Matchpoint: Fall 2009

Fall 2009 Volume 26 Number 04 $3.95

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BALL KIDS

Marcos Baghdatis lights up VanOpen

The art of ball retrieval

TIPS

Choosing the appropriate footwork

SUMMER WRAP

ISSUE

STRINGING REPORT

STANLEY PARK OPEN Tennis galore, record entries

COURT STYLE LIJA hits the runway

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FALL 2009 CONTENTS

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FROM THE BENCH Ryan Clark

26 HEALTH AND WELLNESS Athleticism first, always

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STRINGING REPORT What the players are using

28 WHERE’S THE LINE? Photo Contest

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ODLUM BROWN VANOPEN Photo Gallery

30 TENNIS TIPS Choosing the appropriate footwork

10 STANLEY PARK OPEN Justice was served (by 1200 players!)

14 CANADIANS ON TOUR It's all in the approach 16 HOT GEAR Racquets and Shoes

32 SUMMER SERIES 34 LEAGUE RESULTS 36 ROGERS RANKINGS Top 5 Open Players, Senior, NTRP and Junior

22 COURT STYLE LIJA a runaway hit 24 VANOPEN ENTERS NEW WORLD Tweets, Facebook and Micro-Blogging matchpoint | FALL 2009

ON THE COVER: Marcos Baghdatis Photo: Branko Popazivanov 3

FROM THE BENCH

D Ryan Clark

uring the summer of 2009, tennis in BC was once again in the sport spotlight. Multiple events ran province‐wide each week, that included all categories from rookie tours to seniors. Participation in the Stanley Park Open, North America’s largest community tennis event, grew by 11.4% over 2008. Meanwhile, the $175,000 VanOpen Pro Event drew sold out crowds at Hollyburn and brought daily media attention provincially, nationally, and internationally. Local phenoms Philip Bester, Rebecca Marino, Vasek Pospisil, and Khristina Blajkevitch showcased their talents as BC’s best and proved they are ready for big‐ time international play.

As we move into the indoor season, Tennis BC will con‐ tinue to work with municipalities, city councils, universi‐ ties, and Parks and Recreation across the province. The goal: to build more indoor court facilities so more people can enjoy the sport of a lifetime year round.

We wish you the best as you move into fall and look for‐ ward to seeing you in the indoor leagues and tournaments.

Ryan Clark Chief Executive Officer

BITS AND PIECES MOVING ON… • The end of the summer saw the end of a 17 year commitment to Tennis BC — Barbara Spitz retired as Director of Membership, to take on a new challenge and career with Burnaby MLA Harry Bloy’s office. Barbara’s many roles included membership, leagues, and the liaison with all seniors committees. All the best from all us at Tennis BC!

BC PLAYERS CAN PLAY ON CLAY! • The 2009 Senior National Championships were hosted by the Mount Royal Tennis Club August 16‐22 in Montreal, under mostly hot and sunny skies. Congratulations to all who participated!

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS FROM BC ARE: Men’s 35 Singles Max Brown Men’s 40 Doubles Stephen Kimoff and Joachim Nierfeld Men’s 55 Doubles Steven Yesowick (with James Cameron) Men’s 65 Doubles Eric Bojesen (with Raymond Lamarche) Women’s 35 Singles Margit Aardmaa Women’s 40 Doubles Shelley Roxburgh (w/Julie Staples) Women’s 55 Doubles Janice Holloway & Pamela Rosenbaum Women’s 60 Doubles Patricia McLachlan & Mary Ann Gaskin

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STRINGING REPORT >> By Greg Johnson

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very year for 10 days the Hollyburn Country Club be‐ comes headquarters for North Vancouver’s Racket Shack stringing team. They service and balance over 350 frames of 140 professional players from 50 countries.

Below are listed some trends in 2009 that may guide you in making decisions next time you visit your local pro shop.

Sania Mirza 2009 VanOpen Women’s Singles Finalist

OBSERVATIONS • 50% of all stringing is a polyester/gut hybrid • Higher prevalence of gut on the mains in the hybrid (Federer Factor) • Pacific String not nearly as popular as in past years, seems to have been replaced by Signum • Most men’s racquets have lead tape weighting at the 3 and 9 o’clock positions on the racquet head • 4 3/8” was the most popular grip size • Tournagrip was the most popular over‐wrap

2009 VANOPEN MARQUEE PLAYERS Marcos Baghdatis•Cyprus 2009 VanOpen Men’s Singles Champion Racquet: Tecnifibre Tflash 315 String/Tension: Luxilon Alu Rough 16/VS Gut Touch 16 @ 50.5/53 lbs

Xavier Malisse•Belgium 2009 VanOpen Men’s Singles Finalist Racquet: Prince Tour Diablo String/Tension: Babolat Fiber Tour 16 @ 66lbs

Stephanie Dubois•Canada 2009 VanOpen Women’s Singles Champion Racquet: Wilson [K]Pro Open String/Tension: Luxilon Alu Rough 16 @ 58lbs

Sania Mirza•India 2009 VanOpen Women’s Singles Finalist Racquet: Head Microgel Extreme String/Tension: Head UltraTour Poly @ 58lbs

Rik De Voest•South Africa 2009 VanOpen Men’s Doubles Champion with Kevin Anderson Racquet: Prince Speedport Black String/Tension: Prince Tour @ 52lbs

Taylor Dent•USA 2009 VanOpen Men’s Quarter‐Finalist Racquet: Wilson [K]Blade 98 String/Tension: Luxilon Alu Power 16 @ 52lbs Dent used the heaviest racquet @ 14 ounces + strung

MOST COMMON RACQUETS USED BY PLAYERS: • • • • •

Wilson [K]Factor 6.1 95 Wilson [K]Blade 98 Babolat Aero Pro Drive Babolat Pure Drive Plus (GT) Babolat Pure Storm Tour

MOST COMMON STRINGS USED BY PLAYERS: • • • • •

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Luxilon Alu Power Luxilon Alu Rough VS Gut Team/Touch Signum Poly Plasma Tecnifibre Pro Red Code

Philip Bester•Canada 2009 VanOpen Men’s Quarter‐Finalist Racquet: Wilson [K]factor 6.1 String/Tension: Dunlop Explosive/VS Touch 17 @ 55/57lbs

Rebecca Marino•Canada 2009 VanOpen Women’s Quarter‐Finalist Racquet: Yonex RQ IS 2 Tour String/Tension: Yonex Tough Bird Poly 16 @ 55/58lbs. m Greg Johnson is the owner of Racket Shack, the official stringers of the VanOpen.

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STAFF REPORT

ODLUM BROWN VANCOUVER OPEN 2009 Xavier Malisse

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The 2009 Odlum Brown VanOpen was a resounding success. Presented by In‐ vesco Trimark, the USTA Pro Circuit event benefited from an increase in prize money to $175,000 US, great weather, and world‐class facilities. On any given day, fans walking the newly renovated grounds of Hollyburn Country Club were treated to four courts of action featuring professional men and women from over 50 countries. The players were battling with every ounce of energy for the title and valuable word rankings points before heading to the US Open in New York.

The field was the strongest ever and the high level of play created enter‐ tainment that even the most passive sports fan would find tantalizing. Former World No. 8 and Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis defeated Xavier Malisse (who reached as high as No. 18 in the world and is a past Wimbledon semi‐finalist) in an exciting final. Other notables included American Taylor Dent and Sania Mirza, No. 1 player in India, both of whom were ranked as high as No. 25 in the world.

Although these and other marquee names attracted the initial attention, it was our BC and Canadian players that left a strong impression and excite‐ ment for the future. Twenty‐one year‐old wildcard entry Philip Bester of North Vancouver reached the quarterfinals where he pushed eventual cham‐ pion Marcos Baghdatis to the brink. Up a break in the third set, Bester could‐ n’t quite hang on, eventually succumbing 7‐5 to the tournament’s top seed.

On the same night, Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino came within one swing of knocking off the No. 1 seeded Sania Mirza before falling 6‐4 in the third set.

In all, five Canadian women made it through to the quarterfinals, with Stephanie Dubois eventually winning the title on home soil against Mirza. m

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STAFF REPORT

RESULTS FROM SUPER SUNDAY MEN’S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) def. Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 6-4, 6-4

Marcos Baghdatis thrilled the record crowds at the Hollyburn Country Club.

WOMEN’S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS Stephanie Dubois (Canada) def. Sania Mirza (India) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 MEN’S DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS Rik De Voest/Kevin Anderson (South Africa) def.

Kaes Van’t Hoff (USA)/Ramon Delgado (Paraguay) 6-4, 6-4 WOMEN’S DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS Ahsha Rolle/Riza Zalameda (USA) def.

Madison Brengle/Lilia Osterloh (USA) 6-4, 6-3 For full draws including qualifying rounds, go to www.vanopen.com. For inside commentary and tournament photos including fan-feature photos visit VanOpen Facebook.

Former top 25 player American Taylor Dent made it to the Quarter Finals.

Quebec native Stephanie Dubois out matched India’s No. 1 player Sania Mirza in the women’s finals.

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Henry Choi

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5000 balls hit 1200 players 2261 entries — 11.4% increase 1750+ matches played

Women's Champion Khristina Blajkevitch

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Madison Shoemaker (left) and Gergana Boncheva

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Wesley Bertsch (left) and Kevin Taylor

Khristina Blajkevitch (left, champion) and Tania Mahtani (finalist)

Monica Neveklovska

Daniel Chu

Shiera Stuart and Quynh Le (women's open doubles finalists) and Sinziana Chis and Monica Neveklovska (women’s open doubles champions)

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Henry Choi (left, men's champion) and Daniel Chu (finalist)

Ryan Clark (left, of Tennis BC), Nick Coutts and Kelly McNabney (mixed open doubles champions), Kelsey Anonsen and Justin Work (mixed open doubles finalists), Luke O'Loughlin (tournament director)

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CANADIANS ON TOUR >> By Rick Angus, Hollyburn Country Club, Vancouver

IT’S ALL IN THE

APPROACH BESTER & MARINO RAISE THEIR GAME

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he 2009 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open featured sev‐ eral notable players in both the men’s and women’s singles events.

