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Features3 Reflections on the Open By Alan Fleischman

Alan Fleischman takes a look back at how the sport of tennis has changedover the years and has evolved into what it has become today.

4 What Now? By Alanna BroderickAlanna Broderick describes why so many tennis players have a difficulttime traveling life’s many paths.

8 The Challenges of Long Islanders By Steve KaplanSteve Kaplan offers tips on how to maximize your training time and takeyour game to the next level.

16 A Year in Review: A Year of Transition and ChangeBy Eric DietscheEric Dietsche chronicles his move from high school senior at St. John theBaptist to a spot on the Men’s Varsity Team at Williams College.

20 Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Holiday Gift GuideShopping tips and gift ideas from some of the area’s top local pro shops andmanufacturers, including Advantage Tennis, Bionic Gloves, Carefree Rac-quet Club, Cruise Control, Louisville Slugger and Sportime.

22 Jimmy Connors Makes a Special Appearance at the AlanKing Pro-Am Tennis Tournament By Peter FishbachPeter Fishbach recaps many of the sport’s top legends who paid a visit forthe benefit of the Wheelchair Sports Federation.

23 A Look Back at the Maverick Labor Day ProSet Chal-lenge By Stephen G. SombrottoStephen G. Sombrotto recaps Maverick Tennis’ event held this past Labor Day.

30 A Look Back at the Beach Tennis USA National Cham-pionships in Long BeachBeach Tennis USA held their National Championship in Long Beach in earlySeptember and Long Island Tennis Magazine was there for the recap.

35 Summer Junior Team Tennis Recap By Steve AbbondondeloA look at the 2009 USTA Eastern Summer Junior Team Tennis season astold by Steve Abbondondelo.

37 Tennis Travel DirectoryAs the cold of winter sets in, we provide a guide for some of the world’s toptennis destinations.

41 Coaching the Person, Not the Talent By Parsa SamiiFormer pro Parsa Samii takes a look at the qualities a junior player shouldlook in when seeking out that ideal coach.

42 Matches on Par With the Pros By Sunny FishkindSunny Fishkind raises awareness that although the Open may have left forthe year, there is still some great top notch tennis action available on LongIsland’s collegiate courts.

43 Be Humble and Have a Backup Plan By Lonnie MitchelLonnie Mitchel explains why having a strong contingency plan is key to asuccessful future in the sport of tennis.

47 Where to Go on Long Island for Your Tennis Apparel NeedsCheck out local stores Topspin Tennis & Fitness and Grand Slam Tennis forall the latest popular tennis apparel.

48 A Look at the Girl’s High School Tennis Season at theHalfway PointLong Island Tennis Magazine takes a look at the progress of Mia Vecchio;the determination of Jericho High School’s Amanda Hyman; and thoughtson single and doubles play from Edward Wolfarth.

50 Local Pros Brent and Harrison Take Home Silver at the55 USTA National Grass Court ChampionshipBy Jonathan KleeJonathan Klee looks at two local pros, in the USTA National Grass CourtChampionship finals.

52 Houghton Captures Women’s Division I One-on-OneDoubles and Rockin’ Blues Title at Stony BrookA recap of this past September’s Third Annual Stony Brook Women’s Invitational.

54 What’s New is Old, Again … By Edward WolfarthEdward Wolfarth explains effective drills and techniques.

55 Tennis: Truly the Sport of a Lifetime By Steve HaarSteve Haar chronicles the life of tennis player Charlie Hurme, 97-years-oldand still going strong on and off the court.

56 A Look Back at Long Island Tennis Summer Camps:Summer of ‘09

Columns7 College Tennis Spotlight: How Did That Child Get Into Col-

lege!? By Ricky BeckerRicky Becker details how a jump in a junior’s rankings can open more doorin the collegiate world.

18 My Opinion: What’s the Story With the Money ProfessionalTennis Players Make? By Eric MeditzEric Meditz shatters the perspective that all professional tennis players aremillionaires, and shows why one bad match or tournament can impact theirwallet.

28 Adult League Wrap-UpBruce Lindenman and Marty Marmorale review the Long Island Men’s 3.5team and their trip to Las Vegas for the Nationals, and Ignacio (Nacho)Arenas recaps the Men’s 4.0 Team from Carefree Racquet Club who werecrowned Men’s 4.0 National Champions.

34 Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Literary CornerBy Brent ShearerBrent Shearer takes a look at Rene Stauffer’s biography, The Roger FedererStory: Quest for Perfection, documenting the rise to fame of the sport’s top star.

36 College Tennis Advice: Getting a “Read” on a College CoachBy Clark D. Ruiz IIClark D. Ruiz II takes a look at the symbiotic relationship between a juniorplayer’s coach, teammates and academics as they search for their higherlearning destination.

59 Long Island Tennis Club Directory

60 Long Island Rankings

63 USTA/Long Island Region 2009 Tournament Schedule

News Briefs26 Eastern Juniors Honored at U.S. Open Awards Gala

38 Nassau County Rally Day Brings Tennis to the Kids at Tully Park

40 Long Island Corporate Challenge Provides a Great Time forLocal Businesses

42 Woodbury Tennis Takes Home North Shore Men’s TennisLeague 2009 Crown

44 USTA Tournament Photo GalleryPhotos by Franklyn Higgs

46 Orange Crush Wins Fantasy Baseball League Championship

51 Prince Hosts EXO3bition in Central Park

54 Congrats to Men’s 4.0 National Champs From Long Island

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November/December 2009Volume 1, Number 6

12 2009 U.S. Open Leaves Its MarkA look back at the 2009 U.S. Open’s stars, drama, upstarts and Cinderella comebacks from thearea’s annual event.

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I have been watching the U.S.Open for a long time. As a for-mer high school teacher, it wasthe alarm bell that meant sum-

mer was over. No more tennis games onweekdays, followed by hamburgers andcold beer, only time for lesson plans andparent conferences. Over the years, I haveseen men’s tennis shorts go from short andwhite, to long and black, while women’sstyles went from Tracy Austin’s gingham topearl ruffles designed by Stella McCartney(her father, Paul, attended this year’smatches). From grass to clay to hard court,from Forest Hills to Flushing, from Chrissieto Martina, from Steffi to Monica … it hasalways been an “educational” experience.

Here I am, for the first time in a long time,watching the entire event in high definition.Bud Collins (who often dresses as if he wasfirst in line for a fire sale at Three Mile Island)once described a tennis match as “Gladia-tors in short pants,” was a color commen-tator, and John and Patrick McEnroe wereproviding point-by-point coverage. MartinaNavratilova was eclectic and Brad Gilbertwas speaking English as a second lan-guage (“He is serving unbelievable,” whathappened to the “ly” in an adverb?). I par-ticularly enjoy Cliff Drysdale, because hehas seen it all. He played against the likes ofRod Laver, Arthur Ashe and Ken Rosewall.He was there before tennis could make youa millionaire by the age of 30. Indeed, hewore a glove before Michael Jackson.

Every Open has its drama. The unknownwho is either a flash in the pan or the nextgreat player, the journeymen who slug it outon Court 746 with their parents, friends andpractically no one else watching. One year,when a friend of mine was playing doubleson an outer court with about a dozen spec-

tators, I was asked, “Is he your son?” “No,”I responded, but I would be proud if he were.This year was no different. If all the world isa stage, this year qualified as a multiplex.Melanie Oudin played the part of David, slay-ing Goliaths left and right, until she ran into abackboard named Caroline Wozniacki. Andthen there was Roger Federer, impeccableand implacable as he marched toward ananticipated meeting against Rafael Nadal,like Sherman marching on Atlanta. And thenIT happened. The Serena Slam.

There has been so much talk about oldschool versus new school brands of tennis.We have heard endless comparisons of howRod Laver would have done against PeteSampras, or how serve and volley is dead.Racquet technology and different stringcombinations, coupled with serious weightand cardio training, has made any compar-isons impossible. In the 30-plus years I havebeen watching this sport, it has evolved inmany directions. There really is no way tocompare the generations. Even a few yearsago, who would have predicted that the

2009 U.S. Open Champion would be con-siderably over six-feet tall. Back in the day,Stan Smith seemed to tower over his oppo-nents, and the little fellows seemed to be themammals that scurried between the legs ofdinosaurs. Memory is life as it should havebeen, not how it is, and I promise no moretales about the good old days. Some ofthem were good, all of them are old.

I remember the 1979 Ilie Nastasi-JohnMcEnroe circus that broke out while a tennismatch was supposed to be taking place. Iremember Frank Hammond, a competentreferee, having a legitimate ruling rescinded.It was not exactly a shining moment for thesport of tennis. This year, tennis got it right.

In the woman’s semis, deep into a sec-ond set, a linesperson made a call. It led toan outburst by one of the sports’ premierplayers and drawing card, Serena Williams.There has been a great deal of discussionover whether the linesperson should havemade such a call at such a crucial time.This is absurd. I have no way of ascertain-

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By Alanna Broderick

Over the past couple of years, Ihave noticed that a lot of my fel-low tennis players, many of

whom I have competed against, are still in-volved in tennis in some form or another. Either,they are coaching at a university, working for atennis club or coaching part-time somewhere.

I found this common thread intriguing andwondered why so many tennis players ap-parently find it difficult to travel a different pathin life. Why is it so hard for ex-tennis playersto separate themselves from the sport?

Is it a question of identity?Having immersed oneself in a daily sportfor many, many hours over many, manyyears, it would seem challenging to find an-

other such passion or is it a question oflack of preparation for life after tennis?

Apparently, the sport of tennis does nothave a monopoly on this syndrome, as itappears to be the same story with otherprofessionals who regularly call press con-ferences announcing their retirement onlyto re-announce shortly afterwards that theyare staging a comeback. Sometimes theyhaven’t even had the time to get rusty.

What is it about sports that anathlete just cannot happily let go?Michael Jordan is claiming he will be on thecourt at the age of 50. Justine Henin has an-nounced her comeback on the heels of the ad-mittedly hugely successful return of KimClijsters and let us not even mention NFL quar-terback Brett Favre. In tennis, this predicament

does not only affect ex-professionals, but alsothe very competitive junior who, more often thannot, after trying their hardest to make it often atthe expense of other things, has come to the re-alization that they will never play at the U.S.Open. Although many may go on to college andreceive a degree, you will more than likely findthis college graduate coaching at the local club.

Is it because the love of the gameis so great that they need to beinvolved in it in some way?Have these tennis players been conditionedto hit a tennis ball every day of their life thatthey just cannot imagine doing anything else?Perhaps they never stopped to think of thepossibility of there actually being life after ten-nis. Perhaps they did not go to that career fair

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ing if the call was factually correct and Ms.Williams foot-faulted, but rules are rules.How would you feel if, late in a set, your op-ponent hit a ball that was one millimeter outand the ball was called good because itwas “late in the second set” of an excitingmatch? Tennis got it right this time, andsupported those who try their best to en-force the rules.

This is “professional” tennis, and assuch, there is an obligation to act in a pro-fessional manner. Serena’s outburst mayhave been in the heat of the moment, andforgivable for that, but taking nearly twodays to actually say the magic words “Iapologize” is unconscionable. She hasgiven an immense amount of energy andpassion to this sport, which, in turn, hasmade her a millionaire several times over. Iwould prefer to remember the days whenplayers let their racquets speak for them.One of the reasons the players earn asmuch as they do is because people, thanksto television, ARE watching. Our playersowe the worldwide tennis community morethan slashing forehands and topspin back-hands. Like it or not, they are role modelswhenever the camera is on them.

I prefer to remember this Open as one inwhich Rafael Nadal fought gamely to over-come injuries and, after a straight set loss,still took time to thank the crowd. I prefer toremember the graciousness of Federer indefeat and Juan Martin Del Potro in victoryand, above all, I look forward to seeing it allhappen again next year. �

Alan Fleishman has been a devoted fan oftennis since 1969. He won the Town ofHempstead tennis tournament at NewbridgeRoad Park in 1972 and was runner-up in1974. He worked as an assistant to the tennisprofessional in the summer program atLutheran High School in the early 1970s.While teaching social studies at John F.Kennedy High School in Bellmore, N.Y., hewas fortunate to have coached some talentedplayers, but more importantly, some wonder-ful young men and women during his lastseven years at the school. He may be reachedby e-mail at [email protected].

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at their university like the rest of their class-mates. Maybe they did not join that Spanishclub, student government or debating society.Did they miss that career fair due to athleticresponsibilities, or was it that they did not feelthere was a need to go? Were they too fo-cused on Saturday’s match instead of thinkingabout graduation day? Whatever the reason,they did themselves a disservice by not learn-ing which companies were hiring, how to in-terview effectively, how to write a properresume or the importance of networking.

Just as you prepare yourself for practiceor for that “big match” against yourschool’s rival, mapping out your life aftertennis requires goal setting, planning andhard work. Use all the resources that areavailable to you. Reach out to academicadvisors, inquire about available intern-ships in the summer, and most importantly,find a mentor. Someone who has actuallyexperienced what you are going through isthe greatest ally you could have.

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Also, get involved in extra curricular activi-ties. You may think that I am crazy to ask you touse the little free time that you have available,but not so. I know that you have tennis practiceto attend, classes to sleep through, study hall toshow up for and we cannot forget about thoseall important social outings with your friends tothe bar or club using your older brother or sis-ter’s ID (parents disregard this activity please!).

All these things are a part of college life,and as a student-athlete, your plate is evenmore full than the regular student. This hav-ing been said, it is vital to identify yourself assomething more than just a “tennis player.”Most of these extracurricular organizationsmeet at night, facilitating your schedule, andit will definitely be an added positive on thatresume when you are interviewing for jobsthat may actually involve a business suit.

The wonderful sport of tennis can help youget into a school and afford you opportunitiesthat you otherwise would not have experienced.It will allow you to stand out from the crowd,

keep your body fit and to acquire discipline anddetermination. Commit to managing your timeeffectively and to becoming a well-rounded in-dividual. It is okay to have a hobby or to networkwith non-athletes at your school.

Do not forget that you were someone beforeyou became a tennis player and you will besomeone after your career is over. And ofcourse, tennis is a sport that can be recreation-ally enjoyed throughout one’s life. Becoming atennis pro is also a fun and fulfilling occupation,but it is always nice to have options.

Find yourself during the journey so as neverhaving to have to ask yourself, “What now?” �

Alanna Broderick is an independent tennispro on Long Island and the director of Girls4 Girlz Tennis Camps. She competed onthe pro tour from 2002, after graduatingfrom the University of Miami, where she re-ceived her BBA in marketing and Spanish.She is a USPTA certified coach and can bereached at [email protected].


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How Did That Child Get Into That College!?

By Ricky Becker

Do you get expelled fromcollege if you get tenniselbow? Is your major going

to be “Rocks for Jocks?”

I used to get mocked by my friends aboutthat all the time. I was fortunate enough toget admitted to a college (Stanford Univer-sity) that rejected some of the smartestkids from my high school (Roslyn HighSchool). I wasn’t a moron, but by my ownadmission, I didn’t have the standard aca-demic profile Stanford usually looks for. Ihad earned a high enough national tennisranking that the tennis team was very in-terested in having me attend and con-tribute to the Stanford program. I wasadmitted (with a partial scholarshipnonetheless) because in the admissionsdepartment’s eyes, there was a contribu-tion (tennis) that could be made to theschool by the applicant.

It is has been widely reported that col-lege admissions today is as tough as it hasever been. While the current economy mayplay a factor in a family’s college decision,admissions requirements remain very high.Many well-intentioned high school stu-dents run around after school chasing theextracurricular activities. Most of theseclubs, teams and organizations, make acontribution to the school and community.However, how much does it contribute toyour college application resume?

Through my own personal experienceand as a current professional in the collegeadmissions field, it is clearly apparent thatcolleges, now more than ever, want that“hook.” The size of the hook grows expo-nentially, when the high school applicant

can take an experience or skill and actu-ally apply it on the university level.

I would highly suggest that when yourchild is in middle school, take a look athis/her abilities. Is there one that, if pur-sued, can be that hook to your child’sdream college? Does your child have thepotential to play on a collegiate tennisteam? Does your child have the potentialto take part in the college’s music pro-gram? Does your child have the potentialto win awards? Will your child publicly re-flect well on a college and contribute to auniversity’s prestige?

I am similar to most families on LongIsland. At the end of the day, academicsare more important than sports in mostcases. It is for this reason, that, as theconsultant for many families of juniortennis players, I recommend that thechild view their tennis training as impor-tantly as they do their homework. Amajor jump in a sports ranking is going

to open more collegiate doors than aslight jump in academics.

What I am suggesting to you is that younot dispose of your child’s special abilityso easily as they get older. Speak to some-one with experience in college admissionsin conjunction with your child’s specialty tosee if there is “hook” potential. If possible,try to obtain guidance from someone with-out a vested interest in which route youtake (i.e., more money from you if you stickwith their specialty).

And, no, my academic standing was notaffected by any injuries and ”Rocks forJocks” was a myth as well. �

Ricky Becker is the founder of Ju-niorTennisConsulting LLC, which offersoff-court college guidance services tojunior tennis players. He can bereached by phone at (516) 605-0420,e-mail [email protected] or visitJuniorTennisConsulting.com.


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In the last issue of Long Island Tennis Mag-azine, I, along with several other local ten-nis professionals, was asked “What are theadvantages and disadvantages of being aLong Islander at nationals?”

In response to this question, a few par-ents have remarked about their concernswith the daunting economic reality ofsupporting a developing player on LongIsland. That is, the weather necessitatesthat much of the training be indoors. As-piring players need a lot of indoor courttime and it is very expensive.

As a club owner, I am well aware of theeconomic limitations of families, as well asfacilities, and believe me, both are a chal-lenge. The simple economics for upcom-ing players and clubs is similar. The way tomake a small fortune in tennis is to startwith a large one!

Given these circumstances, I havecomposed several suggestions for

players as to how they can make themost effective and efficient use of theirtime in order to train, learn and improveoptimally.

