Wimbledon to Tokyo: Alex Waske’s Excellent Adventure Two years after winning All feated Carlos Moya of “the biggest win of my ence, and nice to know I can -American honors at San Spain in straight sets career so far.” His toe-to- beat a top 10 player.” Diego State, Alex Waske at the Japan Open. toe match with Kafel- Two weeks later, his proph- (1997-2000) fought his way The Aztec’s streak nikov ended, 6-7, 7-6, 7- ecy came true in Tokyo. He into the main draws at Wim- boosted his ranking to 6, in a tiebreaker in knocked out Moya, seeded third, bledon and the U.S. Open, 137th in the world. which the Russian with a series of powerful service held three match points His 6-4, 7-5 victory trailed 3-6 but won the games. Ahead 6-5 and 15-all in against Yvevgeny Kafelnikov over Moya, ranked last five points. the second set, Waske missed of Russia in the President’s tenth in the world, Even so, Waske (Continued on Page 4) Cup at Tashkent, and de- was, in his own words Alex Waske called it a “good experi- Aztec Tennis Reporter Founded 1999 SERVING THE SAN DIEGO STATE TENNIS COMMUNITY Vol 4, No 4, 2002 Preview: New Aztecs Arriving for 2003 Season The two 2003 San Diego State tennis Coach Peter Mattera. “I think we’ll have an teams will be composed of mature veterans, excellent team.” new recruits, and surprise arrivals. The men welcome back All Americans Here’s a preview: Oliver Maiberger of Germany and Ryan The women’s team returns five top play- Redondo of San Diego, the defending Omni ers, including Silvia Tornier of Germany, the Hotels National Indoor doubles champions. 2002 Mountain West Conference Player of Returning with them are Valentino Pest the Year. Her returning teammates are Lind- and Felix Hardt of Germany and Californians say Hedberg of Texas, Katja Karrento of Gabe Coren of Santa Cruz and Mike Coelho Finland, Katalina Romero of Mexico, and In- of San Diego. dra Erichsen of Germany. The newest Aztec recruit is Daniel Jung of They will be joined by Patricia Graf of Ger- Germany, who enrolled at the suggestion of ATR Photo many, a transfer student who played number Alex Waske (1997-2000). Two new arrivals two singles at Baylor University, and two who walked on are Sylvian Anibie of France, a Psst! Here’s Scoop freshmen: Colby Comstock of Rolling Hills, transfer student from College of the Desert in On Stars of Tennis CA, and Jenessa Jackson of Salt Lake City, Palm Desert, CA, and William Lefevre, a na- UT. Both Americans were nationally ranked tionally ranked junior from Louisiana. Fifty years ago, Confiden- as juniors. “I think it’ll be the best team we’ve ever tial Magazine terrified Holly- “We’ve got eight really good players,” said had,” said Coach John Nelson. wood’s top stars and titillated its readers with tales of illicit sex, ruinous relationships, and 2 Aztecs Win Tennis Week/ITA Honors at U.S. Open ill-gotten gains, mostly in the San Diego State’s ored: NCAA Division celluloid industry. The movie All-American doubles One Singles Champi- LA Confidential peeked under team of Oliver Maiber- ons Matias Boeker of the same sheets. ger and Ryan Georgia and Bea Tennis Confidential is Redondo stepped to Bielik of Wake Forest. about an extra-marital affair, the podium at New Red ond o and alright, but it’s the one we’ve York’s West Side Ten- Maiberger won the all been having — with tennis. nis Club and received Omni Hotels National Author Paul Fein shares a citations honoring Intercollegiate Indoor (Continued on Page 2) them as members of ATR Staff Photo Doubles title and All the Tennis Week American honors at WEST SIDE STORY: Aztecs Ryan Redondo, M a g a z i n e / the NCAA Champion- INSIDE THIS ISSUE: left, and Oliver Maiberger flank Tennis Intercollegiate Tennis ships, ranking third in Week’s Publisher Gene Scott at a luncheon Aztec Ned Eames Association 2002 All- America and first in honoring America’s top college players held Star team. the Mountain West. Looks at Spiritual at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, NY. Motivation Publisher and Edi- ATR on Internet in Tennis: Page 2 tor-in-Chief Gene framed certificates for patio during the final Scott and Carole 26 male and female qualifying rounds of The Aztec Tennis Reporter newsletter is NEXT ISSUE: Graebner, former top student athletes at a the U.S. Open. 10 player, presented luncheon on the club Among those hon- now on the web at The Art of Not Choking www.aztectennisreporter. Page 2 Aztec Tennis Reporter Aztec Ned Eames is a nis game. It was a real eye- management consultant who An Aztec Looks at The Spiritual Game opener. I decided from then on played tennis at San Diego to play with the single motive of his church, Eames