Led by the likes of Mar‐ cos Baghdatis of Cyprus and India’s Sania Mirza, the anticipated enthusi‐ astic response by the Hollyburn crowds was predictably fulfilled.

Both of those marquee players made their ex‐ pected appearance in the finals. Baghdatis claimed the men’s crown while Mirza fell to the No. 2 ranked Canadian, Stephanie Dubois, of Laval, Quebec.

But the highlights of the tour‐ ney were the overall performances by the younger Canadian contin‐ gent Philip Bester and Rebecca Marino. The 20‐year‐old Bester had an epic Friday night quarterfi‐ nal encounter with Baghdatis while Marino took Mirza to the limit. No one left the grounds dis‐ appointed by the spectacular ef‐ forts of these two aspiring professionals. Each contest began with the overwhelming experi‐ ence of Baghdatis and Mirza matching expectations as the vis‐ itors took the first set, the all im‐ portant early lead in each match.

After claiming the second sets, both Bester and Marino kept up their exceptionally high level of play to actually hold leads in the third.

Would the impossible occur?

With Bester poised to serve at five games all to Baghdatis and

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Philip Bester took the men’s champion Baghdatis the distance.

Photo: Branko Popazivanov

Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino .

Photo: Branko Popazivanov.

Marino likewise hovering at the brink of a major career success and serving with the score notched at four games all in her struggle with Mirza, it just seemed too good to be true.

Maybe it was nerves or possibly an overly aggressive impulse that needs to be restrained in future matches. But whatever the reason, it was not going to be the youngster’s dream night after all. To get so close and to lose their serves at such a mo‐ ment. The outstanding weapon they each had relied upon all evening, the stroke that combined with their trademark punishing forehands had held firm throughout the formida‐ ble heat of the battle.

Inevitably it seemed, demoral‐ ized by the unfortunate turn of events, both Bester and Marino failed to mount an effective challenge

to return the break of serve. Bagh‐ datis, 6‐3,5‐7,7‐5, and Mirza, 7‐6,6‐ 7,6‐4, served convincingly to close out these highly spirited contests.

The evidence of their real achievements, however, is re‐ flected in the tale of the tape. Not in these specific tussles, but in‐ stead in the ongoing positive di‐ rection of their promising careers.

Marcos Baghdatis was the World’s No. 1 junior in 2003.

Bester was the runner up in the 2006 French Open junior event.

Baghdatis rose to a world rank‐ ing of No. 8 in 2006 by reaching the Australian Open final against Roger Federer and the semi finals of Wimbledon where he lost to Rafael Nadal that same year. Bagh‐ datis, age 24, by winning the 2009 Odlum Brown title now holds a current ATP ranking of No. 111.

Even though Bester has strug‐ gled through a succession of coaches in his early career is self motivated and even without the benefit of a full time professional coach, this equals his best profes‐ sional performance to date and brings him to a career‐high rank‐ ing of No. 544. His accomplish‐ ments on court, when judged by his actual results achieved to date, seem modest. But given his ag‐ gressive serve and volley style and the problems it created for the for‐

mer top ten player, it might not be long before his ranking climbs to the top 200 range.

Baghdatis, who regularly com‐ petes against the best tennis tal‐ ents on the Tour said it best, post match, when he favourably men‐ tioned Bester and Federer in the same breath.

For Marino, by reaching the quarters similarly improved her WTA ranking to No. 197 rivaling her previous career high of No. 195. Combining the VanOpen re‐ sult with her two appearances in the 2009 finals at Boston ($50,000) and Tenerife ($25,000), she is now assured of a spot in her first Grand Slam qualifying event at this year’s U.S. Open.

Marino, who qualified this year based on her actual record without benefit of a tournament wild card, now holds a winning career record at the VanOpen event where she has six wins against five defeats. Her hard fought match against the 22‐ year‐old Mirza represents one of her best matches to date.

A 2008 quarterfinal loss to the eventual Champion Urszula Rad‐ wanska, a top 100 WTA Tour player in 2009, and another tight quarterfinal loss to Sania Mirza demonstrates that at home, Marino is already a competitive factor amongst the top 100 players on the Sony Ericsson Tour.

Things are looking up for the Canadian youngsters. m

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YOUNG GUNS

BC PLAYERS BESTER AND MARINO HANG TOUGH WITH WORLD ELITE AT VANOPEN

By Marc Weber

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uccess, for an up‐and‐coming tennis player, is not simply measured by wins.

Sometimes, it’s about the experience and belief gained in a loss.

This August’s $175,000 US Odlum Brown VanOpen provided both for our top local play‐ ers. And while only time will tell, there’s an overwhelming sense that the 2009 tourna‐ ment will be looked back on as a key moment in their growth.

“To play in front of my friends and family like this, and to succeed, is just an incredible feel‐ ing,” North Vancouver’s Philip Bester said after facing former world No. 8 Marcos Baghdatis in the quarterfinals at the Hollyburn Country Club.

Bester lost — 6‐3, 5‐7, 7‐5 — but it felt like suc‐ cess. The 20‐year‐old won over a crowd that barely got to know him in previous first‐round exits. He played well enough to win the match. And he re‐ affirmed his feeling that he belonged on court with a player like Baghdatis, who said that Bester reminded him of a young Roger Federer.

“To play as well as I did against Marcos is a huge boost of confidence and a lot of motiva‐ tion to keep working hard,” Bester said.

Vancouver 18‐year‐old Rebecca Marino had a similar experience. She earned her way into the quarters and lost a tight one to former top‐ 30 player Sania Mirza, 7‐6 (2), 6‐7 (3), 6‐4.

Marino broke into the top 200 this summer and spoke also of a sense of belonging.

“I can feel it on the court in my level of play, and also off the court, how players treat me,” said Marino, who’s also signed her first clothing deal with Richmond‐based LIJA. “I’m not just a girl from Canada, hopping from tournament to tournament anymore. The belief in myself is even higher. It’s really boosted my confidence, knowing I can hang with these girls.”

Early indications are that the latest VanOpen could serve as a springboard, especially for Bester, who started 2009 mired in the 800s.

Bester went from Vancouver to New Haven, Con‐ necticut, where he almost came through qualies

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of the $750,000 ATP 250 event. He beat a top‐100 player there for another small milestone.

It was only back in May that Bester was ec‐ static to win his first $10,000 Futures event, so a lot has changed in a short time. He’s now in the mid‐500s.

“I had a lot of momentum coming from Van‐ couver,” said Bester. “Not just from the Bagh‐ datis match, but reaching the quarters and winning two tough matches. I go on court with a little more belief and I’m going to stop playing Futures and focus on Challengers. I think I play much better at a higher level.”

Marino, meanwhile, made her way to her first Grand Slam — the US Open. She won her first‐ round qualies match and was up a set in her sec‐ ond match when food poisoning debilitated her.

“Winning one match was a step along the way,” she said. “I would have liked to have qual‐

ified, but it was fun. And I know not to have chicken with rose sauce again.”

The most exciting part for both Bester and Marino — and B.C. tennis fans — is that they see so much room for improvement.

Bester is still honing his serve‐and‐volley game that he’s had to adjust to the changing tennis landscape. And Marino has been win‐ ning in spite of feeling awkward and some‐ times sluggish in her movement. The staff at Tennis Canada’s Montreal National Training Centre where she’s now based is salivating at the chance to complement her 6‐foot‐2 frame with fitness and footwork.

“I know I have to put in a lot of hard work this winter — mostly in the gym,” Marino said.

The rest of us get to have fun watching it pay off. m

Marc Weber is a regular columnist in The Province newspaper sports section. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, and raised in Nottingham, England, Marc is well versed in the world of sports. When he’s not covering the Whitecaps, junior hockey, winter sport, university sport or the NHL, you will see him exploring his true passion, tennis.

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THE ART

By Gordie Bowles

OF BALL RETRIEVAL W

hap, whap, whap, thump (pick up ball), whap, whap, whap, silence.

These are the familiar between‐the‐ point sounds of shoes on asphalt of tennis’ treasured ball kids. It’s a sound that fills the space between an ace and the next serve; between a mishit into the net and a player’s shuffle back to the service line.

There have been many famous ball “persons” over the years but none pos‐ sibly more so than Kramer’s infamous ball‐boy tryout and eventual collision with Monica Seles in the finals of a fic‐ titious New York tournament in an episode of Seinfeld. Must see TV for all tennis fans (Google “Seinfeld: The Lip Reader” or see sidebar).

Comedy aside, the role of the ball kids is an important part of the flow of a tennis match. Wikipedia defines a ball person as: “a boy or girl tasked with retrieving tennis balls from the court that have gone out of play...and Ball boy Curtis Docherty carries Canadian Stephanie to supply the balls to the players be‐ Dubois’ racquet onto the court prior to the VanOpen women’s finals match at the Hollyburn Country Club. fore their service.”

Dubois went on to win the tournament over Sania Sounds very simple.

Mirza (left) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4. Photo: Gordie Bowles.

But as Matchpoint discovered at the recent Odlum Brown VanOpen, there’s much more to the art and science of being an effective ball person than you’d think.

There is a long tradition of ball boys and girls at tennis tournaments. At Wimbledon, for example, local schools nominate candi‐

Photo: Bo Kwan

Photo: Gordie Bowles

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dates and winners must pass a rigid screening process that in‐ cludes a written test on the rules.

They also must be able to stand still for three minutes. Those se‐ lected then go through a tough training regimen. At the least boys and girls must sit through an interview, demonstrate their

Jerry Seinfeld: “Professional tennis. To me I don’t understand all the shushing.

Why are they always shushing. Shh, shh.

Don’t the players know that we’re there?

Should we duck down behind the seats so they don’t see us watching them?

Tennis is basically just ping-pong and the players are standing on the table.

That’s all it is. And that goofy scoring, you win one point and all the sudden you’re up by 15. Two points, 30-love.

30-love. Sounds like an English call girl.

“That’ll be 30, love... And could you be a little quieter next time, please, shh.”