1. Be ready to playTo play your best tennis, your bodyneeds to be physically ready to play be-fore you hit a ball. Specifically, your res-piration and core body temperaturelevels should be elevated and your stabi-lizing core muscles need to be activatedand firing. You don’t want to waste valu-able court time to achieve this readinessstate. Furthermore, if you do try to ac-complish these goals by playing, your ini-tial movements will be compromised andyou risk a poor performance, as well asan injury. A routine of movement prepa-ration and core activation is a more ef-fective and efficient way to ready yourselfthan hitting tennis balls.

2. Be a student of the gamePerhaps the best way to learn to masterthe intricacies of the game is through ac-tual competition, but it is not the only way.Education about tennis theory is a valuableand low cost way to improve.

Watch the best players and study theirstroke mechanics, court movement,match tactics and court demeanor. Go tothe Dartfish slow motion video analysison USTA.com to learn a step-by-step vi-sual breakdown of the best strokes inthe sport. Read books and articles onsports performance, tennis technique,mental training and nutrition. Read theautobiographies of great athletes tolearn their methods and motivations forsuccess. By the way, studying the per-formance records of the top 200 playerson Tennisrecruiting.net is not going tofurther your game!

The Challenges of Long Islanders

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Each year, the U.S. Open brings us in-credible entertainment, excitement

and non-stop storylines right here in ourown backyard. The 2009 U.S. Open wasno different and it did not disappoint. Asexpected, the competitors came throughand delivered two weeks worth of high in-tensity drama, upsets, Cinderella stories,hard-fought comebacks, introduced us tonew stars in the making, and in the end,two new champions were crowned.

The championsJuan Martin delPotroOn the men’s sideJuan Martin del Potrocame in poised for abreakthrough, but notmany expected hewould run through thegauntlet of Rafael

Nadal in the semis and then Roger Federer inthe finals to win his first Grand Slam title. It wasquite an impressive feat for anyone, especiallyfor a 19-year-old Argentinian who, coming intothe U.S. Open, had never played in a major finaland yet was victorious. Del Potro’s victory camein the form of an epic five-set battle against five-time defending champion Roger Federer inthe finals that served as the perfect ending toa fantastic 2009 U.S. Open tournament.

Kim ClijstersOn the women’sside, has there everbeen a story quitelike Kim Clijsters?Having spent twoyears in retirement,she returned to thetour only a month

before the 2009 Open, the new mother to

an 18-month-old daughter, and then pro-ceeded to take out both Venus and SerenaWilliams en route to claiming her secondU.S. Open title. Her last U.S. Open titlewas in 2005, which was the last time sheplayed the event. Clijsters, who wasgranted a wild card into the Open and wasunseeded, now is back in the top 20 in theWTT’s rankings.

America’s newest sweetheartMelanie OudinComing into thetournament, MelanieOudin was ranked70th in the world.Her first round vic-tory over Anastasia

Pavlyuchenkova was a nice win. What fol-lowed, however, quickly made her nothingshort of the Cinderella story of the 2009 Open,with wins over number four-seeded ElenaDementieva, 2006 champion Maria Sharapova,and the number 13 seed, Nadia Petrova. Theclock finally struck midnight in the quarterfi-nals, however, as Oudin was defeated in herfirst night match on Ashe Stadium Court byninth seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark,who went on to advance to the finals. Oudincertainly made a name for herself and will belooking to build upon her 2009 Open per-formance heading into 2010.

“The incident”Serena WilliamsHeading into the women’ssemifinal, Serena Williamswas the odds on favoriteto pull through and ad-

vance to the final where she would haveovertaken Dinara Safina for the world’snumber one ranking, however, one ugly in-cident changed everything. Serving to stay

in the match at 5-6, 15-30, she was calledfor a foot fault on her second serve whichhanded Kim Clijsters two match points.Visibly upset over the call, Serena steppedto the line to serve and then decided tohave some choice words with the officialwho made the call. The outburst led to apoint penalty being assessed, which, be-cause it was already match point againsther, resulted in Williams being defaultedout of the match entirely. This was proba-bly one of the strangest endings to a ten-nis match in history, but to have it happenin a Grand Slam semifinal match made itall the more stranger and that much morememorable.

The field of American womenOther than the previously mentioned SerenaWilliams and Melanie Oudin, there were afew other American women in the field. Ofcourse there is Venus Williams who came inas one of the top threats to win the Opentitle. She had a disappointing tournamentfor her standards as she fell in the fourthround to eventual champion Kim Clijsters.Young Americans Vania King, BethanieMattuk-Sands and Shenay Perry ad-vanced to the second round, while Ameri-cans Alexa Glatch, Gail Brodsky, MeghanShaughnessey and Mallory Cecil all bowedout in the first round.

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no further as he lost a four-set match to10th seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.His loss ensured that, for the first time inthe history of the U.S. Open (dating all theway back to 1881), that no American maleplayer reached the quarterfinal round. Thiswas a huge disappointment for the UnitedStates. The hope is that this is shown tobe an aberration, rather than a trend.

On the local frontScott Lipsky

Scott Lipsky of Merrick, N.Y.played in this year’s men’s dou-bles draw. Lipsky, along with hispartner, Eric Butorac, got a toughdraw, having to face the fifth-seeded team of Max Mirnyi and

Andy Ram of Belarus in the first round. Lipskyand Butorac put up a good fight before falling6-3, 6-1.

The next generationLong Island Tennis Magazine chose the fol-lowing six players as players to watch be-fore the U.S. Open. Here’s how they fared:

John Isner: Upset AndyRoddick in the third roundbefore falling to FernandoVerdasco in the fourth round.

Robert Kendrick: Lost atough second round matchto Tommy Haas after defeat-ing Martin Vassallo Arguelloin the first round.

Sam Querrey: Beat twoAmericans, Michael Yani andKevin Kim, before being de-feated by 12th-seeded RobinSoderling in the third round.

Vania King: DefeatedAnastasiya Yakimova in thefirst round before losing to15th-seeded Samantha Sto-sur in the second round.

Alexa Glatch: Received atough draw and lost in theopening night match toSerena Williams 6-4, 6-1

Melanie Oudin: The Cin-derella story of the tourna-ment. Melanie advanced allthe way to the quarterfinals,before losing to eventual fi-nalist Caroline Wozniacki of

Denmark. Along the way, Oudin defeatedElena Dementieva, Maria Sharapova andNadia Petrova to reach the quarters.

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Scenes From the2009 U.S. Open

Andy Murray in action onAshe Stadium Court

Dinara Safina delivers a serve in a day-time match at Louis Armstrong Court

Juan del Potro delivers a serve atLouis Armstrong CourtMelainie Oudin pauses during

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Lleyton Hewitt on the Grandstand Jesse Witten celebrates after hisupset of Maximo Gonzalez

James Blake deliversan overhead smashon Armstrong Court

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This year has certainly been oneof the more stressful in my life,not to mention one of the most

exciting and scary. All in one year, I have gonefrom a high school senior, at the top of mygame in my high school both academically andathletically … to a graduated high school stu-dent anxiously awaiting the beginning of a newchapter in his life, to a green, wet-behind-the-ears college student without much knowledgeas to how things would work in this new place.

One week after I arrived at college, I foundout that my maternal grandmother had beenhospitalized. She had heart surgery six yearsearlier, and now, her valve was being replaced,

since it had basically disintegrated within herheart. I didn’t know exactly what to do. For the14 years that she lived with my family, I hadbeen her “sidekick.” I was always there for her,and she was always there for me. Now, I feltlike I was breaking the deal. All of this occurredat the same time for me, as if moving into col-lege as a freshman wasn’t stressful enough.

I was extremely worried and anxious, sinceI couldn’t help but think that my most reliablecompanion was in trouble and there was noth-ing that I was doing to help her get through it.I would try calling her hospital phone, but bythat point, she had become so weak that shecould barely form any words to speak with me.

Amidst all of this chaos, I have realized justhow lucky I am to be a part of the Williams

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for me. Coming from the Catholic High SchoolLeague on Long Island, I did not have thatmuch competition, and I was very close to, ifnot on, the top of my high school team all fouryears of school. Needless to say, I was veryused to being in control of points and havingthe upper hand in a match both mentally andscore-wise. However, once I came here, I hadto make some quick adjustments. The play-ers here are so much better than anything Ihave ever experienced while playing schooltennis previously. They are both power andprecision players, which is a phenomenon thatis rarely encountered in high school play. Theyreadily switch from offense to defense, andthen back to offense, within a single point justto win it. Needless to say, the first day or sotook some hard work just to accustom myselfto the new level being put out before me, butI believe that I am a good enough player toone day become a contributing member ofthis team. Although it may not be today oreven this year, I have full confidence in myabilities as a tennis player to overcome the ob-stacles that are being presented to me at themoment and just take them as challenges thatwill just make me stronger in the end.

So far, being a part of this team, even if Iwon’t necessarily be a part of the competingteam, has been one of the best experiencesof college. I get to meet people who are as in-terested in this great game as I am, and, Ialso get a great opportunity to work on mygame. On top of that, I gain new friends, anda network of players that would do anythingfor each other. Although hard work andsometimes disappointment are part of thedeal, I am confident that being a part of thetennis team will be one of the best things thatwill happen for me over my four years hereat Williams College, since it has already beenone of the most rewarding so far in the merethree weeks that I have been on campus. �

Eric Dietsche is a senior and valedictorianof the Class of 2009 at St. John the BaptistDiocesan High School in West Babylon,N.Y. As a five-time varsity letter winner intennis, he is also a two-time All-LeaguePlayer. He also won the title of Most Valu-able Player in the New York Catholic HighSchool Athletic Association in 2009. Heplans to attend Williams College in Mas-sachusetts in the fall where he’ll play ten-nis. He may be reached by e-mail [email protected].


So I’m at the U.S. Open this past year, andI’m enjoying my fifth Grey Goose HoneyDeuce (for those of you who don’t know, thisis the official drink of the 2009 U.S. Open …at least that’s what the bartender told me asshe made eye contact with the tip jar). I’mwalking the grounds with a smile on my faceand without a care in the world. I take thatback … I’m “stumbling” around the groundswith a smile on my face and without a care inthe world, but I don’t care. It’s the two weeksof the year that I have always looked forwardto ever since I was a kid.

I walk into the Ralph Lauren Polo storeand a few people who are dressed like ball-girls greet me. One of the ballgirls talked meinto buying some sweater that had a bighorse on the back of it. It seemed like a goodidea at the time, but later when I checked mycredit card statement online, I figured I prettymuch could have bought a Hyundai Sonata.

While I’m walking the back grounds, Ihave my baseball cap hanging very lowclose to my eyes, along with a big pair ofsunglasses on. The last thing I want is to berecognized by anyone. I want to be as in-cognito as I possibly can. The reason why Ido this is because I’ve been involved in ten-nis in the New York area for the last 25years. If I wasn’t in some type of disguise, Iwouldn’t be able to walk five feet withoutbumping into someone I know. Then, Iwould have to waste time having some sillyconversation about nothing, which would beaccompanied by many fake smiles and afew “I told you so’s.” I would be more thanhappy to oblige this type of behavior in a su-permarket or a shopping mall, but not at theU.S. Open. The time here is precious!

I made my way to the back courts and Iwas able to watch some great tennis be-tween two guys who were ranked around80-something in the world. I don’t remem-ber their names offhand, but the matchwent four sets and the small crowd thatgathered around over the last three hourswas really getting into it.

When the match concluded, I clicked onmy new U.S. Open iPhone app to see whowas on this court next. It was a women’sdoubles match between four women whoselast names all end in “OVA.” I don’t think Ieven cleared the screen before I started topack up my things. I want to sit through awomen’s doubles match about as much asI want an axe to cave in the back of my skull.At that moment, I would have to immediatelysay goodbye to my time at court 12.

As I’m leaving my seat, I overhear a fa-ther talking to his son.

“Dad, I feel bad for that guy who just lost.He came all the way here from his countryand he lost in the first round.”

The father replied with: “It’s okay, son. Thisis what he does for a living. It’s just like meand insurance. Plus, I wouldn’t feel too badfor him. After all, he is a multi-millionaire.”

I came close to saying something to thisinsurance guy, but I didn’t. I think if maybeI had another Honey Deuce in me, I proba-bly would have. I just shook my head at hissilly comment to his son and went aboutmy business in trying to find another men’smatch somewhere on the grounds.

People think that professional tennisplayers are rich athletes. Sure, you haveguys like Roger Federer and Andre Agassi,both of which made tremendous amounts

of money in their careers, not only from theirresults in tournaments, but also throughcountless endorsements. They are gettingmoney from Nike, Wilson, Head, Canon,Rolex … and the list continues. They prettymuch just sit back and watch the money rollin. I would say everyone in the top 25 hassome type of deal where they are gettingpaid to use racquets or wear a certainbrand of clothing. But as you get outside ofthe top 25, many players rely totally on whatthey make in tournaments as their total netincome. It’s a miniscule amount for whatthey have accomplished in this sport.

Let’s take a guy like Daniel Kollerer.Daniel is a journeyman Austrian player whoturned professional at the age of 18. Hehas been grinding it out on the Future andChallenger Circuits for years, which is ten-nis’ version of the minor leagues. Danielhas played in the French Open and Wim-bledon. He’s now 26-years-old, and in thisyear’s past U.S. Open, he lost in the thirdround to Juan Martin del Potro in four verycompetitive sets. As we all know, del Potrowent on to win the Open.

Because of Daniels’ great results, hisranking jumped up to 57th in the world. Irepeat … he is the 57th best tennis playerin the world. This is a mind-boggling ac-complishment. How much do you think the57th best tennis player walking this earthhas made in his life? Around $5 million …$10 million … $20 million … $30 million?

As of two weeks ago, Daniel Kollerer’s ca-reer earnings for being a professional tennisplayer for the last eight years is $430,086. Sothe 57th best tennis player in the entire worldhas averaged making $53,760.75 annually

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since he was 18 years of age. That’s what as-sistant managers at Dunkin Donuts make.This is a guy who plays matches on televisionand in the Davis Cup for Team Austria. That isfar from a millionaire or millionaire status.

I don’t know what Daniel’s racquet orclothing deal is, but I can guarantee you it’snot a lot … if barely anything at all. I knew aplayer who was once ranked around 100thin the world and played in the Davis Cup forhis country. He had a clothing sponsorshipwith Nike. He got all the clothes and sneak-ers his heart desired. But unfortunately, Nikedidn’t give him a penny to wear them. Sure,I bet Rafael Nadal gets millions a year towear his Nike cut-off shirts … but not thisguy. This guy just got an extra box load ofNike socks, and that’s it!

Okay, so a guy like Daniel Kollerer hasmade approximately $430,000 in his eight-year career so far. I’m sure he’ll add to it beforehe retires. But the thing that has to be re-membered is that pro tennis players have ab-surd expenses to deal with as well. Tennisplayers spend pretty much their whole year

traveling and flying, and I’m not just talkingabout $150 fares on little puddle jumpers toPennsylvania. I’m talking about flying to Aus-tralia, then to Paris, then to Toronto, then toBelgium. Then you have to take into accountall the hotel nights they rack up. Traveling theworld the way they do is not a cheap task.Now, unless they are getting some help fromtheir country’s tennis federation, these profes-sional players are totally responsible for theirown travel expenses. Then, if they have acoach, you can multiply those expenses bytwo. If a player does travel with a coach, healso gets a cut of the prize money earned. So,our player who is outside the top 25 has evena smaller amount of money he can take home.

Now if our friend, Daniel Kollerer shouldget injured, he will make no money at all.He is totally dependent on his tournamentresults and that’s it. If he doesn’t play, hedoesn’t get paid! There are no contractsthat are signed where he will get money, re-gardless if he plays or not.

The 57th ranked baseball player accord-ing to Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball Rankings is

Victor Martinez. Victor was traded to theBoston Red Sox from the Cleveland Indiansin July. This season, Victor made $5.6 mil-lion. Then in 2010, he will make $7 million.After that, he can renegotiate his contractwith Boston, and I’m sure he’ll make evenmore money for seasons to come. Victorand Daniel might be very equivalent athletes,but the money Daniel makes compared tobaseball players or any other professionalathlete isn’t even in the same ballpark.

I have said it before and I will say it again… tennis is the hardest sport in the world toachieve success at. The money that theseprofessionals earn makes it that muchharder. So, next year if I bump into DanielKollerer walking the grounds at the U.S.Open, I will approach him and give him a paton the shoulder. Then I will take him over tothe bar and buy him a Grey Goose HoneyDeuce. After all, it’s the official drink of theU.S. Open, and I’m sure he can use one! �

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Jimmy Connors Makes Special Appearance atthe Alan King Pro-Am Tennis Tournament

By Peter Fishbach

The Annual Alan King Pro-Am Tennis Tour-nament was a great success and raisedmore than $11,000 for its designated ben-eficiary, the Wheelchair Sports Federation.Held on Aug. 30 at the Wildwood Pool &Tennis Club in Great Neck, N.Y., the dayturned out better than anyone could haveexpected thanks to the unexpected arrivalof a very special guest.

A surprise appearance by legend JimmyConnors added much to the excitement ofthe day. Connors spent the afternoon sign-ing autographs and hitting with a numberof the generous benefactors.

Tennis greats such as GuillermoVilas, Andres Gomez, Peter Fleming,Virginia Wade and Rosie Casals partic-ipated in the Pro-Am, along with 15other stars who have won numerousGrand Slam titles.

Dylan Levine, the number one-rankedjunior wheelchair player in the country,played with Connors, and then partici-pated in a center court exhibition withGomez.

The Women’s Pro-Am event was won byMarcie Zeitlin (and pro partner Lori Mc-Neil), defeating Jennifer Menist and proGigi Fernandez.

In the men’s final, Andrew Sandlerteamed with Robert Seguso to defeatSammy Tawil and Rick Leach.

