into the semifinals

Been attempting to send this out since 7:45 p.m. Sunday; This too shall change!

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Monday Deadline for Bluffton Today Open Tournament – Adults & Juniors

Can’t find an entry form? Call 816-2033

TENNIS E-NEWS

Sunday, May 10, 2009 Vol. VIII, No. 52
2006 Winner of South Carolina Media Award
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

7 of 8 in 3.0s

11 HHI, CCTA Teams Advance to Monday Semifinals at South Carolina Senior States

W3.0 – HHI #1/Sea Pines Country Club Matchpoints; CCTA #1/Dataw Darlins; CCTA #2/Sun City Sweet Shots

M3.0 – HHI #1/Spring Lake Lakers; CCTA #1/Sun City Slickers; HHI #2/Country Club of Hilton Head Hustlers; HHI #3/Port Royal Beach Bums

W3.5 – HHI/Spring Lake Twisted Sisters

M3.5 – HHI/Long Cove Mates

M4.0 – HHI #1/Port Royal Pirates; HHI #2 – Indigo Run

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-NEWS) – With too many stories to tell, 11 Hilton Head Island and Coastal Carolina teams advanced to Monday semifinals of the USTA League South Carolina Senior State Championships that will be played at Sea Pines and South Beach Racquet Clubs. That’s one-half of the HHI/CCTA contingent among the 98 teams and 1,500 players in the tournament.

The 3.0 HHI/CCTA men’s and women’s teams, knocked out of contention in the 2008 champions will be in it in spades with seven of eight teams in the semifinals. All three seeded HHI men’s teams and CCTA’s #1 will square off at 8 a.m. at Sea Pines RC. The two district women’s #1 teams will meet in the semis while CCTA #2 will face the Columbia sole non-area team also at 8 a.m.

Unbeaten 4.0 HHI #1 Port Royal Pirates and HHI #2 Indigo Run are set for semis as are the HHI 3.5 women’s Spring Lake Twisted Sisters – the women at 8 a.m. at South Beach and the men at 9:30 at Sea Pines RC.

Two men’s teams had to recover from Saturday losses to get into the semifinals. The 3.0 HHI #1 Spring Lake Lakers won 3-0 to advance by virtue of courts won. HHI’s 3.5 Long Cove Mates broke a first-place tie to win 2-1 and get to the semifinals. Both matches are at 8 a.m. at Sea Pines.

Missing from today’s results, as inexplicably not posted like two matches Saturday, is just one match that may have decided the only championship up for grabs today: Men’s 2.5. Add the contending HHI/Country Club of Hilton Head Court Jesters, up one match on CCTA/Dataw Dynosores, and it means that 13 area teams are still in the championship mix.

Winners of the semifinals Monday will advance to finals scheduled for noon and 2 p.m. Overall champions will advance to Southern Section Championships in July in Birmingham AL.

Here are results and the schedule of HHITL and CCTA teams as gleaned (still cross-eyed) from TennisLink.

(Key to abbreviations: AATL = Aiken Area; CCTA = Bluffton to Beaufort area; CTL = Columbia; FTA = Foothills/Greenville; GATA = Greenwood; GSTL = GrandStrand/Myrtle Beach; LATA = Lexington Area; LCTA = Lowcountry/CharlestonArea; MCTL = Mid-Carolina/York County/Rock Hill; PD = PeeDee/Florence; SATL = Spartanburg Area; UPTA = Upper Piedmont/Greenville)

Saturday the 9^th scores that weren’t posted until 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. today, respectively.

3 p.m. – W4.0 -- CCTA/Springy Girls 2, LCTA #2/I’on Club 1

3 p.m. – M3.0 -- HHI #3/Port Royal Beach Bums 3, UPTA #2/Brookstone Electric City 0

Sunday the 10^th

8 a.m. – M4.0 -- HHI #2/Indigo Run 2, LATA/Parklane Senior Men 1

8 a.m. – M4.0 -- HHI #1/Port Royal Pirates 2, AATL/OLDell4 1

8 a.m. – W4.0 -- HHI/Port Royal Herricanes 2, PD/Manning 1

8 a.m. – W4.5 -- HHI/Indigo Run Golden Bear Naked Ladies 1, PD/Doves 2

8 a.m. – M4.0 -- CCTA/Sun City Gnats 1, SATL/Peach Tree United 2

9:30 a.m. – M3.0 -- HHI #2/Country Club of Hilton Head Hustlers 2, LCTA #1/Pine Forest Select 1

9:30 a.m. – M3.5 -- HHI/Long Cove Mates 2, LATA/Murraywood Mudders 1

9:30 a.m. – M4.5 -- HHI/Indigo Run Hogg Doggs 1, LATA #2

9:30 a.m. – W4.0 -- CCTA/Springy Girls 0, FTA/Riverside 3

9:30 a.m. – M3.5 -- CCTA/Sun City Spin Doctors 2, SATL/Spartanburg AC Titans 1

9:30 a.m. – W3.5 -- CCTA/Sun City Madam Butterflies 1, LCTA #2/Miler Lunch Bunch 2

11 a.m. – M2.5 -- HHI #3/Port Royal Beach Bums 1, CTL/Parklane Mind Set 2

11 a.m. – W3.0 -- CCTA #2/Sun City Sweet Shots 2, GSTL/Myrtle Beach Outsiders 1

11 a.m. – W3.0 -- HHI #1/Sea Pines Country Club Matchpoints 3, AATL/Woodside Ladies 0

1:30 p.m. – M4.0 -- HHI #2/Indigo Run 2, SATL/Peach Tree United 1

1:30 p.m. – M4.0 -- HHI #1/Port Royal Pirates 2, PD/Palmetto Park 1

1:30 p.m. – W3.0 -- CCTA #1/Dataw Darlins 2, PD #1/ 1

1:30 p.m. – W3.0 -- HHI #2/South Beach Racqueteers 2, SATL/Westside Diva Doubles 1