— Seinfeld excerpts courtesy: seinfeldscripts.com

VanOpen men’s champion Marcos Baghdatis signs autographs on the ball crew shirts after his victory over Xavier Mal isse.

Photo: Bo Kwan.

running skills and recite a few rules of the game such as explaining a tiebreak to the of‐ ficial in charge of the ball boys/girls during a tournament.

At the VanOpen, tennis coach Pete Grim‐ sey was responsible for recruiting and train‐ ing the kids prior to the tournament and managing the ball crew during the matches.

“There were no try‐outs or anything like that,” said Grimsey, himself a tennis pro at the Hollyburn Country Club. “We needed a large number of kids for the tournament so we ac‐ cepted anyone between 9‐19 years of age. It certainly helps (for the kids) to have played tennis to know how to keep score and of course matchpoint | FALL 2009

the faster they run on the court, the more efficient they are for the players. We certainly had some very fast crew members this year; I had many positive comments from officials and spectators.”

Many of the kids find it a real thrill, says Grimsey, to hand out towels and retrieve balls for the world’s best tennis players.

“Participating in the VanOpen Ball Crew is a great way for aspiring young tennis players to get up close to the players and see some world‐class tennis.”

“The kids had a great time. The days can be lengthy but they are given adequate breaks so they can relax at our tent and play mini tennis challenge matches against each other. And… they have a great opportu‐ nity to get players autographs all over the back of their ball crew shirt which is a nice souvenir.”

Hmm, I wonder if Kramer wants to make a come‐ back and try out for the 2010 VanOpen? m

FROM “SEINFELD: THE LIP READER” Tennis official: Okay listen up people.

O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN! FLOYD HILL CONTINUES TO STEER THE VANOPEN SHIP

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fter seven years of standing at the helm of the Odlum Brown VanOpen you’d think that Floyd Hill would be ready to step back and let this successful tour‐ nament stay the course. Take a breath and enjoy the fruits of his labour.

But the tournament chair and underwriter of Canada’s second largest tennis event sees a bright future for the $175,000 US tournament.

With a steady rise in the level of world talent opting in on the VanOpen over the past few years – the impressive roster of alumni includes Maria Sharapova, Andy Murray and now Marcos Baghdatis – Hill has experienced many peaks and valleys in the financial fortitude of the tournament but through creativity and perseverance he has brought the VanOpen name to the tip of many players tongues.

Hill’s formula for success is simple: Fill the seats, engage local corporate sponsors and maximize the support of both the USTA and Tennis Canada.

There are plenty of you here, but we’ve only got two spots to fill. Good luck.

Ball Boy: Hey pops, isn’t there a better way to spend your twilight years?

Kramer: I may be old, but I’m spry.

Ball Boy: The tryout lasts three-and-ahalf to four hours. Are you up for it?

Floyd Hill. Photo: Gordie Bowles.

Kramer: Oh I’ll be up for it punk.

(Kramer fetches some balls, and he is doing some pretty fancy footwork).

Kramer to Jerry: Hey guess who’s going to be the new ball man for the Finals.

Jerry: You’re kidding.

Kramer: Yeah. They said they haven’t seen anybody go after balls with such gusto.

DURING TENNIS FINALS: Kramer: Kramer is sitting poised on the sideline. He waves back to the group.

George and Elaine give him a thumbs up.

The two players hit the ball back and forth. The ball lands in the net. Kramer springs into action running toward the ball and runs into Monica Seles. Monica falls to the ground in pain. matchpoint | FALL 2009

Shortly before the start of this year’s tournament, Hill announced a 50 percent in‐ crease in the women’s prize purse to $75,000 US, which brought the total purse to $175,000 US, making the event the second largest joint tennis event in Canada, behind the Rogers Cup. “It has been our goal to enhance the Odlum Brown VanOpen every year since Maria Sharapova was our first champion in 2002,” said Hill. “The prize money strengthens the women’s field by attracting more world‐class players to the event.

With Baghdatis’ impressive run and eventual win this year, drawing record crowds, partly due to his charismatic approach and magnetic appeal – the 2009 VanOpen will go down in the books as one of the best ever.

What inspires Hill to dedicate so much of his time?

“Giving back to tennis, giving back to society and this community,” he said with a smile just seconds before the start of the men’s finals. “That’s how it all started and from there it all started to grow.”

Grow indeed.

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COURT STYLE >> By Dianne Bankay, Photos by Ron Hole

A RUNAWAY

HIT T he buzz at this year’s Odlum Brown Van Open was of course Baghdatis, Mirza, Malisse, Marino, and Dent. But there was Open 2009 a stir at the tournament – aAustralian new name causing Ana Ivanovic LIJA. LIJA is a chic new active wear clothing company based out of Vancouver. In 1997, owner and avid golfer, Linda Hipp, was tired of wearing golf clothes that were not fashionable and decided to do something about it. LIJA’s stylish and functional clothes soon garnered praise from Fitness Magazine, the NY Post, In Style Magazine, SELF, and Golf Digest to name just a few. Buoyed by their success in golf, LIJA decided to bring a much‐needed fashion for‐ ward approach to tennis wear. In keeping with their trendsetting ways, LIJA put on fashion shows during headliner Marcos Baghdatis’ first and second round matches. Each changeover models strutted onto centre court sporting one must‐have outfit after another. An ATP first, and an undeniable runway hit!

Compression Body Con Tank in watermelon paired with a Compression Flight Skort. The Lux Knit Sunrise Hoody is tied around the shoulders.

Fall 2009 Collection.

Fluid Destiny Pullover in Lace colour.

Spring 2010 Collection.

Compression Surge Tank is shown with the Compression Triumph Skort. Spring 2010 Collection

Core Fleece Pullover with retro Core Fleece Shorts. Fall 2010 Collection.

To learn more about LIJA, and to purchase LIJA wear, go to: • www.lijastyle.com • Lady Sport • Van Lawn Pro Shop

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By Dianne Bankay, Photo: Branko Popazivanov >> COURT

STYLE

PERFECT

PAIRING I

t could be called the perfect marriage between artist and muse. On one hand you have LIJA, the Vancou‐ ver based active wear company with their stylish ten‐ nis attire; on the other, LIJA’s ideal model, Rebecca Marino, a rising tennis star on the WTA tour, who at, just 18, recently broke into the top 200.

At almost 6 foot 2 and with legs most women only dream of, you could easily mistake the fresh faced beauty as simply a model. But when you see her on court pushing opponents around with her punishing ground strokes and routinely acing them, you quickly learn that Rebecca Marino is not just another pretty face. Indeed, her powerful on court game and affable personality are exactly what drew LIJA’s attention.

Already involved with this year’s Odlum Brown Van‐ couver Open, LIJA met with Marino and instantly signed her. “I decided to partner with LIJA,” Marino says, “because they have very stylish, classy, and com‐ fortable athletic clothing…I really love wearing their clothes.” Marino’s look was such a hit at the VanOpen that many fans wanted to wear the exact outfits she sported – adulation to which Marino modestly re‐ sponds, “I’m honestly quite flattered.”

When speaking with Marino about clothes, she is a typical 18 year old: comparing fabrics, discussing fit and favourite colours, etc.; she makes it easy to forget that she is an elite athlete with a very promising career ahead of her. Indeed, her views on the role image plays in a tennis player’s career only reinforce her maturity: “We become role models, and have to be conscious of the message we are sending out to fans, media, and others.

And we are also promoting tennis as a sport, so we have to make sure we are putting a positive message out there for people to be involved in a lifelong sport”.

It’s clear that Marino’s power game, humility, and stylish look will soon garner her fans worldwide. m

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TWEETS, FACEBOOK

AND MICRO-BLOGGING Vancouver’s Little Tennis Tournament Has SERIOUSLY Grown Up

By Jeff Paterson

T

he prize money offered and the profile of the players in‐ volved weren’t the only things that were increased for the 2009 Odlum Brown VanOpen.

As a direct result of the larger purse and the household names competing for it, the media in‐ terest and the demand for infor‐ mation about last month’s tournament sky‐rocketed as well.

With more than 70 members of the local media accredited for

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the event, daily television, radio and newspaper coverage in Metro Vancouver reached new heights. But as the VanOpen grows and continues to attract world‐class players like Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, Belgium’s Xavier Malisse and Sania Mirza, the number one women’s player in India, what was once Vancou‐ ver’s little tennis tournament has now grown up and gone global like never before.

Throughout the tournament, every time Baghdatis, who faced Roger Federer in the final of the 2006 Australian Open and held a career‐best ranking of eighth in the world, took the court at Holly‐ burn Country Club, vanopen.com (the tournament’s official web‐ site) received a flood of e‐mails from Baghdatis fans all over the planet wanting to know the status of his matches. In fact, despite the 10‐hour time difference between matchpoint | FALL 2009

the west coast of Canada and Baghdatis’ homeland in the east‐ ern reaches of the Mediterranean, fans flocked to the tournament website requesting the latest on their conquering hero.

It was a similar story every time Mirza was in action even though many of her followers were half a world away and 12‐hours ahead of Pacific daylight time. Tennis fans wanted updates and VanOpen had no choice but to meet the demand.

Instead of simply updating match results upon their com‐ pletion on the website as was initially the plan, the tourna‐ ment only option was to em‐ brace technology and turn to the latest in social networking to satisfy the demand for up to the minute information.

Without the benefit of live web scoring for this year’s event, VanOpen set up a Twitter ac‐ count and began to tweet the re‐ sults of all Baghdatis and Mirza matches game by game. At one point late in the tournament, a legion of Baghdatis fans was gathered in a chat room on the player’s official website in the middle of the night back home in Cyprus discussing the twists and turns of his match in Vancouver based solely on the information being dispatched in bursts of 140 or fewer characters.

In Mirza’s case, it wasn’t just fans that were following her every move at twitter.com/vanopen.