Morris S. Levy was once again the per-fect host, ensuring that spectators andamateur players who attended and par-ticipated enjoyed an up-close experiencewith some of the greatest tennis playersof all-time.

Tournament Chairman Peter Fishbachwas very pleased with the quality of proshe was able to recruit. Many were multipleGrand Slam Champions.

� Women pros: Virginia Wade, RosieCasals, Lori McNeil, Gigi Fernandezand Ilana Kloss

� Men pros: Guillermo Vilas, AndresGomez, Peter Fleming, Jimmy Arias,Robert Seguso, Ken Flach, AaronKrickstein, Christo VanRensburg, BobLutz, Eddie Dibbs, Ross Case, GeneMayer, Dick Stockton, Rick Leach andLuke Jensen.

Special thanks to the Wildwood Swim &Tennis Club for hosting the event. Wildwood’stennis pro, Russell Heier, directed all of the on-site activities and ensured that the matchesran smoothly. In the coming months, be sureto look for details on the 2010 Alan King Pro-Am Tennis Tournament. �

Peter Fishbach is Alan King Pro-Am TennisTournament Chairman. He may be reachedby e-mail at [email protected].


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A Look Back at the Maverick TennisLabor Day ProSet Challenge

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David Cooper, who currently resides inWashington, D.C., was going to be on LongIsland visiting relatives for the Labor DayHoliday Weekend. He loves tennis andfound the Maverick Tennis Labor Day ProSet Challenge online at USTA tennis link. Al-though he was too late to register for thesingles draw, tournament director StephenSombrotto invited him to participate in thedoubles draw and offered to find him a part-ner so he could participate. Dave and hisnew partner, Lenny Bonacasa, went on towin all six of their pro sets, defeating WarrenEspiritu and Victor Mercado in the final.

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we had a lot of fun,” said Lenny Bonacasa.The 10-team doubles draw was played

on Sunday, and followed Saturday’s 16-player singles draw which featured someof the best USTA players from around theNew York region. Steve Hu went on to winhis second Maverick Tennis event, defeat-ing Phil Rabinovich in the finals.

The round-robin pro set format allowedeveryone to enjoy playing some different op-ponents, and provided plenty of tennis for allparticipants. Keep an eye out for more Maver-ick Tennis events over the fall and winter. �

Stephen G. Sombrotto is Maverick Tennistournament director. He may be reachedby phone at (516) 807-3716 or [email protected].

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Some of the top players in theUSTA/Eastern Region were rewarded

for their fine performances over the pastyear with an awards gala on the U.S.Open grounds prior to the start of the firstday’s play of the 2009 Open.

The top three point winners in eachage division at the end of the series ofDesignated Closed Tournaments wereguests of USTA/Eastern on Aug. 31 atthe U.S. Open in Flushing, N.Y. Prizeswere awarded to the winners. Long Is-land Tennis Magazine was on hand tocover the event and support the win-ners, including five from the Long Islandarea.

Vihar Shah and Bert Vancura, both fromNew Hyde Park, N.Y. took home high hon-ors in their respective divisions. IsabellaPascucci from Oyster Bay, N.Y.; KatherineYau from Manhasset, N.Y. and Julia Elbabafrom Oyster Bay, N.Y. highlighted the fieldof girls in the Long Island region.

Eastern Juniors Honored atU.S. Open Awards Gala

Boys 121. Robert Levine (Bedford, N.Y.)2. Michael Chen (Holmdel, N.J.)3. Paul Hayes (Middletown, N.Y.)

Boys 141. Vihar Shah (New Hyde Park, N.Y.)2. Matthew Nardella (Manlius, N.Y.)3. Ryoma Haraguchi (New York, N.Y.)

Boys 161. Richard Del Nunzio (Forest Hills, N.Y.)2. Bert Vancura (New Hyde Park, N.Y.)3. Andrew Adams (Bronx, N.Y.)3. Winston Lin (Williamsville, N.Y.)

Boys 181. Joseph Schafer (Orchard Park, N.Y.)2. Michael Lampa (Ocean, N.J.)3. Gary Kushnirovich (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Girls 121. Jessica Golovin (New York, N.Y.)2. Isabella Pascucci (Oyster Bay, N.Y.)3. Elizabeth Tsvetkov (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Girls 141. Quinn Gleason (Mendon, N.Y.)2. Katrine Steffensen (Scarsdale, N.Y.)3. Arielle Griffin (Jamaica, N.Y.)

Girls 161. Leighann Sahagun (Queens

Village, N.Y.)2. Katherine Yau (Manhasset, N.Y.)3. Jamie Loeb (Ossining, N.Y.)

Girls 181. Stefania Balasa (East Brunswick, N.J.)2. Julia Elbaba (Oyster Bay, N.Y.)3. Robin Anderson (Matawan, N.J.)

Congratulations to the following on their accomplishments and achievements (winnersfrom Long Island are denoted by italics):


Scenes From the U.S. OpenEastern Juniors Awards Gala

D.A. Abrams, executive director and COO for USTA/Eastern Section,and Tim Heath, USTA/Eastern Section president (far right), congrat-ulate the Girls 16 Junior Award winners

August 31 in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.

Julie Bliss, director of junior competition and player developmentfor USTA/Eastern Section, addresses the Awards Gala audience

Tim Heath,president ofUSTA/EasternSection, at thepodium

Julia Elbaba from Oyster Bay, N.Y. was honored at the Awards Gala

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only seven courts the entire season, in-cluding their impressive first round playoffwin over a very competitive Nassau teamby a score of 4-1.

We approached the championshipmatch with some of our top players injuredor unavailable. But every team has to over-come difficulties to win, and our playersstepped up their play to edge the BluePoint team three courts to two including

winning first doubles in a super tie-breaker. The success of the season was very

sweet, due to the high level of competitionthroughout the year and all of the teamskept up the pressure on each other.

In addition to our league play, severalmembers of our team volunteered to workat Arthur Ashe Kids Day at the start of theU.S. Open. We look forward to volunteer-ing again next year.

Long Island’s 3.5Team Wraps aSuccessful SeasonBy Bruce Lindenman and Marty Marmorale

The 3.5 Long Island team began threeseasons ago as a 3.0 team that rattled off21 straight victories, including two at thenational championships in Las Vegas.Two seasons ago, the team moved up to3.5, added a few good players andwound up in the middle of the pack. Thispast season, the team added five newplayers and found the right combinationto win.

The 2009 season was to be an ultra-close, super competitive season that hadus winning the West 3.5 Division by justfive and seven points over the second andthird place teams, respectively. The sea-son began with a bang as our first matchwas a 15-7 victory over the ultimate sec-ond place finisher that could have gone ei-ther way, as first doubles ended in avictorious super tie-breaker.

The intense competition continued allseason long, as every team in the divisionhad some very strong players and therewere so many courts decided by super tie-breakers. All of the top four teams had achance for the playoffs going into the lasttwo matches of the season.

Highlighting the season were wins overthe other three top contenders, which ulti-mately gave us first place in the division.Every one of these matches had first dou-bles decided by a super tie-breaker whichwe were able to win.

The first playoff round was a 4-1 victoryagainst a very strong team from Setauket.The second round for the Long IslandChampionship had us up against an un-defeated Blue Point team who had lost

(From left to right, front row)Steven Mantell, Rene Andre andteam captain Bruce Lindenman,with (left to right, back row) BobbyCallaghan, Tim Consiglio, PatricioMera, Jodi Nainggolan, Luis Osorio,Rich Brown and DJ Fitzharris.Team members not in photo: Martin Marmorale, Neil Berger, JoeMartines, Charles Schnier, PatrikJutka, Stuart Kesner, David Weinerand Hamil Babb.

season, sweeping the Sectionals inSyracuse, N.Y. and the Nationals in LasVegas.

No other team from Long Island hasever accomplished such a feat and wonthe National Championship, and no onegave the team from Carefree any sort ofchance coming into the season. Butunity, above all, carried the team throughthe highs and lows of the five-plus monthseason.

Never once did one court matter morethan another. Never once did one playermatter more than the team. In a sportwhere individuality is the norm, teamunity defines this group of men fromCarefree who accomplished what manythought was the unthinkable. Even themen’s wives, starting with co-captainBonnie Kolenberg and the many more

4.0 Carefree TeamTakes Home National Crown in VegasBy Ignacio (Nacho) Arenas

The little engine that could, just did!The 4.0 Carefree tennis team captainedby Adam Kolenberg won the NationalChampionships in Las Vegas by defeat-ing the southern team from Arkansasby a score of 4-1 in the national finals.The Carefree team, playing out of theMerrick, N.Y. Carefree Racquet Club,capped an unbelievable season thatsaw them win the Long Island regularseason and then go 12-0 in the post


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who traveled cross-country to supportthe team, joined in the amazing dreamthat became a reality on Oct. 4 at theDarling Tennis Center in Las Vegas. Andwhat started as any other season for anunheralded team from the Eastern Re-gion finished with a big bang. It onceagain proves that whoever wants can,and whoever believes, wins.

“The National Championships are afunny thing and bittersweet in a way,”said team captain Adam Kolenberg.“Only nine players came to Vegas, butit took all 17 players on our team to win.I wish everyone could have been thereto celebrate the win together. This hasbeen a very arduous road to get here,from me tearing my meniscus at the be-ginning of the season, to Chris Colesantibeing sidelined with a back injury,Brian Yegidis tearing up his groin,Danny Calhoun surviving a bad caraccident, and RJ Narcisco and JamesDell Italia dehydrating at Sectionals.But at the end of the day, this is an ad-

venture that I wouldn’t want to sharewith anybody else. It’s one thing toachieve personal glory on the courts, it’ssomething more meaningful to achievethis as a team. We all pulled together toaccomplish something that is incredible.The feeling of camaraderie and thefriendship that we all share makes thisteam special. We accomplished some-thing incredible, but more importantly, wecreated a bond and a special friendshipthat will long surpass this championship.”

The team joins the Kolenbergs inthanking Carefree Racquet Club and theLong Island tennis community for alltheir support and well wishes. This was awin for all of us, friends and opponentsalike. We’d also like to thank KathyMiller, manager and friend of Carefree,for all of her support, generosity andundying faith.

And so the little engine that could willnow, and for the next 12 months, be 4.0National Champions!

The Carefree 4.0 National Cham-pionship team of (standing, fromleft to right) Bobby Block, ChrisColesanti, Ignacio (Nacho) Arenas, Danny Calhoun, AdamKolenberg (team captain), JamesDell Italia and Scott Simon, with(kneeling, from left to right) RJNarcisco and Russ Baier.


The 2009 Beach Tennis USA NationalChampionship demonstrated two days

of exciting, fast-paced action. For the firsttime ever, the National Championship in theUnited States featured a “Paddle Battle,” inaddition to the regular racquet competition.The National Championships are held in ourbackyard, in Long Beach, N.Y., and in addi-tion to the extreme competition, the NationalChampionship also has a beach party feel toit with a stage, food, drinks and music.

On Saturday, Sept. 5, teams from allover the world competed, using paddles,rather than conventional tennis racquets.The European athletes in attendance, whohave played with paddles for years, werethe teams to beat in this tournament.

In the Men’s Pro Division finals, it was twoItalian teams that would square off: GianlucaChirico and Massimo Mattei from Ravenna,Italy versus Maurizio DiCori and EmanueleBianchedi, also from Ravenna, Italy. Bothteams are very familiar with the sport ofbeach tennis, having competed in more than100 tournaments in Italy combined. AlthoughDiCori and Bianchedi were newcomers toAmerican sand, it was no detriment to theirgame, as they defeated Chirico and Matei by

a score of 8-5. In the Men’s Amateur Division,Team Top Gun, Long Island Tennis Maga-zine’s own David Sickmen and Jared Radashocked the crowd by winning the champi-onship. It was their first ever National Tourna-ment, defeating two seasoned Beach Tennisplayers, the Johnson Brothers from Buffalo,N.Y., by a score of 8-2 in the finals on CenterCourt. It was a great win for David and Jaredwho were playing as a team for the first time.

Over on the Ladies Pro Division, the finalmatch consisted of two Southern Californiateams: Lee Whitwell and Joslynn Burkettfrom San Diego versus Lucy Streeter andKristen Flagler from Hermosa Beach, Calif.Flagler and Streeter knocked out NadiaJohnston from Long Beach, N.Y. and NicoleMelch from Cresskill, N.J. in the semi-finals toadvance; however, they were no match for theduo from San Diego, as they easily capturedthe first Paddle Battle title by a score of 8-4.

Sunday, Sept. 6 featured the tennis racquetversion of the 2009 Beach Tennis USA Na-tional Championship. In the Men’s Pro Divi-sion, two-time defending champions MatteoMarighella and Alex Mingozzi from Ravenna,Italy advanced to the finals to face off againstformer national champions Chris Henderson

and Phil Whitesell from Charleston, S.C.Henderson and Whitesell, who won titles in2005 and 2006, were eager to defeat the Ital-ians and bring the trophy back to the U.S. Indramatic fashion, the pair of Americansstunned the crowd as they delivered power-ful serves, which was enough to defeat theseemingly unbeatable Italian team, 8-6. TeamTop Gun of David Sickmen and Jared Radawere back on Sunday, this time playing in thePro Division. The duo more than held their ownand defeated both an American team and ateam from the Czech Republic, advancing tothe round of 16 before falling to the defendingNational Champions and much more sea-soned Italian squad.

In the Ladies Pro Division, it was the duofrom San Diego yet again who would ad-vance to the finals, as Lee Whitwell andJoslynn Burkett would face the hometownhero from Long Beach, Nadia Johnston, andher partner, Nicole Melch, who have beenunstoppable in the tournaments in whichthey competed this season. The only thingfiercer than competition was the wind thatmade it very difficult to serve the ball. But theladies battled through and seemed to be onpar since a tie-breaker set was necessary.The San Diego team proved to be too muchfor Melch and Johnston, as they gained andmaintained momentum in the tie-breaker setto win it by a score of 9-8(5). Whitwell andBurkett cleaned up in Long Beach, winningboth the Paddle Battle finals and the 2009Beach Tennis National Championship.

The staff of Long Island Tennis Magazinewas on hand for the entire weekend tourna-ment supporting the event, taking photos,and passing out magazines to the manyspectators who had come by to watch.

Look for a recap of the Beach Tennisseason on the Tennis Channel in Octoberand November, and look forward to the2010 Beach Tennis USA season. �

For more information, visitwww.beachtennisusa.net.

A Look Back at the Beach TennisUSA National Championships

in Long Beach


Scenes From the 2009 Beach Tennis USA National Championship

September 5-6 in Long Beach, N.Y.

Mark Altheim, Beach TennisUSA president, welcomes atten-dees to the National Champi-onships in Long Beach, N.Y.

Lauren Francesca and JaredRada, tennis director atSportime Roslyn, pause for aphoto

Marty “The So-Cal Kid” Sokalas teams with Alex Mingozzi

“Special”Keenan Burtonleads somesinging anddancing on themain stage

Team Top Gun from Long Island Tennis Magazine, David Sickmen and Jared Rada,en route to the Beach Tennis Paddle Championship

Nadia Johnson and Nicole Melch,finalists at National Champi-onships, during match play

The girls of BeachTennis USA pause

for a photo

Donald Youngserving during

his Beach TennisUSA match

Alex Mingozzi, two-time nationalBeach Tennis USA champion inLong Beach, N.Y.

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The Roger FedererStory: Quest for PerfectionBy Rene Stauffer

In this biographyof Roger Federer,The Roger FedererStory: Quest for Per-fection, Swiss tenniswriter Rene Staufferoffers a glimpse ofthe stages in thedevelopment of therecently dethronedU.S. Open champ.Stauffer, who hadthe cooperation of Federer and his family,goes all the way back to the Swiss star’s ear-liest exposure to the game and tells the storyof his emergence as a champion.

Of course, as an “authorized” biography,Stauffer’s work has both the advantagesand disadvantages of the genre. The biog-rapher, who has the luxury of full coopera-tion from the subject and his circle, isusually not going to bite the hand that lethim into the entourage.

So while the book is full of fascinatingstories about the development of thechampion, it tends to portray its subject ina kind of idealized light. With Federer, thisisn’t hard to do, heck, I’m a big fan myself.But if the reader wants to find out what theSwiss star is like, warts and all, assuminghe has any, this isn’t the book for him. Butwith that slight caveat, the story of Fed-erer’s development into the number oneplayer in the world makes for fascinatingreading.

A lot of tennis fans have heard aboutFederer’s “un-Federer-like” outbursts as ajunior player. Among other anecdotes aboutthe current world number one player’stantrums, Stauffer tells a story about howFederer earned a punishment of having toclean the toilets at one Swiss training facil-ity by throwing his racquet through a newlyinstalled curtain after missing a shot.

The book is rich in stories like this thatgive some perspective to moments thathave surprised tennis fans lately, such asFederer smashing his racquet in the courseof losing at Key Biscayne earlier this year.The gentleman-like composure of Federeris apparently an overlay to a personalitythat isn’t always calm.

It’s easy to forget that Federer was over-shadowed in Swiss tennis when he wasgrowing up by Martina Hingis. She is only ayear older, and at the same time, Federer wasbecoming the world’s best junior as a 17-year-old and winner of the Wimbledon JuniorTitle in 1998, she was winning Grand Slams.

Stauffer points out that while it nowseems that Federer’s emergence as one ofthe greatest players in history seems tohave been preordained, there were a lot ofmoments in his development at which hecould have faltered.

For example, the homesickness hefought as a 14-year-old when he relo-cated from his family home in Munchen-stein to the other side of Switzerlandcould have, at the least, slowed downhis development. He moved across thecountry to train at the Swiss NationalTennis Center. In doing so, he con-fronted problems that might have de-railed a less determined child. Federerwas homesick, he missed his parentsand he was dropped into a Francophone

world without knowing a single word ofthe language.