State in the 1980s and later glorifying God. No matter how I which is decided he joined the ATP tour for three played. I’d put God first.” headquar- needed more years. tered in Bos- study of his Eames admits that while his He has organized Tenacity, ton. faith, so he playing did not improve, he won a small group of advisors and his next ten matches! What moti- visited a contributors who have created vated him to Christian The Sentinel noted that Te- an urban tennis program start Tenac- Science nacity “has no connection with which captures the imagina- ity? Eames reading any religious organization or tion of more than 2,000 Bos- told the Senti- room, where philosophy…(but) in one sense it ton children every summer nel the effort he found an does have a religious purpose. (See ATR, Vol 1, No 3). grew out of issue of the “The root meaning of religion With links to Harvard, MIT, his experi- Sentinel with is ‘to bind’,’ wrote a staff mem- and Boston schools and city ence at San a feature ber, “as in vows binding one to a recreation programs, Tenacity Diego State, article on religious order. Eames hopes is a model for the nation: It when he went motives. “As I Tenacity can act as an influence links academic studies and into a slump read it, and to bind together a city that has athletic effort. (A similar pro- sometimes suffered from divi- and lost 10 COVER KIDS: Youngsters in thought gram in Washington, DC, also sion by race, ethnicity, and eco- matches in a Ned Eames’s Tenacity project. about my sends maturing young players row. motives for nomic status.” off to college). “Not only was my game playing ten- In this way, Eames is fulfill- Eames recently opened coming apart, but my emo- nis, it became clear to me that ing a commitment to God by Tenacity to a reporter and tions were shot,” Eames told while I was purporting to serve pursuing his love of tennis and photographer from the Chris- the Sentinel. “My temper was God, ultimately I was serving sharing the sport with new gen- tian Science Sentinel, a flaring and nothing about the Ned and my vision of how erations. — John Martin (1957) weekly magazine published by game was enjoyable to me.” things should go with my ten- Tennis Confidential: Getting the Inside Story on the Stars of Tennis (Continued from Page 1) most memorable interviews them is mostly sympathetic Fein hits the lines on most compendium of columns, in- turn out to be with Pete Sam- and provides useful context. points and has written an terviews, and insights he’s pras, John McEnroe, Jimmy If one section provokes engaging book for all of ten- produced in 25 years of writ- Connors, Bobby Riggs, Arthur endless debate, it will be nis’s paramours. — J.M. ing about tennis. He covers Ashe (twice), and Tinling, ten- Fein’s attempt to choose “The everything from inflated egos, nis’s institutional memory Ten Greatest Matches of All tanked matches, and domi- (before Bud Collins). Time”. Some matches are by Aztec Tennis Reporter neering parents to overpow- The closest Fein comes to consensus beyond question Editor: John Martin 202-232-1803 ered racquets, ignorance of dishing dirt is Chapter 24, (Don Budge defeats Gottfried Copy Editor: Martin Schram racism, and celebration of called True Confessions, von Cramm in the 1937 Davis Circulation: Susheel Gulati (SDSU) sexism (that is, Ted Tinling’s where stars admit to indiscre- Cup), but some are doubtful: Sumner Bouldin, Jimmy Earle, Ruud tions: Billie Jean King divulges Boris Becker’s defeat of Dorenbos, Desmond Fitzgerald, Kathe- grooming of the fairer sex, a rine Fitzhugh, Alexandra Van Selm, phenomenon the fact that she tanked the Kevin Curren in the 1985 final of a Wimbledon Final is too great Linda Walters, Floyd Walters, Mike that predated Tennis Confidential, by Paul Wussow (Washington, DC) Anna Kournik- Fein, forward by Bud Collins, Grand Slam a stretch, even for Fein, who Archives: Jeanette Rolfe (SDSU) ova). $26.95, Brassey’s, 22841 Quick- event (but then lowers the bar, calling it This is the 21st edition of Aztec Some of silver Dr, Dulles, VA 20155. won’t name “intriguing”. To be sure, it Tennis Reporter, a newsletter estab- what’s best here it); Hanna catapulted Becker into star- lished in 1999 for players, coaches, is not controversial — nor Mandlikova says lots of tour dom and awakened the alumni, and friends of SDSU tennis. even confidential — just solid coaches secretly — and im- sleeping giant of German This issue is being mailed to 1,457 readers in 37 states and 24 foreign reporting and sensitive story properly — signal instructions tennis; still, it fails to stir our during matches; Pancho Gon- emotions beyond its ground- countries.