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30 IN MEMORIAMRemembering Franco Biondoand Wendy Ladner-Beaudry

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4 FROM THE BENCHRyan Clark

6 STANLEY PARK OPENEvent Poster

8 ODLUM BROWN VANOPENEvent Poster

10 CANADIANS ON TOURDaniel Nestor is Getting BetterWith Age

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20 TENNIS TIPSCovering your Angles at the Net

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Ryan Clark

It still amazes me what a great outlet this sport is. RecentlyI had a fun week of play where I hit the ball with familymembers, friends, juniors, seniors, and people I had not

met before, all in both social and competitive events. Ismiled at the end of that week thinking what a great sportthat allows a person to connect with all of our societies’ de-mographics. It is truly an enjoyable feeling to be outside onwarm day or night, having a great sweat, and then socializ-ing in the clubhouse, park, or even just on the court bench.The après-social following a good workout is always some-thing to look forward to. For me that is now more impor-tant than stretching.

Tournament season is in a full swing and all major pub-lic court sites are being very well used. Record entries havebeen set in many of spring events and builds up to greatsummer of recreation. Many exciting new tennis programsare on the go as well: Juump.com is now online to help linkpublic court players up for matches, KitsFest tennis will beannounced soon, and the new Nintendo Wii Grand SlamTennis interactive game will be released world-wide duringWimbledon (see page 16). The game was created locally atElectronic Arts Burnaby campus and will likely become thebiggest tennis video game in history. Many of the playermovements, their grunts, and official line calls wererecorded by local tennis community members. If you enjoyhigh tech entertainment or have a young family, this will bea great purchase.

Enjoy the summer, be a good sport, and always take timeto socialize with your friends and opponents after yourmatch!

Ryan ClarkChief Executive Officer

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!• This year Tennis BC’s ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING at the Arbutus Tennis Club is

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During the year, Tennis BC will post additions, changes and cancellations to the website.Check the tournament information section at www.tennisbc.org.

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CANADIANS ON TOUR >> By Rick Angus

DANIELNESTORGETTINGBETTERWITH AGE?Since his debut as a profes-

sional in 1991 Canada’sDaniel Nestor has been a

man of many achievements oncourt. His career record, includ-ing several world No. 1 rankingsin doubles, provides ample causefor tennis fans across the countryto salute Daniel as possiblyCanada’s best-ever tennis pro.

Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia,on September 4, 1972, Daniel’sfamily moved to Toronto, Ontarioin 1976 where he was first exposedto tennis. Little did those early on-lookers expect that by 2009Daniel will have participated in 101Tour-level doubles Finals — win-ning 59 of them — while playingwith a small coterie of partners.

From his junior days, the 6’3”Nestor showed a wicked left-handed serve that made even thebest players in the game cringe atthe prospect of meeting him insingles matches. An early experi-ence that probably serves as ahighlight of his singles career oc-curred during the 1992 Davis Cuptie versus Sweden held in Van-couver’s Agrodome arena.

Grant Connell, anotherworld doubles No. 1, and Danielwent toe-to-toe against thevaunted Swedish team led bythen world No. 1 Stefan Edberg.By the close of play on day one,Canada had a two match to nonelead in the best-of-five match tiewith the greatest excitement

generated by Daniel’s five set winover the crafty and elegantSwedish team leader.

Meanwhile, another formerNo. 1 on the A.T.P. Tour, ThomasMuster of Austria, arrived at theCanadian Open in 1996 to play anight match against a little knownCanadian wild card recipient.Muster packed his bags after theencounter and left town severelydistressed by his unexpectedlyearly exit from the competition.

During his early experienceson the Tour, Nestor was constantlyhampered by an assortment of leftarm injuries that eventually lim-ited his play to doubles where hehas flourished in the later years ofhis outstanding career.

Surgery on his shoulder in2000 and on his wrist in 2006were necessary. Likely, the in-juries were caused by his serviceaction which generates awesomepower. His slider-type serve hand-cuffed many an ad court oppo-nent and was a major weapon inhis formidable arsenal, no doubtthe repercussions of relying on agame plan built on serving acesinevitably sped his withdrawalfrom the singles game to focus ondoubles play.

In 1994 Daniel met MarkKnowles, a right handed Baha-manian, and they combined theirefforts to win an event in Bogotá,Columbia. This successful part-nership continued until the end

of 2007, culminating that seasonby winning the A.T.P. Champ-ionship doubles event. Eachplayer then went his own way.

Hence, a new world No. 1 teamwas formed between Nestor anda tour veteran from Daniel’s coun-try of birth, Serbia’s Nenad Zi-monjic. Once more the magicformula of a winning partnershipwas rejuvenated. Daniel andNenad repeated his 2007 title runby capturing the 2008 WorldDoubles Championships.

Continued success appears toinvigorate a veteran like Nestor somuch so, that in 2009 the duo hasswept the clay court season withpanache, taking titles at MonteCarlo, Barcelona and Rome.Along the way, the No. 1 team ofthe Americans, Bob and MikeBryan were the bookended vic-tims while Daniel’s former part-ner Knowles teamed withBhupathi was dispatched at thesunny Spanish venue.

Coupled with a win at Rotter-dam indoors and two early seasonoutdoor runner up appearances,the Nestor-Zimonjic team hasonce more established themselvesas the hottest team on the A.T.P.

Tour heading into the Slams atRoland Garros and Wimbledon.

While managing to win a ca-reer Golden Slam (winning allfour Grand Slam events and anOlympic gold medal), Daniel hasnever let down Canada in DavisCup play. With his long time part-ner, Frederic Niemeyer of Que-bec the duo has represented theircountry 12 times with only one de-feat. Daniel’s gold medal per-formance at the 2000 SydneySummer Olympic Games camewith the assistance of yet anotherQuebecer, Sebastien Lareau.

Nestor, it seems, paired with anyof his past partners, exemplifies theconsistency on court necessary toturn an average team into titlehold-ers at any level. Modesty becomesNestor and he would be the first toshare the credit where it is due.When ultimately, the records areeventually tallied, Daniel standsalone in the Pantheon of Canadiantennis achievement.

Nestor’s resume of victoriesincludes winning four GrandSlams and 20 A.T.P. Mastersevents. In 35 Davis Cup ties,Daniel is 39-19 in matches playedwith an unbelievable doublesrecord of 24-4.

When one analyzes the overallrecord of our country’s best play-ers, one would be hard pressed tomatch Daniel Nestor’s, it leadsone to draw an easy conclusion,“Nestor—you are the ONE”. m

Daniel Nestor and long-timedoubles partner FredericNiemeyer have had a spectac-ular run in Davis Cup play withonly one loss in 12 matchescompeting for Canada overthe past 10 years. Photo: Tennis Canada


BIGLEAGUETENNISODLUM BROWNVANCOUVER OPENATTRACTINGBIG NAMESBy Marc Weber

This year sees a bolsteredpartnership with the UnitedStates Tennis Association thathas helped the women’s pursegrow from $50,000 to $75,000and has the Vancouver Openrunning virtually unopposed.Both will help to attract a highercalibre player.

Last year — because formerworld No. 2 Sebastien Grosjeanof France and former top-20player Xavier Malisse of Belgiumpulled out with injuries — thetop men’s entry was Yen-Hsun Luof Chinese Taipei at No. 72. Thetop woman was Sunitha Rao ofIndia at No. 144; there should bea handful in the top 100 this time.