Stauffer quotes him as saying that hisfirst five months at the Swiss National Ten-nis Center in Ecublens was one of the worstperiods of his life. Federer also had to facethe adjustment of going from being one ofthe oldest and the best players in the juniorprogram in his hometown to being theyoungest and the worst at the new facility.

Besides looking at the emotional stayingpower that led the young Federer to toughit out in Ecublens, Stauffer includes topplayers’ reactions to Federer’s game.

The author quotes from an Andre Agassipress conference after the American lost toFederer in the 2005 U.S. Open.

“Roger is the only guy I’ve ever playedagainst where you hold serve to go up 1-0and you’re thinking, ‘All right, good.’”

This comment came in the course ofwhat was a long, and sometimes ramblinganswer about what it was like to try to beatFederer. Agassi had a lot to say becausehe was trying to give people an idea aboutthe challenge other pros face in trying tosolve Federer’s game.

The consensus from his peers is thatthere is so much variety in Federer’s gamethat he has many more options to call uponas a match goes on.

Stauffer’s book is a worthwhile addition tothe commentary about Federer. It was pub-lished in German in 2006 and the Englishtranslation was released in May 2007. Assuch, it doesn’t have anything to say aboutFederer’s recent trials and triumphs, but it isessential reading for those who want to seehow this great champion has evolved. �

Brent Shearer may be reached by e-mail [email protected].

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Summer Junior Team Tennis RecapBy Steve Abbondondelo

The 2009 USTA Eastern Summer JuniorTeam Tennis Season culminated with 18teams from the section, including LongIsland competing at the USTA EasternSummer Sectional for the right to becrowned the best in the Eastern Section.Slated to be played outside at SUNY Col-lege at Purchase, N.Y. Aug. 22-23, rainforced the event to be moved indoors.The 12 & Under and the 14 & Under Divi-sions were held at Solaris Sports andRacquet Club in Hawthorne, N.Y. The 18& Under Division was played at NewRochelle Racquet Club.

Rain did not dampen the player’s spiritsor the level of competition. Match play fol-lowed the JTT format of boys and girl’s sin-gles, doubles and mixed doubles. Thesportsmanship and teamwork demon-strated by the players, and the coacheshighlighted the event.

Long Island congratulates the playersfrom Hicksville CTA Smash, includingCaptain David Engelhardt, Jen and EmilyGregory, Danielle Lapierre, Angela Lupo,Scott Jackson, and Anthony Pastecchi forfinishing first in the 18 & Under Division.

Congratulations to theHicksville Smash for their

first place finish in the 18 &Under Division

Congrats also to the Long Island playersand coaches of Sun & Surf Beach Club forfinishing third in the 18 and 14 & Under Di-visions.

Eastern congratulates all the players,parents and coaches for their hard workand dedication to the JTT program.

The winter junior team tennis programwill be starting in November. If you wouldlike information about the JTT program or

the upcoming season, please contact JTTEastern Committee Chair/Long Island Re-gional Coordinator Steve Abbondondeloby e-mail at [email protected]. �

Steve Abbondondelo is Junior Team TennisEastern Committee Chair/Long Island Re-gional Coordinator. For questions or in-quiries about the USTA JTT program,e-mail Steve at [email protected].

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Players spend their entire careers trying toget a good “read” on their opponents in aneffort to better understand their strengthsand weaknesses, and achieve successagainst them. However, getting a good“read” on a college coach is a totally dif-ferent ballgame, one which, whenachieved, can lead to success on the court,with them.

A critical component in making the rightchoice for your collegiate tennis career isunderstanding the coach who will be lead-ing the team you are considering. Thatbeing said, it also happens to be the hard-est to get your arms around. It is the lastpiece of the three prong package that com-prises a complete school package.

The first prong is choosing a school withthe appropriate level of academics andarea of study you need. As a student-ath-lete, you spend about 70 to 80 percent of

your time studying in preparation for yourfuture, your life. Better make sure you aregoing to be properly prepared to meet thechallenges that lie ahead.

The second prong is determining if thecurrent players on the team are one’s youcan envision as a second or extended fam-ily. Typically, teammates spend 70 to 80percent of their time with each other. It ex-tends beyond the time on the court to theclassroom, library, dining halls, socialevents, etc. No one has a better idea ofwhat you are going through or the supportyou need than someone who is goingthrough the same exact things you are orhas been there before … your teammates.

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Nassau County Rally Day BringsTennis to the Kids at Tully Park

On Aug. 14, more than 250 children spenta glorious day at Tully Park in New HydePark, N.Y., which was hosted by Bill MeccaLong Island Tennis Associates. Repre-sented at the event were CTA of Hicksville,Oasis Camp, and the Alliance Tennis Pro-gram with Director Emily Moore. The chil-dren enjoyed tennis activities, ranging fromQuikStart demonstrations to games, RallyBall Tournaments, footwork drills and atennis carnival with music. All attendees re-

ceived lunch, t-shirts and prizes for theirparticipation.

A special thanks to all the volunteerswho helped make these events the suc-cesses they were. In addition, gratitudemust be given to the corporate partners ofthe event, whose cooperation and spon-sorship were greatly appreciated, includingCostco, Phathead WMJC Radio, WhiteCap Ice, La Vera Pizza, the Town of Islipand the USTA.

Many thanks to the many members ofthe USTA/Long Island Board who volun-teered their time, including: Terry Fontanaand Steve Haar, co-chairs of the event;Mike Pavlides; Dan Burgess; and from theEastern Section, Sandy Hoffman. A specialthanks also goes to Jared Rada ofSportime Roslyn for conducting the Quick-Start program and to the people fromBeach Tennis USA for the day-longdemonstration.

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difference in what kind of collegiate tennisexperience you have. It can have a bearingon the success you have on the court andit will certainly determine if your game willgrow during your time at the school.

During the search process, you will havea number of opportunities to interact withprospective coaches, either by telephone,e-mail or in face-to-face meetings. Someof the things one needs to better under-stand in order to make the most informeddecision possible about a coach are:

� Understand what the coach wants in aplayer

� Understand what the team’s needs arefor the year you will be looking to jointhem.

� Understand what the coach expectsfrom their players.

� Understand how the coach goes aboutmaking decisions.

� Understand if the coach is a good com-municator.

� Can this coach make you a betterplayer?

� Does the coach provide clarity on howspots are earned on their team?

� Do the coach’s methods of operationcoincide with how you operate?

� What kind of relationship does the coachhave with the school’s administration?

� How is the coach perceived by others(other coaches, current players, past play-ers, the school’s administration, etc.)?

In most cases, coaches welcome the op-portunity to share their thoughts and ideol-ogy, because it gives potential candidatesa sense of whether the program is right forthem prior to getting to the school, but italso demonstrates to a coach your thor-oughness in approach and that you reallycare about where you end up going to

school. It is no greater complement to acoach that you have chosen to attend theirschool because you want to play for themspecifically. The amount of time and effortput into the due diligence of a school’scoach will ultimately pay off by providingyou with a wonderful and fulfilling collegiatetennis experience, one filled with greatmemories, as well as taking your game to alevel that perhaps you didn’t know youcould reach or perhaps wanted to achieveen route to playing beyond college. Fouryears is a big commitment to make, sodon’t put yourself in a position to be the re-cipient of unforeseen surprises that can ad-versely impact your game and yourexperience. �

Clark D. Ruiz II is founder of AdvantageTennis Strategies LLC. He may be reachedby phone at (917) 991-0088 or [email protected].


Long Island Corporate Challenge Provides a Great Time for Local Businesses

The Annual Long Island Tennis CorporateChallenge was delayed a day due rain,

which resulted in two teams dropping out ofthe event, but couldn’t dampen the spirits ofthe remaining competitors. The courts atBroadway Park in Sayville, courtesy of theTown of Islip, were filled with enthusiasticplayers. Using the World Team Tennis for-mat—gender singles and doubles and mixeddoubles—the winner was not decided untilthe last match with the Sportime Executiveteam edging the Town of Islip team by agrand total of two games.

Aside from trophies for the winnersand runners up, each player received acomplementary t-shirt, water bottle, hatand many other prizes were raffled off.Additional trophies were presented to themale and female players who exhibitedthe best sportsmanlike conduct. Thanks

go to the generous event sponsors, LongIsland Tennis Associates and SportimeTennis clubs for providing many of theraffle prizes, U.S. Professional Tennis As-sociation, Advantage Tennis Shop,USTA/Eastern Long Island Region, andOutback Restaurants, which provided

The runner-up team from the Town of Islipgathers for a team photo

Congrats to the team from Sportime, winnersof the Long Island Tennis Corporate Challenge

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Coaching the Person, Not the Talent

As long as there has beensport, there has beencoaching. Coaching is anoccupation that requiresseveral specific qualities that

continue to evolve as a sport, and in thisparticular case, tennis, continues tochange year after year. A great coach mustbe passionate, direct, knowledgeable, sin-cere, disciplined, motivational, and mostimportantly, trustworthy.

Often times, not only in the tennisworld but in other sports as well,coaches get caught up in teaching the“talent” instead of the human being. It’sso easy for many coaches to focus onthe technique of forehands and back-hands or to explain, in great detail, aboutthe consequences of certain shot selec-tions on the court, yet one of the mostoverlooked areas is coaching the person.Helping someone develop a solid workethic, self-confidence, and self-beliefcan all be achieved through teaching thegame across all sports. Without thesespecific qualities, athletes cannot per-form under the high stress and highpressure environment faced in modern

sports today. From the moment a young-ster starts up in a sport, there’s a battleto see who’s the best on the block, in theschool or in the city, and the pressureonly becomes tougher on the athlete asthe stage becomes larger. Competition iseverywhere, and the athlete must pos-sess the ability to handle it.

As a coach, there are moments inwhich part of the art is about stroking astudent’s ego, or at certain times, help-ing a student focus on reality in goodways and bad. In other situations,coaches sometimes have to deal withspecific deep questions about the innerdrive and focus on a particular goal. Andit goes even deeper when the studentasks why and how they got to the posi-tion they’re in. Take a look back in historyand you’ll notice one very consistentquality that all great athletes possess …curiosity. It is curiosity in great athletesthat fuels their desire to push and breakthe limits and boundaries of worldrecords, grand slam titles and history. It isthat same curiosity that empowers ayoung child to pick up a tennis racquetfor the first time, and in the teen-aged

athlete, it is that curiosity of how far theycan go in their sport that separates themfrom their competition.

It’s the job of the coach to help cultivateand inspire that curiosity, yet many timeswe only see one aspect or one style of thegame that is being taught. Each personhas a different way of being coached andthere’s never just one set way of becominga great tennis player. There are severalpieces to building and developing a tal-ented tennis player/athlete, and one of themost overlooked pieces is working withthe human being.

Without working on the person, an ath-lete’s talent will never realize its full poten-tial. In sports, when an athlete’s foundationis solid and they possess extraordinary tal-ent, we can call them champions. �

Parsa Samii is a former pro player and hecurrently is the tennis coach of nationally-ranked juniors and a part-time travel coachon the ATP Tour. Recently, he createdGEMTennis.com to share his passion andviews on the sport. He may be reached byphone at (516) 965-7445 or [email protected].

By Parsa Samii


By Sunny Fishkind

Now that the U.S. Open hascome and gone, do you feela void? Would you like to

watch some live outstanding tennis andnot even have it cost you a dime? Howabout bringing your children and havingthem watch great tennis close up?

There are a number of colleges and uni-versities on Long Island with great playersand great facilities. You can benefit yourself,your children and believe it or not, the collegeteams, and it won’t even cost you a penny.

I am sure that many of you are unaware ofthe fact that many college tennis teamsthroughout our country have been eliminated.

“Between 1970 and 1980 there were only ahalf dozen college tennis programs eliminated

in the United States. In 2008, there was dou-ble that number dropped in the one year andthis year—with half of 2009 remaining—thatnumber looks to get larger. The alarming factis that it’s the NCAA Division I programs—theones that should be the most popular with themost supporters—which are beginning to beconsistently hit by the cuts. Last year, a num-ber of Division I schools lost college tennisteams, including highly-touted Arizona State.And this year, programs were cut at IndianaState and the University of Tennessee-Martin.”—Examiner.com

Rutgers in New Jersey lost their men’s ten-nis team. Part of the reason is that tennis doesnot bring in any revenue to a school, so it be-comes expendable. The women’s teams oftensurvive because of Title IX (Equity for Men’sand Women’s Sports). Another reason for the

demise of collegiate tennis (especially on themen’s side) is that there seems to be littlecommunity interest. Parents of players, wholive in close proximity, usually show up, but ifa Long Island student from California or Nor-way plays, their family likely won’t be there tosupport the players or the team.

So, let’s all get behind collegiate tennisand reap the benefits of watching sometruly great matches.

Go to the Web sites of some of our localLong Island schools and find their sched-ules. Then, pack a lunch and go out andenjoy watching some really great tennis. �

Sunny Fishkind is assistant coach of HofstraUniversity’s men’s and women’s tennisteams, and College Representative on theUSTA/Long Island Board. She may bereached by e-mail at [email protected].

Local collegiate action is not to be missed!

Woodbury Tennis Takes Home North ShoreMen’s Tennis League 2009 Crown

The North Shore Men’s Tennis League is an outdoorleague comprised of teams representing clubs from

across Long Island. The outdoor season runs from Maythrough August, with playoffs in mid-August. The matchformat is five courts of men’s doubles played on Tues-day. The wet summer of 2009 proved to be challenging,forcing many of the matches to be played indoors.

The North Shore Men’s Tennis League finals wereheld at Shelter Rock Tennis Club on Aug. 25. The Shel-ter Rock Meteors, captained by Sandy Weiner, weredefeated by Woodbury Tennis, captained by JerryWasserman. �

If you are interested in information about the league orare a club considering fielding a team during the 2010season please contact Steve Abbondondelo by e-mailat [email protected].

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By Lonnie Mitchel

Did you know that you havea better chance of winningthe New York State Lottery

than gaining a spot in the U.S. Open Draw?That’s right, 17 men and 15 women in theU.S. Open Main Draw were from the UnitedStates of America. None of the males en-tered were from Long Island and only twoof the women were from the Metropolitanarea. Therefore, you dreamers out there,you better have a backup plan!

Now, before you start saying, “I am not afriend of the game, that I am negative andnot a promoter of the sport,” read my arti-cle “Tennis: A Parent’s Gift That Lasts aLifetime” in the July/August 2009 edition ofLong Island Tennis Magazine. I am here to

help tennis grow and to get as many peo-ple playing tennis in the many clubs wehave here on Long Island. But for you jun-iors with high aspirations who play on theUSTA Junior Circuit and their parents, youwould be wise to have a backup plan! Youhave a dream, pursue it with laser focus,plan your work and work your plan. How-ever, a good plan must always have a con-tingency.

We have several excellent junior tennisacademies here on Long Island. Theseacademies produce Division I tennis play-ers, as well as all levels of collegiateprospects and even more high school teamplayers. So why go through the trouble totrain our children if a lottery ticket givesthem a better chance of becoming rich? Itis because tennis makes them rich by giv-

ing them an education. They can cash inon learning qualities, such as persever-ance, concentration, dealing with adversityand humility. The more they play and com-pete, the “richer” they become. In verysmall increments, we fill their minds withthese qualities. Yes, tennis does a lot ofthings and works its magic in many waysby advancing these qualities.

Now, to the word “humility.” The diction-ary says humility is “the state of quality ofbeing lowly in mind.” Funny thing, when Isubmit to being humble is when I learn themost. I travel often on the Long Island Jun-ior Tennis Circuit to watch my son andother juniors compete. We have a greatdeal of young talented tennis players onthe Island and it is a joy to watch them

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compete. In addition to watching our LongIsland talent, I also grew up watching RodLaver, Bjorn Borg and my beloved ChrisEvert play. They were great champions andbesides the fact they won a lot, when theydid lose, although not often, is when theirtalent for humility emerged. Chris Evertdominated Martina Navratilova for yearsearlier in their careers. Martina reinventedherself (she gave into humility) and Chrissie

later found herself on the losing side for anextended period during their two-decaderivalry. Chrissie learned from those experi-ences and she reinvented herself and thenturned the table back on Martina. She washumbled enough to realize she could notbeat Martina by doing the same things any-more. In other words, they made eachother better by being humble. Although wehere on Long Island probably do not havethe same level of talent as these two greatchampions, we can sure learn from it.

A fact which cannot be denied is this,two players walk on the court, competeagainst each other, and one player wins andthe other loses. If my arithmetic is correct,50 percent of the players lose in the firstround of any tournament. Let me put it an-other way, that after two rounds of any tour-nament 75 percent of the competitors havebeen eliminated. That is a lot of humility togo around. It is a war out there, and everyplayer should compete with undeniable de-termination and then accept the outcomeand learn from it. I often witness junior com-petitors pumping fists, screaming aloud,grunting and then after they lose, walk offthe court as a terrible sore loser. A youngjunior just competed admirably, and to me,the whole effort was wasted, not becauseof the loss, but because they could not findjust one moment to enjoy the experience ofcompetition. Coaches and parents … be-cause humility is such a wonderful trait, the

opportunity to learn has just been pre-sented. Of course, losing a match can stingand it does for all competitors, but losingand then behaving horribly is a learned traitas humility is also a learned trait.

Some of my most memorable tourna-ment matches in college were losses, asmy opponents would push me to the brink.I can remember walking away from suchmatches very disappointed as I so wantedto win. I also remember that some of mybest tennis was produced in these loses. Idid not realize it at the time, but the expe-rience made me better going forward.

The 2009 U.S. Open saw SerenaWilliams behave foolishly in front of theworld. John McEnroe ironically said, “Howdo you defend the indefensible.” She hasand will suffer extensive fines by the USTA.We watched Kim Clijsters come out of re-tirement, and for two weeks, she was noth-ing more than a lady, as we admired her forher graciousness as a champion.

