* Level Championships Summary
Hickey & Wharton Cups stories posted.
* Wharton & Hickey Cup Results & Story
Hickey Cup – Handicaps 60+ Alex Forbes defeated Beth Winthrop 6/1,6/3 in the final of the Hickey Cup. Forbes, playing an error-free game, was able to keep the pressure on Winthrop throughout the match. Winthrop fought hard with great dedans defense and tight bobble serves. Forbes, however, had the advantage of strength and overpowering pressure with his shot selection. In the back draw, Adrian Camacho defeated fellow Washingtonian Haken Lonaeus 10/1. Camacho defended chases well and made it hard for Lonaeus to get to the serving end. Camacho has only been playing tennis for a month and is improving with… Read the Full Story >
* Four Wonderful Nights – US Open
(Please consider joining the USCTA’s Facebook group as we provide updates in real time during events.) This year’s U.S. Open in New York produced four wonderful nights of semifinal and final matches, in singles and doubles. In singles, 3 of the top 4 seeds advanced to the semis: #1 Steve Virgona, #2 Bryn Sayers and #3 James Stout, each without losing a set. The 4th slot went to #5 Tim Chisholm, who upset #4 Ben Matthews as Chisholm also progressed to the semis without losing a set. Monday afternoon’s semi: Virgona v Stout, the winner of the last Open in… Read the Full Story >
* Tennis on the Hill – Tom Wilson
Finally, a real tennis player on the Hill. Tom Wilson is running for Congress. Currently the mayor of Tuxedo, NY, Tom is seeking to be a member of the House of Representatives serving New York’s 19th congressional district. (The district is currently represented by a Republican, Nan Hayworth; Tom is running as a Democrat and faces two other candidates in the Democratic primary in June 2012.) A 25 handicapper, Tom is a member of the Tuxedo Whitney Cup team and an active tournament player. Tom would be the first member of Congress with a passing knowledge of tennis since Claiborne… Read the Full Story >
* National League Finals
The third season of the USCTA National League ended with the most exciting finales in its history. Like with the past two seasons, Philadelphia was in the finals. Last year Philadelphia had hosted Tuxedo in the championshp match and had beaten them relatively easily, with Rob Whitehouse and Steve Virgona winning in straight sets. The year before Philadelphia had faced hosts New York in the inaugural finals and lost in an exciting match: Mike Gooding had defeated Whitehouse, Virgona took out James Stout and then Gooding & Stout had beaten Virgona & Barney Tanfield 8-4 in the doubles. … Read the Full Story >
* Hoang wins 2012 Noll Cup
The USCTA Level Championship for handicaps 30-39 (The Noll Cup) was held this past weekend at Prince’s Court. The field consisted of 13 entrants: 7 “locals” and 6 “exotics” representing New York, Newport, Philadelphia and Parts Unknown (Bender). While all of the matches were curiously won in straight sets, almost every match was close and played to a level well past their “on paper” handicaps. The Prince’s Court players seemed to enjoy a home court advantage as the four semifinalists were Washington players. The top 2 seeds, Vu Hoang and Sara Lacombe took a page from the earlier in the… Read the Full Story >
*Virgona/Chisholm take the Doubles, Sayers wins 2012 US Open!
Steve Virgona & Tim Chisholm defeated Bryn Sayers & Kieran Booth in the 2012 US Open Doubles. The score was 2/6, 6/3,6/3,6/1 Bryn Sayers takes the US Open in a 3hr Battle 0/6 6/5 4/6 6/3 6/1 US Open Draws
* News from Court Tennis Charleston
Plans are coming along for Charleston, to read the latest… Charleston January 1 2012 report
* USCTPF Annual Appeal
The USCTPF Annual Appeal is off to a great start. Thanks to all who have given. If you did not receive your appeal or have misplaced it, here’s a copy! USCTPF Annual Appeal
* World Championship Race Begins – Ticket Info
The 2012 World Championship (WC) will be held at Queen’s Club in London on April 24-28, 2012. For information on tickets, click here. As of December 8, there were four players vying for the opportunity to challenge World Champion Rob Fahey, for the title. Those players in order of ranking points were: 1. Steve Virgona 2. Camden Riviere 3. Bryn Sayers 4. Ben Matthews The format calls for 1 to play 4 and 2 to play 3 in a series of 3, 5 set matches. The winners move on to the Final Eliminator – which is the best of 13… Read the Full Story >
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