With a massive following in one of the world’s most‐populated countries, Mirza’s progress was also being monitored closely by the media back home in India. In fact, a check of the internet after any of her VanOpen matches yielded a number of newspaper stories containing information (service breaks, double‐faults, court conditions) that could only be found in the many tweets de‐ livered any time Mirza was play‐ ing. Several media outlets including CNN‐India were keep‐ ing close tabs on Mirza during matchpoint | FALL 2009

her VanOpen run with CNN re‐ questing a telephone interview after her 1‐6, 6‐4, 6‐4 loss to Laval, Quebec’s Stephanie Dubois in the women’s singles final.

And with Dubois prevailing and fellow Canadians Rebecca Marino, Sharon Fichman, Marie‐ Eve Pelletier and Heidi El Tabakh making up five of the eight quar‐ ter‐finalists in the women’s draw in this year’s VanOpen, interest from across this country was huge, too. And so was the fan re‐ sponse to the regular tweets that kept Canadians informed about the progress of the home‐grown talent in Western Canada’s largest professional tennis event.

All told, to feed the voracious appetite of tennis fans around the world and from coast to coast in Canada and to keep them all updated on the latest happenings at Hollyburn, VanOpen blasted more than 450 tweets — an aver‐ age of about 60 a day — through‐ out the week‐long event.

But it wasn’t enough to simply keep the masses informed using Twitter. As effective as it is in short bursts, micro‐blogging doesn’t allow fans a chance to ex‐ perience all that a tournament like this one has to offer. And

that’s where VanOpen embraced Facebook as a way to incorporate daily photographs, to provide links to media articles about the tournament, to engage visitors with contests, to provide the lat‐ est scheduling and weather up‐ dates and to give tennis fans and tournament supporters a place to post any and all feedback on their VanOpen experience.

To complement the tourna‐ ment’s official website, VanOpen’s Facebook page proved to be a popular place for fans seeking as much information about the event as they could get their hands on. More than 200 signed up to become Facebook ‘fans’ of the tournament and have the very lat‐ est information about VanOpen delivered directly to their home computers or wireless devices.

In their first year of existence, without a doubt, the electronic en‐ hancements of the 2009 Odlum Brown VanOpen proved to be suc‐ cessful ventures — for both the

tournament and its many follow‐ ers. Social networking and new media allowed organizers to reach out to the many fans unable to at‐ tend the event and to deliver ex‐ actly what was being asked for in a timely and efficient manner.

When the week was over and the last shots had been hit, Mar‐ cos Baghdatis and Stephanie Dubois walked away from the Odlum Brown VanOpen as the biggest winners on the court. But they certainly weren’t the only ones feeling good about the events at Hollyburn. Tennis fans everywhere seemed pleased with the steps taken by the tourna‐ ment to keep them informed about their favourite players.

Twitter and Facebook had served to shrink the planet and bring tennis fans from all over the world together. And this was just the latest indication of how VanOpen has grown and how the tournament is now truly a global event. m

Jeff Paterson served as the communications manager for the 2007 & 2009 Odlum Brown VanOpen tournaments. He is also a talk show host on Vancouver’s all‐sports radio, Team 1040 and a freelance writer whose work appears regularly in the Georgia Straight.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS >>

ATHLETICISM FIRST, ALWAYS Tennis specific training used to be characterized by mimicking tennis skill patterns. Today, we leave precise skill rehearsal to on‐ court coaches and focus our effort on developing athleticism to gain advantageous positioning and the physicality key skills such as a power serve require. In coach‐speak, the secondary fitness characteristics describe the ingredients top level players possess – speed, quickness, agility, movement skills, reaction skills, bal‐ ance, coordination, deceleration, multi joint strength and linked power. Along with basic fitness and strength, these together make up the tennis training recipe.

Player development philosophy and exercise style is geared towards developing bigger, faster, stronger smarter muscles that perform best on the court. We call this Smart Muscle™ training, the latest development in tennis conditioning — creating a pre‐ cise mind to muscle connection whereby the mind reads the de‐ mands of the environment, commands the muscles to move and the body responds quickly and accurately. The goal is to make the muscles more compliant to the brain commands.

Running down a ball is precipitated by reaction time plus the movement skill for first step quickness to accelerate the body into action. Getting there involves footwork and speed, followed by aggressive deceleration with also the postural control to main‐ tain a united body able to best transition deceleration into ten‐ nis swing mechanics. Tennis is a very skillful multi directional sport and likewise training must not only build the body’s hard drive (muscles, heart, lungs) but also the software that controls the body (brain and nervous system feeding the muscles).

From Baseline to Net Play

The programming formula begins with instability and hand‐eye drills to put the tennis player into an alert state while warming up muscles, heart and lungs. Next we teach movement skills to enable players to cover the court more efficiently, expending less energy, incurring fewer injuries. Strength exercises follow, all full body athletic lifts requiring communication between the legs, core and upper body that come with a high metabolic cost.

When my players execute 5 of these in a row the energetic de‐ mands are massive, always taxing the anaerobic energy system and aerobic recovery even during strength phases — giving greater endurance capacities on the court especially after chal‐ lenging tennis muscles for strength and power as opposed to tra‐ ditional cardiovascular exercise.

I like to coach strength and movement skills (open steps, drop steps, lateral movement, back peddling etc) as separate compo‐ nents then later harness improvements for integrated power and agility drills. Strength loading is reduced permitting higher reps at explosive speeds; and each power rep is linked by an agility foot‐ work pattern. An example is open step to forehand tubing push coupled right into a drop step to backhand with resistance tubing off the opposite side. Ensuring the muscles produce both power output as well as whole body agility complexed in a sprint en‐ durance fashion tends to demonstrate performance advantages more and deeper into a tough match — when it matters most. m 26

By Peter Twist

CORE SLOW ROTATION

Begin in a strong athletic position with the core braced and the Smart Toner attached with a door anchor. Load with the weight off the back foot to slowly draw the arms across and through the mid torso of the body with arms extended. Hold this position with the back heal released and slowly return back to start position. Repeat 10 to 12 reps before switching to the other side. Complete 3 sets. 2–3 lower body and 3–4 core exercises to ensure a good balance.

WEIGHT TRANSFER TO LAT RAISE

Start in a low athletic position with the core braced and the Smart Toner attached with a door anchor, handle should be held by outside hand in a relaxed position. Initiate the movement with the legs; triple extend the ankle, knee and hip while lifting the bent arm laterally so the wrist, elbow and shoulder finish in alignment at shoulder height. Return to the start position by slowly lowering back into a low athletic position with arms fully resting at the side of the body. Tempo should remain slow and controlled throughout the 10 to 12 reps for each side. Complete 3 sets.

INTEGRATED SQUAT Begin in a low balanced athletic position, have the toner handles crossing in front of the body. Set the core and the scapula with arms gently bent, keeping hips low to control movement on the Twist Smart Muscle Board™. “Initiate movement with the legs; triple extend the ankle, knee and hop, lifting the arm laterally so wrist, elbow and shoulder finish in alignment. Return to the start position by slowly lowering back into a low athletic position with arms resting at the side of the body. Repeat 10 to 12 controlled reps for three complete sets.

Start

Finish

Peter Twist, MSc BPE CSCS TSCC‐L3 is President of Twist Conditioning’s 3 divisions: franchised Sport Conditioning Cen‐ ters, Smart Muscle™ product wholesale and home study coach education. To learn more go to www.twistconditioning.com matchpoint | FALL 2009

WHERE’S THE LINE? MATCHPOINT PHOTO CONTEST

Meryl Ogden Winner of Spring 2009 issue

SUMMER 2009 WINNER

TENNIS BC’S

NAME THAT CAPTION CONTEST MatchPoint readers can send in their suggestions for the caption for this month’s photo. Winners take home great Wilson tennis prizes.

Email us at tbc@tennisbc.org

“NO, NO, NO!!

YOU’VE GOT IT BACKWARDS! REMEMBER, IT’S “KEEP-YOUR-EYEON-THE-BALL !”

— Bill Code

RULES: • • • •

You may send in more than one entry.

Winners must be a member of Tennis BC. All captions should be suitable for print.

In the event that the same caption is sent by multiple entries, the winner will be determined by a random draw.

VanOpen

Facebook photo contest

Tennis fans were encouraged to submit their Odlum Brown

RUNNERS UP:

“These balls are no good, they’re lemons!”

— Emily Seitz “Never order contact lenses from Tennis BC.” — Chris Thompson

VanOpen photos to the tour‐ naments Facebook page. The winner of this years contest is Gary Winter.

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Congratulations to our winners and thank‐you to all participants for their submissions. matchpoint | FALL 2009

FISH HOUSE

IN STANLEY PARK GREEN INITIATIVES

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Surrounded by the natural beauty of the park, the Fish House has always felt an obliga‐ tion to foster programs re‐ ducing its footprint on the environment. For the past 12 years, Chef Karen Barnaby has spearheaded and maintained a kitchen recycling program sec‐ ond to none in the hospitality industry. In the January 2009 Waste and Recycling audit, the Fish House recycling diversion rate was 79.8% from December 2007 to November 2008 – one of the highest scores in the industry.

In one year, The Fish House Restaurant con‐ tributed towards saving: 199 cubic yards of land‐ fill space, 272,260 kilowatt hours of electricity, 133 barrels of oil, 464,834 gallons of water and – based upon Sierra Club calculations 1129 trees.

Join us for a quick bite after a tennis match or for lunch, afternoon tea or dinner before enjoying a stroll in the park.” m

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By Carole Dulude Thanks to the Fish House Restaurant for hosting a reception for sponsors of the Everyday Champions 78th Stanley Park Open presented by Acura Advance.

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TOP SPIN TENNIS TIPS >> By Luke O’Loughlin and Chris Stead | Player demonstration: Kamil Pajowski

CHOOSING THE APPROPRIATE FOOTWORK The general misconception

MOVING LATERALLY ON A WIDE DEEP/FAST BALL

about footwork, especially for developing competitive juniors and/or adults, is that a player needs to be either more of an “open”

or “closed”

stance

player. The reality of today’s modern game suggests neither.

In fact, players need to be able to transfer from foot to foot, for example left to left, right to right, left to right, right to left and so on in a myriad of com‐ binations.

Avid tennis enthusiasts may wonder how the best players in

Wrong

Player takes first step with inside leg (right foot), stopping the outside leg (left foot) from setting hips into running position.