We watched Roger Federer lose in anepic Open final. The greatest of all-time justlost on the world stage, and afterwards,conducted himself with humility. To me, thisis what helps to make him the championthat he is. He realizes he now has somemore details in his game to work on. Whatan example for all of us!

Well, we all may not be able to be final-ists at the U.S. Open, but we can work onhumility. The one message I would like all

aspiring juniors and their parents to takeaway from this article is this: Have abackup plan just in case you do not makeit to the pros or to your top choice DivisionI college. You now have an opportunity touse humility to your advantage. Humility isa wonderful trait because matches and lifedo not always go the way you want it.Make lemonade from lemons and learnfrom your losses. Hold your head up highbecause you competed hard. Be humbleand use your loss as an opportunity to im-prove. You will become a better player, andmore importantly, a better person. �

Lonnie Mitchel has been teaching tennissince 1985, mostly at Carefree RacquetClub in North Merrick, N.Y. and is a USPTALevel 1 certified tennis instructor. He hasproduced many high school and collegiatelevel tennis players, including his own chil-dren, Wayne (who plays at MuhlenbergCollege ) and Trevor (who competes regu-larly on the USTA Long Island Junior Cir-cuit, gaining the number one ranking in the14s). Lonnie has also worked in the traveland tourism industry as a regional salesmanager for 25-plus years for such com-panies the Walt Disney Company and RoyalCaribbean International. His wife, Harriet, isa club level tennis player and can oftenbe found on the court. Lonnie may bereached by phone at (516) 414-7202 ore-mail [email protected].

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“You have a dream, pursue itwith laser focus, plan your workand work your plan. However,

a good plan must always have a contingency.”

Every baseball season, 20 tennis pros/players and coaches from the Long Islandarea get together for their annual Fantasy Baseball League. This 20-team league

is highly competitive, and of course, bragging rights are at stake. This year, the Or-ange Crush (aka Long Island Tennis Magazine’sDavid Sickmen) won the league title defeatingthe Jive Turkeys (aka Sportime’s Mike Kossoff)in an extremely tight final week. The Crush andthe Turkeys were also the league’s DivisionChampions. HKS and the Woodside Colts willjoin the Turkeys and Crush in celebrating. Con-grats to both teams and the entire league on agreat 2009 season! �

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Grand Slam Tennis owner Jim Donnelly first established the store in September of 1986.Jim was formerly a partner in the Tennis Emporium Franchise, located in East Northportfor nine years (1977-1986). Grand Slam Tennis is currently the largest tennis specialtystore in existence on Long Island (1,800-sq. ft.). Grand Slam offers the largest racquetdemo program, with a full line of demos from Babolat, Wilson, Head, Prince and Adidas.Grand Slam’s specialized staff will guide you on how to purchase a tennis racquet to suityour needs. Grand Slam features five active stringing machines on site that string morethan 4,000 racquets per year. Ball machine rentals are also available, and Grand Slamalso sells Sports Tutor electric- and battery-operated machines. When a problem ariseswith your machine, Jim is personally there to repair it for you. Tennis court accessories andteaching aides are available as well.

As a tennis specialty retailer, Grand Slam carries the finest line of clothing, sneakers andtennis bags for men, women, young adults and children. Grand Slam also offers special-ized purchasing programs for high schools, college and USTA tennis teams. Jim activelysupports community tennis and school fundraising events. Local tennis instruction refer-rals and information on local tennis events are also on hand. Jim and his welcoming,friendly staff make Grad Slam Tennis a comfortable, family fun place to shop. Store hoursare, Monday to Thursday from 10:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Fridays from 10:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.and Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Grand Slam is closed Sunday and are out play-ing tennis. See you on the courts!

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A Look at the Girl’s HighSchool Tennis Season at

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Mia VecchioCracks the Herricks VarsitySquadSeventh grader up for the challenge of highschool competition

When we last leftoff with the storyof 12-year-old MiaVecchio in theSeptember/Octo-ber 2009 edition ofLong Island TennisMagaz ine , shewas preparing her-self for tryouts forthe Herricks HighSchool varsity ten-

nis team. Going in as a seventh grader,the odds were against her to make thesquad, but Mia was not deterred and wasfeeling “ready for the challenge” and morethan ready to “prove herself.”

Mia not only made the Herricks HighSchool girl’s varsity tennis team, but endedup playing first singles this season.

At the time this issue went to press (mid-way through the girl’s varsity season), wecaught up with Mia to see how tryouts wentand how the season was progressing so far.

Mia started by telling us that the tryoutprocess was surprisingly enjoyable (otherthan the physical fitness aspect of tryoutsof course where she did a lot of runningand chin-ups). She also said she “wasn’ttoo nervous” going into the tryouts, butthat any nervousness quickly disappearedas the tryouts progressed and her confi-dence grew. With each win, her confidencegrew. What also grew was the respect that

Mia’s teammates had for her. As a seventhgrader playing on the varsity team at a highschool, it can be hard to gain respect fromthe older team members. Mia said shethinks her performing well helped the girlsrecognize her as an equal.

She was also able to make friends.“The girls have been really nice and have

accepted me as part of the team,” saidMia. “We are all friendly and it’s nice to bepart of a team. Usually in tennis, everythingis individual.”

Mia’s parents, Rudy and Lorraine Vecchio,as well as her coach, Alana Broderick, comeout to support her at all of her matches aswell, which has helped ease the transition tothe world of high school tennis.

At the time of this interview, Mia was 7-0 and still undefeated on the season. Shequalified for the Nassau County tourna-ment where she won her first round matchbefore falling 10-7 to Jackie Raynor, a jun-ior from Garden City, in the second round.

Mia is very happy with how this seasonhas turned out so far.

“I feel that with the practice time I have put in,as well as playingin USTA tourna-ments, has pre-pared me well forhigh school com-petition,” said Mia.

She plans ontraveling to a fewmore national tour-naments this year(where she has al-

ready experienced success) and then playinghigh school tennis again next season.

“My goals next season are to go unde-feated in league play and then qualify forstates,” said Mia. “I am really looking for-ward to the challenge.”

Persistence is KeyA closer look at Jericho High School’sAmanda Hyman

If at first you don’t succeed,try again. I think a lot of us arefamiliar with that expression,but it is also one of thosestatements that is easier saidthan done. Setbacks in tennisand/or life are not always easy

to handle, especially when you are in highschool, but 16-year-old Amanda Hymanhas persevered and is now reaping thebenefits of her persistence.

Amanda is a junior playing on the Jeri-cho High School junior varsity girl’s tennisteam this season. Amanda’s high schooltennis experience began well when, as afreshman, she made the junior varsity teamand enjoyed a suc-cessful season.

However, as asophomore, shefaced somethingunexpected, as shewas cut from theteam. After playingas a freshman, shefully expected tomake the team as asophomore. But after a sub-par few daysat tryouts, she received the bad news fromthe coach. Disappointed and embarrassed,most high school tennis players would havebacked away from the sport instead ofdealing with the reality of the situation.

Not Amanda Hyman.After only a few days of admitted self-pity

and with the support of her tennis pro EmilieKatz and her mother Beth, Amanda got backinto good spirits and decided she wasn’t


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going to let this happen again the followingseason. She was going to keep practicingand get ready for the next season.

“This year, I came into tryouts excitedand not nervous at all,” said Amanda.

She had practiced and prepared herselfmentally and physically for the challenge oftryouts. With that preparation, came great re-sults. She was confident and played well andthen got the good news one day at school. Itwas on a Tuesday afternoon when she re-ceived the exciting news that she had madethe 2009 junior varsity girl’s tennis team atJericho High School. The lessons, practiceand positive mindset had finally paid off.

This season, as this latest issue of LongIsland Tennis Magazine went to press, theJericho junior varsity girl’s team recordstood at 7-1, and Amanda, with a 7-1record playing doubles, is a big reason why.

“I have enjoyed being one of the oldest onthe team, mentoring the younger girls on thecompetition and match play,” said Amanda.

She has gotten the opportunity to playdoubles with her friend, Jillian Shakin,which has made it even better.

“The girls on the team are friends, wesupport each other at matches and it’s agreat feeling,” said Amanda.

After high school tennis is over, the thingAmanda says she will miss the most is “justpractices, laughing with the girls, and chillin’.”

To other girls and boys who have experi-enced the disappointment of not making the

cut at tryouts in tennis or any other sport forthat matter, Amanda says the lessons shelearned is to “Keep practicing and never giv-ing up because in the end, it will be worth it.”

Amanda will keep that in mind over thenext nine months and will come back nextseason to reach her next goal of makingthe Jericho varsity girl’s tennis team.

High SchoolCoaching Thoughts

By Edward Wolfarth

With the high school tennisseason in full swing and hav-ing been a recent high school

coach for both highly skilled boys and girls,I feel qualified to discuss a few salientpoints. In 2002, I had the distinct opportu-nity to coach both a boy’s team (Roslyn)and a girl’s team (Cold Spring Harbor) to aCounty Championship in the same year.First, let’s discuss the similarities.

Nobody knows how to play doubles!I’ve always spent the majority of our prac-tice sessions teaching the intricacies ofdoubles. Formations, shot selection andteamwork are the keys to successful dou-bles play. Most of these athletes have littleexperience playing competitive doubles.

They’re so overly concerned with rankingsand singles tournaments that even themost skilled players need to be taught ef-fective doubles and proper positioning. I’malways on the lookout for good, aggressiveathletes who might turn out to be effectivedoubles players. Many of our players havehad coaches, were ranked juniors andcontinued to play tournaments. They wereour singles players. Everyone else vied fordoubles positions. This was the case forboth girls and boys.

Team or individual sport?While tennis, for the most part, is a sole en-deavor, it is my contention that it’s best en-joyed as a team sport. I try to makeeveryone feel like they are part of a team.Practices are often team competitions withunique scoring. Anything to make it fun.Players not participating in a match (alter-nates or anybody not playing at a specifictime) are required to watch a match androot. No homework! No watching othersporting events that might be taking placesimultaneously. No player is allowed toleave a match until the results are final. Wetry to travel to and from matches as ateam. It’s a common practice for parentsto pick up their offspring after a match be-cause of other extracurricular activities. Itry to discourage this. We always have ateam dinner after the season where we



give out fun awards, such as most im-proved player, best partner or teammatewith the best attitude. These awards arevoted on by the players.

Attitude and effort!As a coach, I only require a few things ofall my student-athletes: A positive attitudewhile competing, or better yet, no negativ-ity. Negative energy is self-destructive andoften fuels the opponent. There’s the rarecase when a negative attitude or behaviorcan be helpful. Another requirement I haveis 100 percent effort! It’s often easy to ac-cept an inevitable loss than to fight to thevery last point. This is easy to monitor, andI’m always on the lookout for someonewho’s about to quit. Down 2-6, 0-3, you’llsee it all the time. It becomes a self-fulfill-ing prophecy. I’m gong to lose anyway, sowhy fight it? It’s all about effort and atti-tude. It’s much harder to do than learn aspin serve or effective backhand, but inthe end, much more valuable.

more importantly, how can you have a posi-tive experience from, what seemingly ap-pears to be a negative situation, and there liesthe problem in a nutshell! It’s so easy andseems so obvious, to associate success withenjoyment. I mean after all, don’t we all feelbetter and more fulfilled after we win a tennismatch? Losing sucks, right? But I digress ...and this leads to another discussion.

Edward Wolfarth is the tennis director at theTam O’ Shanter Club in Brookville, N.Y. He isalso a professor of physical education andsports sciences at Hofstra University. In ad-dition to his class load, Edward finds time tocoach high school tennis at Jericho HighSchool. He’s an active member of theUnited States Professional Tennis Associa-tion and currently serves on the executiveboard of the United States Tennis Associa-tion-Long Island Region. He still plays com-petitively and is a highly ranked seniorplayer. He may be reached at (516) 626-9005 or e-mail [email protected].

GIRL’S H IGH SCHOOL TENNIS SEASON continued from page 49

Local Pros Brent and Harrison Take Home Silver atthe 55 USTA National Grass Court Championship

Local tennis pros David Brent ofWoodmere, N.Y. and Mark Harrison

of East Rockaway, N.Y. were finalists atthe 55 USTA National Grass CourtChampionships, held at the RockawayHunting Club in Lawrence, N.Y. theweek of Sept. 14-20, 2009. Brent, whoteaches at Nassau Indoor Tennis in In-wood and is the head pro at InwoodCountry Club, teamed with Harrison,who also teaches at Nassau IndoorTennis and is the head pro at the Villageof Lawrence Country Club. Seededfourth in the 22-team draw, the duoknocked off the number two seeds,Mario Singer and Wesley Jackson, inthe semi-finals before bowing to num-

Local pros Mark Harrison and David Brent,runners-up at the recent 55 USTA NationalGrass Court Championships

ber one seeds, Fred Robinson and TomSmith, in a three-set final. In 2008,Smith from Alpharetta, Ga., won agolden slam when he won all four sur-faces of the USTA 55 Doubles Champi-onships (clay, hard, grass and indoor).Congratulations to our local pros. �

Jonathan Klee is a partner at the LawFirm of Klee & Woolf LLP. He is theLong Island representative on the East-ern Grievance Committee, and currentlyserves as chair. He has played in leaguetennis since 2000, and has captainedand played on many teams on Long Is-land. He may be reached by e-mail [email protected].

By Jonathan Klee

Keeping everyone involvedThis is a tough one. Often, alternates or any-one not playing in a match, feel left out andisolated. I always try to give everyone specifictasks. Charting a match is my favorite. A greatdeal can be learned by watching someoneelse play and objectively keeping track of un-forced errors, first serve percentages, pointswon at the net, etc. It helps the player and thestatistician as well. We have a user-friendlychart that I introduce at the beginning of theseason that we all can use. After each match,I allow the player being charted and the per-son observing and charting to consult. Thiscan be very fruitful and educational.

In the end, the quality of the experience, forall, determines if you have run a successful pro-gram or not. The wins and losses, the champi-onships and the individual honors are all icingon the cake. They’re nice and make you feelgood, but are still secondary and transient.

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Prince Hosts EXO3bition in Central ParkOn Aug. 30, prior to the start of the 2009 U.S. Open, Prince hosted its EXO3bition eventat Central Park’s public courts, where attendees could meet, watch and even play withsome of the world’s top tennis stars. On hand for the event were Gael Monfils, Mikeand Bob Bryan, John Isner, Sam Querrey, David Ferrer, and legends Stan Smith, PaulAnnacone, Roger Rasheed and Wayne Bryan. A great time was had by all, as they tookadvantage of this unique opportunity to learn from the pros first-hand and chat one-on-one with some of the sport’s biggest stars.

John Isner (left) shares some tipswith attendees of the PrinceEXO3bition in Central Park

Scenes From the Prince 2009 EXO3bition EventAugust 30 at Central Park Tennis Courts in New York City

Sam Querry (center) was onhand in Central Park for thePrince tennis event

Gael Monfils (left) is interviewed in Central Park

Mike Bryan hits a volley duringthe Prince EXO3bition event


Houghton Captures Women’s Division I One-on-One Doubles and Rockin’ Blues

Title at Stony Brook

Annie Houghton, a junior from Army, de-feated Katherine Lange, a junior fromNorthwestern State (Louisiana) 6-4 to winthe Flight “A” One-on-One Doubles TennisTournament held at Stony Brook Universityas part of the Third Annual Stony BrookWomen’s Invitational, held Sunday, Sept.20. Houghton now captures the number

one one-on-one doubles ranking forWomen’s Collegiate Tennis. The tourna-ment was held on the final day of the three-day Invitational, with all nine Division Iteams entering their players into four dif-ferent flighted divisions.

Flight “B” was won by Erin McCarthy, asophomore from Marist College. McCarthydefeated Julia Prantl, a sophomore fromFairleigh Dickinson University, 6-5(7-3) inthe finals.

Flight “C” Champion was FannyCharliquart, a junior from Stony BrookUniversity. Charliquart beat JoannaKacprzyk, a junior from the University ofHouston, 6-3 in the finals.

Flight “D” Champion was VeronicaCardenas, a sophomore from West Vir-ginia University. Cardenas defeatedJurelle Mendoza, a junior from Army, 6-3 to win this flight.

Friday’s format of play was all doubles;Saturday’s format was all singles and Sun-day’s format was solely one-on-one dou-bles.

“This was a great three-day, college ten-nis tournament because we played tennisto some of the best rock n’ roll and bluesmusic ever recorded! We heard The Re-placements, Springsteen, John LeeHooker, The Blues Brothers, Gary Moore,Paul Westerberg, The Fabulous Thunder-

Annie Houghton


birds, Joe Bonamassa, Dusty and Dannyand other greats,” said Gary Glassman,head tennis coach at Stony Brook andtournament director.

“The One-on-One Doubles Tourneywas a great experience for our team,”said John Severance, head tennis coachat the University of Houston. “I stronglyfeel that playing one-on-one doubles willsurely strengthen one’s doubles game. Ialso personally enjoyed the concept ofmusic being played throughout theweekend tournament. I can see moretournaments, and even dual matches,being played in this sort of environment.I will be running an event like this in thefuture.”

The tournament concept was well re-ceived by the players and coaches alike.Jeff Greene, former Vanderbilt player andFDU volunteer assistant coach, said,“What the players thought of one-on-onedoubles at the beginning of the event andwhat it looked like at the end of theevent, showed why this was an awesomeconcept. Anytime you introduce some-thing new, people are going to look atyou with skepticism. Meanwhile, if youare willing to buy into it, the game’s skillswill become an integral part of yourgame. The game may be cutting-edge,but the value derived from it will be ahuge, long-term benefit. Change is slow,but the game is fast. This event deserveshuge accolades for taking a chance andmaking it happen.”

