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VOL 9 NO 3 SERVING THE SAN DIEGO STATESTATE COMMUNITY SINCE 1998 OCTOBER 2008 Alex Waske Planning a Return Aztecs Gain To Men’s Tour After 14 Months 4 Recruits Aztec Alex Waske, one of career. His 2006 singles victory Germany’s top players and a over Paradorn Srichaphan For 2008-09 doubles semifinalist at the Aus- helped Germany eliminate Thai- tralian and French Opens, said land from contention. Tennis Year he expects to return to the ATP As a doubles competitor, tour in Basel, Switzerland, in Waske reached the Australian Four newcomers have October after a 14-month ab- Open semifinals in 2005 with joined the San Diego State sence due to an arm injury. Jurgen Meltzer of Austria, and men’s and women’s tennis “My arm feels better. I’ve the 2006 semifinals programs for the 2008-09 fall been playing a lot of sets in with Andrei Pavel of Rumania. and spring seasons. practice. Serving was always “Those were good,” he said, Hans Rattenhuber, a 21- JAMES BOND: Match play the trouble. Right now, it’s 90 but indicated he has higher year-old freshman from Ger- by action hero in a book. per cent,” Waske goals. “My aim for many, is the newest men’s told ATR in early next year is to make player. He joins all 10 players October. it to the (year-end) returning from last season: Bond’s Tennis: With two more Master’s Cup com- Michael Beron of San Diego, Higher Appeal weeks of slow petition and to win a Achim Ceban of Russia, Jor- buildup, he said, grand slam title.” dan Coleman of Palm Desert, For Novelists? his physical train- Waske holds CA, Andre Felix of San ers said they be- victories over Rafael Gabriel, CA, Bartosz Golas of The latest James lieve he will be Nadal (on grass at Germany, Juan Gomez of Bond novel, Devil May restored to full Halle in 2005) and Ecuador, Danny Heidecker of health. Carlos Moya (on a Germany, Tim Schulz van Care, reveals a skill Endert of Germany, Matan we never knew existed If this prognosis hard court in Tokyo is correct, Waske in 2002). Shitrit of Israel, and Matthew on the resume of the said, “I’m really “My all-time Tosches of Murrietta, CA. world’s most dashing happy this is com- Aztec Tennis Reporter Photo worst loss,” he told Emma Cioffi from Australia spy: He plays competi- ing to an end and I RETURN: Alexander ATR in a telephone joins sisters Roxanne and Sierra Ellison from Coto de tive club tennis. can play.” Waske lines up a fore- interview from Caza, CA, on the women’s In service to crown Waske said his hand in the 2006 Aus- Frankfurt, “was with roster. and country, he faces manager will ask tralian Open doubles. Frank Morgan Six women return from last Dr. J. Gorner, a nasty for a wild card against Kolo Rosen- year’s team: Holly Bagshaw adversary bent on entry into the qualifying rounds thal and (Coach) John Nelson (in of the ATP Grand Prix event in a San Diego State practice of England, Esther Cadua of beating Bond for a lot Basel, starting Oct. 20. If he is match about 10 years ago). I am San Diego, Olivia Coleman of of money wagered on unsuccessful in obtaining a wild still hurting from that,” he joked. Los Angeles, Kathryn Kitts of their match at a swank card, Waske said he will seek Waske said Nelson, now head Yardley, PA, Julia Trunk of club in Paris — and, oh to enter a Challenger event men’s tennis coach at the Univer- Germany, and Milan Yusupov yes, destroying the beginning play at about the sity of Hawaii, continues to gloat of Israel. United States. same time. about his victory. Continued on Page 4 His last official pro tour Did Ian Fleming tell TM us that Bond had event was a first-round loss to Aztec Seeks a Patent for Illumiscore of France, 6-4, 6- honed his consider- Aztec Kelly Ny- 1, ret., in the 2007 U.S. Open. gaard, who played able natural tennis Waske earned All-American SDSU men’s tennis in skills in Barbados? honors at San Diego State in 1993-94 and is now a Sebastian Faulks, a 2000, leading the Aztecs to the teaching pro in Mary- NCAA Sweet 16. NETPOST: Flip cards would give way Continued on Page 2 land, has turned ten- Waske rated his doubles to battery-powered electronic device. nis inventor. performance in Germany’s suc- INSIDE Nygaard has applied for a play of set scores. cessful run to the 2005 World What College Taught 2 patent for Illumiscore, an illumi- “It replaces flip cards and Team Cup championship and 1958: Where Are We? 3 nated scorekeeping device he other scorekeeping devices his German Davis Cup play as Aztecs’ Top Grades 4 has designed for net-post dis- among the highlights of his Continued on Page 4

October 2008 Aztec Tennis Reporter Page 2 Pro Tennis: Two Ex-Collegians (One Who Lost to the Aztecs) Look Back