The spectacular venue has re-ceived a boost, too, as Hollyburn’s$15 million makeover promises toenhance both fan and player ex-perience. Hill points to 2004 asthe major turning point for theVancouver Open, whose most fa-mous alums are Maria Sharapovaand Andy Murray. With WTA

Floyd Hill can envision aday when Vancouver is afull-f ledged stop on the

ATP and WTA Tour calendars.Knowing how far the Odlum

Brown Vancouver Open has comein a few short years, it’s hard toquibble with his optimism.

“When the Rogers Cup is on inToronto or Montreal, they’re thebig kahunas in the city,” said Hill,the Vancouver Open tournamentchairman and a director at invest-ment firm Odlum Brown. “We’dlove to grow this to a permanentTour event here and that meansbringing in a lot of partners.”

That’s the long-range thinking.The short-term evidence showsthat it’s possible that the constantgrowth of the little tournament isimpressive at the least. It startedas a $25,000 women’s tournamentat Jericho Country Club in 2002and is now a men’s and women’sevent with $175,000 US in totalprize money hosted at West Van-couver’s Hollyburn Country Club.

North Vancouver’s Philip Besternearly had his break through at lastyear’s VanOpen but nerves got thebetter of him in a 7-6 (7-4), 0-6, 7-6(7-5) loss to then defending cham-pion Frederic Niemeyer. Bester isclimbing the pro charts and will beaiming for 2009 title.


Tour officials scrambling to re-place a tournament in Mexico,Tennis Canada stepped in andVancouver quickly grew from a$25,000 women’s event to a$110,000 Tour stop.

“We had top-50 players in theworld here and we didn’t do avery good job,” admitted Hill,who’s personally sponsored thetournament along the way. “Wedidn’t know we were doing ituntil eight weeks out.”

“But I think that changed thestage. It really woke Vancouverup about tennis — we got themedia out and people startedpaying attention.

“Before that, it was a small dealat Jericho. The players got theirown rides and found their ownhotels. We had a cocktail partyand gave away hats. It was neat towatch the tennis and you hadcrowds of 100 people maybe onthe final day.”

Times have certainly changed.Players now get the Four Seasons ex-perience and it doesn’t go unnoticed.

“The players love coming here,”said Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino,who last month announced herdecision to turn pro, passing onher full-ride to the University ofGeorgia Tech. “I think it’s going tobe a really strong field this year.”

The tall 18-year-old has soaredfrom No. 716 in the world last sum-mer — when she lost to eventualchampion Urszula Radwanska inthe quarterfinals of the VancouverOpen — to a career-best 256. Aftera year training in Switzerland, she’srelocating to Tennis Canada’s Na-tional Training Centre in Montreal.

Marino’s growth mirrors thatof the Vancouver Open, and it’spartly by design.

“We had this desire to grow itas fast as we could, but we had totemper that with the local play-ers we had,” said tournament di-rector Ryan Clark, the CEO ofTennis BC. “We wanted to grow itat a rate they could handle.”

Marino was beaming at amedia event to announce the in-crease in women’s prize money.Not only is there the potential fora larger pay day, perhaps more

importantly there are more rank-ing points up for grabs.

“It’s always the highlight of thesummer for me,” said Marino.“Now increasing the prize money,it’s good for me, good for thetournament. It’s really exciting.”

The 6-foot-2 right handerhopes to make it into the qualiesof the US Open this year. She’llhave to be in the low 200s forthat, but right now anythingseems possible.

“It feels like a new beginning,”she said. “New coach, just turningpro. It feels like the sky’s the limit.”

Having a high-level tourna-ment in his backyard is also sup-posed to help North Vancouver’sPhilip Bester break through. It al-most happened last year butnerves got the better of him in a7-6 (7-4), 0-6, 7-6 (7-5) loss tothen defending champion Fred-eric Niemeyer, who was No. 202in the world at the time.

Bester, now 20, led 3-0 in thethird, served for the match at 5-3and also led 3-1 in the tiebreaker.“Itwas really difficult — it took me likea week to get over,” he recalled. “Itwas definitely one of the toughest

matches I’ve had to get over. It wasmine. I threw it away. It happens.”

The dark days after that loss arein stark contrast to the fun Bester’shad of late. The 6-foot-1 right han-der won his first career pro event, a$10,000 Futures in Tampa, Fla., inMay. That jumped him 100 places toNo. 643. He began the year at 809.

“One of my biggest goals, es-pecially this year, was to win myfirst pro title, whatever it was,” hesaid. “Just to know I’ve won oneand I can win one — that’s a hugebreakthrough for me.”

Like Marino, this is also a seasonof change for Bester, a player Cana-dian tennis fans have been trackingsince mega management companyIMG signed him as a 12-year-oldand placed him at Nick Bollettieri’sfamed Florida academy.

The Hollyburn Country Clubis again Bester’s base, as he’s

moved home from Florida, andhe’s going it alone since hiscoaching contract with Ellis Fer-reira expired in March.

“I’ve been given a lot of knowl-edge from coaches and fitnesstrainers and psychologists,” saidBester, “but at the end of the dayI’m at a point where I’m 20-years-old and I need to go out thereand figure things out on my own.

“It was great to win my first protitle on my own because it justmeans that I do know how to do it.”

He has a believer in TennisCanada’s vice president of highperformance Louis Borfiga, alongtime junior coach for theFrench federation whose pupilsincluded current world No. 10Gael Monfils.

“He can reach the top 100 in twoyears, three years,” said Borfiga.“He has to believe in himself andit’s the first good sign for Philip be-cause he won his first tournament.After that, it’s easier to play tennis.”

The way Hill and Co. see theOdlum Brown Vancouver Opendeveloping, Marino and Besterare going to have to keep climb-ing to have a realistic shot at win-ning on home soil.

“Sometimes I wonder, ‘Whatthe heck am I doing here? How didwe get here?’” said Hill, who nowspends about three months of theyear organizing the tournament.

“I have to thank all the peoplewho support us. The people atHollyburn who write chequesand get nothing back. The spon-sors, like Invesco Trimark. Thepeople who buy tickets. Every-body has a hand in it and it’s theonly way the event survives.

“We have basically the Canuckshere, and the Lions and White-caps. We’ve lost so many sportingevents. It’s become about keepingthis event here permanently.”

And seeing it grow. m

Marc Weber is a regular columnist in The Province news-paper sports section. Born in Cape Town, South Africa,and raised in Nottingham, England, Marc is well versedin the world of sports. When he’s not covering the White-caps, junior hockey, winter sport, university sport or theNHL, you will see him exploring his true passion, tennis.

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Bjorn Borg (SWE) – For the first time in avideo game, replay the classic 1980Wimbledon final with Borg and McEn-roe. Perhaps no player was able to dom-inate the French Open and Wimbledonsimultaneously like the stoic Swede.

Chris Evert (USA) – America’s tennisdarling in the 70s and 80s is anotherheadlining legend in Grand Slam Tennis.Would you take up the challenge to repli-cate her mind-boggling 125 match win-ning streak on clay? It spanned almost 6years from 1973 to 1979. Evert retiredin 1989 with 18 Grand Slam titles.