Optimal

Player takes first step with outside leg (left foot), allowing hips to set which increases speed and preparedness to the ball.

the world seemingly move so effortlessly. While it’s true that they’re amazingly fit, top play‐ ers generally choose the most efficient (easy) ways of execut‐ ing specific movements for every shot they hit.

For the average player, this is often where the problem begins.

Keep in mind that incorpo‐ rating more efficient footwork

Player is on the run and opts to hit off the outside leg which is ‘Open Stance’.

applications will lead to better BALANCE & RECOVERY while moving to and from each shot.

As a result, average shots be‐ come winning shots with far less effort. So we’ve chosen two common scenarios to help il‐ lustrate varying footwork op‐ tions. These scenarios take into account both the court loca‐ tion of a player and the type of ball received.

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Player opts to hit ball on the run.

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>>TOP SPIN TENNIS TIPS

MOVING BACKWARDS ON A DEEP/HIGH BALL

Wrong

Player moves back on heels. This is not only slow but could also cause a player to trip and fall.

Player opts to hit dynamically (pushes off the ground to hit in the air) off the left foot onto the right foot. Note the shoulders/hips rotation. This helps the player to fully utilize angular momentum (rotation) which maximizes power. m

Optimal

Player exhibits full unit turn (sets feet, hips, shoulders & hands.)

Luke O’Loughlin is the Director of High Per‐ formance for Tennis BC and Chris Stead is the head tennis pro at the West Vancouver Tennis Club. Player demonstrator Kamil Pajowski is a University of New Mexico graduate and aspiring tour pro.

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SUMMER SERIES >> Photos by Branko Popazivanov and Bo Kwan

2009

2009

Tennis BC welcomed the Coquitlam Open and the Fraser Valley Open to the 2009 Odlum Brown Sum‐ mer Series presented by Acura Advance. Overall participation in the Series grew by nearly 200 players and by 11% in entries.

Healthy recreation, social interaction and the thrill of competition, combined with the opportunity to achieve a provincial ranking in categories ranging from novice to open, are what drive this “Sport of a Life‐ time”. Tennis BC supports the participating clubs and their tournament directors to deliver quality events to our Membership and we thank you for your participation throughout the spring and summer season.

Congratulations to all those winners listed below, and especially to the 2009 Singles Leaders — Daniel Chu of Vancouver (Jericho Tennis Club) and Katerina Boiko of Burnaby (Hazelmere Golf and Country Club.) Good luck over the indoor season and we’ll see you in 2010!

Monica Neveklovska

Men's Singles

Nick Coutts

#1 - Coquitlam

#2 - Richmond

#3 - Delta

April 29 - May 10

May 30 - June 7

June 13 - June 21 T. Duncan

3.0

R. Gottfried

E. Ultra

3.5

B. Biles

I. Chang

W. Lee

4.0

F. Abbruzzesse

K. Jesson

T. Knight

4.5

T. Reyes

D. Mealing

B. Lam

Open

Daniel Chu

Daniel Chu

G. Kassautzki

Women's Singles 3.0

Milena Neveklovska

R. Ho

H. Goertz

3.5

D. Kosoric

L. Emond

D. Kosoric

4.0

D. Matei

C. Irimagawa

C. Irimagawa

4.5

L. Stoiu

L. Stoiu

W. Banham

Open

A. Enderica

Monica Neveklovska

K. Boiko

3.5

Fisher/Sirimanotham

Figasinski/Kooy

Nguyen/Sze

4.0

Dang/Ly

4.5

Grellman/Konitzer

Abramszyk/Estacio

Bower/Wasylyshyn

Santoso/Turek

Choi/Jaworski

Haley/Kraft

Henri/Kusumoto

Men's Doubles

5.0+ Women's Doubles 3.5 4.0

Irimagawa/Yamada

4.5

Soda/Yamada

Hon/Szto

5.0+

Chis/Neveklovska

Chis/McNabney

Combined Mixed Doubles

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7.0

Choynowski/Quenneville

Clemente/Tse

Choynowski/Quenneville

8.0

Byers/Quesnel

Filyus/Wong

Scholz/Storey

9.0

Beechinor/Turek

Brown/Ratiu

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>> SUMMER SERIES Neveklovska/Chis

Daniel Chu

Katerina Boiko

#4 - Burnaby

# 5 - New Westminster

#6 - Victoria

#7 - Abbotsford

June 27-July 5

July 25 - August 3

August 5 - August 9

August 8 - August 16

K. Singh

R. Gottfried

J. Showers

T. Duncan

K. Singh

D. Nguyen

C. Venters

G. Hara

E. Dolan

K. Jesson

S. Bousbouras

A. Iliev

S. Puskas

B. Lam

O. Bellomi

J. Kooy

G. Jecminek

J. Kates

P. Flint

J. Schneider

A. Vassilieva

A. Tsui

C. Blum

K. Wong

J. Qiao

M. Mckenzie

M. Hickman

M. Del Negro

L. Lam

E. Davis

S. Nickel

L. Stoiu

W. Banham

C. Daffner

K. Boiko

T. Frank

Ly/Ly

Manansala/Teh

Herar/Lam

Bhupal/Robinson

Bourne/Klees

Rooney/Scantlebury

Santoso/Turek

Coutts/Davis

Onishi/Seki

Riley/Seki

Garrett/Gronow

Draliuk/Zhang

Shaw/Van Der Koop

Maclean-Alley/O'Brien

Crisologo/Taniguchi

Gottfried/Prado

Bourne/Goff *

Beechinor/Turek

Beechinor/Turek

Mclean/Verrier

Davis/Davis Boiko/Neveklovska Kai/Yabe

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Anderson/Duncan

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2009 LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS LOWER MAINLAND MEN’S LEAGUE A1

A2

B1 Blue

B1 Red

* Peoples Courts Academy Jericho Richmond Country Arbutus UBC West Vancouver

17 10 8 8 4 3

* Town & Country Port Coquitlam New Westminster VLTBC Burnaby

21 18 17 14 10

* Lloyd’s Richmond Country Arbutus Stanley Park White Rock

21 19 17 12 11

Richmond Tennis NSWC Port Coquitlam Stanley Park Jericho

22 18 15 14 11

* Jericho Burnaby Coquitlam Port Coquitlam Tsawwassen

23 21 21 11 4

New Westminster Richmond Country Capilano Tsawwassen Coquitlam

15 14 12 7 0

C1 Blue

* Richmond TC Burnaby Tsawwassen Sunshine Hills Hollyburn

25 21 11 11 4

M4.5W

Overhead Smashed ATP Rejects New Kids On The Court Langford Laser Lobbers LTC Ball Busters

C1 Red

Arbutus Capilano VLTBC Sunshine Hills Richmond Tennis

21 20 19 15 5

MOpen

Courtside Sports Can ‘O Balls Deuce Bags Poached Eggs Chip ‘n Dales

C2

* White Rock Coquitlam Capilano Sunshine Hills Tsawwassen

29 19 15 11 6

W3.0

Happy Campers Alley Girls Carmen’s Crusaders

W3.5

Volley Girls Belles of the Ball The Raquettes No Strings Attached Claremont Spartans

W4.0B

The Incredibelles Langford First String Lobsters Hit ‘n Run Sets In The City

W4.0W

The Net Profits Phantom Black Federer’s Fillies Neil’s Hell’s Kitchen

W4.5

Four Aces Courtside Sports Slice Girlz Smart Aces String Quartet

SOUTH ISLAND LEAGUE M4.0B

M4.0W B2 Blue

B2 Red

* Division Winner

M4.5B

Mill Bay T.W.’s Game Set & Match Saanich Ace Kickers Soldberg’s Grand Slammers The Borg Centre Court Racquets Racketears Lob Mob The Car Bombers Victoria Vipers Claremont Spartans Langford Top Guns The Saanich Smash No Strings Attached The Westerns Off the Rim to Win

For full results go to www.tennisbcleagues.com

Wolfe Vespa – raffle winner

BOB CORBETT

Throughout the VanOpen tournament, spectators had a chance to purchase tickets to enter into a draw to win a Vespa, that was donated by one of the platinum sponsors of the event, Wolfe Vespa of Surrey.

The winner’s name was announced on VanOpen website www.vanopen.com right after the men’s finals. Congratulations to Bob!

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2009 LADIES LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS DAY TEAMS

3 Day 13 teams

48

4 Night 7 teams

48

44

Hazelmere

34

NSWC Divas

42

People’s Courts Red

33

Town and Country

33

Arbutus

31

VLTBC

29

Hollyburn Aces

31

Sunshine Hills Red

25

Steveston

25

Great West

31

Hollyburn

23

Hollyburn

24

VLTBC

29

Coquitlam

20

29

Shaughnessy

16

NSWC Racquettes

11

1 Day 12 teams

24

Sunshine Hills Alley Cats

Arbutus

23

Hollyburn Stingers

27

Jericho Red

22

Hollyburn Slicegirlz

25

NSWC

21

Tsawwassen

25

Richmond TC

21

West Vancouver Blue

17

Jericho Blue

16

Arbutus Green

16

Capilano

16

Sunshine Hills Snowbirds

10

People’s Courts Green

10

Coquitlam

5

2B Day 13 teams

48

Arbutus Blue

34

OPEN AND NIGHT TEAMS

Hollyburn Matchmakers

30

Open 5 teams

32

Jericho Red

30

Hollyburn

21

NSWC Green

29

Jericho

18

VLTBC

28

VLTBC

15

Richmond TC

27

People’s Courts

15

West Vancouver Jays

25

UBC

11

People’s Courts Purple

23

2A Night 7 teams

48

White Rock

23

Murdo Frazer TC

41

NSWC Slice Girls

21

Stanley Park Girls

37

Jericho White

16

NSWC White

25

Great West

14

Sunshine Hills

24

Hollyburn Racquetears

12

Tsawwassen

14

4 Day 12 teams

44

Burnaby

14

Tsawwassen T-Birds

36

People’s Courts

13

NSWC Ones

33

3 Night 7 teams

48

Arbutus

32

Richmond TC

35

Hazelmere

31

Capilano

28

People’s Courts

26

Great West Purple

27

Richmond TC

24

NSWC

24

White Rock

19

Sunshine Hills Gold

24

Hollyburn Hotshots

19

New Westminster

20

Sunshine Hills Aces

14

People’s Courts

10

Tsawwassen Pearls

12

1 Night 7 teams

48

Jericho

10

Burnaby

33

Hollyburn Raquettes

8

West Vancouver

29

2A Day 12 teams

44

Stanley Park Acers

28

VLTBC White

33

Great West

24

West Vancouver Blue

33

Jericho

23

Hollyburn BluCrew

26

VLTBC

18

Queen Elizabeth

26

Coquitlam

13

25

2B Night 7 teams

48

People’s Courts Partygirlz

23

Capilano

36

Great West

22

New Westminster

31

Tsawwassen

20

NSWC Babes

29

Hazelmere

17

Hollyburn

23

Arbutus Aces

17

West Vancouver

20

Hollyburn Incrediballs

14

VLTBC

15

Sunshine Hills

8

Great West Red

14

Hazelmere

Burnaby

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TOP 5 OPEN PLAYERS

WOMEN

MEN

RANKINGS

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1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

