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11月21日 Texas, SoCal take 45, 35 Titles at IntersectionalsNorCal played Florida in the 3-4 playoff and played their best matches of the week. Nichols beat Myke Bodisch 63 76(3) ; Airola-Murveit played great to beat the always tough Frances O’Sullivan 62 62 and Cooke used her all court game and great returns to beat Susie Brown 62 63. Lackey/Johnson, playing #1 doubles, beat Bodisch/O’Sullivan and Cooke/Ramsower-Pearlstein beat Brown/Tracy Viebrock, both in straight sets.
Texas upset Southern 3-2 in the final to score their first win over Southern in many years. Southern took an early lead in the final, with Fishburne beating Williams at #2 singles in straight sets. Fran Chandler and Vick played for nearly four hours before Chandler finally won the third set 61. Interestingly, Vick said the reason she won the 2nd set was because she came to net; Chandler said she came to net more in the 3rd set (otherwise they might still be playing). Whiting kept Texas alive by scoring a 62 64 win over Sue Bartlett. Texas then swept the doubles, with McWilliams/Whiting beating Rita Anderson/Fishburne and Vick/Williams sealing the win over Chandler/Becky Holland.
11月18日 35s Final is Mid Atlantic vs SoCa; 45s is Southern vs TexasIn the 45s, the usual suspects, Southern and Texas are in the final. Southern beat Florida, taking all 3 singles matches. Fran Chandler beat Myke Bodisch 64 64; Diane Fishburne beat Frances O'Sullivan 6-0 60; and Sue Bartlett beat Susie Brown 61 75.
Texas upset NorCal 3-2. Kathy Vick beat Mary Johnson in a 2+ hour 61 61 match; Shelly Stillman Scott of NorCal scored the sole NorCal singles win over Vicky Williams 64 46 61 and Sue Whiting displayed remarkably good footwork in a 61 62 win over Leslie Airola-Murveit. In doubles at #2 doubles, Kim Lackey and Pam Cooke, NorCal beat Vick/Williams 64 16 60 but minutes later, Whiting/Lyn McWilliams completed a 75 64 win over Shelly Ramsower-Pearlstein/Stillman-Scott. The NorCal players rallied from 05 15-40 to 4-5, 0-40 but couldn't complete their comeback to their satisfaction!
In the 35s, MATA beat Florida, taking 2 of the 3 singles points.
So Cal continued undefeated and plays Mid Atlantic in the final. 11月17日 Friday Results, partial; Florida Wins 75sTeam Florida added a second victory today, with a 2-1 win over Mid Atlantic. Louise Russ beat Suzanne Ryerson at #1 singles and Jane Lutz won at #2 singles. Mid Atlantic beat Nancy Stout and Marilyn Skiffington to take the doubles point.
In the 45s, the top 4 seeds all clinched wins in the singles Texas beat New England; NorCal beat Midwest; Florida beat Eastern and Southern beat So Cal. NorCal faces Texas and Southern plays Florida at 8am tomorrow (the only way to beat the dreadful traffic in downtown Austin!).
In the 35s, the SoCal team upset #2 Florida 4-1, the only result I know.
It was cold here in the morning but a gorgeous day. 11月16日 Intersectionals, SoCal, Florida Take First TitlesCongratulations to Joni Hannah, the 2nd recipient of the Margaret M Russo National Sportsmanship Award. Joni is very deserving of this honor, a true sportswoman on and off the court. Gene Russo, Margaret's husband, was there to present to Joni the award on behalf of the NSWTA. The first recipient of this award was Belmar Gunderson.
Roz King captained the SoCal 65s to a win over Southern.
Florida, Liz Leigh, Toni Novack, Cindy Leprevost (who played singles 4 days in a row!) and Lil Peltz-Petow beat Texas 3-2 to win the 55s.
NorCal plays Midwest tomorrow, led by Sheila Chiricosta and B'An Gabelt. We start at 9:30 CST with #1 and #2 singles, followed by #3 singles, and doubles after lunch. 11月15日 Intersectionals. Austin,TXThe 35 & 45 Captain's meetings were held today adn the draws done.
The 35s have 6 teams, divided into 2 groups. Each group will play a round robin and the winners of each group will play each other on Sunday for the title.
The 35 seeds are
The 45s is the largest division with 13 teams. The seeds are:
Southern, NorCal and Texas all received byes Thursday. 65s: Southern beat MATA; So Cal also won over New England. 55s: Southern was upset by Florida. The rapidly improving Liz Leigh ousted Brenda Carter at #1 singles, Toni Novack won at #2 singles and Cindy Leprevost, in a rare singles appearance scored a win at #3 singles. Tomorrow night is the banquet...I may not blog again till Friday.We will be presenting the Margaret Russo Sportsmanship Award tomorrow night. The weather here today was dreadful...very very windy and cold.
11月13日 Americans Win Titles in TurkeySeveral Americans took home individual medals from the World Individual Championships in Antalya, Turkey on November 5th. It was a rain and storm plagued championships, but despite the really terrible weather, all the matches were completed.
Charleen Hillebrand had a perfect 2 weeks in Turkey. Playing in her first year in the 65s, she and her teammates took the team title in the Kitty Godfree Cup. She was the captain of that team. She then combined with Suella Steel to win the doubles title and edged Steel in 3 sets to take the singles title. Hillebrand/Steel also completed a "golden" slam, winning the women's 65 hard, clay indoor and grass doubles titles in the USA. Her only losses at the national level came early in the year to Steel, whose only losses as well were to Hillebrand.
Tony Franco fared nearly as well as Hillebrand in the men's 80 division. He was part of the Gardnar Mulloy Cup team which finished 2nd. He then won the 80 singles title the following week, playing 3 singles matches in 2 days to take the title. He combined with last year's champion, Graydon Nichols, to repeat as doubles champions over a tough Australian team. Franco/Nichols were down a set and 51 and match point before rallying to take the next 6 games and force a third set. However, due to all the rain, the third set was but a 10 point tiebreaker which the Americans won 10 points to 4.
Hugh Thompson won the men's 60 title to go with the Von Cramm Cup title he and his teammates won the previous week. He edged Michael Beautyman, his teammate, in the final, scoring his first win of the year over the consistent Beautyman.
Bob Duesler/Jim Nelson won two deciding doubles matches in helping their Crawford Cup team to victory in the team event. They also won a "golden" slam in the men's 70 doubles division this year. They continued their fine play in the team event, beating their teammates, Gordon Davis and Herm Ahlers, in the final. Ahlers reached the singles quarters, and Davis reached the singles semis, both falling to the eventual champion in close matches.
Chuck DeVoe had a successful world championships as well, reaching the semis of the singles and narrowly losing to Lorne Main and the final of the doubles, with Joe Russell, again falling to Main and Ken Sinclair of Canada.
Other players taking home medals were: Jane Lutz/Louise Russ, women's 75 doubles (semis); Russ and Suzanne Ryerson, women's 75 singles (semis); Dori deVries, women's 70 singles (semis); Hugh Thompson, men's 60 doubles, (semis).
11月2日 Belek Update ThursdayAll 3 teams at Belek won today. The men's 65, 75 and women's 65 all won both singles matches and play the demis tomorrow. The men's 65 play the Pokorny-led Austrian team, a tough task. Carolyn |
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