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OTHER LEGENDS:Martina Navratilova (USA) Boris Becker (GER) Stefan Edberg (SWE) Pat Cash (AUS) Justine Henin (BEL) Michael Stich (GER) Lindsay Davenport (USA)

CURRENT STARS:Roger Federer (SUI) – Want to own thecourt like Federer does? You can play asthe man who has dominated like noone else over a 4-5 year period. Sincewinning his first Grand Slam title in2003 at Wimbledon, the Swiss masterhas won thirteen more to match Sam-pras’ all-time record of 14.

Rafael Nadal (ESP) – Fist pump yourway to French Open dominance just likecurrent world number one Nadal. Hebroke through at the French Open, win-ning four straight titles since 2005. Buthe has also taken his success to Wim-bledon and the Australian Open.

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Ana Ivanovic (SRB) – Compatriot NovakDjokovic isn’t the only Serbian star fea-tured in Grand Slam Tennis. Last yearIvanovic won her first Grand Slam titleat the French Open and rose to numberone in the world.

OTHER CURRENT STARS:Novak Djokovic (SRB) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)Serena Williams (USA) Andy Murray (GBR) Kei Nishikori (JPN) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) Venus Williams (USA)

Ever wonder what it would be like to nail a cross-court winner on the hallowedgrounds of Wimbledon? Or how you might matchup against Rafael Nadal (notgood, BTW) or Novak Djokovic (same)? How about re-living first hand JohnnyMac’s infamous hissy fits on court or his epic battles with Bjorn Bjorg?

Believe it or not you can experience all of the above in EA SPORTS™ newestmember to its Wii™ family called Grand Slam® Tennis. The videogame delivers arealistic tennis experience with authentic tennis motions on the most famous courtsin the world. Grand Slam Tennis is home to all four Grand Slams. Users feel likethey have a racquet in their hands as they swing real forehands and backhands.

Possibly the greatest tennis video game in history, Grand Slam Tennis was cre-ated here in Burnaby, B.C. at the headquarters of industry leader Electronic Arts.When you grab your copy of this game, in addition to the outstanding team of localEA staff that worked on the project, many of the character movements, shots,grunts, and line calls were formed by players you will see playing in BC tourna-ments. These include “shot making” skills of Neil Scantlebury, Jeremy Salvo, RyanClark, Bethany Yurkiw, Nicole Ratiu, and Carlina Jow. Many of the “grunt” sound ef-fects you will hear came from Michael Hopkinson, Justin Kates, Jeremy Salvo, KellyMcNabney, Nicole Ratiu, and Camila Prado. Many of the chair official and line callsare made Julie Reynolds and Joel Brobecker (French voice).

The 23-player line-up features some of the greatest and most accomplished inhistory including John McEnroe, who is exclusively featured. Joining the enigmaticMac is an impressive roster of fellow champions who collectively own 135 GrandSlam singles titles, making this the most accomplished group of players ever as-sembled for a tennis videogame.


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TOP SPIN TENNIS TIPS >>Dean Gillis and Nick Coutts | Photos: Alison McQuarrie >> TOP SPIN TENNIS TIPS

COVERINGYOUR ANGLES

NET PLAYERS POSITIONON THEIR PARTNER’S SERVE

If you know the location where your partner isgoing to serve the ball you can move early intoa stronger, more aggressive position. This ag-

gressive movement puts more pressure on the re-turner. It can distract them and force even the bestreturners into attempting a more difficult shotwhich can lead to more errors. Covering the mostcommon return angles sets the net player up to in-tercept the highest number of balls possible.

All doubles strategy starts withcommunication. Partnersshould always know wheretheir partner is going to servebefore the point starts. Thiscan be done by either hand signals or talking.

COVERINGTHE T SERVE

COMMUNICATION

The starting position at the net(for the server’s partner) is inthe middle of the service box.

The three possible returnangles are: down the line,through the middle andcrosscourt.

Once the serve is placed, thenet player must try to covertwo of these three possiblereturn angles.

GETTINGSET

Net player shifts towardmiddle to cover the twomost common returnswhich are through the mid-dle and crosscourt.

Net player gives up thedown the line return as it isthe lowest percentage shot.

Net player shifts toward singlessideline to again cover the 2common returns which are:down the line and through the middle.

Net player gives up the cross-court return as it is the lowestpercentage shot. m

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TENNIS ATTIRE REVIEW >> By Phil Moore and Christy Lynn of Lady Sport in Vancouver, BC.

Australian Open 2009Ana Ivanovic

CHEER ON THE CANADIANSThere were two Canadians in the main draw thisyear; Peter Polansky (who lost in the first round)and rising-star Aleksandra Wozniak who made it toround of 16 where she lost to Serena Williams. It would be great to see a few red and white flags inthe stands cheering on the Canadians.

PLANNING FOR CHANGEABLE WEATHERIf it’s May in Paris and the tennis has started you canbe sure of rain sometime. The grey and purple thun-derclouds can gather over the Bois de Boulogneturning a bright day dark and unleashing torrents ofrain. The tarps are quickly pulled over the courts andplay is suspended from several hours to a day. For-tunately play can continue longer and resume soonerdue the nature of the terrain battue. New last yearwas a rain refund that will reimburse spectators for50% of the ticket value if play lasts two hours or less.

EXPLORE THE VENUEIf you don’t have tickets for CenterCourt (Phillipe Chartrier) buy agrounds pass which gives you access to allthe outside courts. There is ample tennis to see and you can wit-ness many rising stars up close. If you have time arrive early (gatesopen at 10:00 a.m. and catch the players in practice mode.Thencheck out the order of play and make your picks for the day. Try toget a seat well before the matchstarts as competition is fierce. Iprefer courts 2 & 3 where you areclose to the action and they are wellprotected from the wind which canswirl up quickly.

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DISCOVERPARISParis is a walking city.Rather than staying outnear the tennis venue stayin the center and use yourmornings to explore thecity. Consult your city guideand choose different routesto Roland Garros and discover the different Ar-rondisements (neighbour-hoods) Fuel up on coffee, pain auchocalat and croissants en-route anddon't forget to buy an early lunch beforehitting the Stade Roland Garros as thelineups for food can be onerous.

GETTING TO THE COURTSA well-planned Metro system makes reaching theStade Roland Garros easy from wherever your morn-ing walks find you. Check the map and try and endup on line 10 heading in the direction Boulogne/Pte.St. Cloud and then getoff at Porte de Auteuiland follow the crowds.

Rafael Nadal on centre court

Aleksandra Wozniak

ROLANDGARROS

Tips to enjoythe French Openfirst handBy Carl Petersen10

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If you have the French Open on your “bucket list” of things to do, you’re not alone. Watching thehighest level of tennis on the terrain battue (red clay) near the City of Lights (Paris) has globalallure and rich history that appeals to most cultural and sport buffs. The following tips will help

you have an enjoyable experience if you chose to take advantage of this incredible opportunity.

Carl Petersen BPE, BSc (PT) is a partner at CitySports & Physiotherapy Clinics in Vancouver and isa regular contributor to Matchpoint magazine.