One-on-one doubles is being played asthe only format of competition at thisyear’s ITA National Coaches Conventionon Dec. 16 at Naples Grande Resort inNaples, Fla. The new game has also beenplayed at two USTA National Men’s 35sClaycourt Tournaments, as well as at twoATP Challenger Tournaments in Sunrise,Fla., the BMW Tennis Championships. Asold-out crowd of 3,500 people witnessedthe One-On-One Doubles Final, won byAustria’s Davis Cup star, Stefan Koubek inMarch of 2007. One-on-one doubles,played to rockin’ blues music, has beenUSTA-sanctioned for tournament play inFlorida, Georgia and New York. �

For more information on upcoming one-on-one doubles tournaments and events in NewYork, visit www.oneononedoubles.com.

Scenes From the Third AnnualStony Brook Women’s

InvitationalSeptember 18-20 at Stony Brook University


In previous articles, we’ve ex-plored the dangers of multi-tasking, the vagaries ofmomentum in sports, highschool coaching issues, and

the subtle differences between teaching andlearning. The common thread in all is thatthere’s nothing new! Most information andpractically all technical advice is simply beingrecycled, rehashed and merely packaged dif-ferently. Kudos and much thanks to all my col-leagues and friends whom I have learned somuch from (thanks, Hapster). Of course, thisis not to diminish the ‘new’ product, but merelyto point out that someone did it before. Whilethere may be “nothing new under the sun,” soto speak, it is helpful to “think outside the box.”And, therein, lies our topic for this article.

One of my favorite practice drills is to haveplayers do other “stuff,” such as tactics andstrokes they would not normally employ in amatch. For instance, I’ll play a match at-tempting to topspin every backhand. No chipand charge, and no slice backhands …you’ve got to come over every backhand.This accomplishes a few interesting things.For one, expectations are low. Because I’veput myself in an uncomfortable position uti-

lizing a skill I’m not particularly good at, myexpectations are commensurately less. I caneasily rationalize my mistakes, but more im-portantly, I get to practice a weaker stroke.

Psychologically, I feel more relaxed since theoutcome has become secondary to theprocess goal of simply hitting more topspinbackhands. I remember vividly having playedone of my bitter, and better, rivals a number ofyears ago. He served and volleyed all the time.My chip return was floating and he was nailingevery first volley. Down 1-2, I vowed to comeover my backhand return for the rest of thematch no matter what the outcome. I resolvedmyself to a process goal, regardless of thematch outcome. I rattled off the next 11 games!

In another example, our club 3.0 teampractices serve and volley tennis all thetime! Interestingly, they’re pretty good at it.Their 40 mile-per-hour serves enable themto close in for easy first volleys. Since thereturns are not hit that hard either (remem-ber, these are 3.0 players), they can actu-ally hold a serve more often using thisunconventional (for them) tactic … and, itworks! Also, interestingly, however, is thefact that even after practicing this they arereluctant to put it into a “real” game situa-

tion. It seems that most people wouldrather play “comfortably” and lose thanthink outside the box, do something un-conventional, and possibly win! Go figure.That’s just human nature!

My suggestion is to try different stuff. Ofcourse you need to “have” other stuff be-fore you can effectively try it in a real match.You may not be able to turn a liability intoan asset, but playing outside the box hasmany advantages. It relaxes you and low-ers expectations. It allows you to develop a“B” game and it relaxes you! I cannot stressenough the importance of playing in a non-stressful environment or state of mind.

Nothing can place your head in this situ-ation better than playing an unfamiliar game,stroke or tactic. If you’re a baseliner, startrushing the net more. Aggressive players,stay in points longer. Put yourself in some-one else’s shoes. It’s not you who’s playing… it’s someone else! There’s no pressure onyou. Role-playing may seem nothing morethan a psychological ploy, but it can work toyour advantage. You need to try it.

In conclusion, I encourage you to thinkoutside of the box. Your game is familiar toyou and works, to a point. To get beyondthat point, to improve and to have more funrequires that you take risks. Failure is justone step closer to getting it right. Try stuff!Think outside the box and you‘ll be a betterperson for it. Are you having fun yet? �

Edward Wolfarth is the tennis director atthe Tam O’ Shanter Club in Brookville, N.Y.He is also a professor of physical educa-tion and sports sciences at Hofstra Uni-versity. In addition to his class load,Edward finds time to coach high schooltennis at Jericho High School. He’s an ac-tive member of the United States Profes-sional Tennis Association and currentlyserves on the executive board of theUnited States Tennis Association-Long Is-land Region. He still plays competitivelyand is a highly ranked senior player. Hemay be reached at (516) 626-9005 or e-mail [email protected].

What’s New is Old, Again …By Edward Wolfarth

Congratulations to the Men’s 4.0 team from Carefree Racquet Club on winningthe National Title and bringing the crown to Long Island. It’s been 20-plus

years since a team from LongIsland has won the NationalChampionship, but Carefree’s4.0 team from the Merrick, N.Y.facility took home the champi-onship by defeating a 4.0 teamfrom Arkansas 4-1 at the na-tionals on Oct. 4 at the DarlingTennis Center in Las Vegas.

Congrats to Men’s 4.0 National Champs From Long Island


Tennis: Truly the Sport of a Lifetime

Who says tennis is ayoung man’s game?

As the saying goes, “Tennisis a lifetime sport,” andCharlie Hurme of Huntington

Station N.Y. is living proof. Charlie will be97 in November and still plays three or fourtimes a week. His accomplishments on thecourt over the past 77 years are remark-able, and he is still going strong.

Charlie grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., wheretennis was not the most popular kid’ssport. Street games like stickball andstoop ball ruled the day. All of his friendsexcelled in other sports, so Charlie took uptennis so that none of his friends couldcompete with him. Although Charlie nevertook a lesson, he eventually taught kidsand adults for many years.

Charlie married a girl who became atravel agent, so he would travel with her,playing in local matches. Moving fromBrooklyn to New Jersey to Long Island in1960, Charlie could always find a game.

As a late bloomer (he first picked up aracquet at the age of 20), Charlie didn’tbegin playing in tournaments until he wasin his 60s. His initial results were less thanfavorable, earning the nickname of “Con-solation Charlie.” After two years, hemoved up in finishes and at about the ageof 70, began a long period of great winningaccomplishments that lasted for more than20 years.

His best year was in 2003 when he wonthe national title in 90s singles and 90sdoubles and was ranked number two na-tionally in singles in the 90s and in the top10 in the 90s for many years. He also wonthe 95s in doubles.

As with all of us tennis players, wehopefully learn from our victories as wellas our defeats and Charlie’s matches withGardiner Malloy improved the pace anddepth of his serve. He is also very proudof being listed along with great championsof the past, having won the senior 80sdoubles in 1994 at Longwood Cricket Clubin Boston.

As we all know, injuries are part of the

game and Charlie’s last injury was, in someways, helpful to his game. Six years ago(yes at the age of 91), Charlie was wind-surfing at Club Med and a gust of windcaused a rotator cuff shoulder injury. Charlie’sserve went underhand for a year during hisrecovery and was so effective that it is stillpart of his serve game today.

These days, finding a singles game inhis age group (he stopped playing singlesat 95) is almost impossible, so Charlieplays lots of doubles. His love for thegame after 77 years is so apparent and hestill gets a kick out of making non-return-able shots. Charlie’s advice to us “young-sters” is to, “Play in your age group, enjoythe game, and stay healthy.” The bestparts of his game according to Charlie …“Keeping the ball in play, hand-switching,volleying, court movement and a killerdrop shot.”

Most recently, Charlie received an invita-tion to sit in the President’s Box at the U.S.Open, three years in a row. Wouldn’t it bewonderful to invite him back for his 100th? �

Steven Haar is a member of the UnitedStates Tennis Association/Long Island Re-gion Board and PTR teaching professional.He may be reached by e-mail at [email protected].

By Steve Haar

CharlieHurme showsoff a token ofhis longtimededication tothe sport oftennis

Ninety-seven-year-old Charlie Hurme ofHuntington Station N.Y. works on his game


A Look Back at Long Island Tennis Summer Camps: Summer of ‘09

Bethpage Park Tennis Center Summer

Tennis Camp

The Early Hit TrainingCenter Junior TennisCamp at Glen Head

Racquet Club

Friends Academy Summer Camps



Future Stars Tennis Camps

Girls 4 Girlz Tennis Camp

Hofstra Summer Camps



Peter Kaplan’s Westhampton BeachJunior/Adult Tennis

Academy

Rockville Racquet ClubSummer Camp

Sportime Excel Tennis Camps


Bethpage Park Tennis CenterAndrea Pappas-Manager

99 Quaker Meeting House Road #1Farmingdale, NY 11735

[email protected]

Carefree Racquet ClubKathy Miller-Manager

1414 Jerusalem Avenue • Merrick, NY 11566516-489-9005 • [email protected]

Deer Park Indoor Tennis ClubAfzal Ali-Director of Tennis

30 Burt DriveDeer Park, NY 11729

631-667-3476 • Fax: 631-667-7179

Eastern Athletic ClubCira Jones-Manager

9 Montauk Highway #A • Blue Point, NY 11715631-363-2882

easternathleticclubs.com

Eastern Athletic ClubBetsy Johnson-Manager

854 Jericho Turnpike • Huntington Station, NY 11746631-271-6616


Eastern Athletic ClubGary Jones-Manager

100 Ruland Road • Melville, NY 11747631-753-3696


Glen Head Racquet ClubHeath Koch: 516-676-9849

Home of Early Hit Training CenterCarl Barnett: 516-455-1225

95 Glen Head Road • Glen Head, NY [email protected]

Huntington Indoor Tennis ClubRich Rottkamp-Director of Tennis

100 Broadway • Huntington Station, NY 11746631-421-0040

Point Set Indoor TennisDan Dwyer-Owner

3065 New Street • Oceanside, NY 11572516-536-2323

[email protected]

Robbie Wagner’s Tournament Training CenterAdrian Chirici-Director of Tennis

142 Glenwood RoadGlenwood Landing, NY 11547516-676-9107 • www.rwtt.com

Robbie Wagner’s Tournament Training Center@ GLEN COVE

Stephen Alcala-Business Manager60 Sea Cliff Avenue

Glen Cove, NY 11542516-759-0505 • www.rwtt.com

Rockville Racquet ClubSusan Alvy-Manager

80 North Centre AvenueRockville Center, NY 11570

[email protected]

Smash Tennis ClubBob McKenna-Director of Tennis

575 Merrick AvenueWestbury, NY 11568

Business: 516-832-8010Cell: 516-817-2455

SPORTIME at AmagansettSue De Lara-Co General Manager

Hana Sromova-Director of Tennis/Co-General Manager

320 Abrahams PathAmagansett, NY 11930

631-267-3460www.SportimeNY.com

[email protected]

SPORTIME at Bethpage TennisPerry Aitchison-Director of Tennis

101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, NY 11714


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SPORTIME at Bethpage Multi-SportRandy Louie-General Manager

4105 Hempstead TurnpikeBethpage, NY 11714

516-731-4432 www.SportimeNY.com

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SPORTIME of the HamptonsMauricio Gattuso-Director of Tennis

Route 104East Quogue, NY 11959


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SPORTIME at Harbor IslandEric Fromm-General Manager,

Director of TennisIn Harbor Island Park

Mamaroneck, NY 10543914-777-5050

www.SportimeNY.com [email protected]

SPORTIME at Kings ParkPetr Perecinsky-Director of Tennis

275 Old Indian Head RoadKings Park, NY 11754


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SPORTIME at LynbrookChris Morales-Director of Tennis

175 Merrick RoadLynbrook, NY 11563


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SPORTIME at MassapequaFayez Malik-Director of Tennis

5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, NY 11758


[email protected]

SPORTIME at ProHealthJay Karl-General Manager

3 Delaware DriveLake Success, NY 11042

516-348-8463www.SportimeNY.com [email protected]

SPORTIME at Randall’s Island Ted Dimond-Director of Tennis

1 Randall’s IslandNew York, NY 10035


[email protected]

SPORTIME at RoslynJared Rada-Director of Tennis

Landing Road, PO Box 1Roslyn, NY 11576


[email protected]

SPORTIME at SchenectadyPhilippe Ceas

2699 Curry RoadSchenectady, NY 12303


[email protected]

SPORTIME at Syosset Tennis & Multi-Sport

Karl Sommer/Director of Tennis75 Haskett Drive

Syosset, NY 11791516-364-2727

www.SportimeNY.com

SPORTIME at Syosset Fitness & Racquetball

Joe Gazio-General Manager10 Gordon Drive

Syosset, NY 11791516-496-3100

www.SportimeNY.com [email protected]


Boys & Girls Long Island Rankings(as of 09/28/09)

BOYSLong Island Boys 10 SinglesRank Name ....................................City1 ......Sean Patrick ..................Oyster Bay, N.Y.2 ......Patrick F. Maloney ..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.3 ......Arjun Mehrotra................Woodbury, N.Y.4 ......Kyle Hudson Gower ........Oceanside, N.Y.5 ......Neel Raj ..........................Oyster Bay, N.Y.6 ......Ronald P. Hohmann ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.7 ......Thomas A. Korossy..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.8 ......Eli Grossman ..................Woodbury, N.Y.9 ......Kyle C. Yaun ....................Sand Point, N.Y.10 ....Cannon Kingsley ............Northport, N.Y.11 ....Michael Medvedev ..........Oceanside, N.Y.12 ....Gardner Howe ................Locust Valley, N.Y.13 ....Daniel Eric Pellerito ........Syosset, N.Y.14 ....Amani Siddiqui................West Babylon, N.Y.15 ....Ryan Goetz ....................Greenlawn, N.Y.16 ....Colin Francis Sacco ........Brightwaters, N.Y.17 ....Justin Ilan Lempert ........Roslyn Heights, N.Y.18 ....Pete Sizios ......................New Hyde Park, N.Y.19 ....Brian Shi ........................Jericho, N.Y.20 ....Brady Berman ................Glen Head, N.Y.21 ....Austin Egna ....................Port Washington, N.Y.22 ....Aditya J. Dave ................Syosset, N.Y.23 ....Rajan Jai Vohra ..............Glen Head, N.Y.24 ....David Ammendola ..........Massapequa, N.Y.25 ....Billy G. Suarez ................Huntington, N.Y.26 ....James Kyrkanides ..........Stony Brook, N.Y.27 ....Ethan Nussdorf ..............Old Westbury, N.Y.28 ....Vincent Caracappa..........Smithtown, N.Y.29 ....Steven M. Schneider ......Southampton, N.Y.30 ....Blake Shaevitz ................Glen Head, N.Y.31 ....Alex Joseph Amadio........Smithtown, N.Y.32 ....Ian Bank ........................Old Westbury, N.Y.33 ....Max Egna........................Port Washington, N.Y.34 ....Jacob Weiner ..................Oyster Bay, N.Y.35 ....Jack Aaron Briamonte ....Great Neck, N.Y.36 ....Parker Appel ..................Locust Valley, N.Y.37 ....Cody Bograd ..................Huntington, N.Y.38 ....William Michael Salzano Dix Hills, N.Y.39 ....Matthew Roberts ............Setauket, N.Y.40 ....Carl Grant ......................Water Mill, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 12 SinglesRank Name ..................................City1 ......Curran Varma..................Manhasset, N.Y.2 ......Spencer Killen Swanson..Remsenburg, N.Y.3 ......Sean Patrick ..................Oyster Bay, N.Y.4 ......Zane Siddiqui..................West Babylon, N.Y.5 ......Alexander Pintille ............Wainscott, N.Y.6 ......Garrett Malave ................Laurel, N.Y.7 ......Kevin Alec Kowalsky ......Oyster Bay, N.Y.8 ......Evan Kober ....................Wantagh, N.Y.9 ......Alan Delman ..................Great Neck, N.Y.10 ....Jonathan C. Staudigel ....Northport, N.Y.11 ....Jesse M. Levitin ..............Manhasset, N.Y.12 ....Nikhil Raj ........................Locust Valley, N.Y.13 ....Brian Hoffarth ................Fort Salonga, N.Y.14 ....Andrew J. Bentz..............Massapequa Park, N.Y.15 ....Alexander Grossman ......Sands Point, N.Y.16 ....Daniel Shleimovich ........Merrick, N.Y.17 ....Justin Park......................Huntington, N.Y.18 ....Noah J. Reisch................Floral Park, N.Y.19 ....Bryant J. Born ................Manhasset, N.Y.20 ....Daniel David Kafka..........Massapequa Park, N.Y.21 ....Chirag Sharad Soni ........New Hyde Park, N.Y.22 ....Michael Schweitzer ........Old Westbury, N.Y.23 ....Arjun Mehrotra................Woodbury, N.Y.24 ....Jacob Frisch ..................Sagaponack, N.Y.25 ....Giuseppe Loduca ............Great Neck, N.Y.26 ....Stephen Gruppuso ..........Bayport, N.Y.

