While I am preparing my reports for the men’s spring season, please allow me to “Replay the Point” on a tennis tip from last year:
Hey Tennis Friends!
No matter whether it’s the hot summers, or the cold winters, it’s very important to stay hydrated out there on the courts!
Now, I’m not a doctor, or a trainer, but here’s some of my advice on drinking and playing:
I’ll see you next time, with more tennis, . . . outside the lines!
– Marcus Tennis
Hey Tennis Friends!
On its first anniversary, Andulka Park Tennis Center, the new tennis facility in my area, decided to have a party!
I just want to clarify that Brian Teacher is the American who won the 1980 Australian Open men’s singles championship. I misspoke and said “Australian champion” when I meant to say “Australin Open Champion”.
To find out more about his summer camp, please visit the website at AndulkaTennis.com.
Thanks to all of the Tennis Friends who showed up to the event and mentioned that they had heard of the event from GroundsPass.net. A little bit of public relations goes a long way!
I’ll see you next time, with more tennis, . . . outside the lines!
– Marcus Tennis
Hey Tennis Friends!
During my second day of emceeing the finals weekend of the 2010 Easter Bowl National Spring Championships, I was able to get more footage of these future tennis stars, as well as a few interviews.
Here is my report from Day Two of the finals:
It was another great day promising young Americans fighting their way to the top!
A special thanks to tournament director, and chairman, Brian Fineberg, for allowing me to report on this tournament in addition to his television coverage.
Here are the results of the matches that I featured:
Girls’s 16s Singles Final
(#1 seed) Kyle McPhillips def. (#2 seed) Brooke Austin 7-6 (4), 6-4
Two years ago, at the 2008 Easter Bowl, Kyle was a finalist in the Girls’ 14s. Brooke won the Girl’s 14s last year.
Boy’s 18s Singles Final
(Unseeded) Bjorn Fratangelo def. (#4 seed) Nick Chappell 7-6 (1), 6-3
As I had mentioned in the interview, Bjorn is only 16, yet he won the Boys 18s championship as an unseeded player!
Boy’s 16s Singles Final
(#10 seed) Gordon Watson def. (#1 seed) Nolan Paige 6-3, 6-1
This was the biggest win of Gordon’s career, and an amazing comeback story.
He was once the number one 14-and-under player in the U.S., but contracted Lyme disease from a tick bite at a tournament in Gerogia. He was out for a year and a half recovering from the disease, and many people thought that he would never make it back to tennis.
At this tournament, he won his fourth career USTA Gold Ball trophy!
I’ll see you next time, with more tennis, . . . outside the lines!
– Marcus Tennis
Hey Tennis Friends!
This year I had the privilege of emceeing the finals weekend of the 2010 Easter Bowl National Spring Championships held at the Rancho Las Palmas Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This is the only National Championships where the top juniors in multiple age groups and gender divisions compete at the same venue at the same time.
I was not able to get any video of me performing my duties, as the event was being covered by television, however, I was allowed to report on the event. As I have mentioned before, I cannot always get my MacBook’s built-in camera in the best location, or at the best angle, but you can definitely get a feel for the action!
Here is my report from Day One of the finals:
There was so much more going on than the action on Center Court, but, I can only cover so much. It’s great to see so many promising young Americans fighting their way to the top with so much class and sportsmanship.
Here are the results of the matches that I mentioned:
Boy’s 14s Singles Final
(#11 seed) Jordan Belga def. (#4 seed) Stefan Kozlov 1-6, 6-2, 6-1
Girl’s 18s Singles Final
(Unseeded) Krista Hardebeck def. (#1 seed) Lauren Davis 7-5, 6-3
Krista Hardebeck is the reigning USTA Clay Court champion, and had just won the International Spring Championships in Carson the previous week. The last time a junior won both of these tournaments back-to-back was two years ago by someone you may have heard of recently . . . Melanie Oudin!
Girl’s 14s Singles Final
(#1 seed) Gabby Andrews def. (#4 seed) Kimmie Yee 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Girl’s 18s Doubles Final
(#1 seeds) Grace Min / Lauren Herring
def. (#6 seeds) Courtney B. Dolehide / Ellen Tsay 6-4, 6-4
Next week, I’ll conclude my report on the 2010 Easter Bowl with coverage of Day Two of the finals.
I’ll see you next time, with more tennis, . . . outside the lines!
– Marcus Tennis
Hey Tennis Friends!
This was my last match for the Adjacent District 8.0 team. It also ended up being my final match for all teams for the 2010 USTA Mixed Doubles season.
My apologies, but, this was the first time that we had no video of the matchplay because of a computer glitch. I still don’t know what happened, since it hasn’t happened since. It is unfortunate, because we really did have a very exciting match with some very exciting points!
My final results for this season are:
Local District/Area 8.0 Team
(with partner rated 4.0, or less) 1-3
Local District/Area 7.0 Team
(with partner rated 3.0) 3-0
Adjacent District/Area 8.0 Team
(with partner rated 4.0) 2-3
It was great to be on three different teams this season!
I not only got to play with some of my current Tennis Friends, but I met plenty of new ones, as well. I may have had varying degrees of success, but I had a lot of fun doing it!
I’ll see you next time, with more tennis, . . . outside the lines!
– Marcus Tennis
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