corey Campbell, Atlanta GA d. Tapi Hayrinen - Mike Uchno 6-1; 6-2; Eddie Goodson - Bobby Tillison d. Kent James - Howard Kirk, Bluffton 6-3; 6-4; Final -- Andrus - Campbell d. Goodson - Tillison 6-2; 6-3
Men's 5.0 Doubles -- Round Robin 2 -- Patrick Mason - Matt Wuller d. Pat Child - Chris Mireles 7-6(5); 6-1; Round Robin 3 -- Child - Mireles d. Mike Sutcliff - Sam Trimball 6-1; 6-3; Mason – Wuller winner of round robin
Mixed Doubles Open -- Semifinals -- Tom Coulton - Jolene Watanabe, Bluffton d. Sarah McGlamery - Todd McGlamery 6-4; 6-1; Miki Shimada - Mike Sutcliff d. Trish Begley - Trish’s Partner 6-2; 6-4; Final -- Coulton - Watanabe d. Shimada – Sutcliff 6-3; 6-2
Mixed 3.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Margaret Little, Cantley, Que. - Vaughn Munro, Kincardine, Ont. d. Joe Dimaria - Heather Rath 6-1; 6-1; Doug Sturgess, Fort Elgin, Ont. - Tina Sturgess d. Freddie Hardwick, West Columbia SC - Julia Walsh, Westport CT 7-6(2); 6-2; Gordon Grant, Oakville, Ont. - Kathy Grant, Oakville, Ont. d. Tom Cambron - Doreen Miller, Bluffton 6-4; 6-2; Gary Sabbatino - John Tyson d. Frank Roberts - Lisa Roberts 6-2; 6-3; Semifinals -- Little - Munro d. Doug Sturgess - Sturgess 7-5; 7-5; Sabbatino - Tyson d. Grant - Grant 2-6; 6-4; 7-6(3); Final -- Sabbatino - Tyson d. Little - Munro 6-7; 6-3; 6-4
Mixed 3.5 Doubles -- Round of 16 -- Clare Cutaiar - Ron Garrow d. Ken Gleitsmann - Christy Rolfing 6-1; 6-3; Curtis Battistelli - Tracy Sklarin d. Carolyn Kraus - Rick Kraus 6-3; 6-1; Marshall Clary - Sharron Clary d. Michele Archibald, Annapolis MD - Peter Archibald, Annapolis MD 2-6; 6-3; 7-5; Roberta Hayes, Bluffton - Rich Townsend d. Fred Giardinello - Kathy Ruggeri, St. Louis MO 6-1; 3-6; 6-3; Betsy Davison, Nova Scotia - Bob Royle d. Catherine Ghys, Bluffton - Jan Ghys, Bluffton 6-0; 6-0; Gary Sabbatino - John Tyson d. Jean Duffy - Tim Duffy 7-6(9); 6-0; Pam Bautista - Lee Bracken d. Mark Schenck, Savannah GA - Christie Self, Savannah GA 6-4; 6-1; Julie Jilly - Timothy Ryan d. Margrit Fodor - Josef Fodor Wo (inj); Quarterfinals -- Battistelli - Sklarin d. Cutaiar - Garrow 6-4; 6-2; Hayes - Townsend d. Clary - Clary 6-3; 6-0; Sabbatino - Tyson d. Davison - Royle 6-3; 4-6; 6-0; Bautista - Bracken d. Jilly - Ryan 6-0; 6-0; Semifinals -- Battistelli - Sklarin d. Hayes - Townsend 6-0; 7-5; Bautista - Bracken d. Sabbatino - Tyson 6-1; 6-1; Final -- Bautista - Bracken d. Battistelli - Sklarin 6-2; 6-4
Mixed 4.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Carrie Mason - Robert Seferian d. Christine Clark - Harold Stephens 6-4; 6-4; Jim Purcell - Liz Purcell d. Lisa Kiggans - Art Meeder, Bluffton 6-0; 6-3; Kathy Glynn, Glenview IL - Terry Glynn, East Peoria IL d. Becky Davis - Aaron Selman 6-0; 6-4; Dave Dockum - Nancy Warner d. Allison Meade - Frank Meade 4-6; 6-4; 6-4; Semifinals – Mason - Seferian d. Purcell - Purcell 6-3; 6-4; Glynn - Glynn d. Dockum - Warner 6-4; 6-2; Final -- Mason - Seferian d. Glynn - Glynn 6-2; 4-6; 6-4
Mixed 4.5 Doubles -- Round Robin 2 -- Josh Leclaire, Bluffton - Janet Watanabe, Bluffton d. Ward Krull, Tega Cay SC - Terry Sandy, Tega Cay SC 6-2; 6-2; Carrie Mason - Robert Seferian d. Bobby Tillison - Emily Johnson 6-3; 7-5; Round Robin 3 -- Leclaire - Watanabe d. Tillison – Johnson 6-4; 6-3; Krull - Sandy d. Mason – Seferian 2-6; 6-3; 6-3; Leclaire – Watanabe winner of round robin