27 ....Aziz Rashidzada..............Dix Hills, N.Y.28 ....Benjamin Tenner ............Roslyn, N.Y.29 ....Oliver Ridgley Green........Locust Valley, N.Y.30 ....Ryan James Maloney......Oyster Bay, N.Y.31 ....Faran Nazir ....................Deer Park, N.Y.32 ....Travis Leaf ......................Dix Hills, N.Y.33 ....Logan Beckerman ..........East Norwich34 ....Palmer T. Clare................North Bellmore, N.Y. 35 ....Patrick F. Maloney ..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.36 ....Robert James Gavigan ....Garden City, N.Y.37 ....David Michael Jaslow ....Roslyn, N.Y.38 ....Sahil Massand ................Woodbury, N.Y.39 ....Alex Brebenel..................Glen Head, N.Y.40 ....Braddock Chow ..............Glen Cove, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 14 SinglesRank Name ................................City1 ......Drew F. Feldman ............Port Washington, N.Y.2 ......Doron Saraf ....................Great Neck, N.Y.3 ......Daniel Sliwowski ............Islip, N.Y.4 ......Ian Baranowski ..............Syosset, N.Y.5 ......Ethan Hayden Handa ......Rockville Centre, N.Y.6 ......Marcell Rengifo ..............Copaigue, N.Y.7 ......Dylan Ander ....................Hewlett, N.Y.8 ......Kevin Cino ......................East Quogue, N.Y.9 ......Gabriel P. Lazar ..............Hewlett, N.Y.10 ....Brett Edelblum ................Roslyn, N.Y.11 ....Michael Hakimi ..............Great Neck, N.Y.12 ....Connor Daniel Jeran ......Islip, N.Y.13 ....Benjamin Mermelstein ....Northport, N.Y.14 ....Ty Stone..........................Centerport, N.Y.15 ....Stone E. Mitchell ............Woodmere, N.Y.16 ....Steven Marzagalli ..........Patchogue, N.Y.17 ....Erik Ujvari ......................Hauppauge, N.Y.18 ....Jesse Richheimer ..........Merrick, N.Y.19 ....Gregory M. Abrahams ....Baldwin, N.Y.20 ....Jayant S. Sani ................Great Neck, N.Y.21 ....Caleb Van Loon ..............Port Washington, N.Y.22 ....Matthew R. Demichiel ....Hewlett, N.Y.23 ....Kyle Apler ......................Dix Hills, N.Y.24 ....Brandon Kay ..................Setauket, N.Y.25 ....Andrew J. Bentz..............Massapequa Park, N.Y.26 ....Michael A. Vera ..............Bethpage, N.Y.27 ....Cole Lafitte ....................East Setauket, N.Y.28 ....Michael J. Nelson............Manhasset, N.Y.29 ....Chris Casamassima ........Franklin Square, N.Y.30 ....Douglas Notaris ..............Wantagh, N.Y.31 ....Jamis Ross ....................Manorville, N.Y.32 ....Ian Combemale ..............Bridgehampton, N.Y.33 ....Nick Bauer ......................Great River, N.Y.34 ....Kevin Alec Kowalsky ......Oyster Bay, N.Y.35 ....Palmer T. Clare................North Bellmore, N.Y. 36 ....Jacob Ethan Rosenthal....Jericho, N.Y.37 ....Josh Young ....................Old Bethpage, N.Y.38 ....Andrew Reiley ................Manorville, N.Y.39 ....Christopher Schwab........Seaford, N.Y.40 ....John C. Knight ................East Northport, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 16 SinglesRank Name ................................City1 ......Sloan Millman ................Woodmere, N.Y.2 ......Pasha Shapouri ..............Albertson, N.Y.3 ......Eric Sumanaru ................Middle Island, N.Y.4 ......Stephen Peng ................Woodbury, N.Y.5 ......Sean Jagi Chhugani ........Roslyn, N.Y.6 ......Darren Reisch ................Floral Park, N.Y.7 ......Scott Johnson ................Northport, N.Y.8 ......Brian Chalif ....................Huntington, N.Y.9 ......JT Esposito ....................Rockville Centre, N.Y.10 ....Doron Saraf ....................Great Neck, N.Y.11 ....Matthew Zuckerman ......Valley Stream, N.Y.12 ....Andrew Z. Wang..............Huntington, N.Y.13 ....Ryan Marcus ..................Merrick, N.Y.14 ....Jared Drzal ....................West Sayville, N.Y.15 ....Sander Brenner ..............Port Washington, N.Y.16 ....Henry D. Lee ..................Sag Harbor, N.Y.

17 ....Jacob Mishkin ................Woodbury, N.Y.18 ....Ryan Gary Wennberg ........Huntington Station, N.Y.19 ....Michael Freilich ..............Lawrence, N.Y.20 ....Nick Wong ......................Jericho, N.Y.21 ....Ryan White ....................Wantagh, N.Y.22 ....Seth Kornfield ................Jericho, N.Y.23 ....Solomon Ofir ..................Plainview, N.Y.24 ....Gabriel P. Lazar ..............Hewlett, N.Y.25 ....Benjamin Q. King ............East Meadow, N.Y.26 ....Kevin H. Kim ..................South Setauket, N.Y.27 ....Matthew Granito ............Wantagh, N.Y.28 ....Christian Thienel ............East Quogue, N.Y.29 ....Patrick Brosnan ..............Garden City, N.Y.30 ....Brett Ringelheim ............Atlantic Beach, N.Y.31 ....Ethan Hayden Handa ......Rockville Centre, N.Y.32 ....Jordan A. Zecher ............Woodbury, N.Y.33 ....Michael Mcfelia..................Huntington Station, N.Y.34 ....Trevor S. Mitchel ............East Meadow, N.Y.35 ....Matthew R. Demichiel ....Hewlett, N.Y.36 ....Chris Casamassima ........Franklin Square, N.Y.37 ....Jason A. Fruchter ............Lawrence, N.Y.38 ....Evan Ross Seidman ........Dix Hills, N.Y.39 ....Christopher DeSimone ....Centerport, N.Y.40 ....Matthew Kline ................Roslyn, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 18 SinglesRank Name ................................City1 ......Scott Johnson ................Northport, N.Y.2 ......Benjamin Bogard ............Lido Beach, N.Y.3 ......Eric Dietsche ..................Bay Shore, N.Y.4 ......Jaewon Kim....................East Northport, N.Y.5 ......Darren Reisch ................Floral Park, N.Y.6 ......Richard A. Ferguson ........Franklin Square, N.Y.7 ......Michael T. Puntillo ..........Sands Point, N.Y.8 ......JT Esposito ....................Rockville Centre, N.Y.9 ......Eric Sumanaru ................Middle Island, N.Y.10 ....Stephen Peng ................Woodbury, N.Y.11 ....Matthew Zuckerman ......Valley Stream, N.Y.12 ....Robert James Buda ........Northport, N.Y.13 ....Richard Sipala ................Quogue, N.Y.14 ....Sloan Millman ................Woodmere, N.Y.15 ....Jason Hubsher................Sands Point, N.Y.16 ....Derek J. Wells ................Massapequa Park, N.Y.17 ....Dylan Marsh ..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.18 ....Justin Ziccardi ................Islip, N.Y.19 ....Kenneth D. Pinillos ..........East Hampton, N.Y.20 ....Brain Hui ........................East Meadow, N.Y.21 ....Matthew Corriston ..........Wantagh, N.Y.22 ....Faizan Khurram ..............Long Beach, N.Y.23 ....Evan Pincus ....................East Meadow, N.Y.24 ....Dylan Matthew Roberts ..Holtsville, N.Y.25 ....Pasha Shapouri ..............Albertson, N.Y.26 ....Solomon Ofir ..................Plainview, N.Y.27 ....Alex Bessarabov ............Lindenhurst, N.Y.28 ....Matthew R. Johnson ......Huntington, N.Y.29 ....Jeremy Pomerantz ..........Sayville, N.Y.30 ....James Nandalal Prasad ..Lindenhurst, N.Y.31 ....Jeffery H. Kornhauser ....Wantagh, N.Y.32 ....Sean Jagi Chhugani ........Roslyn, N.Y.33 ....Thomas Fischl ................Huntington, N.Y.34 ....Shane B. Liebenthal ........Old Westbury, N.Y.35 ....Steven Ferrantello ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.36 ....Jesse Liebenthal ............Old Westbury, N.Y.37 ....Brian Chalif ....................Huntington, N.Y.38 ....Sidesh Sachithananthan..Hicksville, N.Y.39 ....Kevin A. Burgess ............Freeport, N.Y.

GIRLSLong Island Girls 10 SinglesRank Name ................................City1 ......Courtney Kowalsky ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.2 ......Claire Handa ..................Rockville Centre, N.Y.3 ......Jasmine Olivia Abidi ........Glen Head, N.Y.4 ......Lea Ma ..........................Dix Hills, N.Y.5 ......Celeste Rose Matute ......Amityville, N.Y.6 ......Amanda Allison Foo ........Manhasset, N.Y.

7 ......Vista Grinde ....................Sea Cliff, N.Y.8 ......Jacqueline Rae Bukzin ....Manorville, N.Y.9 ......Emily Kate Shutman........Huntington, N.Y.10 ....Nicole Kielan ..................Valley Stream, N.Y.11 ....Dasha Dlin ......................Glen Head, N.Y.12 ....Caitlin M. Cosme ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.13 ....Devika Kedia ..................East Norwich, N.Y.14 ....Morgan A. Wilkins ..........Glen Head, N.Y.15 ....Abigail Carrie Okin ..........Amagansett, N.Y.16 ....Emily Austin ....................Hewlett, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 12 SinglesRank Name ................................City1 ......Cameron Leigh Moskol ..Wantagh, N.Y.2 ......Shanice Nadia Arthur ......Glen Head, N.Y.3 ......Vanessa Scott ................Dix Hills, N.Y.4 ......Brittany Burke ................Garden City, N.Y.5 ......Elena Nitsa Maria Nastasi Bayville, N.Y.6 ......Taylor S. Cosme ..............New Hyde Park, N.Y.7 ......Julia Ciardullo ................Locust Valley, N.Y.8 ......Nicole Koskovolis ............Manhasset, N.Y.9 ......Alexa Graham ................Garden City, N.Y.10 ....Jeannie Lozowski ..........Amityville, N.Y.11 ....Courtney A. Digia ............Manhasset, N.Y.12 ....Courtney Kowalsky ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.13 ....Bridget Elaine Harding ....Northport, N.Y.14 ....Michele Shelia Lehat ......Great Neck, N.Y.15 ....Michelle Haykin ..............Great Neck, N.Y.16 ....Michelle Vancura ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.17 ....Celeste Rose Matute ......Amityville, N.Y.18 ....Nicole Damaghi ..............Kings Point, N.Y.19 ....Annelise Meyding............Port Washington, N.Y.20 ....Madison Courtney Appel Locust Valley, N.Y.21 ....Rachel Gastaldo ..............Syosset, N.Y.22 ....Rhea Malhotra ................Syosset, N.Y.23 ....Katie Jean Cirella ............Woodbury, N.Y.24 ....Marissa Luchs ................Roslyn, N.Y.25 ....Julia Khan ......................Sands Point, N.Y.26 ....Laura Jean Halsey ..........Westhampton, N.Y.27 ....Lauren F. Salzano............Dix Hills, N.Y.29 ....Claudia M. Ruiz ..............Glen Head, N.Y.30 ....Sabrina Ferretti ..............Setauket, N.Y.31 ....Caitlin M. Cosme ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.32 ....Victoria Macchia ............Seaford, N.Y.34 ....Caroline Keating..............Huntington, N.Y.35 ....Ashley Bespechny ..........Hewlett, N.Y.36 ....Emily K. Morgenbesser ..Bayport, N.Y.37 ....Kelsey Shields ................Old Westbury, N.Y.38 ....Tyler P. Hartmeyer ..........Great Neck, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 14 SinglesRank Name ................................City1 ......Cameron Leigh Moskol ..Wantagh, N.Y.2 ......Ruth Freilich....................Lawrence, N.Y.3 ......Zenat Rashidzada ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.4 ......Emma Brezel ..................Port Washington, N.Y.5 ......Jennifer Glukhman..........Syosset, N.Y.6 ......Ola Mally ........................Franklin Square, N.Y.7 ......Alexa P. Sternschein........Syosset, N.Y.8 ......Campbell Howe ..............Locust Valley, N.Y.9 ......Aimee N. Manfredo ........Shoreham, N.Y.10 ....Shanice Nadia Arthur ......Glen Head, N.Y.11 ....Jennifer C. Ferguson ......Franklin Square, N.Y.12 ....Kathryn Herburger ..........Manhasset, N.Y.13 ....Mary C. Harding ..............Northport, N.Y.14 ....Jeannie Lozowski ..........Amityville, N.Y.15 ....Erica Bundrick ................Mattituck, N.Y.16 ....Amanda Edelman............Southampton, N.Y.17 ....Taylor Rose Anderson......Locust Valley, N.Y.18 ....Amanda R. Nowak ..........Huntington, N.Y.19 ....Lauren Ann Livingston ....Sands Point, N.Y.20 ....Lara Fishbane ................Commack, N.Y.21 ....Amanda Marie Gaimaro ..Lynbrook, N.Y.22 ....Holly Hubsher ................Sands Point, N.Y.23 ....Emily Bentley ..................East Islip, N.Y.24 ....Sarah Dionisio ................Shirley, N.Y.

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25 ....Davianna Brynn Romer ..Hampton Bays, N.Y.26 ....Megan M. Tamborrino ....Massapequa Park, N.Y.27 ....Sunaina Vohra ................Glen Head, N.Y.28 ....Anna Posluny ..................Centerport, N.Y.29 ....Brittany Burke ................Garden City, N.Y.30 ....Rachel Murillo ................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.31 ....Harley Kaiserman............Setauket, N.Y.32 ....Betty Ma ........................Dix Hills, N.Y.33 ....Angelika Rothberg ..........Centerport, N.Y.34 ....Alison Wang ....................Great Neck, N.Y.35 ....Rachel Gastaldo ..............Syosset, N.Y.36 ....Karen A. Serina ..............Islip Terrace, N.Y.37 ....Christine Apicella ............Massapequa Park, N.Y.38 ....Leah Green ....................Old Bethpage, N.Y.39 ....Amanda Bishop ..............Woodbury, N.Y.40 ....Kristen Bomkamp ..........Northport, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 16 SinglesRank Name ................................City1 ......Amy Ginny Naula ............East Hampton, N.Y.2 ......Veronica Paikin ..............Valley Stream, N.Y.3 ......Jessica Sickles ..............Massapequa Park, N.Y.4 ......Ruth Freilich....................Lawrence, N.Y.5 ......Courtney Sokol................Floral Park, N.Y.6 ......Ashley Sandler ................Jericho, N.Y.7 ......Brett A. Lieb ....................Cutchogue, N.Y.8 ......Zenat Rashidzada ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.9 ......Robin R. Mehta ..............Manhasset, N.Y.10 ....Andrea Arreguin ..............Hicksville, N.Y.11 ....Amanda L. Seeley ..........Sound Beach, N.Y.12 ....Amanda Marano ............Hampton Bays, N.Y.13 ....Hannah Hinchcliffe..........Mineola, N.Y.14 ....Jessica Nowak................Huntington, N.Y.15 ....Jamie Hann ....................Westhampton, N.Y.16 ....Kelly Marie Benini ..........Northport, N.Y.17 ....Paige J. Mintz ................Roslyn, N.Y.18 ....Briel G. Smith..................Locust Valley, N.Y.19 ....Erica Bundrick ................Mattituck, N.Y.20 ....Elan King ........................Baldwin, N.Y.21 ....Elizabeth Caroline Rossi ..Flanders, N.Y.22 ....Abbott M. Brant ..............Shoreham, N.Y.23 ....Christine Bender ............Amityville, N.Y.24 ....Rithika D. Reddy ............Syosset, N.Y.25 ....Lauren Skolnick ..............Sayville, N.Y.26 ....Ola Mally ........................Franklin Square, N.Y.27 ....Molly O. Nolan ................Montauk, N.Y.28 ....Jennifer Glukhman..........Syosset, N.Y.29 ....Marissa D. Lazar ............Hewlett, N.Y.30 ....Anita Krish ......................Greenlawn, N.Y.31 ....Emily Bennett..................Port Washington, N.Y.32 ....Amanda Edelman............Southampton, N.Y.33 ....Deana Davoudiasi ..........Rockville Centre, N.Y.34 ....Casey L. Nicoletti ............East Hampton, N.Y.35 ....Sunaina Vohra ................Glen Head, N.Y.36 ....Paulina Tafler ..................Oceanside, N.Y. 38 ....Taylor Wilkins..................Glen Head, N.Y.39 ....Ludmila Yamus................Melville, N.Y.40 ....Michelle Graziosi ............East Northport, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 18 SinglesRank Name ................................City1 ......Eliza J. Budd ..................Locust Valley, N.Y.2 ......Christine Bender ............Amityville, N.Y.3 ......Brooke Pottish ................East Quogue, N.Y.4 ......Elizabeth Caroline Rossi ..Flanders, N.Y.5 ......Jessica Nowak................Huntington, N.Y.6 ......Zenat Rashidzada ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.7 ......Andrea Arreguin ..............Hicksville, N.Y.8 ......Elan King ........................Baldwin, N.Y.9 ......Gabrielle Dicroce ............East Meadow, N.Y.10 ....Kelly Marie Benini ..........Northport, N.Y.11 ....Veronika Paikin ..............Valley Stream, N.Y.12 ....Molly O. Nolan ................Montauk, N.Y.13 ....Taylor A. Diffley ..............Hampton Bays, N.Y.14 ....Aylin Mehter ..................Massapequa, N.Y.15 ....Courtney Sokol................Floral Park, N.Y.

16 ....Paige J. Mintz ................Roslyn, N.Y.17 ....Allie Reisch ....................Floral Park, N.Y.18 ....Cassie Bender ................Amityville, N.Y.19 ....Alexandra F. Esposito ......Bellmore, N.Y.20 ....Robyn Romanoff ............Centereach, N.Y.21 ....Robin R. Mehta ..............Manhasset, N.Y.22 ....Deana Davoudiasi ..........Rockville Centre, N.Y.