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Carl Petersen is a Partner and Director of High Performance at City Sports & Physiotherapy Clinics in Vancouver. He has co-authored the bookFit to Play™-Tennis and the DVD series Fit to Play™ & Perform with Swiss based coach Nina Nittinger. Info at www.citysportsphysio.com ore-mail [email protected]

You must give your body the opportunity to practice and play with changed and strengthened muscles.

A1–AGILITY TRAINING AND ACCELERATION (QUICKNESS) DRILLS Tennis requires quick stops and starts, lateral movements, backpedaling,crossover turns, and pivots. Some form of agility and coordination train-ing should be included as part of your daily sessions; you do not want tobe an athlete who can play but cannot move.

Points to remember when training for agility are these: • Always start with a good athletic stance (soft knees and core

switched on). • Agility and acceleration (quickness) drills must be structured so the

muscles learn to fire quickly and in a coordinated manner. • Quickness within two steps in all directions is a key in tennis. • Agility and acceleration allow smaller athletes to be able to compete well

and gives larger athletes another weapon in their arsenal.• Agility can be gained by playing different sports and dynamic games

that involve lateral movement and quick stops and starts, or bydoing circuit drills that incorporate different exercises. (adaptedfrom Petersen, 2006)

B1–BALANCED BODY STRENGTHENING Balanced training ensures that equal stress is put onthe different parts of the body in different planes ofmovement. This achieves a good balance of stress forthe body’s upper and lower extremities and three-dimensional core cylinder. It is difficult to prove thatmuscle strength imbalances are the primary cause ofan injury or a performance decrement but they are apotential risk factor for injury.

Work both sides equally to get a goodbalance between: • Right and left sides. • Flexor and extensor muscles. • Medial and lateral rotators. • Upper and lower body and core. • Strength training should include exercises

for all of the above areas. Try 2–3 upper body,2–3 lower body and 3–4 core exercises to ensure a good balance.

C1–CLOSED & PARTIALLY CLOSEDCHAIN EXERCISES To understand the concepts surrounding closed, partially closed, andopen kinetic chain, view your body as a length of chain. Closed kineticchain exercise occurs when the hands or feet support the body weight.Closed kinetic chain is best referred to as dynamic and functional withthe whole body working as an integrated unit. Examples of this wouldbe a lunge or a squat.

Partially closed chain exercises would be any that partially supportyour body weight and require an integrated response from the musclesof the body. Examples of this would be a push-up position where thehands and feet partially bear the weight or any activity that loadsresistance through the hands and arms and into the torso, as whenusing resistance bands, for example.

Exercises should be performed with the following points in mind:• Exercises should be done in a controlled, coordinated, and functional

manner. • Exercises should work the hip in an extended position because it is

the position of activity and function. • Exercises like step-ups, split squats, and lunges can be made more

functional by adding elastic tubing to partially close the upper core chain.• Activation of the kinetic chain sling patterns from the legs through the

hips and back to the shoulder restores the force-dependent motoractivation pattern and normal biomechanical positions. m

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ABCsOF TENNISTRAINING(A-C)

HEALTH & WELLNESS>> By Carl Petersen BPE, BSc(PT)

P hysical training for this summer’s season should be wellunder way. As thoughts turn to tournaments, leagueplay or grudge matches, it will be wise to follow the con-

cepts outlined in the ABCs of Tennis Training. These ideaswill help you increase your training potential, improve yourtennis skills and decrease injury potential. This is part one ofa three part series.

Planes of motion: Coronal,sagittal, and transverse.

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Balancing doing diagonal pulls and scapular retractions work the upper andlower body in different planes of motion. Putting a 1⁄2 foam roll under the

foot further challenges the balance.

Train both upper and lower core by partially closing and switching on theupper core with bands.


Sentinel Secondary rose up to reclaimthe AAA throne it once owned for overa decade and Collingwood kept a firm

grip on the AA trophy by defending its 2008title. This combined with Mulgrave Acad-emy’s third-place AA finish spelled out WestVancouver dominance in 2009.

Over 400 play-ers representing24 schools madetheir way throughtheir regionalleague play toqualify for thethree-day Provin-cial AA & AAAHigh SchoolChampionshipsheld at the Burn-aby Tennis Cluband Queen Eliza-beth Park. BC’s ti-tles call for eachteam’s best boysand girls to battlein co-ed competi-tion in singles,doubles, and mixed doubles.

When the 2007 and 2008 AAA Champi-ons Oak Bay Secondary moved into a re-building year, it opened the door for a newschool to grab the gold. The combined acad-emies of Vancouver College/Little FlowerAcademy and Saint George’s/Crofton Housemade their best case but finished second andthird respectively.

In the AA draw, the Island teams once again made a strong showing with

Lambrick Parktaking the silverand ShawniganLake f inishingfourth.

The highlightfor all playersand team en-tourage is alwaysthe annual playerbanquet anddance at the Hilton Metrotown Hotel. Thepacked hall included hip-hop DJ mixing thelatest urban beats, the dance contest, limbo,and plenty of food to fuel the hungry ath-letes after a full day of play.

FINAL RESULTS:2009 AA FINAL STANDINGS:

1. Collingwood (North Shore/ Burnaby/ New West) 2. Lambrick Park (Vancouver Island) 3. Mulgrave Academy (North Shore/ Burnaby/

New West) 4. Shawnigan Lake (Vancouver Island) 5. MEI (Fraser Valley)6. Sahali (Kamloops/Interior)7. Southridge Secondary (Fraser Valley)8. Saint Michaels (Vancouver Island) 9. Notre Dame (Vancouver) 10. King George (Vancouver)11. Seaton (Okanagan) 12. Palmer (Vancouver)

AA INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:MVP Boy’s Singles: Matt Heron-Collingwood

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MVP Girl’s Singles: Carlina Jow-Collingwood MVP Boys’s Doubles: Gino Cutri & Josip Litre-

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New West) 7. J.N. Burnett (Richmond)8. Mount Douglas (Vancouver Island) 9. Terry Fox (Fraser Valley) 10. Pinetree (Fraser Valley) 11. Kelowna (Okanagan) 12. Killarney (Vancouver)

AAA INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:MVP Boy’s Singles: Jimmy Sherpa-SentinelMVP Girl’s Singles: Gergana Boncheva-SentinelMVP Boys’s Doubles: Todd Fought & Ryan Koo-

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IN MEMORIAM

FRANCOBIONDO1937 – 2009

Franco Biondo was born in southern Italy and was encouraged toplay tennis by his grandmother. He spent many hours on a court,in addition to the soccer field where he earned a place on the 1960Italian Olympic soccer team.

Biondo immigrated to Canada in 1962 to work in NorthernBritish Columbia. His love for tennis was fostered by a visit fromTennis BC representatives who were promoting the sport innorthern communities.

After moving to Vancouver Island in 1979, he continued to playregularly and began taking courses and organizing tournaments.Biondo obtained a Level 3 coaching certificate and attendedcoaching seminars in Canada and the United States and was aTennis Pro at Arbutus Ridge Golf and Country Club.

Biondo’s true love was teaching tennis to junior players. Hefounded the junior program at the South Cowichan Lawn TennisClub in 1987 and organized the inaugural Junior Grass CourtChampionships at the SCLTC in 1988. He was also a volunteercoach at Brentwood College in Mill Bay in 1995 and eventuallywas appointed to the faculty as Brentwood’s Tennis Director, lead-ing his teams to four BC Provincial Championships. He hadplanned to further develop the tennis program at Shawnigan LakeSchool by taking a position as Tennis Director in September 2008.