Women's 2.5 Doubles -- Round Robin 2 -- Allison Dawson - Bonnie Johnson, Marietta GA d. Mary Davenport - Caitlin Groetzinger 6-1; 6-3; Round Robin 3 -- Davenport - Groetzinger d. Lili Drewitz, Marietta GA - Meg Heller, Atlanta GA 6-2; 6-1; Dawson – Johnson winner of round robin
Women's 3.0 Doubles – Semifinals -- Lynsey Rini - Carrie Vormohr d. Jennifer Carlin, Bluffton - Karenanne Koenig, Bluffton 6-3; 6-1; Erin Knutson - Doreen Miller, Bluffton d. Leslie Ford - Lisa Roberts 6-1; 6-2; Final -- Rini - Vormohr d. Knutson - Miller 6-3; 6-0
Women's 3.5 Doubles -- Round of 16 -- Betsy Davison, Nova Scotia - Lois Lengyel, Falmouth ME d. Janie Ehmig, Powder Springs GA - Laura Olson, Powder Springs GA 6-2; 6-1; Paula Lamons - Jonna Rhea d. Vanita Aloisio, Kalamazoo MI - Tina Sturgess 6-2; 3-6; 6-2; Pam Bautista - Karen Kenneweg d. Judy Mangum, Ft. Valley GA - Susan Royal, Lilburn GA 1-6; 6-3; 7-6(4); Dianne Franks, Bluffton - Suzanne Van Vort, Bluffton d. Alene DeLoach - Anneliza Itkor 6-2; 2-6; 7-6(2); Michele Archibald, Annapolis MD - Christine Clark d. Janet Daniel - Liz Henry 7-5; 6-0; Heather Rath - Tracy Sklarin d. Karen Mills, Powder Springs GA - Sharon Sims, Powder Springs GA 7-6(4); 7-5; Freda Thomas - Marilyn Yates d. Christie Self, Savannah GA - Laura Smith, Savannah GA 3-6; 6-1; 6-0; Elaine Holmes - Linda Martel d. Christina Boldrick - Jean Duffy 6-1; 6-1; Quarterfinals -- Davison - Lengyel d. Lamons - Rhea 6-0; 6-3; Bautista - Kenneweg d. Franks - Van Vort 6-2; 6-0; Archibald - Clark d. Rath - Sklarin 6-0; 6-4; Thomas - Yates d. Holmes - Martel 6-3; 6-4; Semifinals -- Bautista - Kenneweg d. Davison - Lengyel 6-3; 2-6; 6-3; Archibald - Clark d. Thomas - Yates 6-0;6-0; Final -- Archibald - Clark d. Bautista - Kenneweg 6-2; 6-2
Women's 4.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Keiko Merl, Fairview NC - Bonnie Totman d. Heather Galvin, Bluffton - Beth Henzler 6-0; 3-6; 6-3;
Tisha Martin - Ashley Wester, Okatie d. Judy Mangum, Ft. Valley GA - Susan Royal, Lilburn GA 7-5; 6-4; Roxanne Joseph - Mary Mayers d. Liz Purcell - Phyllis Westerman 6-4; 6-4; Eugenia Hardwick, West Columbia SC - Maureen Swindall, Chapin SC d. Donna Bierschenk, Bluffton - Sue Carpenter, Bluffton 6-2; 6-0; Semifinals -- Merl - Totman d. Martin - Wester 2-6; 6-4; 6-3; Hardwick - Swindall d. Joseph – Mayers 7-5; 6-4; Final -- Hardwick - Swindall d. Merl - Totman 6-2; 6-2
Women's 4.5 Doubles – Semifinals -- Danielle Matthews - Terry Sandy, Tega Cay SC d. Trish Begley - Janet Watanabe, Bluffton 6-4; 7-5;
Lori Bergmann - Shelley Humes d. Allison Meade - Susan Taylor 7-6(3); 7-5; Final -- Matthews - Sandy d. Bergmann - Humes 6-3; 3-6; 6-4
First of Three This Year
Van Der Meer Open Championships Go to Gonzalez, Slater
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-NEWS) – Well, Tournament Director Justyn Schelver got the seeding right and Ricardo Gonzalez and Nicola Slater performed accordingly, winning the singles championships today in the first of three 2009 Van Der Meer Tennis’ Men’s and Women’s Open tournaments at the DeAllyon Road VDM Center.