PLAYER

CLUB

DANIEL CHU Vancouver

HENRY CHOI

UPDATES Former #1 University of Washington Huskies player, travels internationally to build his professional world-rankings

High Performance Coach at VLTBC, former Indiana State University player

Vancouver

NICK COUTTS

Played in the NCAA Nationals and has earned ATP points in doubles

Victoria

GEORGE JECMINEK

Consistent top 5 player in BC, starting a pro career.

Port Coquitlam

PATRICK FLINT

Played on pro circuit in 2007-2008, former University of Hartford player

Victoria

KATERINA BOIKO

Traveling for Jr. ITF World Events

Burnaby

KHRISTINA BLAJKEVITCH New Westminster

MONICA NEVEKLOVSKA

Member of the National Training Centre in Montreal, travels internationally for competition, ranked in the top 140 Jr. in the world

Plays for NCAA Division 1 SMU in Dallas

West Vancouver

ALEJANDRA ENDERICA

Top BC Junior with high national ranking

Port Coquitlam

KELLY MCNABNEY Vancouver

Consistently BC’s top 5 player and 2008 & 2009 Mixed doubles champion at Stanley Park Open

SENIOR MEN’S 35 SINGLES 1 Max Brown 2 Julien Heine 3 Stan Puskas 4 Hannes Blum 5 Geoff Bourne 6 Oscar Mandap 7 Collin Koo 8 Franco Abbruzzese 9 Timothy Hopper 9 Renato Malloth

470 375 202 188 162 160 138 132 126 126

MEN'S 40 SINGLES 1 Joachim Nierfeld 2 Hannes Blum 3 Trevor Richards 4 Greg Johnson 5 Rory MacKay 6 Mark Harrison 6 Michael Cassady 8 Neville Israel 8 John Fung 10 Daniel Louko

517 168 126 108 88 80 80 72 72 45

MEN'S 45 SINGLES 1 Stephen Kimoff 2 Robert Exell 3 Art Hobbs 4 Brian Lam 5 Patrick Macken 6 Yakov Cohen 7 Ranjan McArthur 8 Glenn Richards 9 Nick Brummelkamp 10 Tim Shoveller

517 241 220 198 195 180 173 126 110 104

MEN'S 50 SINGLES 1 Bob Langford 2 Russ Hartley 3 Paul Shellard 4 Ted Moens 5 Joe Guiotto 6 Hubert Sigouin 7 Sherman Kwok 8 Kim Jow 8 Scott Beacom 10 Anthony Tai

400 316 292 132 130 84 60 40 40 36

MEN'S 55 SINGLES 1 Steven Yesowick 2 George Lea 3 Ken McBean 4 John Harvey 5 Ian Stewart 6 Warren Lore 7 Al Lawry 8 Dave Pentland 9 Michael Koren 10 Gavin Duclos

376 354 325 211 192 180 143 120 96 86

MEN'S 60 SINGLES 1 Bob Bardsley 2 George Lea 3 Ken Dahl 4 Pat Dowling 5 Ralph Webster 6 George Shaw 7 Ivan Bern 8 Dave Evans 8 John Mclennan 10 Werner Kahn

264 255 168 163 102 98 86 70 70 36

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5 5 7 7 9 9

Dave Pentland Warren Lore Michael Koren John Harvey Kim Jensen Ian Merkel

170 170 115 115 101 101

MEN'S 60 DOUBLES 1 Ken Dahl 1 John Mclennan 3 Peter Wilson 3 Allan Robinson 5 George Lea 7 Kim Jensen 7 Ian Merkel 9 Bob Bardsley 9 Don McCormick

168 168 165 165 155 112 112 96 96

MEN'S 65 DOUBLES 1 Eric Bojesen 2 Laszlo Orbay 3 Horst Dammholz 3 David Goulding 5 Allan Robinson

470 190 148 148 144

MEN'S 65 SINGLES 1 Eric Bojesen 2 John Hylton-Foster 3 Dave Rea 4 Lance Stiles 5 Mike McMaster 6 Peter Walsh 7 Mervin Watson 8 Warren Longpre 8 Jon Ferguson 10 Charles Ayers

472 266 200 198 114 103 96 90 90 85

MEN'S 70 SINGLES 1 Horst Dammholz 2 Chuck Underhill 3 Bruce Mann 4 William Davis 5 John Grose 5 Herschel Hardin 7 Bob Seeley 8 Walter Toffoli 9 Amir Somji 10 Clive Jones

309 204 135 81 80 80 72 60 54 53

MEN'S 75 SINGLES 1 Gordon Verge 2 Rudy Derton 3 William Davis 4 George Smith 5 Les Bourne

248 132 126 96 70

MEN'S 70 DOUBLES 1 Howard Lowe 2 Chuck Underhill 3 Horst Dammholz 4 Amir Somji 5 Gordon Verge

185 180 140 96 75

MEN'S 35 DOUBLES 1 Fabio Walker 1 Stefano Walker 3 Andy Freeman 4 Greg Johnson 5 Tony Macken 5 Patrick Macken 5 Robert Exell 5 J.J. Mahoney 9 Nick Andrews 9 Mark Gilbert

198 198 168 148 126 126 126 126 96 96

MEN'S 75 DOUBLES 1 Gordon Verge 2 S. Bunny Kent 3 Les Bourne 4 Otto Bolzner 5 George Smith

228 108 96 60 58

MEN'S 40 DOUBLES 1 Stephen Kimoff 1 Joachim Nierfeld 3 Gary Abramszyk 3 Elmer Estacio

208 208 96 96

MEN'S 45 DOUBLES 1 Patrick Macken 1 Tony Macken 3 Tim Shoveller 4 Robert Exell 5 Dave Pentland 5 Michael Kerr 7 Steven Yesowick 7 Paul Devine

WOMEN'S 35 SINGLES 1 Margit Aardmaa 2 Shiera Stuart 3 Shelley Roxburgh 4 Bali Athwal 5 Andrea McDonald 6 Carol Lau 6 Petra Turek 8 Mia van der Kop 9 Angele Parker 10 Maryani Lesmana

426 185 168 140 98 72 72 60 55 48

305 305 244 224 126 126 120 120

WOMEN'S 40 SINGLES 1 Shelley Roxburgh 2 Sharon Sauder 3 Carol Lau 4 Kristina Lidster 5 Anne Lydon 6 Leah MacFarlane 6 Heather Tasker-Brown 6 Rebecca Coval-Kalla 9 Colleen Shaw 9 Elizabeth Dobie

285 182 168 90 72 50 50 50 48 48

WOMEN'S 45 SINGLES 1 Karen Clarke 2 Cathy Brown 3 Julie Reynolds 4 Meryl Ogden 5 Cora Wills 6 Debbie Harit 7 Colleen Ostlund 8 Betty Chin 9 Kim Rogers 10 Karen Beacom

320 280 231 215 203 135 131 90 85 78

MEN'S 50 DOUBLES 1 Bob Langford 2 John Picken 3 Paul Shellard 4 Steven Yesowick 4 Paul Devine 6 Dave Pentland 7 Erik Voute 7 Gary Lyons 7 Bruce McDonald MEN'S 55 DOUBLES 1 Steven Yesowick 2 George Lea 3 Bob Bardsley 3 Bob Wright

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220 168 100 96 96 72 48 48 48

504 280 198 198

WOMEN'S 50 SINGLES 1 Cora Wills 2 Janet Landucci 3 Debbie Harit 4 Carol Pedlar 5 Heather McDonald 6 Diane Hanna 6 Eileen Clark 8 Dawn Johnstone 9 Donna Allaby 10 Patricia Barton

278 145 144 111 72 48 48 40 38 36

WOMEN'S 40 DOUBLES 1 Sharon Sauder 1 Christine Lindsay 3 Shelley Roxburgh 4 Carol Lau 4 Carol Pedlar 6 Anne Davis 6 Karen Clarke 6 Mubina Allidina 6 Barbara Marrie-Black 6 Kristina Lidster

260 260 252 168 168 96 96 96 96 96

WOMEN'S 55 SINGLES 1 Micheline Berry 2 Janice Holloway 3 Eileen Clark 4 Glenys Wall 5 Blanche Cyr 6 Jandi Fraser 6 Trish McLachlan 8 Paddy Mann 9 Hanna Vorechovski 10 Janice Clark

308 198 171 166 145 72 72 70 66 65

WOMEN'S 45 DOUBLES 1 Leslie Van Santen 2 Pamela Rosenbaum 2 Cora Wills 4 Meryl Ogden 5 Susan Stone 6 Debbie Harit 6 Kathy Fox 8 Karen Clarke 9 Brenda Cameron 10 Kim Rogers

328 264 264 200 198 180 180 152 126 116

WOMEN'S 60 SINGLES 1 Eileen Clark 2 Jandi Fraser 3 Jean Martin 4 Bonnie Szekely 5 Marilyn Williams 6 Trish McLachlan 7 Patricia McLachlan 8 Jennifer Ewing 9 Irene Hermann 10 Maryam Majedi