WASHINGTON, DC — days” (as he did to qualify Robert Kendrick remem- and play in the main draw). bers beating the Aztecs in On the other hand, he the regular season when said, “College does help you he was the top player at get very fit, and you know Pepperdine in 2000. I’m very grateful I went And in eight years on through that experience. the ATP tour, he has So, let’s see, chalk up never forgotten that the discipline and fitness, the Aztecs upset Pepperdine standards a college coach in the regional playoffs on tries to teach as a matter of the way to their first (and routine. These are, it seems, so far only) appearance qualities that an immature in the NCAA men’s tennis tour player might not have Aztec Tennis Reporter Photos round of 16. GRITTY: Former Pepperdine Wave Robert Kendrick, left, powers a worked out for him or her- He remembers losing backhand in qualifying for main draw slot in Washington. Former self. to Aztec Alex Waske in Virginia Cavalier Somdev Devvarman in his upset of Taylor Dent. Any other benefits from the NCAA regional team waiting to turn pro? competition, then beating him in Kendrick was emphatic: have a set schedule and Kendrick had no trouble iden- the NCAA Singles Champion- “It did. It did. You know, you’re doing that for months, tifying the best part of his col- ships at the University of Geor- they (college coaches) work and you’re bound to get bet- lege career. gia. you quite hard, and I think ter.” “You know, it’s a great time, Now a journeyman ranked in when you come out on tour, Somdev Devvarman going to football games and just the top 120, Kendrick is in a it’s a little different,” he said agrees. The two-time NCAA hanging out with your buddies unique position to rate the ex- during a break after qualifying Singles Champion (2007- from all over the world, you perience of playing college ten- for the Legg Mason Tennis 2008) upset Taylor Dent in know, on your team. I had a nis before turning professional. Classic in Washington. the first round of the Legg great time, made unbelievable He attended not one but two On the tour, Kendrick said, Mason, then acknowledged friends and keep in touch with all universities — Washington and “You’re playing matches and how college tennis had made of them.” Pepperdine — playing for two then you have a few days off, him stronger physically. Devvarman agreed without top coaches, Matt Anger in Se- and you get into a routine, or “You very rarely play any reservation: “I had such a attle and Peter Smith in Malibu. a rut, and you’re not working matches back to back, you good time in college there’s no Asked if playing college ten- as hard. know, four matches in three chance I would trade it for any- nis helped improve his game, “Whereas in college, you thing.” — John Martin James Bond’s Match in Paris: Making Tennis Attractive to Novelists?

Continued from Page One plates, knock-outs, seniors’ and juniors’ eight handicap. Quite fierce enough.” novelist writing for Fleming on the 100th competitions,” Faulks writes, tossing in The match, played on a court Gorner anniversary of the British author’s birth, what seems to be an English colloquial- has commandeered for the occasion, is a reveals these and other aspects of Bond’s ism (“knock-outs”). I’m at a loss. test of wills (like the tennis we know) and background and persona. “The names of the entrants included technology (all Bond adversaries seem Faulks’ toil has not gone unrecognized. some of the best-known families in addicted to forms of evil behavior abetted In The New York Review of Books, writer Paris,” he continues. by nasty digital or electronic devices). Geoffrey Wheatcroft dismissed much of “Towards the top of the second lad- Bond prevails (you knew he would), the novel (and the match) as implausible. der, he saw the name ‘J. Gorner.’ If the but along the way, it’s an interesting Faulks has gone back to writing serious top echelon was the first and second match. Gorner is a world-class cheater. fiction. A spokeswoman said he will have teams, men in their twenties of near- Bond must summon all the skill he has to no more to say about his moonlighting professional standard, that must mean outwit his opponent, hitting well within the effort to continue the Bond genre. Gorner was a formidable player. The lines while forcing the evil doctor to miss. So the tennis-playing reader is left to equivalent in golf, a game Bond knew Then, technology backfires on Gorner in a wonder how — or where better, would be a player of a seven or way that provides a sur- — Faulks came by the prise delayed-fuse ending tennis lore he imparts. Aztec Tennis Reporter, October 2008 of the match (we learn this Some of it seems quite Aztec Tennis Reporter is aa privateprivate emailemail newsletternewsletter for players,players, later). authentic. When, for exam- coaches, alumni, and friends of SanSan Diego State tennis. Neither With Bond’s visibility, ple, Bond goes to the club the university nor its athletic departmentdepartment is responsible for its con- this thriller raises possibili- in Paris’s Bois de Bou- tent. ATR circulates to more than 1,500 readers around the world. ties for novelists. Why not logne: This is the 39th edition sincesince its inaugural issue in the use tennis as a metaphor “He (Bond) looked at spring of 1998. To comment, correct or complain, or a plot twist? Implausi- the notice on the board: email [email protected]@yahoo.com. ble, you say? Not at all. club tournaments, ladders, Editor: John Martin (Aztec Men’s Tennis, 1957) —J.M.