1:30 p.m. – W3.5 -- HHI/Spring Lake Twisted Sisters 3, FTA/Brookstone Meadows 0

1:30 p.m. – M4.0 -- CCTA/Sun City Gnats 1, LATA/Parklane Senior Men 2

3 p.m. – M2.5 – CCTA/Dataw Dynasores vs. HHI/Country Club of Hilton Head Court Jesters at South Beach

3 p.m. – W4.5 -- HHI/Indigo Run Golden Bear Naked Ladies 2, LATA/Lexington Just A Number 1

3 p.m. – M3.0 -- CCTA #1/Sun City Slickers 3, LCTA #2/Wild Dunes Otters 0

3 p.m. – M3.0 -- CCTA #2/Belfair-Bluffton Bashers 2, AATL/Mount Vintage Netmen 1

3 p.m. – M3.0 -- HHI #1/Spring Lake Lakers 3, UPTA #1/ Greenville Sports Club 0

Monday the 11^th

8 a.m. – Semifinal – M3.0 – HHI #3/Port Royal Beach Bums vs. CCTA #1/Sun City Slickers at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. – Semifinal – M3.0 – HHI #2/Country Club of Hilton Head Hustlers vs. HHI #1/Spring Lake Lakers at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. – Semifinal – M3.5 – PD/Darlington vs. LCTA/Wild Dunes Wild Horses at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. – Semifinal – M3.5 – Long Cove Mates vs. Wildcard/MCTL/Tega Cay at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. – Semifinal – W3.0 – HHI #1/Sea Pines Country Club Matchpoints vs. CCTA #1/Dataw Darlins at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. – Semifinal – W3.0 – CCTA #2/Sun City Sweet Shots vs. CTL/Parklane drop shots at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. – Semifinal – W3.5 – UPTA #2/Greenville T.C. Spinners vs. UPTA #1/Spindle Tree Love Makers at South Beach

8 a.m. – Semifinal – W3.5 – HHI/Spring Lake Twisted Sisters vs. LATA/Rawls Creek at South Beach

9:30 a.m. – Semifinal – M4.0 – HHI #1/Port Royal Pirates vs. Wildcard/GSTL/Grand Dunes at Sea Pines RC

9:30 a.m. – Semifinal – M4.0 – HHI #2/Indigo Run vs. UPTA/Butler Springs vs. at Sea Pines RC

10 a.m. – W4.5 -- HHI/Indigo Run Golden Bear Naked Ladies vs. LCTA/Carolina Girls at Sea Pines RC

10 a.m. – M4.5 – Final – GSTL #1 vs. LATA #1 at Sea Pines RC

10 a.m. – Semifinal – W4.0 – FTA/Riverside vs. PD/Manning at Sea Pines RC

10 a.m. – Semifinal – W4.0 – LATA/Murraywood Hotflashers vs. Wildcard/LCTA #1/Mount Pleasant Senior Women at Sea Pines RC

11 a.m. – M2.5 – HHI/Country Club of Hilton Head Court Jesters vs. CCTA/Dataw Dynasores at Sea Pines RC

Noon – Final – M3.0 – at Sea Pines RC

Noon – Final – M3.5 – at Sea Pines RC

Noon – Final – W3.0 – at Sea Pines RC

Noon – Final – W3.5 – at Sea Pines RC

2 p.m. – W4.5 -- HHI/Indigo Run Golden Bear Naked Ladies vs. PD/Doves at Sea Pines RC

2 p.m. – Final -- W4.0 at Sea Pines RC

2 p.m. – Final – M4.0 at Sea Pines RC

Summer League

Team Looking for Players

3.5/4.0 – A mixed doubles team is forming a team at The Haven (Del Webb community off New Riverside in Bluffton - near Palmetto Bluff)and is looking for 3.5/4.0 men and women to fill out the roster. Contact Chuck Mathieu 815-2857 or dc99run@hargray.com

Looking for Players or a Team

4.0 – Players are interested in forming a mixed doubles team in Palmetto Bluff or joining with another team for the summer season. Contact Maria Brittis at sales@fullerbrushhome.com.

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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.

Opponent’s call questioned. When a player genuinely doubts an opponent’s call, the player may ask: “Are you sure of your call?” If the opponent reaffirms that the ball was out, the call shall be accepted. If the opponent acknowledges uncertainty, the opponent loses the point. There shall be no further delay or discussion.

Spectators never to make calls. A player shall not enlist the aid of a spectator in making a call. No spectator has a part in 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:

May 15-17: 4^th annual Bluffton Today Open Tennis Tournament / Bluffton High School & satellite sites / Rated Adult doubles on clay; Age division Junior singles & doubles on hard, plus Adult/Child doubles / Information, call Brett Robertson at 816-2033.

May 30-June 7: USTA Women’s $10,000 Satellite Tournament / Van der Meer Tennis Center / Sponsored by Kaelin / Qualifying May 31-June 1 / Main Draw June 2-7 / Free to spectators; player exhibitions included. / For information, call Justyn Schelver 785-8388 ext 119.

June 5-7: The Banana Open / Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center / Men’s & Women’s singles and doubles, plus mixed doubles / Rating levels 2.5 through Open / Winners advance to Banana Open Challenge in October / Call PD at 785-1152.

June 18-21: Sun City Senior Doubles Tournament / Sun City Tennis Club / USTA-sanctioned age and rating divisions in men’s, women’s & mixed doubles / TennisLink ID #704100909 / for additional info contact Ernie Clark at tennisracquets@yahoo.com.

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