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SCTANewsletter SEPTEMBER 2001 Outstanding Junior Sectionals John Lansville defeating No. 1 seed Doug Stewart 6-1, knocking off the No. 3 and No. 5 seeds. No. 6-1. Stewart had run himself into the 4 Brittney Harper had her best tournament ground in his 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 semifinal in 2001, winning the Girl’s 10 title 6-2, 6-2 victory over No. 5 seed Rylan Rizza. over top seed Brooke Schweyer. Rettenmaier found himself backed into No. 2 seeds K.C. Corkery/Brian Morton the wall when he was down 5-7,4-4 to of Costa Mesa won the Boy’s 18 doubles Dusty Kemick in the qualifying. He with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over top seeds Travis escaped with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 victory. Rettanmaier/Ryan Redondo. The script was Overall, he won 8 matches for the title. the same in the Girl’s 18 doubles as No. 2 Top seeded Jack Li defeated No. 2 seed seeds Erica Sauer/Riza Zalameda were just Jamil Al-Agba 7-5, 6-3 for Boy's 16 hon- 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 better than No. 1 seeds Lindsey ors. No. 7 seed Kaes Van't Hof demon- Nelson of Orange and Judith DeVera. strated flashes of brilliance defeating top The action was as good off the court as seeded Carsten Ball in the quarter’s. He Head/PENN became the sponsor of the continued his solid play defeating No. 2 Southern California Junior Sectional Champion- seed Samuel Tadevosian 6-1, 6-3 for the ships and introduced its Masters Series ten- Boy’s 14 championship. In the Boy’s 12, nis ball at the tournament. Head/PENN also No. 1 seed Steve Johnson defeated No. 2 held clinics and provided participants with T- seed Jason Jung 6-1,6-3. Top seed Daniel shirts during the event. Nguyen dominated the Boy’s 10 losing (continued on page 3) only four games in the entire event. In the final, he scored a 6-1, 6-0 win over No. 3 seed Jenson Turner. The Girl’s 18 final was the most Boy’s 18 champion Travis Rettenmaier. exciting match of the tournament. No. 2 Photos: Jerry Lowe seed Kim Anh-Nguyen quickly took the he 99th Southern California Junior first set 6-0, but top seed Iris Ichim Sectional Championships, which is the responded to the challenge and took the Tlargest event of its kind in the world, second set 6-3. The third set see-sawed lived up to its reputation by being exciting and before Ichim’s power hitting carried her extremely competitive. The tournament to a 7-5 victory. kicked off Saturday, June 23th with four days No. 6 seed Kady Pooler slipped past of qualifying matches. There were 1,600 jun- top seed Robyn Baker in the semifinals iors vying for the 128 spots in the main draws and did it again in the final, edging of the Boy’s and Girl’s 18, 16, 14 and 12 divi- unseeded Ivana King 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. Top sions. The 16 “qualifiers”, in each age category, seed Cosmina Ciobanu defeated unseed- joined the 16 players that were “held out” in ed Karina Porushkevich 6-1, 1-1 (default) the main draw play on Wednesday, June 27th. in the Girl’s 14. No. 1 seed Logan Hansen Unseeded UCLA standout, Travis battled past Hilary Barte 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in Rettenmaier, who played through the quali- the Girl’s 12. Barte swept through quali- fying, was outstanding in the Boy’s 18 final fying and propelled herself into the final by Girl’s 18 winner Iris Ichim. Wild Wild Card N AMES• I N • T HE• N EWS he lead-in to the 75th anniversary Mercedes-Benz Cup was both Daniel Fik won the junior singles title at the the Cajon Classic Wheelchair unique and memorable. Rather Championships, played in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Amy McKnight was the women's T than play one Pre-Qualifying Wild singles winner at the Music City Classic Wheelchair Championships. Rick Draney Card event that had been the custom for teamed with Chris Studwell of Okemos, Michigan to win the quad open doubles final years, local tournaments were held. at the Roho Gateway Classic, sanctioned as the USTA National Indoor Wheelchair Winners included: Andre Kerr and John Tennis Championships. Draney also won the quad open singles at the Far West Letts (Harvard Recreation Center); Vahe Regional Wheelchair Tennis Championships, a $5,000 event on the NEC Wheelchair Assadourian (California State University Los Tennis Tour. Brad Parks received Angeles); Jason Cook and Ross Greenstine the International Tennis Federation's (Industry Hills Tennis Center); Philip Sheng Special Services To The Game and Paul Warkentin (Oxnard Tennis Center); Award at the annual ITF World Ryan Haymond (Bakersfield Racquet Club); Champions Dinner held during Oliver Schweizer (Costa Mesa Tennis Roland Garros. Universally consid- Center); and Jason Pongsrikul (Fallbrook ered the founder of wheelchair Tennis Center). tennis, Parks' incredible commit- The victories earned the players spots in ment helped the game become the Pre-Qualifying tournament held at the the fastest growing disabled sport in Los Angeles Tennis Club. Oren Motevassel the world. Top wheelchair athletes was the winner and picked up a wild card in can compete for more than half-mil- the Mercedes-Benz Cup qualifying. With lion dollars of prize money on the their doubles win, Ryan Redondo/Travis 2001 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour, Rettenmaier also picked up a wild card in ITF honoree Brad Parks with his wife Wendy and which includes over 120 events in 32 the qualifying event. daughters Maiah and Sarah. Photo: Mark Winters different countries. ................................................ Mercedes-Benz Cup Essay & Poster Contest Winners Cynnia Smith and Jasmine Cynnia Smith Verret are young and good. Smith, a 10-year-old who attends Marvin Avenue Elementary School, and Verret, who is 8 and goes to Canfield Elementary School, were the winners of the Mercedes-Benz Cup essay and poster contests. Jasmine Verret 2 Outstanding Junior Sectionals Girl’s 16 champion Kady Pooler and finalist Ivana King. Boy’s 16 winner Boy’s 18 doubles winners Brian Morton/K.C. Corkery Girl’s 18 doubles finalists Lindsey Nelson/ Judith Jack Li and finalists Travis Rettenmaier/Ryan Redondo. DeVera and winners Riza Zalameda/ Erica Sauer. and finalist Girl’s 14 Boy’s 10 Jamil winner finalist Al-Agba. Cosmina Ciobanu. Jenson Turner and champion Daniel Nguyen. Boy’s 12 winner Steve Johnson. Girl’s 12 Boy’s 14 Girl’s 10 finalist champion champion Hilary Kaes Van’t Brittney Barte and Photos Hof and Harper and winner finalist finalist Logan by Samuel Brooke Hansen. Jerry Tadevosian. Schweyer. Lowe ................................................ Player Development John Lansville Gamers of two tennis playing brothers who The following players distinguished died tragically. themselves at the Easter Bowl: Robert Yim and Dianne Matias Prakash Amritraj/ Stephen Amritraj were members of the U.S. World - Boy’s 18 doubles champions; Drew Youth Cup 16s team that qualified Hoskins/Roger Gubser of Laredo, for the World Youth Cup Finals in Texas - Boy’s 18 doubles finalists; Santiago, Chile in October. Lindsey Nelson - Girl’s 16 singles Amber Liu had an impressive finalist; Anne Yelsey/Riza Zalameda - spring, winning the Malaysian Girl’s 16 doubles finalists; Skate International in Malaysia and the Gorham/Gary Sacks - Boy’s 14 dou- Amber Liu hit her way to Shane LaPort receives Derrick Bauer was the Gas Negara International in bles finalists. Steve Johnson/ Kellen ITF wins. Photo: Mark Winters the Boy’s 16 champion’s Muterspaw Boy’s 18 Indonesia. At both the Mitsubishi trophy. finalist. D'Amico of Denver, Colorado won Lancer Philippines and the the Super National Boy’s 12 doubles. Vegas, Nevada, Derrick Bauer was a Boy’s 18 Singapore International she was a semifinal- Logan Hansen lost her first match of the finalist. Kim-Ahn Nguyen was the Girl’s 18 ist. Alexandra McGoodwin played with Yoo year (making her record 23–1) in the Girl’s champion and Shane LaPorte was the Boy’s 16 Mi Jung of Korea and reached the dou- 12 National Championships final. winner. The event is a national tournament bles final at the 9th International Junior At the Muterspaw Championships in Las organized by the Agassi Foundation in memory Tournament in Frankfurt, Germany. 3 Player Development Awards Banquet More than 100 people attended the annual Southern California Tennis Association Junior Awards Banquet, held at Los Caballeros Racquet & Sports Club, during the Player of the Year Player of the Year Junior Sectional Champion- Rylan Rizza. Diane Matias. ships. Each year the Junior Tennis Council Awards Award winners: Jack Li, Kenny Brown, Rylan Rizza, Samantha Committee recognizes indi- Hammond, Brittany Holland, Sean Mulyanto, Eric Aarnaes and Patrick viduals for their record and Adams. (Front row) Amy Molden, Alyssa Halcomb, Kevin Nakasone, outstanding behavior. The Chloe Bellamy, Mary Bulich and Diane Matias. 2000 honorees included: Rylan Rizza & Dianne Matias - Player of the Year; Kenny Brown & Samantha Hammond - Most Improved Player; Brian Wilson & Jieun Jacobs - Evelyn Houseman Sportsmanship Award; Most Improved Player Most Improved Player Sportsmanship Award Winners: Eric Aarnaes & Amy Molden - 18s; Jack Li & Alyssa Halcomb Samantha Hammond. Kenny Brown. - 16s; Sean Mulyanto & Brittany Holland - 14s; Patrick Adams & Mary Bulich - 12’s; Kevin (All are pictured with John Lansville, Manager of Player Development.) Nakasone................................................ & Chloe Bellamy - 10s. Sportsmanship Certificate Winners So Close Josh Alba Jesse Ferlianto Michael Lin Leigh Roberts In the semifinals, Southern California, Emily Aston Jake Fisher Rebecca Lin Jonathan Sanchez which was looking to capture the 16 Jason Beato Christopher Freeman Michael McClune Britney Sanders Intersectional title for the first time Sarah Blair Lauren Gallagher John Mano Nicolas Santibanez since 1994, faced Southern, a section Brittany Blalock Jason Gapud Remi Martin Brooke Schweyer comprised of 9 states which had been Jonathan Bowman Samantha Geogino Margan Melhorn Erica Schweyer champion since 1995.