October 2008 Aztec Tennis Reporter Page 3 Where Are We Now? The Great Search (1922-2008) Continues BILL JACK: I’m a retired NEIL OLSON: I’m a surgeon (my specialty is 1958 banker still playing competi- sinus operations). I retired in 2005 after 38 tive tennis (Flint Canyon Ten- years in Colorado Springs. Now I’m back in San Diego State nis Club in Los Angeles). medicine (balance and hearing studies, an Men’s Tennis Team Each summer, my wife, Mary, underserved specialty). I still play tennis but and I spend 8-10 days at the only when I visit my teammate Dick Smith in STEVE GORDON: I’m a retired real es- La Jolla Beach & Tennis San Diego. After graduation from San Diego tate developer living in Long Beach. I Club. In July we rode horses State, I attended Northwestern University played junior tennis and high school ten- and fly fished in Montana. Medical School, interned a year at San Diego nis (San Diego High School) before at- Mary and I have been married County General, then spent four years in a tending San Diego State. I was on the 48 years. Our kids (Michael, residency for neck surgery at Marquette Uni- 1958 and 1959 Aztec men’s teams. After 48; Steve, 45; and Suzanne, versity. My wife, Jill, and I married in 1960. graduation in 1962, I was introduced to a 38) have four children (our We have a daughter, Christine, 48, and a businessman affiliated with Fed-Mart. grandchildren!). son, Courtney, 46, and four grandchildren. We worked together for Our grand- many years developing sons are ten- shopping centers across nis players at the country. I’ve been re- Cheyenne tired for more than 20 Mountain years and still play tennis High (a top frequently (in 1989, I team) and our earned a USTA national granddaugh- singles ranking in my age ters live in group). But the highlight of Denver and my tennis career was win- swim com- ning a San Diego junior petitively at doubles tournament with ages 11 and John Martin (honest!). My 13 (they’re wife, Linda, and I have a scuba divers, daughter, Bene, 42, and a too). son, Jayson, 39, — and six grandchildren). DICK SMITH: I’m a retired ele- TAD YAMAGUCHI: I’m mentary school a retired physical educa- teacher (I taught tion instructor living in for 20 years in San Diego. I coached San Diego). I the men’s tennis team at played tennis in UC San Diego for seven the U.S. Army (I years (1973-79). I’m was a finalist at active in community ten- the Seventh nis (in 1999, Ros King Army Tennis and I ranked number Championships one in 60-and-over in Germany in mixed doubles in the the mid-1950s). San Diego District of the For three sum- USTA). mers I taught STEVE CLARKSON was a senior appraiser for the San Diego County As- tennis at Lake Arrowhead. I sessor’s office, a real estate broker, and a real estate developer in La Jolla, played at San Diego State the where he grew up and played tennis at La Jolla High School (he won junior year before graduation. Ever singles’ and men’s doubles’ championships at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis since, it seems, I’ve played ten- Club). He played number two on the men’s tennis team at the University of nis 4 to 5 times a week at the Arizona in 1954 before transferring and play- Photo: Special Collections Club Marriott courts on San ing on the San Diego State team in 1958. He Diego Bay (on top of the San and his wife, Maria Morales, were married in San Diego State Diego Convention Center). My 1978. He passed away in 1999 at age 62. University Library wife, Judy, and I live downtown.