Franco is survived by his wife Sheila and by children Anne-Marie and Vince. He will be dearly missed.

WENDYLADNER-BEAUDRY

1956 – 2009

Hundreds of people packed a building on the University of BritishColumbia campus in mid April to honour and mourn the loss ofLadner-Beaudry.

Ladner-Beaudry, 53, was remembered as a kind and caringmother of two who loved her work in B.C.'s sport community.

As a past board member of Sport BC and co-chair of the BCGames Society, Ladner-Beaudry also dedicated her time to theKidSport Fund, a national charity that provides support to chil-dren to remove financial barriers that prevent them from playingorganized sport.

She also dedicated much of her time to tennis. While com-pleting her MA in Human Kinetics at the University of British Co-lumbia, Wendy joined the team of Tennis XL Agency Inc., thecompany that delivers Tennis BC’s School programs throughoutthe Lower Mainland. In her position as Program Coordinator, sheplayed an instrumental role in increasing participation in thegrassroots programs. Wendy included Tennis BC’s School pro-gram in her studies at UBC and has provided Tennis BC with con-structive feedback on how to strengthen the program and how toget more schools involved.

Those who knew Ladner-Beaudry described her as a tirelessand upbeat athlete and volunteer who wanted to pass her passionfor sport and fitness on to others – especially to children andwomen whose backgrounds were less privileged than her own.Wendy will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

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MEN’S 35 SINGLES1 Julien Heine 3192 Max Brown 2803 Trevor Tuhten 1264 Hannes Blum 1205 Collin Koo 1026 Jon Pesochin 967 Rory MacKay 727 Mika Kosonen 729 Lyall Zucko 609 Oscar Mandap 60

MEN’S 40 SINGLES1 Joachim Nierfeld 1902 Glenn Richards 1683 Robert Exell 964 Trevor Richards 844 Steve Groner 844 Steve Kenig 847 Brian Fletcher 808 Michael Cassady 609 Yakov Cohen 489 Mark Harrison 489 Neville Israel 48

MEN’S 45 SINGLES1 Stephen Kimoff 3712 Robert Exell 2003 Tim Shoveller 1924 Brian Lam 1805 Nick Brummelkamp 1376 Art Hobbs 1326 Paul Shellard 1328 Steven Yesowick 1309 Ed Dolan 12010 Bruce Graham 110

MEN’S 50 SINGLES1 Ed Bakker 4002 Bob Langford 2803 Doug Holman 2304 Paul Shellard 2005 Steven Yesowick 1686 Russ Hartley 1327 Vytas Narusevicius 1007 Michael Potter 1009 Dave Pentland 6510 Joe Guiotto 4810 Mon Chin 4810 Geoff Beamiss 48

MEN’S 55 SINGLES1 Steven Yesowick 3362 George Lea 3053 Ken McBean 2884 Michael Koren 1705 John Harvey 1676 Ian Stewart 1527 Tom Gunton 1508 Alan Lawry 1329 Quentin Brown 12610 Warren Lore 80

MEN’S 60 SINGLES1 Bob Bardsley 6202 Ken Dahl 3963 Gary Gilraine 1954 Pat Dowling 1765 George Lea 1326 Don McCormick 557 John Mclennan 528 Dave Evans 509 Marty Taylor 4810 Ivan Bern 45

MEN’S 65 SINGLES1 Eric Bojesen 4082 Peter Walsh 1883 Lance Stiles 1324 Horst Dammholz 1205 Mervin Watson 966 John Hylton-Foster 847 Charles Ayers 758 Mike McMaster 689 Frank Jarman 5410 John Shaw 48

MEN’S 70 SINGLES1 Chuck Underhill 3582 Horst Dammholz 1903 Gordon Verge 1524 Ray Kimoto 1045 Bruce Mann 656 Amir Somji 457 Walter Toffoli 408 Mo Herar 368 Ctibor Skoda 3610 John Grose 24

MEN’S 75 SINGLES1 Les Bourne 2122 Gordon Verge 1303 Brien Roy 804 Rudy Derton 705 William Davis 365 Barry Headland 367 Bill Ames 247 Robert Hallam 249 Joseph Incantalupo 18

MEN’S 35 DOUBLES1 J.J. Mahony 1752 Fabio Walker 1322 Stefano Walker 1324 Stephen Kimoff 1284 Joachim Nierfeld 1286 Greg Johnson 1257 Gary Abramszyk 887 Elmer Estacio 889 Michael Hopkinson 849 Randall Liburd 849 Robert Exell 84

MEN’S 45 DOUBLES1 Stephen Kimoff 3962 Robert Exell 2723 Tim Shoveller 2164 Steven Yesowick 1485 Paul Devine 1456 Tony Macken 1326 Patrick Macken 1328 Ranjan McArthur 909 Russ Hartley 849 Michael Kerr 849 Josef Brabenec 84

MEN’S 50 DOUBLES1 Vytas Narusevicius 2522 Paul Shellard 2503 Bob Langford 2084 Doug Holman 1805 Steven Yesowick 1686 Ed Bakker 1557 Russ Hartley 967 Robert Bettauer 969 Bruce McDonald 48

MEN’S 55 DOUBLES1 Steven Yesowick 4102 Michael Koren 264

2 John Harvey 2644 Bob Wright 1765 Bob Bardsley 1506 Trevor Stubbs 1107 Warren Lore 1007 Bill Majercsik 1007 Ken Babcock 10010 Al Lawry 96

MEN’S 60 DOUBLES1 Ken Dahl 3962 Bob Bardsley 2522 Don McCormick 2524 Pat Dowling 1765 George Whitfield 965 George Lea 965 Jon Wennevold 968 John Mclennan 709 Gary Gilraine 6010 Mervin Watson 4810 Ken Hecker 4810 Dave Evans 48

MEN’S 65 DOUBLES1 Eric Bojesen 3902 Laszlo Orbay 923 Peter Wilson 903 Allan Robinson 905 Tony Mears 806 Ken Hecker 75

MEN’S 70 DOUBLES1 Chuck Underhill 2602 Gordon Verge 2323 Howard Lowe 1504 Horst Dammholz 964 Amir Somji 966 Ray Kimoto 817 Bruce Mann 688 Peter Wilson 489 Walter Toffoli 40

MEN’S 75 DOUBLES1 Les Bourne 1362 Gordon Verge 1203 Barry Headland 724 Tony Hester 704 Brien Roy 706 Bunny Kent 487 Jack Dorward 408 Mickey Webster 248 Mike Geddes 24

WOMEN’S 35 SINGLES1 Shiera Stuart 2602 Bali Athwal 2023 Tracy Bennet 1984 Shelley Roxburgh 1685 Margit Aardmaa 1506 Maryani Lesmana 1437 Tracy Frank 1268 Kristina Lidster 849 Anne Lydon 7210 Meghan McCrea 70

WOMEN’S 40 SINGLES1 Anne Lydon 1802 Carol Lau 1693 Shelley Roxburgh 1324 Sharon Sauder 1045 Karen Beacom 886 Elizabeth Dobie 847 Rebecca Coval-Kalla 408 Brenda Dean 24

