Sunday Showdown at Sun City

TENNIS E-NEWS

Saturday, June 20, 2009 Vol. VIII, No. 71
2006 Winner of South Carolina Media Award
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

5th annual Pro Am for Cancer Research Set Next Saturday at Indigo Run

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-NEWS) -- Indigo Run will put on its 5^th annual Pro Am benefit Saturday the 27, with proceeds going to the Susan G. Komen Rally for a Cure campaign. Play will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tennis Director Mike O’Regan has set up a silent auction and draws for the event that is open to the public. For information, email Mike at michael.o’regan@ourclub.com.

Level 3 Sanctioned Tournament

Whole Day of Matches Boils Down to Early Sunday Finals in Sun City Doubles

BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) – The Sun City Senior Doubles took the temps pretty much in stride today, aided by loads of ice, cold beer and an occasional breeze to set up an early Sunday morning start on finals. Championship matches will continue through the morning and into the early afternoon, with lots of consolation action as well.

As a nod to the weather, Tournament Referees Paul and Cindy Vanderberg mandated a 10-point super tiebreak instead of a third set. Today, players had the option of using no-ad scoring. No matter, the ice chest, beer truck and lunch layout provided by Jim ‘n’ Nick’s Bar-B-Q were the most popular sites of both days.

Tournament Director Ernie Clark had his cast of thousands of volunteers in gear for the USTA SC-honored event that has been upgraded to Level 3 status, meaning the results carry more weight in year-end age-division rankings. Note: This is age-division rankings, not NTRP ratings.

Here are results from Friday matches as posted on TennisLink. We’ll be catching up tomorrow on today’s action and the finals.

Men’s 50 Doubles – Quarterfinal -- Chambers/Tillison d. Brittis/Sheaffer 7-6(5); 3-6; 1-0

Men's 60 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Gorrell/Whitlow d. Levy/Wolff 6-4; 6-3; Daniel/Warren d. James/Kirk 7-6(4); 6-2; Hall/Marquardt d. Larkin/Leinberger 6-2; 6-2

Men's 65 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Manship/Vander Berg d. Daniel/McKenna Wo (inj); McDougall/Smith d. Hall/Marquardt 6-3; 6-3; (3) Grossman/Neuman d. Keenan/Overton 6-2; 1-6; 1-0; (1) Iannuzzi/Lurkin d. Austin/Streng 6-4; 7-6(5)

Women's 55 Doubles – Round Robin One -- Bondurant/Smith d. Naef/Shannon 6-4; 6-4

Women's 60 Doubles – Round Robin One -- Calderon/Overton d. Grazier/Sullivan 6-2; 6-1

Mixed 65 Doubles – Round Robin One -- Overton/Overton d. Hughes/Nozick Wd (ill); Round Robin Two -- Fluharty/Fluharty d. Overton/Overton 0-6; 6-4; 1-0; Fluharty/Fluharty d. Hughes/Nozick Wd (ill)

Men's 3.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Gudger/Petrin d. Flaum/Smith 1-6; 6-0; 1-0; (3) Albero/Zebro d. Kalish/Olsen 6-0; 6-4; Larkin/Leinberger d. Brown/Driscoll 6-2; 6-1; (1) Jakobovits/Valenstein d. Antonelli/Frankel 6-2; 6-1

Men's 3.5 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Sarver/na d. Douglass/Lynch 6-3; 6-7(5); 1-0; Field/Kuchinski d. Heise/Mathieu 6-0; 4-6; 1-0; (3) Cooney/Wilcox d. Bruno/Carpitella 6-1; 4-6; 1-0; Duffy/Payne d. (1) Fluharty/Lombarski 6-4; 6-2; Consolation: Round One -- (4) Cohen/Fallon d. Bross/Zenone 6-2; 6-0; Oakley/Solomone d. Olson/Valentin 6-2; 6-3; Consolation Quarterfinal -- Liikala/Ross d. (1) Fluharty/Lombarski 4-1Ret (ill)

Men's 4.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Grossman/Manship d. Levy/Wolff 6-2; 6-1; Austin/Tirone d. Coleman/Lauderdale 7-6(5); 6-4; Bondurant/Lowry d. Smith/Streng 4-6; 6-0; 1-0

Women's 3.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Cwik/Logan d. Bunn/Garside 6-7(10); 6-4; 1-0; Lin/Peters d. Diorio/Streng 6-3; 6-3; Lacjak/Marquart d. Grazier/Yalowiec 6-4; 4-6; 1-0

Women's 3.5 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Palmer/Zebro d. Alberti/Bruno 6-4; 6-2; Burns/Hyatt d. (3) Gee/Lucas 6-1; 6-0; Albert/Valenstein d. Johnson/Staten 6-2; 6-3; Green/Nesta d. (1) Arr/Benedict 7-5; 4-6; 1-0;

Women's 4.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Myers/Wilcox d. Larkin/Leinberger 6-4; 6-2; Bondurant/Smith d. Lynchconrad/Oakley 6-3; 6-2

Mixed 3.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Cwik/Stephan d. Goodman/Logan 6-4; 6-2; Lipchak/Peters d. Antonelli/John 6-3; 6-0

Mixed 3.5 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Diedrich/Trapp d. Liberatore/Olson 6-1; 6-0; Fortgang/Tseng-Christensen d. Gifford/Jakobovits 4-3 Ret (ill); (3) Blazevich/Laroche d. Flanigan/Flanigan 6-3; 4-6; 1-0; Rommerdale/Wester d. (1) Nesta/Sarver 7-5Ret (ill)

Mixed 4.0 Doubles – Round Robin One -- Frisk/Frisk d. Oakley/Oakley 2-6; 7-5; 1-0

Senior Mixed Players Sought

3.5 Super Senior women – A Spring Lake mixed doubles team needs you. Contact Tom Larkin at tlarkin@aol.com.

4.0 or 4.5 -- Men and women wanted for Wexford 8.0 senior mixed team. Contact Patrick Mason at 686-8816 or email PMason@Wexfordplantation.com.

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Upcoming Tournaments/Activity:

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.

June 26-28: Beaufort Summer Splash!! / Beaufort Tennis Center/Beaufort High School / USTA-sanctioned / Men's, women's and mixed NTRP divisions (ID #704110609) / For information, contact Cathy McGill at catmcgill@embarqmail.com.

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