341 231 150 118 93 88 72 68 56 48

WOMEN'S 50 DOUBLES 1 Cora Wills 2 Janice Holloway 3 Pamela Rosenbaum 4 Jackie Brown 5 Eileen Clark 5 Lesley Bumby 7 Janice Clark 8 Debbie Harit

344 241 160 117 96 96 84 72

WOMEN'S 55 DOUBLES 1 Janice Holloway 2 Pamela Rosenbaum 3 Janice Clark 4 Micheline Berry 5 Jackie Brown 6 Valeska Campbell 7 Colleen Johnson 8 Laura Ramsay 9 Eileen Clark 10 Marilyn Williams

456 434 165 164 156 150 145 126 120 104

WOMEN'S 60 DOUBLES 1 Patricia McLachlan 2 Jandi Fraser 3 Irene Hermann 4 Eileen Clark 5 Paula Brocklebank 5 Kyoko Kimura 7 Jean Martin 8 Wendy Campbell 8 Bonnie Szekely 8 Sheila Anning

252 185 145 126 120 120 112 75 75 75

WOMEN'S 65 DOUBLES 1 Mabel Chan 1 Rita Savino 3 Bonnie Szekely 4 Joy Conrad-Rice 5 Gillian Akins 6 Dineka Vandeburgt 7 Heather Hill 8 Bernice Hayibor 8 Lou Watkins 10 Ruth Neroutsos

172 172 108 103 98 91 62 54 54 48

WOMEN'S 70 DOUBLES 1 Ann Oakey 2 Shirley Smith 3 Thelma Legge 4 Penny Goldrick 4 Elizabeth Fisher

105 72 54 24 24

WOMEN'S 65 SINGLES 1 Irene Hermann 2 Sue Fryer 3 Joy Conrad-Rice 4 Ruth Neroutsos 5 Doreen Wild 6 Lou Watkins 7 Cheryl Miller 7 Heather Kontaxopoulos 9 Penny Goldrick 9 Dineka Vandeburgt WOMEN'S 70 SINGLES 1 Ruth Neroutsos 2 Penny Goldrick 3 Daphne Jennings 4 Elizabeth Fisher 5 Johanna Walsh 5 Heather Kontaxopoulos 7 Jacquie Rudd 8 Margot Thomson 8 Thelma Legge 8 Ann Oakey

168 132 101 94 70 54 53 53 48 48

90 80 75 68 36 36 24 18 18 18

WOMEN'S 75 SINGLES 1 Elizabeth Fisher 2 Jacquie Rudd 3 Sheila Kerin

105 24 18

WOMEN'S 35 DOUBLES 1 Shelley Roxburgh 2 Margit Aardmaa 3 Petra Turek 3 Shiera Stuart 3 Michelle Sing 6 Leslie Van Santen 7 Anne Lydon 8 Pamela Rosenbaum 9 Susie Fought 9 Rita Wan

308 293 245 245 245 145 135 130 126 126

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MIXED 35 DOUBLES 1 Carolyn Goff 1 Geoff Bourne 3 Collin Koo 3 Carol Lau 5 Joanne Westwood 5 John McNeeley 7 Kathleen Quo Vadis 7 Daren Sevenko 7 Mike Kerr 7 Julie Nodge

126 126 72 72 36 36 9 9 9 9

MIXED 45 DOUBLES 1 Kerry Chan 1 Izzie McGrath 3 Art Hobbs 3 Rita Hobbs 5 Donna Folster 5 Al Folster 5 Wendy Thurlborn 5 Mike Dewynter 9 Kathleen Quo Vadis 9 Mike Kerr

126 126 72 72 36 36 36 36 18 18

MIXED 55 DOUBLES 1 Liese Ritchie 1 Peter Thomas 3 Erica Ross 3 Colin Ross 5 Dave Pentland 5 Nancy Hancock 5 Elaine Baxter 5 Alan Kotila

198 198 126 126 72 72 72 72

COMBINED MIXED 70 DOUBLES 1 Carolyn Goff 81 1 Geoff Bourne 81 3 Neil Mactaggart 45 3 Tara Mactaggart 45 5 Margaret Howard 27 5 Kerry Chan 27 7 Angele Parker 18 7 Neil Parker 18 COMBINED MIXED 75 DOUBLES 1 Collin Koo 81 1 Anne Lydon 81 3 Peter Acton 45 3 Betty Chin 45 5 Pedwin Wong 27 5 Kateryna Filyus 27 7 Neil Mactaggart 18 7 Tara Mactaggart 18

NTRP NTRP MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OPEN SINGLES 1 Daniel Chu 451 2 Henry Choi 432 3 Nick Coutts 270 4 George Jecminek 265 5 Patrick Flint 225 6 Justin Kates 204 7 Graeme Kassautzki 198 8 David Chu 165 8 Jeremy Salvo 165 10 Nikolai Haessig 126 NTRP MEN'S 5.0 SINGLES 1 Sina Khoshroo 182 2 Bogdan Cojocariu 180

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2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 10

Riaan du Toit Nadeem Kassam Aaron Wong Adam Guenter Nick Coutts Matis Jasicek Nathan Rooney Ratan Gill Jimmy Sherpa Dmitri Ryssev James Choi Nachiket Datar

180 135 135 132 132 126 126 120 120 120 120 120

NTRP MEN'S 4.5 SINGLES 1 Marco Carigiet 405 2 Oliver Bellomi 400 3 Darren Mealing 370 4 Shawn Lusignan 308 5 Brian Lam 307 6 Tomy Reyes 288 6 Patrick Kerr 288 8 Stan Puskas 285 9 Todd King 265 10 Javeed Kassam 248 10 Alfonso Napoletano 248 NTRP MEN'S 4.0 SINGLES 1 Kurt Jesson 570 2 Daniel Louko 396 2 Ed Dolan 396 2 Franco Abbruzzese 396 5 Kai Huang 358 6 Daniel Dziarmaga 348 7 Thomas Knight 345 7 Trung Do 345 9 Gino Cutri 322 10 Peter Acton 288 10 Socrates Bousbouras 288 NTRP MEN'S 3.5 SINGLES 1 Ivan Chang 616 2 Artour Goroupitch 522 3 William Lee 480 4 Ryan Wong 396 4 Bruce Biles 396 4 Karan Singh 396 7 Dale Nguyen 300 8 Keisuke Kai 288 8 Danny Dang 288 10 Stefan Larose 264 NTRP MEN'S 3.0 SINGLES 1 Robert Gottfried 468 2 Ed Ultra 400 3 Nick Cooke 396 3 Karan Singh 396 5 Tone Duncan 338 6 Randy Bird 288 7 Joe Massie 243 8 Brian Bate 225 9 Rodney Stuart 222 10 Jim Decker 207 NTRP MEN'S 2.5 SINGLES 1 Ricardo Amar 288 2 John Geddes 198 3 Ami Boaz 126 3 Gary Rooprai 126 5 Matthew Kalinowski 72 5 Jorge Calderon 72 5 Daryl Kochan 72

5 9 9 9 9

Simon Phillips Roger Kralj Roger Gapur Gregg Ashby Marko Gasic

72 36 36 36 36

NTRP MEN'S OPEN DOUBLES 1 Jerry Turek 380 2 Paul Reber 288 3 Kris Santoso 236 4 Daniel Jaworski 225 4 Henry Choi 225 6 Nick Coutts 198 6 Patrick Flint 198 8 Max Brown 169 9 Jeremy Jay Salvo 145 10 Ravjot Dhatt 126 10 David Chu 126 10 Daniel Chu 126 10 Matis Jasicek 126 NTRP MEN'S 5.0 DOUBLES 1 Nick Coutts 175 2 Neil Scantlebury 135 2 Nathan Rooney 135 4 Jerry Turek 126 5 Peter Davis 125 6 Kris Santoso 113 7 Jesse Evans 98 7 Goran Zovko 98 9 Ed Bakker 84 10 Patrick Flint 78 NTRP MEN'S 4.5 DOUBLES 1 Neil Mactaggart 288 1 Patrick Kerr 288 3 Brian Lam 283 3 Pami Herar 283 5 Elmer Estacio 270 6 Gary Abramszyk 239 7 Bill Majercsik 215 8 Steven Klees 205 8 GEOFF BOURNE 205 10 Neil Wasylyshyn 165 NTRP MEN'S 4.0 DOUBLES 1 Javeed Kassam 288 2 Tejas Phaterpekar 255 3 Ken Wu 198 3 Fumihiro Watanabe 198 5 Pedwin Wong 126 5 Graham Whyte 126 5 Tony Rudner 126 5 Anthony Tai 126 5 Danny Dang 126 5 Wally Ly 126 NTRP MEN'S 3.5 DOUBLES 1 Jonathan Kooy 345 2 Mehrdad Elyasi 288 3 Ashraf Elashi 270 4 Peter Figasinski 264 5 Bruce Choy 224 6 Ricky Nguyen 198 6 George Whitfield 198 6 Charles Friesen 198 6 Jon Wennevold 198 10 Raymond Sze 195 NTRP MEN'S 3.0 DOUBLES 1 Peter Coppard 198

1 3 3 5 5 5 5 9 9

Dino Masson Nelson Wong Ben Ng Jing Zhang Chris Schimpl Bryan Pan Takato Kato Ricardo Amar Julio Gonzalez