8 Leah MacFarlane 248 Heather Tasker-Brown 248 Pam Steen 248 Leslie Silverwood 248 Kristina Lidster 24

WOMEN’S 45 SINGLES1 Vivian Li 4192 Julie Reynolds 1442 Karen Clarke 1284 Cora Wills 1265 Meryl Ogden 1206 Debbie Harit 856 Colleen Ostlund 858 Ruthanne Carroll 728 Dana Kyselova 7210 Brenda Dean 68

WOMEN’S 50 SINGLES1 Cora Wills 2672 Carol Pedlar 1043 Janet Landucci 804 Joan Jones 725 Eileen Clark 485 Heather McDonald 487 Karen Cunningham 358 Catherine Patel 248 Sue Moxon 248 Patricia Barton 248 Dawn Johnstone 24

WOMEN’S 55 SINGLES1 Janice Holloway 4402 Micheline Berry 2993 Pamela Rosenbaum 1854 Jean Martin 985 Jennifer Ewing 925 Blanche Cyr 927 Jandi Fraser 848 Jean Haldane 709 Hanna Vorechovski 6610 Marilyn Williams 65

WOMEN’S 60 SINGLES1 Eileen Clark 2902 Jandi Fraser 1623 Trish McLachlan 1434 Jean Martin 604 Sandra Hohlachoff 606 Gaye Stone 486 Irene Hermann 488 Bonnie Szekely 368 Marja-Liisa Oksanen 3610 Lesley Cole 32

WOMEN’S 65 SINGLES1 Joy Conrad-Rice 1682 Doreen Wild 1103 Ruth Neroutsos 804 Sue Fryer 605 Dineka Vandeburgt 556 Elke Holm 486 Johanna Walsh 488 Bernice Hayibor 399 Cheryl Miller 359 Lou Watkins 359 Heather Kontaxopoulos 35

WOMEN’S 70 SINGLES1 Ruth Neroutsos 1172 Heather Hill 853 Penny Goldrick 604 Jacquie Rudd 505 Johanna Walsh 36

6 Margot Thomson 357 Sonja Young 247 Heather Kontaxopoulos 249 Ann Oakey 129 Paula Hart 12

WOMEN’S 75 SINGLES1 Sandra Sutton 542 Elizabeth Fisher 363 Sheila Kerin 12

WOMEN’S 35 DOUBLES1 Shelley Roxburgh 2502 Margit Aardmaa 1803 Shiera Stuart 1704 Katherine Kadler 1264 Tracy Bennet 1266 Leslie Van Santen 1047 Tracy Frank 908 Pamela Rosenbaum 848 Brenda Cameron 848 Susie Fought 84

WOMEN’S 40 DOUBLES1 Shelley Roxburgh 961 Karen Clarke 961 Vivian Li 964 Lucie Belec 844 Kathleen Felicella 846 Sharon Sauder 606 Christine Lindsay 608 Carol Lau 488 Anne Lydon 4810 Jackie Chan 2410 Julie Reynolds 2410 Leah MacFarlane 2410 Page MacKay 24

WOMEN’S 45 DOUBLES1 Karen Clarke 2732 Janice Holloway 2523 Cora Wills 2154 Vivian Li 1905 Leslie Van Santen 1846 Sandy Van Ostrand 1687 Pamela Rosenbaum 1407 Kathy Fox 1409 Meryl Ogden 12010 Diana Pallot 9610 Lesley Bumby 96

WOMEN’S 50 DOUBLES1 Cora Wills 3042 Lesley Bumby 1703 Janice Holloway 1104 Janice Clark 845 Jackie Brown 726 Carol Pedlar 706 Sandy Van Ostrand 708 Judy Jones 609 Pamela Rosenbaum 4810 Eileen Clark 40

WOMEN’S 55 DOUBLES1 Pamela Rosenbaum 4092 Janice Holloway 3803 Micheline Berry 2604 Elizabeth Wilcox 1125 Marilyn Williams 1046 Jean Martin 1017 Paddy Mann 988 Jandi Fraser 969 Laura Ramsay 8410 Jackie Brown 80

TOP 5 OPEN PLAYERS SENIOR

1HENRYCHOIVancouver

High Performance Coach at VLTBC, former Indiana State University player

2GRAEMEKASSAUTZKIVancouver

# 1 player for University of New Mexico

3DANIELCHUVancouver

Former #1 Univercity of WashingtonHuskies player, travels internationally tobuild his professional world-rankings

4JEREMYSALVOVancouver

Trying out for Philippines Davis CupTeam. Former University of Texas — Pan American #1 player

PATRICKFLINTVictoria

Played on pro circuit in 2007-2008,former University of Hartford player

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TRUDIE DU TOITAbbotsford

Plays for NCAA Division 1 University of Oregon

2KATERINABOIKOBurnaby

Traveling for Jr. ITF World Events

3MONICANEVEKLOVSKAWest Vancouver

Plays for NCAA Division 1 SMU in Dallas

4MEAGANBARBERLangley

Playing in Jr. National and Provincial Events

5TRACYDONGSurrey

Travelling for National and Jr. ITF world events

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WOMEN’S 60 DOUBLES1 Trish McLachlan 3262 Jandi Fraser 1163 Bonnie Szekely 844 Jean Wilmshurst 805 Eileen Clark 726 Sandra Hohlachoff 706 Liese Ritchie 708 Paula Brocklebank 488 Kyoko Kimura 48

WOMEN’S 65 DOUBLES1 Mabel Chan 1761 Rita Savino 1763 Susan Fryer 1684 Joy Conrad-Rice 1205 Liese Ritchie 905 Cheryl Miller 907 Yuen Yuen Ling 847 Veronica Leung 849 Ruth Neroutsos 8110 Dineka Vandeburgt 75

WOMEN’S 75 DOUBLES1 Sandra Sutton 108

MIXED 45 DOUBLES1 Vivian Li 1321 Michael Potter 1323 Art McCracken 843 Debbie Harit 845 Blue Braun 485 Karen Clarke 485 Dave Tooby 485 Evelina Apthorp 489 Marion Kent 249 Henry Hohlachoff 24

MIXED 55 DOUBLES1 Jean Martin 1321 Dave Tooby 1323 Cheryl Miller 843 Marty Taylor 845 Liese Ritchie 485 Erica Ross 485 Tony Mears 485 Allan Robinson 489 Gordon Verge 249 Lynne Cowan 249 Conrad Bielicki 249 Kenneth Shallahamer 249 Christine Aubun 249 Jackie Shallahamer 24

COMBINED MIXED 70 DOUBLES1 Marty Patterson 481 Peggy Street 483 Carolyn Goff 243 Dan Ryan 245 Kim Rogers 125 Rob Fischer 12

COMBINED MIXED 75 DOUBLES1 Terence Little 721 Anne Lydon 721 Vivian Li 721 Michael Potter 725 Carol Lau 365 Fumihiro Watanabe 367 Shelley Wearmouth 97 Angele Parker 97 Greg Wearmouth 97 Neil Parker 9

NTRP MEN’S OPEN SINGLES1 Henry Choi 4322 Graeme Kassautzki 3963 Daniel Chu 3924 Jeremy Jay Salvo 3225 Patrick Flint 2256 Geoffrey Hernandez 2166 Ash Misquith 2168 George Jecminek 2049 Justin Kates 19510 Nick Coutts 126

