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Feb. 27, 2009 Vol. VIII, No. 20
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Weekend Championships

Fripp Is. Spring Clay Courts Get Under Way

FRIPP ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-NEWS via TennisLink) – The USTA-sanctioned Fripp Island Spring Clay Court Championships got rolling today with early round matches in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Action will continue all day Saturday, with finals set for Sunday.

Here are today’s results:

Men's Open Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Chambers/McGuire d. Crosby/Dalton Wd (emerg); Macdermant/Orwig d. Call/Straut 6-3; 6-1

Mixed Open Doubles – Round Robin One -- Mills/Straut d. Holland/Sullivan 6-1; 6-1

Men's 3.5 Singles – Quarterfinals -- Robert Kopec d. Rodney Blakeman 6-4; 6-1; James Combs d. Alex Trammell Wd (emerg); Craig Williams d. Edward Nemec 5-7; 6-1; 10-7; Leo Ward d. Richard Poore 6-3; 6-2

Women's 3.5 Singles – Quarterfinals -- Linda Evans d. Billie Lindsay 6-3; 6-1; Marjory Mitchell d. Nancy Tseng-Christensen 7-5; 6-2

Men's 3.5 Doubles – Round of 16 -- Oakley/Solomone d. Kenny/Tucker 6-4; 6-2; Kopec/Nemec d. McCarty/Wilson 6-2; 6-1

Men's 4.0 Doubles – Round Robin One -- Bauer/Jones d. Call/Garrett 6-3; 6-3

Women's 3.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Blanchard/Littleton d. Carden/OQUINN 6-4; 6-0; Click/Hudgins d. Poore/Vitale 6-3; 7-6(6); Hooker/Upchurch d. Alexander/Guin 6-1; 6-1

Women's 3.5 Doubles – Round of 16 -- Hyatt/Hyatt d. Gallagher/Ward 6-0; 6-1

Women's 4.0 Doubles – Quarterfinal -- Hodgson/Kocher d. Lynchconrad/Oakley 2-6; 7-5; 10-8

Men's 50 Singles – Round Robin One -- John Christensen d. Dartanian Dynamic 4-6; 6-1; 10-6

Men's 60 Singles – Quarterfinals -- Russell Haber d. Samuel Annand Wd (emerg); Jim Manship d. Mel Bauman 4-6; 6-4; 10-8; Andy Rosolinski d. Norman Neurell 6-1; 6-1; (1) Richard Silver d. Joseph Davidyock 6-0; 6-0

Men's 70 Singles – Round Robin One -- Paul Vander Berg d. Ernest Clark 6-1; 6-0

Women's 40 Singles – Round Robin One -- Cindy Vander Berg d. A. Kristin Dalton Wd (emerg); Round Robin Two -- Brenda Neurell d. A. Kristin Dalton Wd (emerg); Round Robin Three -- Cindy Vander Berg d. Brenda Neurell 6-4; 6-4

Men's 50 Doubles – Round Robin One -- Smith/Totten d. Dockum/Osullivan 7-5; 6-2

Men's 60 Doubles – Quarterfinal -- Davis/Meehan d. Ferrebee/Prophater 6-4; 7-6(4)

Women's 40 Doubles – Round Robin One -- Harvey/Mills d. Hon/Manship 6-1; 6-1

Combined Mixed 7.0 Doubles – Round of 16 (2) Upchurch/Upchurch d. Kocher/Straut 7-6(4); 6-2; Blakeman/Kuster d. Moore/Tucker 5-7; 6-4; 10-2; Bishop/Bishop d. Kennedy-Parker/Kenny 6-1; 6-4; Kirk/Thorn d. Chavez/Pappas 6-4; 6-3

Combined Mixed 8.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Christensen/Tseng-Christensen d. Bauer/Kocher 6-4; 6-3; Burns/Dennison d. Gallagher/Gallagher 7-5; 3-6; 11-9; Oakley/Oakley d. Dalton/Dalton Wd (emerg)

Combined Mixed 6.0 Doubles – Round Robin One -- Topper/Vitale d. McDaniel/McDaniel 6-4; 6-4

Family Circle T.C.

HHI’s Ashley Kitchen Straight-Sets Her Way to SMASH Jr. Clay Court Championship

CHARLESTON SC (TENNIS E-News) – Unseeded Hilton Head Islander Ashley Kitchen completed her march through the SMASH Junior Clay Court Championships Girls’ 16s Monday with a 6-2, 6-2 final over Islander Kendal Drake.

The final was Kitchen’s fifth straight two-set win in the tournament that drew 330 players from throughout the East Coast. With Kitchen taking first place and Drake second, Islander Zeynep Mafa stepped into the #3 finish of the 16s by winning the playoff for third and fourth place over #2 seed Hannah Ecleberry of Mathews NC 5-7, 6-3, 6-0.

Other HHI juniors emerged with some successes. Erik Halaj lost to the Boys’ 18s #1 seed, then won four backdraw matches before losing in the consolation final to Islander Jan Surovic, who had made it to the main draw quarterfinals before rolling through to the consi final win.

Bethany Dyar lost in the Girls’ 14 Round of 16 to eventual champion Allison Riske of MacMurray PA, who has trained on HHI. Dyar then progressed through the consolations before losing in the semifinals. HHI’s Isabelle Boulais lost in the main draw first round, but won three times in consolation before losing in the semifinals.

Complete draws and results are available at http://www.usta.com. Selecting Tournaments, then ID #704140609.

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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.

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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