Although top-seeded Daniela Alvarez and Hayley Carter won the women’s doubles, the No. 1-seeds-win-them-all didn’t hold in the men’s doubles as #3 Attila Nagy and Alexandru Pasareanu won that championships.
The second of three VDM Opens will be Aug. 28-30.
Here is the rundown of today’s main draw finals:
Men's Open Singles -- (Final Round) – Ricardo Gonzalez (1) def. Christophe Bonadona (5) 6-3; 7-5
Women's Open Singles -- (Final Round) – Nicola Slater (1) def. Victoria Laskutova (3) 6-3; 6-3
Men's Open Doubles -- (Semifinal Round) – Attila Nagy / Alexandru Pasareanu (3) def. Tom Coulton / Mike Sutcliffe (2) 6-4; 6-1; Christophe Bonadona / Thomas Richter (1) def. Ricardo Gonzalez / Micheal Riley 6-3; 6-2; (Final Round) -- Nagy / Pasareanu (3) def. Bonadona / Richter (1) 6-4; 6-4
Women's Open Doubles -- (Semifinal Round) – Mikayla Rogers / Nicola Slater (2) def. Kendal Drake / Zeynep Mafa 6-3; 6-3; Daniela Alvarez / Hayley Carter (1) def. Victoria Laskutova / Ksenia Laskutova 6-3; 6-1; (Final Round) -- Alvarez / Carter (1) def. Rogers / Slater (2) 6-1; 6-4
USTA LEAGUE ADULT STANDINGS – as of 3/07/09
Hilton Head Island Leagues
Level players Season Team Leaders as of 3/07/09
AW2.5 4/46 2/14 - 5/2 Spanish Wells Love Means Nothing, Wexford Wonders tied for first at 3-1
AM3.0 4/53 2/14 – 5/2 Wexford Blaze of Glory in lead at 3-0
AW3.0 5/74 1/29 – 4/25 Wexford Player Slayers in first at 5-0
AM3.5 6/83 1/31 – 5/2 Wexford Warriors in lead at 5-0
AW3.5 14/208 1/29 – 5/16 Indigo Run Indigo Slice, Long Cove Covettes tied at 6-0
AM4.0 5/62 2/15 – 4/26 PDTC Smash in first at 3-0
AW4.0 4/61 1/31 – 4/25 Sea Pine’s Smashers in lead at 4-0
AM4.5 2/25 2/22 – 3/29 South Beach BT Express in first at 1-0
AW4.5 2/29 2/22 – 3/29 PDTC in first at 1-0
Total 46/641
Coastal Carolina Leagues
Playing # of Teams/
Level players Season Team Leaders as of 3/07/09
AW3.0 3/32 2/21 – 5/2 Bluffton Alley Cats, The Lady Islanders tied at 1-0
AM3.5 2/19 3/7 – 5/2 Beaufort Smashers in first at 1-0
AW3.5 4/58 2/19 – 5/2 Beaufort Red Hot Chili Peppers in first at 2-0
AM4.0 2/25 3/24 – 4/28
AW4.0 5/68 2/14 – 5/2 Beaufort Sea Islanders lead at 2-0
Totals 15/177
MISSED THE TENNIS WRITINGS IN HILTON HEAD MONTHLY MAGAZINE? ‘TWASN’T THERE, BUT YOU CAN READ IT BY CLICKING THIS LINK:
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.
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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.
If a player’s hat falls off during a point, may the opponent stop play and claim a let? Yes. The opponent’s immediate request should be granted. A let should not be granted after the point nor should a request from the player who lost the hat.
What happens if the ball hits a player’s hat that landed on the court earlier in the point? The ball remains in play because the opponent did not ask for a let. When play continued after the hat landed on the court, the hat became part of the court. Therefore, when a ball hits the hat, it is treated in the same manner as if the ball had hit the court.
If you have a question or situation you would like to have addressed, email banana@hargray.com separately and we will try to help.
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Upcoming Tournaments/Activity:
Mar. 1-31: Spring Break Tennis 2009 / About 200 college teams in dual matches throughout the Island. See Island Packet for match schedule.
Apr. 3-5: 5th annual DMC Memorial Tennis Championships / Chaplin PTC, HHIHS, VDM Shipyard / USTA-sanctioned Juniors and Adults singles and doubles. Tournament ID# 704107009 for Adults and 704122809 for Juniors. Or call Island Rec at 681-7273.
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