198 126 126 72 72 72 72 45 45

NTRP WOMEN'S OPEN SINGLES 1 Katerina Boiko 292 2 Khristina Blajkevitch 288 3 Monica Neveklovska 264 4 Alejandra Enderica 186 5 Kelly McNabney 126 6 Vivian Tsui 92 7 Kelsey Anonsen 90 8 Saroop Dhatt 83 9 Tracy Dong 81 10 Runjia Gan 75 NTRP WOMEN'S 5.0 SINGLES 1 Tracey Frank 126 2 Madison Shoemaker 84 3 Vivian Tsui 72 3 Harjit Gosal 72 3 Alexandra Sigouin 72 3 Laurence Millet 72 3 Harjit Kaur Gosal 72 3 Lily Wiebe 72 3 Liis Sober 72 10 Kelsey King 70 NTRP WOMEN'S 4.5 SINGLES 1 Liliana Stoiu 271 2 Wendy Banham 258 3 Caitlin Buckley 198 4 Karen Beacom 135 4 Kateryna Filyus 135 6 Heather Tasker-Brown 132 7 Lucy Fairbotham 84 8 Yumi Karlshoej 78 9 Andrea McDonald 72 9 Teofana Mihaila 72 9 Latonia Lam 72 9 Chelsea Stanimir 72 9 Carola Daffner 72 9 Colleen Ostlund 72 NTRP WOMEN'S 4.0 SINGLES 1 Elizabeth Dobie 225 1 Maria Del Negro 225 3 Deliana Matei 198 4 Chikako Irimagawa 158 5 Patricia Barton 150 6 Elizabeth Davis 135 7 Ou Zhang 126 7 Stacy Fung 126 9 Latonia Lam 120 10 Susie Bulat 113 NTRP WOMEN'S 3.5 SINGLES 1 Patricia Barton 345 2 Dragana Kosoric 250 3 Laurenne Emond 198 3 Kimberley Wong 198 3 Yoko Ishiguro 198 6 jenny alexander 173 7 Rosanna Ho 165 8 Vangie Johnson 156

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9 Jane Qiao 10 Marilyn Mckenzie

146 126

NTRP WOMEN'S 3.0 SINGLES 1 Veronika Pronkova 288 2 Alicia Tsui 270 3 Milena Neveklovska 264 4 Rose Pennington 254 5 Rosanna Ho 198 5 Angelika Vassilieva 198 7 Julie Carlsten 135 8 Heidi Goertz 134 9 Ayako Yabe 126 10 Gudrun Anderson 97 NTRP WOMEN'S 2.5 SINGLES 1 Veronika Pronkova 288 2 Margaret Eiriz 198 3 Anett Pincus 126 3 Jessica Poitras 126 5 Cigdem Arkuran 72 5 Ute Buffotot 72 5 Linda Kurniawan 72 5 Mandy Gratton 72 9 Dyane Kirk 36 9 Angela Haggman 36 NTRP WOMEN'S OPEN DOUBLES 1 Sinziana Chis 300 2 Monica Neveklovska 270 3 Shiera Stuart 126 3 Quynh Le 126 5 Kelly McNabney 115 6 Nicoleta Ratiu 100 7 Bethany Yurkiw 86 8 Petra Turek 78 9 Sherry Buller 72 9 Bronwyn Muirhead 72 9 Gergana Boncheva 72 NTRP WOMEN'S 5.0 DOUBLES 1 Monica Neveklovska 126 1 Katerina Boiko 126 3 Petra Turek 72 3 Camila Prado 72 5 Johane Mui 48 5 Laurence Millet 48 7 Sherry Buller 36 7 Sinziana Chis 36 7 Bronwyn Muirhead 36 7 Kelly McNabney 36 NTRP WOMEN'S 4.5 DOUBLES 1 Kyoko Yamada 218 2 Kira Draliuk 198 2 Cloudia Zhang 198 4 Colleen Shaw 170 5 Mia van der Kop 166 6 Terry Lake 135 6 Maki Soda 135 6 Kateryna Filyus 135 9 Kari Gunton 132 9 Lucy Fairbotham 132 NTRP WOMEN'S 4.0 DOUBLES 1 Kyoko Yamada 345 2 Chikako Irimagawa 296 3 Katherine Kadler 198 3 Ou Zhang 198 5 Evelyn Gerard 126 5 Betty Chin 126

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5 5 5 5

Lourdes Estacio Beth Crisologo Kimberley Davis Elizabeth Davis

126 126 126 126

NTRP WOMEN'S 3.5 DOUBLES 1 Teiko Seki 270 2 Keiko Onishi 198 2 Lucie Belec 198 2 Carolyn Haley 198 2 Kathleen Felicella 198 2 Roselyn Kraft 198 7 Rosemary Riley 165 8 Terry Buckley 126 8 Laurenne Emond 126 8 Simone Silver 126 8 Deborah Law 126 NTRP WOMEN'S 3.0 DOUBLES 1 Carla Byers 126 1 Alicia Tsui 126 3 Alex Buckley 72 3 Tracey Vieaux 72 5 Melanie Dutkiewicz 36 5 Michelle Radulescu 36 5 Regina Dirk 36 5 Pauline Sweet 36 9 Karen Cunningham 9 9 Judy Fong 9 9 Lily Ng 9 9 Sandra Todd 9 9 Brenda Maclean 9 9 Gayle Klein 9 9 Vaughan Williams 9 9 Nicole Sinclair 9 NTRP MIXED OPEN DOUBLES 1 Nick Coutts 288 1 Kelly McNabney 288 3 Kelsey Anonsen 198 3 Carolyn Goff 198 3 Geoff Bourne 198 3 Justin Work 198 7 Jerry Turek 126 7 Petra Turek 126 7 Sinziana Chis 126 7 Bill Majercsik 126 7 Sue Grandmaison 126 7 Jeremy Salvo 126 NTRP MIXED 4.5 DOUBLES 1 Caitlin Buckley 198 1 Renato Malloth 198 3 Javeed Kassam 165 3 Madison Shoemaker 165 5 Todd Beechinor 158 5 Petra Turek 158 7 Max Brown 126 7 Nicoleta Ratiu 126 9 Collin Koo 72 9 Anne Lydon 72 9 Nadeem Kassam 72 9 Kyle Sartorius 72 9 Tracy Dong 72 9 Hilary Buckley 72 NTRP MIXED 4.0 DOUBLES 1 Matt Stone 288 1 Marina Alexander 288 3 Robert Gottfried 270 3 Camila Prado 270

5 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 9

Kristy Storey Todd Quesnel Kelly Taniguchi Bethsaida Crisologo Pedwin Wong Daniel Louko Mike Scholz Kateryna Filyus Anthea Poon Carla Byers

173 135 135 135 126 126 126 126 126 126

NTRP MIXED 3.5 DOUBLES 1 Keisuke Kai 353 1 Ayako Yabe 353 3 Mark Choynowski 205 3 Sylvie Quenneville 205 5 Suko Tse 198 5 Bee Clemente 198 5 Dino Masson 198 8 Vangie Johnson 173 9 Marja-Liisa Oksanen 135 10 Frances Murphy 126 10 Marian Davidson 126 10 Graydon Botsford 126 10 Charles Friesen 126 10 Wolfgang Sollors 126

JUNIOR U12 BOYS 1 Sigouin Benjamin 2 Kryvchun Kyryll 3 Korkh Max 4 Fan Felix 5 Zhao Larry 6 Phaterpekar Neel 9 Cekota Max 7 Foxcroft Daniel 8 Chiu Aaron 9 Marazzi Bryson 10 Karp Jack

1660 1480 1388 1379 1337 1238 1225 1172 1128 1119 1118

BOYS 13-14 YEARS 1 Portnov Tim 2 Raw Daniel 3 Phaterpekar Tejas 4 Ho Jeffrey 5 Bousbouras Socrates 6 Chiu Adrian 7 Nguyen Mark 8 Hoole Austin 9 Fought Eric 10 Day Alexander

1988 1755 1662 1659 1634 1583 1573 1553 1543 1531

BOYS 15-16 YEARS 1 Peliwo Filip 2 Du Toit Riaan 3 Singh Ladhar Fateh 4 Luptak Matej 5 Bellomi Oliver 6 Herron Matthew 7 Hung Gary 8 Fought Todd 9 Walker Patrick 10 Lidster Zach

2482 2377 2121 2103 2034 2021 2005 1977 1973 1951

BOYS 17-18 YEARS 1 Haessig Nikolai 2 Taylor Kevin 3 Tchernikov Nick 4 Raina Gauhar

2797 2600 2527 2488

5 6 7 8 9 10

Sherpa Jimmy Gill Ratan Guay Justin Haessig Yvon Petrovic Zan-Stan Schneider Jesse

2452 2443 2413 2403 2313 2288

U12 GIRLS 1 Fung Stacey 2 Johanson Rosie 3 Fong Rachel 4 Findlay Jaclyn 5 Jarrar Kyla 6 Gu Andrea 7 Crawford Luna 8 Hunter Carley 9 Raw Natalie 10 Zhu Ashley

1630 1463 1360 1154 1145 1134 1125 1114 1073 1041

GIRLS 13-14 YEARS 1 Boiko Katerina 2 Dong Tracy 3 Ladhani Arisha 4 Lam Latonia 5 Prokopuik Alexis 6 Benn Madeline 7 Stojkovic Andjela 8 Hunter Lindsay 9 Erdevicki Ivana 10 Comber Georgia

2617 2332 1923 1765 1756 1725 1701 1628 1571 1530

GIRLS 15-16 YEARS 1 Boncheva Gergana 2 Enderica Alejandra 3 Dhatt Saroop 4 Shoemaker Madison 5 Tsui Vivian 6 Robu Maria-Luiza 7 Gosal Harjit 8 Sigouin Alexandra 9 Gunton Kari 10 Benn Katherine

2402 2367 2299 2292 2173 2147 2003 2000 1921 1871

GIRLS 17-18 YEARS 1 Blajkevitch Khristina 2743 2 Thompson Daryl Victoria 2489 3 Popa Diana 2450 4 Barber Meagan 2264 5 Jow Carlina 2236 6 Iannone Sarah 2115 7 Simmons Sophie 1956 8 Grbelja Ivana 1798 9 Stanimir Chelsea 1793 10 Lidster Amanda 1739

As of January 2009, Tennis BC adopted Tennis Canada’s Rogers Rankings for Junior Singles. The above rankings are displayed based on the players’ ages (Under 12, Players 13-14, Players 15-16, Players 17-18) and some players may also hold a ranking in a higher age category.

Rankings are as of September 1st, 2009. For complete listings of players & results go to ranking page on www.tennisbc.org.

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