October 2008 Aztec Tennis Reporter Page 4 4 Tennis Recruits Aztec Tennis Team Grades Tops at SDSU Arrive, Join Vets for 2008-09 Year of Aztec Tennis

Continued from Page One Cadua won the 2008 West Region Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Aztec Katja Karrento won the award in 2003 and Aztec Indra Erichsen won in 2005. SDSU Athletic Department Photo Cadua’s singles record of 23-11tied SCHOLARS ABOUND: Aztec men’s tennis players lined up following presenta- her for eighth in the all-time SDSU sin- tion in May of San Diego State’s Faculty Athletic Representative’s Award. From gle-season record books. She had 15 left, Chris Groh, who was honored with the Malik Award for the highest grade doubles victories last season (highest on point average among male athletes for 2007, Tim Schultz van Endert, Bartosz the team) and was named to the All- Golas, Matt Tosches, Coach Gene Carswell, and Matan Shitrit. Aztec women Mountain West Conference team. recorded top grade point average as a team for all Aztec women athletes. Men’s Coach Gene Carswell called Rattenhuber “a good, intense competitor sic, Bagshaw defeated Maja Sujica of USD, hian of Michigan, 6-1, 6-1, and to Lindsey who will have an immediate impact in 7-5, 6-0, and Denise Muresan of Michigan, Howard of Michigan, 7-5, 7-5. doubles” and quickly develop into a 6-4, 7-5. She lost to Ariane Masschelein of Yusupov defeated Alexandra Demi- strong singles competitor. Arizona, 6-1, 6-1. dova of USD, 7-6, 6-2, and Marite Ray- In August, Rattenhuber played in an Trunk defeated Sujica of USD, 6-3, 6-2, gada of USD, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4). She lost to ATP Futures tournament on clay in Mu- and Danielle Steinberg of Arizona, 6-4, 3-6, Tania Mahtami of Michigan, 6-3, 6-2. nich, losing with his partner, Nino Ha- 6-4. She lost to Muresan of Michigan, 3-6, Cadua defeated Raygada of USD, 6- sendedic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6- 6-4, 6-2. 2, 6-1. She lost to Rika Tasuno of Michi- 3, 6-2, in the first round to 806th ranked Coleman defeated Justine Perl of USD, gan, 6-2, 6-2, and to Mahtami of Michi- Ralph Regus and unranked Marc Sieger 7-5, 4-6, 6-0. She lost to Lindsay Howard of gan, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 10-4. of Germany. Michigan, 6-2, 6-3, and to Tammy Kevey of Sierra Ellison defeated Karig Wig of In September, Rattenhuber lost, 7-6 USD in a one-set match, 6-4. Michigan, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-0, and Teeling of (4), 6-3 to Rasmus Moller of Denmark in Roxanne Ellison defeated Milou Teeling USD, 7-5, 6-3. She lost to Deborah Cas- a first-round Futures singles encounter of USD, 6-2, 6-4. She lost to Michelle Sula- tany of Arizona, 6-3, 6-2. in Laguna Nigel. It was the new Aztec’s first hard-court tournament match in the Aztec Turns Inventor, Lights Up a Scoreboard U.S. Aztec teammate Schulz van Endert Continued from Page One “I wanted something more pro- defeated Attila Toth of Hungary, 6-2, 6- with LED (light-emitting diode) technol- fessional and high tech like sys- 1, and Jose-Manuel Munoz-Quiroga of ogy,” according to a website Nygaard tems at the U.S. Open but which Mexico, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), before fal- has established to explain and market could be used daily at country ling to Jamie Gresh of the United States, the device. clubs and school matches.” 6-4, 6-4, in the round of 32. Nygaard played ATP tour events in Nygaard said he believes ten- Golas defeated Tommy Garrison of the 1990s before turning to teaching. nis clubs and resorts and universi- the United States, 7-5, 6-3, before losing He is director of tennis and head ties and schools will be the prime to Spencer Smith of the United States, teaching professional at the Gibson market for Illumiscore sales. 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, in the round of 64. Island Country Club in Maryland. An interactive display at a web- In the ITA Men’s All-American Tour- “I'm always interested in new tech- site, www.illumiscore.com, illus- nament pre-qualifying matches in Tulsa, nology and easier or better ways to do trates the device’s main features, OK, Gomez defeated Julian Bley of things,” he said. including controls to change Baylor, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1) before losing to The new scorekeeping technology scores and reverse directions on 10th seeded Mathieu Thibaudeau of increases the range of visibility, Ny- changeovers. Alabama, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. In the qualifying gaard said, and is easier to adjust than Describing what it calls an rounds, Golasz, defeated 29th-seeded flip cards, since it changes the score “Electronic Scoring Display,” Ny- Vijay Paul of Vanderbilt, 6-3, 6-0, and with one-touch controls. gaard’s patent application runs 10 Jonathan Wong of Columbia, 6-3, 3-6, ‘I have never been a big fan of the pages and more than 2,600 6-2. He lost to Raony Carvalho of current scoring devices for individual words. It contains more than 20 Texas Tech, 6-2, 6-3. courts, ” said Nygaard, who received an drawings and three major illustrations. In the October San Diego State Clas- MBA in finance from American University Patent Office approval, Nygaard said, in Washington, DC in 2006. could take a year or more.