NTRP MEN’S 5.0 SINGLES1 Patrick Flint 1982 Adam Guenter 1683 Justin Guay 1653 Etienne Moshevich 1655 Hyeong Don Park 1286 Matthew Vaulkhard 1266 Neil Scantlebury 1268 Jimmy Sherpa 1209 Eddie Yang 11810 Julien Heine 113

NTRP MEN’S 4.5 SINGLES1 Steve Bower 5162 Roger Lang 3963 Hector Cameron 3504 Todd King 2925 Tomy Reyes 2885 Hyeong Don Park 2887 GEOFF BOURNE 2568 Shawn Lusignan 2549 Evan Huang 2259 Dirk Mattheus 225

NTRP MEN’S 4.0 SINGLES1 Steven Ma 3961 Franco Abbruzzese 3963 Christian Le 3904 Tom Abbott 3455 RJ Suarez 3306 Neil Giang 2886 Justin Colley 2888 Kai Huang 2609 Alex Bullock 24110 Brian Yee 224

NTRP MEN’S 3.5 SINGLES1 RJ Suarez 7652 Paul Greveling 4053 Vincent Pradier 3964 Jonathan Kooy 3805 Bruce Biles 3786 Neil Muzumdar 3607 Maha Sarsthi 3488 Fabio Prado 3309 Andy Tran 28810 Keisuke Kai 282

NTRP MEN’S 3.0 SINGLES1 Joel Celaje III 4052 Michael Curtis 3963 Richard Chou 2884 Stano Faban 2555 Robert Gottfried 2526 Joe Massie 2437 Rodney Stuart 2108 Randy Twiss 2078 Stefan Larose 20710 Barry Bate 198

NTRP MEN’S 2.5 SINGLES1 Nick Cooke 2882 Luffy Zhou 198

3 Sandy Chow 1263 Jay Saint 1265 Jared Bellusci 725 Carlos Alaniz 725 Marko Majkic 725 Markus Lohuaru 729 Stan Ziolkowski 369 Andrey Fedyushin 369 Chris Schimpl 369 Sean Mazzucco 369 Denis Lampron 36

NTRP MEN’S OPEN DOUBLES1 Kris Santoso 3772 Graeme Kassautzki 3453 Nick Coutts 3303 Patrick Flint 3305 Jerry Turek 2356 Jeremy Jay Salvo 2247 Henry Choi 1658 Kevin Taylor 1359 Max Brown 13210 Daniel Jaworski 126

NTRP MEN’S 5.0 DOUBLES1 Justin Kates 1981 Ash Misquith 1983 Jordan Bruneau 1263 Gabe Pavel 1265 Patrick Flint 1256 Eddie Yang 1107 MATT DAVIS 1057 Peter Davis 1059 Art Hobbs 849 Ed Bakker 84

NTRP MEN’S 4.5 DOUBLES1 Collin Koo 2702 Stephan Witijono 2283 Alan Osborne 2153 Bill Majercsik 2155 Renato Malloth 1985 Roger Lang 1987 Chris Phelps 1727 John Nash 1729 Rob Davidson 1359 Brian Grellmann 1359 Bhupinder Hothi 1359 Till Konitzer 135

NTRP MEN’S 4.0 DOUBLES1 Charles Bern 2882 Andrew Slater 2453 Tony Rudner 1983 Jason Cave 1985 Javeed Kassam 1265 Alexander Wu 1265 Danny Dang 1265 James Ducommun 1265 Wally Ly 1265 Laurent Fabre 126

NTRP MEN’S 3.5 DOUBLES1 Mike Redekop 3301 Ed Jones 3303 Jarrod Mitchell 3244 Eddy Alexandre 3005 Siboupha Sirimanotham 2106 Chris Chinfen 1987 Syed Rehman 1588 Wes Hawrysh 1268 John Vermeulen 1268 Mike Tamaki 1268 Mo Herar 1268 Luigi De Buzzaccarini 1268 Chris Laronge 126

8 Stefan Larose 1268 Roy Rauser 1268 Sanjiv Madan 126

NTRP MEN’S 3.0 DOUBLES1 Jamie Hsu 1981 David Hsu 1983 John Mah 1263 Abbott Fong 1265 Frank Hu 725 Eyal Rosenfeld 725 Bruce Choy 725 Allan Porlares 729 Jared Bellusci 369 Luke Favel 369 Ken Hoy 369 William O’Malley 369 Ron Wierstra 369 Arash Jalali 36

NTRP MEN’S 2.5 DOUBLES1 Bryan Markert 951 Tony Roche 953 Jason Loewen 603 Steve Bolton 605 Dave Polos 505 Kelly Wright 507 Robert Williams 457 Dave Port 457 Chris Frederick 457 Ken Wong 45

NTRP WOMEN’S OPEN SINGLES1 Trudie du Toit 2702 Katerina Boiko 2573 Monica Neveklovska 1984 Meagan Barber 1865 Tracy Dong 1846 Alejandra Enderica 1737 Carolina Abello 1658 Kelly McNabney 1608 Sinziana Chis 13010 Anett Ferenczi-Bako 126

NTRP WOMEN’S 5.0 SINGLES1 Tracey Frank 1652 Mia Gordon 1262 Yevgeniya Chuyeva 1264 Karen Clarke 805 Morgan Klieber 786 Madeline Benn 726 Katherine Benn 726 Harjit Gosal 726 Alexis Prokopuik 726 Liliana Stoiu 72

NTRP WOMEN’S 4.5 SINGLES1 Cloudia Zhang 2882 Cora Wills 2253 Carol Lau 2104 Angela Xu 1984 Sharon Sauder 1986 Kira Draliuk 1387 Heather Tasker-Brown 1328 Anthea Poon 1269 Bianca Knop 909 Terry Hon 90

NTRP WOMEN’S 4.0 SINGLES1 Arisha Ladhani 1981 Anthea Poon 1981 Deliana Matei 1984 Elizabeth Dobie 1655 Karin McTaggart 1456 Lauren Jay 1357 Sue Sherlock 128

8 Karen Beacom 1268 Teiko Seki 1268 Stacy Fung 126

NTRP WOMEN’S 3.5 SINGLES1 Heather Coxell 1982 Chikako Irimagawa 1623 Dragana Kosoric 1354 Monica Andrews 1264 Aileen Stuart 1264 Cynthia Whyte 1264 Tracy Janze 1268 Sue Sherlock 1139 Liana Aghasyan 10210 Jill Alexander 84

NTRP WOMEN’S 3.0 SINGLES1 Elena Foxcroft 3002 Karen Cunningham 2883 Milena Neveklovska 1983 Ritsuko Sato 1985 Adrienne Wright 1866 Jane Qiao 1357 Ayako Yabe 1268 Lisa Janco 1209 Heidi Goertz 909 Kathy Gilroy 90

NTRP WOMEN’S 2.5 SINGLES1 Megan Frederick 1262 Cathy Gilroy 723 Nicole Jacobson 363 Laura Smith 365 Makiko Umeda 186 Shauna Perri 96 Manya Lee 96 Consorcia Balintona 96 Gillian Landrigan 9

NTRP WOMEN’S OPEN DOUBLES1 Sinziana Chis 2702 Petra Turek 1743 Camila Prado 1614 Bethany Yurkiw 1354 Nicoleta Ratiu 1356 Monica Neveklovska 1266 Anett Ferenczi-Bako 1266 Carolina Abello 1269 Sherry Buller 729 Vivian Li 72

NTRP WOMEN’S 5.0 DOUBLES1 Karen Clarke 902 Tracey Frank 723 Johane Mui 684 Petra Turek 504 Michelle Sing 506 Laurence Millet 456 Camilla Prado 458 Kira Draliuk 429 Cora Wills 369 Kirsten Edwards 369 Madeline Benn 369 Katherine Benn 369 Katie Brien 369 Leslie Van Santen 369 Liliana Stoiu 369 Yevgeniya Chuyeva 36

NTRP WOMEN’S 4.5 DOUBLES1 Carol Lau 2701 Anne Lydon 2703 Nicole McLennan 2043 Sarah Kadi 2045 Jihe Cho 1466 Lucy Fairbotham 132

7 Cora Wills 1267 Vivian Li 1267 Naoko Shibanuma 1267 Jane Cunnington 126

NTRP WOMEN’S 4.0 DOUBLES1 Andrea McDonald 1981 Jenni Smith 1983 Chikako Irimagawa 1304 Patti Man 1264 Judy Gordon 1266 Kyoko Yamada 1137 Page MacKay 1008 Janice McClintock 728 Donna Allaby 728 Cathy Brown 728 Betty Chin 728 Lourdes Estacio 72

NTRP WOMEN’S 3.5 DOUBLES1 Elizabeth Dobie 2702 Marja-Liisa Oksanen 2643 Chikako Irimagawa 2104 Kyoko Yamada 2085 Hannelore Hughes 1405 Jana Cornelius 1407 Chikako Irmigawa 1158 Gail Beeston 949 Serene Ford 7510 Deb Laidler 74

NTRP WOMEN’S 3.0 DOUBLES1 Yee Wong 1261 Kathy Finch 1263 Shelagh Gray-Moir 723 Janet Jang 725 Andrea Dow 365 Janice Garret 367 Ann MacDonald 97 Liana Aghasyan 97 Makiko Umeda 97 Megan Frederick 97 Elena Foxcroft 97 Laura Smith 9

NTRP WOMEN’S 2.5 DOUBLES1 Megan Dunn 801 Nicole Wong 803 Laura Smith 603 Kerry Somerville 605 Masami Barker 255 Karen Bertini 255 Elaine Wong 255 Jill Gillespie 259 Theresa Ross 129 Kelly Champagne 129 Terry Loewen 129 Suzanne Gratham 12

NTRP MIXED OPEN DOUBLES1 Max Brown 1981 Kelly McNabney 1983 Sinziana Chis 1263 Jeremy Jay Salvo 1265 Kris Santoso 725 Trudie du Toit 725 Scott Harris 728 Geoffrey Hernandez 458 Susie Fought 4510 Shelley Roxburgh 3610 George Jecminek 3610 Ryan Koo 3610 Madison Shoemaker 3610 Joachim Nierfeld 3610 Anett Ferenczi-Bako 36

NTRP MIXED 4.5 DOUBLES1 Nicoleta Ratiu 2101 Till Konitzer 2103 Paul Harder 2033 Angela Xu 2035 Gary Abramszyk 1265 Wendy Banham 1267 Javeed Kassam 1208 Todd Beechinor 1148 Petra Turek 11410 Carl Gomez 11310 Sayaka Chow 113

NTRP MIXED 4.0 DOUBLES1 Kyle Sartorius 2881 Hilary Buckley 2883 Elmer Estacio 2253 Lourdes Estacio 2255 Widya Soebijono 1985 John Ma 1987 Jihe Cho 1267 Sherman Kwok 1267 Jackie Chan 1267 Wally Ly 1267 Jonathan Low 126

NTRP MIXED 3.5 DOUBLES1 Todd Crowther 3001 Chikako Irimagawa 3003 Graham Whyte 1983 Gail Beeston 1983 Mark Choynowski 1983 Lincon Lin 1983 Cynthia Whyte 1983 Sylvie Quenneville 1989 Blue Braun 1329 Karen Clarke 132

U12 BOYS1 Sigouin Benjamin 16152 Wu Danny 15303 Kryvchun Kyryll 14974 Korkh Max 13885 Foxcroft Daniel 12786 Fan Felix 12507 Zhao Larry 11728 Marazzi Bryson 11369 Chiu Aaron 110310 Phaterpekar Neel 1069

BOYS 13-14 YEARS1 Portnov Tim 19322 Raw Daniel 17753 Ho Jeffrey 17234 Edwards Kieran 16535 Phaterpekar Tejas 15796 Nguyen Mark 15577 Chiu Adrian 15528 Fought Eric 15179 McNicol Evan 151010 Alscher Conrad 1505

BOYS 15-16 YEARS1 Peliwo Filip 23572 Singh Ladhar Fateh 21793 du Toit Riaan 21584 Luptak Matej 21035 Herron Matthew 20186 Hung Gary 20057 Fought Todd 20018 Pakhomov Stas 19699 Walker Patrick 195110 Lidster Zach 1900

BOYS 16-17 YEARS1 Haessig Nikolai 26852 Tchernikov Nick 26283 Taylor Kevin 25964 Haessig Yvon 24945 Sherpa Jimmy 24756 Raina Gauhar 24697 Guay Justin 23918 Gill Ratan 23909 Schneider Jesse 235110 Petrovic Zan-Stan 2313

U12 GIRLS1 Fung Stacey 14862 Prelle Madison 13253 Prelle Kirsten 12494 Fong Rachel 12445 Johanson Rosie 12016 Crawford Luna 11357 Raw Natalie 10988 Findlay Jaclyn 10559 Gu Andrea 104810 Hunter Carley 987

GIRLS 13-14 YEARS1 Boiko Katerina 23812 Dong Tracy 22113 Gan Runjia 18154 Ladhani Arisha 17965 Benn Madeline 16926 Hunter Lindsay 16757 Prokopuik Alexis 16278 Comber Georgia 15899 Lam Latonia 156510 Marazzi Mikayla 1527

GIRLS 15-16 YEARS1 Enderica Alejandra 23592 Boncheva Gergana 23283 Shoemaker Madison 23214 Dhatt Saroop 22415 Robu Maria-Luiza 21776 Gosal Harjit 21427 Gunton Kari 20157 Sigouin Alexandra 20159 Stoiu Liliana 172410 Gjine Jenny 1691

GIRLS 17-18 YEARS1 Blajkevitch Khristina 27272 Thompson Daryl Victoria 25753 Popa Diana 24504 Barber Meagan 23005 Jow Carlina 22866 Iannone Sarah 21877 Simmons Sophie 20008 Stanimir Chelsea 17819 Grbelja Ivana 175110 Lidster Amanda 1741

As of January 2009, Tennis BCadopted Tennis Canada’s RogersRankings for Junior Singles. Theabove rankings are displayedbased on the players’ ages(Under 12, Players 13-14, Play-ers 15-16, Players 17-18) andsome players may also hold aranking in a higher age category.Rankings are as of May 29,2009. For all categories exceptopen divisions, open rankings areas of June 8, 2009. For completelistings of players & results go towww.tennisbc.org

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