Boys & Girls Sectional Rankings(as of 09/29/09)

Sectional Boys 10 SinglesLong Island RegionRank Name ................................City 1 ......Keegan James Morris ....Franklin Square, N.Y.4 ......Terrill Cole Bernard ........Mill Neck, N.Y.6 ......Finbar Talcott ..................Sea Cliff, N.Y.8 ......Rajan Jai Vohra ..............Glen Head, N.Y.10 ....Alan Delman ..................Great Neck, N.Y.13 ....Brian Shi ........................Jericho, N.Y.18 ....Ryan Goetz ....................Greenlawn, N.Y.28 ....Sean Patrick ..................Oyster Bay, N.Y.34 ....Patrick F. Maloney ..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.40 ....Michael Medvedev ..........Oceanside, N.Y.42 ....Eli Grossman ..................Glen Head, N.Y.44 ....Gardner Howe ................Locust Valley, N.Y.46 ....Ronald P. Hohmann ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.47 ....Thomas A. Korossy..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.48 ....Neel Raj ..........................Oyster Bay, N.Y.51 ....Amani Siddiqui................West Babylon, N.Y.57 ....Kyle C. Yuan ....................Sands Point, N.Y.60 ....Cannon Kingsley ............Northport, N.Y.62 ....Daniel Eric Pellerito ........Syosset, N.Y.70 ....Justin Ilan Lempert ........Roslyn Heights, N.Y.71 ....Pete Siozios ....................New Hyde Park, N.Y.73 ....Parker Appel ..................Locust Valley, N.Y.80 ....Billy Suarez ....................Huntington, N.Y.83 ....Blake Shaevitz ................Glen Head, N.Y.89 ....David Ammendola ..........Massapequa, N.Y.95 ....James Kyrkanides ..........Stony Brook, N.Y.102 ..Spencer Bozsik ..............Sag Harbor, N.Y.108 ..Jake Grossman ..............Sands Point, N.Y.109 ..Michael Jaklitsch ............Islip, N.Y.114 ..Alex Joseph Amadio........Smithtown, N.Y.131 ..Jacob Weiner ..................Oyster Bay, N.Y.133 ..Matthew Porges..............Sands Point, N.Y.134 ..Cody Bogard ..................Huntington, N.Y.141 ..Matthew T. Roberts ........Setauket, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 12 SinglesLong Island RegionRank Name ................................City3 ......Alexander Lebedev ........Island Park, N.Y.5 ......Lubomir T. Cuba ..............Massapequa, N.Y.6 ......Brenden Andrew Volk ......Dix Hills, N.Y.11 ....Eric Wagner ....................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.29 ....Finbar Talcott ..................Sea Cliff, N.Y.33 ....Palmer T. Clare................North Bellmore, N.Y.38 ....Chris Kuhnle ..................Shoreham, N.Y.39 ....Kevin Alec Kowalsky ......Oyster Bay, N.Y.47 ....Jordan Michael Bennett ..Valley Stream, N.Y.48 ....Tyler Ng ..........................Great Neck, N.Y.49 ....Sean M. Mullins ..............Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.50 ....Christopher Moyer Ardito Rockville Centre, N.Y.54 ....Rajan Jai Vohra ..............Glen Head, N.Y.64 ....Andrew Walsh ................St. James, N.Y.68 ....Sean Patrick ..................Oyster Bay, N.Y.70 ....Athell Patrick Bennett......Valley Stream, N.Y.72 ....Kyle Hudson Gower ........Oceanside, N.Y.76 ....Andy Zhou ......................Commack, N.Y.79 ....Joshua Williams Gordon..Hicksville, N.Y.80 ....Curran Varma..................Manhasset, N.Y.81 ....Nikhil Raj ........................Locust Valley, N.Y.82 ....Logan Beckerman ..........East Norwich, N.Y.85 ....Noah J. Reisch................Floral Park, N.Y.

88 ....Giancarlo Cavallero ........West Hempstead, N.Y.90 ....Faran Nazir ....................Deer Park, N.Y.91 ....Jesse M. Levitin ..............Manhasset, N.Y.93 ....Colin Francis Sacco ........Brightwaters, N.Y.100 ..Stephen Gruppuso ..........Bayport, N.Y.104 ..Garrett Malave ................Laurel, N.Y.105 ..Daniel Shleimovich ........Merrick, N.Y.112 ..Spencer Killen Swanson..Remensburg, N.Y.118 ..Zane Siddiqui..................West Babylon, N.Y.133 ..Alan Delman ..................Great Neck, N.Y.134 ..Giuseppe Loduca ............Great Neck, N.Y.140 ..Bryant J. Born ................Manhasset, N.Y.146 ..Nasser Abdel Ghaffar ......Massapequa, N.Y.148 ..Jonathan Staudigel ........Northport, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 14 SinglesLong Island RegionRank Name ................................City2 ......Noah Rubin ....................Merrick, N.Y.3 ......Samuel Lam ..................Old Westbury, N.Y.4 ......Vihar Shah ......................New Hyde Park, N.Y.6 ......Aidan Talcott ..................Sea Cliff, N.Y.7 ......Ethan Bogard ..................Lido Beach, N.Y.15 ....Philip Daniel Antohi ........Glen Head, N.Y.19 ....Michael Paul ..................Baldwin, N.Y.21 ....Zain Ali............................Dix Hills, N.Y.22 ....Julian Alexi Zlobinsky......Greenvale, N.Y.23 ....Douglas Notaris ..............Wantagh, N.Y.24 ....Richard Mitchell ..............Franklin Square, N.Y.27 ....Lamar Remy ..................Roslyn, N.Y.30 ....Conor Mullins..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.33 ....Dylan Hobbs Appel ..........Locust Valley, N.Y.38 ....Josh Silverstein ..............Great Neck, N.Y.39 ....Brandon T. Stone ............Melville, N.Y.49 ....Zachary A. Lessen ..........Roslyn Heights, N.Y.50 ....Mark Daniel Temporal ....Carle Place, N.Y.52 ....John P. D’Alessandro ......Northport, N.Y.55 ....Benjamin Pleat................Roslyn, N.Y.56 ....Matthew R. Demichiel ....Hewlett, N.Y.59 ....Tyler J. Hoffman..............Sayville, N.Y.71 ....Ethan Hayden Handa ......Rockville Centre, N.Y.72 ....Jared R. Halstrom ..........Bellmore, N.Y.74 ....Benjamin Q. King ............East Meadow, N.Y.77 ....Josh Young ....................Old Bethpage, N.Y.84 ....Gonzalo E. Mocorrea ......Locust Valley, N.Y.90 ....Brian W. Slivonik ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.100 ..Lubomir Cuba ................Massapequa Park, N.Y.106 ..Kyle Alper ......................Dix Hills, N.Y.107 ..Joshua Williams Gordon..Hicksville, N.Y.108 ..Brett Edelblum ................Roslyn, N.Y.110 ..Alexander Lebedev ........Island Park, N.Y.112 ..Jonathan Paris ..................Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.116 ..Michael A. Vera ..............Bethpage, N.Y.117 ..Daniel Sliwowski ............Islip, N.Y.118 ..Raymond Zhao................Great Neck, N.Y.120 ..Benjamin Rosen..............Port Washington, N.Y.126 ..Drew F. Feldman ............Port Washington, N.Y.127 ..Ian Baranowski ..............Syosset, N.Y.132 ..Aaron Nussdorf ..............Old Westbury, N.Y.135 ..Alex C. Sacher ................Glen Head, N.Y.147 ..Benjamin Mermelstein ....Northport, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 16 SinglesLong Island RegionRank Name ................................City5 ......Bert Vancura ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.7 ......Eric Rubin ......................Lido Beach, N.Y.8 ......Alexander Friedlich ........Great Neck, N.Y.9 ......Matthew O. Barry............Long Beach, N.Y.15 ....Howard Weiss ................Great Neck, N.Y.20 ....Josh Levine ....................Syosset, N.Y.23 ....Jensen Reiter..................Syosset, N.Y.26 ....Zachary Morris................Garden City, N.Y.27 ....Andrew Yaraghi ..............Mill Neck, N.Y.30 ....Eric Ambrosio..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.35 ....Jonahiby Tauil ................Valley Stream, N.Y.

39 ....Alan S. Pleat ..................Roslyn, N.Y.43 ....Jason Hubsher................Sands Point, N.Y.52 ....David Greenbaum ..........Great Neck, N.Y.53 ....Aidan Talcott ..................Sea Cliff, N.Y.56 ....Harrison Digia ................Manhasset, N.Y.57 ....Brendan Henry................Massapequa, N.Y.60 ....Kevin Katz ......................Woodbury, N.Y.65 ....Paul Abrudescu ..............Great Neck, N.Y.68 ....Richard Sipala ................Quogue, N.Y.69 ....Noah Rubin ....................Merrick, N.Y.77 ....Stephen Peng ................Woodbury, N.Y.84 ....Adam S. Gottlieb ............Great Neck, N.Y.87 ....Sloan Millman ................Woodmere, N.Y.88 ....Matthew J. Richards ......Bayport, N.Y.90 ....Ofir Solomon ..................Plainview, N.Y.92 ....Samuel Lam ..................Old Westbury, N.Y.97 ....Douglas Hoch..................Glen Head, N.Y.98 ....Zachary Mintz ................Roslyn, N.Y.103 ..Michael Paul ..................Baldwin, N.Y.120 ..Jacob Mishkin ................Woodbury, N.Y.129 ..Ethan Bogard ..................Lido Beach, N.Y.130 ..Sean Jagi Chhugani ........Roslyn, N.Y.133 ..Christian Thienel ............East Quogue, N.Y.137 ..Matthew Lam..................Old Westbury, N.Y.149 ..Eric Sumanaru ................Middle Island, N.Y.150 ..Darren Reisch ................Floral Park, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 18 SinglesLong Island RegionRank Name ................................City2 ......Daniel Kreyman ..............Long Beach, N.Y.8 ......Shaun Bernstein ............Plainview, N.Y.21 ....Jason Simon ..................Roslyn, N.Y.25 ....Corey Morgenstern ........Old Bethpage, N.Y.28 ....Dennis Zlobinsky ............Greenvale, N.Y.29 ....Shane Giannetti ..............Oyster Bay, N.Y.30 ....Zachary Weiss ................Great Neck, N.Y.41 ....Oliver Loutsenko ............Bellmore, N.Y.44 ....Joseph Agler ..................North Bellmore, N.Y.49 ....Eric Ambrosio..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.56 ....Jonathan Defrancesch ....Manhasset, N.Y.62 ....Austin Blau ....................Roslyn, N.Y.63 ....Nolan Gelman ................Dix Hills, N.Y.66 ....Zachary Morris................Garden City, N.Y.67 ....Alexander Friedlich ........Great Neck, N.Y.79 ....Ignacio Casali ................Farmingdale, N.Y.83 ....Bert Vancura ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.84 ....Morgan Dauer ................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.94 ....Brett Byron ....................Dix Hills, N.Y.97 ....Matthew O. Barry............Lido Beach, N.Y.103 ..Ryan Fitzgerald ..............East Williston, N.Y.106 ..Benjamin Bogard ............Lido Beach, N.Y.110 ..Brandon Burns................Wheatley Heights, N.Y.112 ..Steven Milo ....................Woodbury, N.Y.118 ..Jason Hubsher................Sands Point, N.Y.121 ..Joshua Katten ................Plainview, N.Y.123 ..Michael T. Puntillo ..........Sands Point, N.Y.126 ..Constantinos Papavasiliou ..Roslyn, N.Y.128 ..Dylan Matthew Roberts ..Holtsville, N.Y. 131 ..Adam S. Gottlieb ............Great Neck, N.Y.132 ..Richard Sipala ................Quogue, N.Y.139 ..Zachary A. Dean..............Commack, N.Y.144 ..Scott Johnson ................Northport, N.Y.145 ..Brandon Li ......................Jericho, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 10 SinglesLong Island RegionRank Name ................................City7 ......Claire Handa ..................Rockville Centre, N.Y.9 ......Courtney Kowalsky ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.18 ....Jasmine Olivia Abidi ........Glen Head, N.Y.24 ....Caitlin Cosme..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.26 ....Lea Ma ..........................Dix Hills, N.Y.28 ....Stephanie Chikvashvili ....Syosset, N.Y.44 ....Jacqueline Rae Bukzin ....Manorville, N.Y.45 ....Nicole Kielan ..................Valley Stream, N.Y.



51 ....Gillan Moser....................Hewlett, N.Y.59 ....Dasha Dlin ......................Glen Head, N.Y.66 ....Morgan A. Wilkins ..........Glen Head, N.Y.75 ....Julia Kielan ....................Valley Stream, N.Y.79 ....Emily Austin ....................Hewlett, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 12 SinglesLong Island RegionRank Name ................................City3 ......Isabella Pascucci ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.6 ......Madison Battaglia ..............Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.8 ......Mia Vecchio ....................Manhasset Hills, N.Y.15 ....Morgan Kelly Herrmann ..Garden City, N.Y.18 ....Samantha Perri ..............Floral Park, N.Y.20 ....Jeannie Lozowski ..........Amityville, N.Y.26 ....Madison Appel ................Locust Valley, N.Y.29 ....Alexandra Lipps .............. Roslyn, N.Y.30 ....Karen A. Serina ..............Islip Terrace, N.Y.31 ....Alexa Graham ................Garden City, N.Y.45 ....Taylor S. Cosme ..............New Hyde Park, N.Y.56 ....Celeste Rose Matute ......Amityville, N.Y.57 ....Marissa Luchs ................Roslyn, N.Y.60 ....Claire Handa ..................Rockville Centre, N.Y.62 ....Shanice Nadia Arthur ......Glen Head, N.Y. 68 ....Courtney Kowalsky ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.75 ....Elena Nitsa Maria Nastasi Bayville, N.Y.84 ....Vanessa Scott ................Dix Hills, N.Y.87 ....Sarah Paul ......................Baldwin, N.Y.93 ....Michelle Vancura ............New Hyde Park, N.Y. 114 ..Michele Sheila Lehat ......Great Neck, N.Y.117 ..Michelle Haykin ..............Great Neck, N.Y.122 ..Nicole Damaghi ..............Kings Point, N.Y.128 ..Caitlin M. Cosme ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.131 ..Katie Jane Cirella ............Woodbury, N.Y.138 ..Rhea Malhotra ................Syosset, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 14 SinglesLong Island RegionRank Name ................................City6 ......Vivian Cheng ..................Woodbury, N.Y. 17 ....Sophie R. Barnard ..........Mill Neck, N.Y. 18 ....Claudia Li........................Jericho, N.Y. 20 ....Nadia Smergut................East Hampton, N.Y. 29 ....Gabriella Nicole Leon ......Woodmere, N.Y. 30 ....Sara R. Finger ................Saint James, N.Y. 35 ....Paulina Tafler ..................Oceanside, N.Y. 39 ....Isabella Pascucci ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.41 ....Sunaina Vohra ................Glen Head, N.Y. 45 ....Claudia M. Ruiz ..............Glen Head, N.Y.48 ....Ola Mally ........................Franklin Square, N.Y.53 ....Madison Battaglia ............Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.58 ....Bianca Posa ....................Valley Stream, N.Y. 60 ....Rithika D. Reddy ............Syosset, N.Y. 70 ....Zenat Rashidzada ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.73 ....Maria Korshunova ..........Oceanside, N.Y.82 ....Cameron Leigh Moskol ..Wantagh, N.Y.85 ....Mia Vecchio ....................Manhasset Hills, N.Y.93 ....Rachel Gastaldo ..............Syosset, N.Y.94 ....Ruth Freilich....................Lawrence, N.Y. 96 ....Karen A. Serina ..............Islip Terrace, N.Y.98 ....Julia Zhuang ..................Great Neck, N.Y.106 ..Laura Torsiello ................Bayport, N.Y.113 ..Jennifer Ferguson ..........Franklin Square, N.Y.114 ..Karishma Ramesh Tank ..New Hyde Park, N.Y.115 ..Amanda Edelman............Southampton, N.Y.122 ..Veronika Paikin ..............Valley Stream, N.Y.126 ..Campbell Howe ..............Locust Valley, N.Y.128 ..Aimee N. Manfredo ........Shoreham, N.Y.134 ..Megan M. Tamborrino ....Massapequa Park, N.Y.135 ..Lauren Ann Livingston ....Sands Point, N.Y.137 ..Emma R. Brezel ..............Port Washington, N.Y.144 ..Amanda Nowak ..............Huntington, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 16 SinglesLong Island RegionRank Name ................................City4 ......Katherine Yau..................Manhasset, N.Y.

5 ......Julia Elbaba ....................Oyster Bay, N.Y. 7 ......Hannah L. Camhi ............Woodbury, N.Y. 8 ......Shelby Talcott ................Sea Cliff, N.Y. 11 ....Jacqueline Raynor ..........Garden City, N.Y. 21 ....Devlin-Ann Ammendola ..Massapequa, N.Y. 26 ....Samantha B. Gann ..........Massapequa, N.Y. 28 ....Stephanie Loutsenko ......Bellmore, N.Y. 36 ....Diana Vamvakitis ............Quogue, N.Y. 40 ....Morgan C. Feldman ........Glen Head, N.Y. 45 ....Missy Edelblum ..............Roslyn, N.Y. 46 ....Deana Davoudias ............Rockville Centre, N.Y. 62 ....Lauren Wagner ..............Roslyn Heights, N.Y. 65 ....Paige J. Mintz ................Roslyn, N.Y. 72 ....Sophie R. Barnard ..........Mill Neck, N.Y. 79 ....Samantha Rosca-Sipot....Malverne, N.Y. 81 ....Taylor A. Diffley ..............Hampton Bays, N.Y.85 ....Robin R. Mehta ..............Manhasset, N.Y.86 ....Samantha Elgort ............Melville, N.Y. 89 ....Jamie Hann ....................Westhampton, N.Y.90 ....Claudia Li........................Jericho, N.Y.95 ....Melissa Carlay ................New Hyde Park, N.Y.97 ....Carly Siegel ....................Dix Hills, N.Y. 104 ..Vivian Cheng ..................Woodbury, N.Y. 106 ..Nadia Smergut................East Hampton, N.Y.114 ..Ludmila Yamus................Melville, N.Y. 115 ..Jessica Sickles ..............Massapequa Park, N.Y.118 ..Courtney Sokol................Floral Park, N.Y.120 ..Amy Ginny Naula ............East Hampton, N.Y.124 ..Ashley Sandler ................Jericho, N.Y.134 ..Veronika Paikin ..............Valley Stream, N.Y.135 ..Lila Martz........................Long Beach, N.Y.137 ..Jessica Nowak................Huntington, N.Y.139 ..Hannah Hinchcliffe..........Mineola, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 18 SinglesLong Island RegionRank Name ................................City2 ......Julia Elbaba ....................Oyster Bay, N.Y.5 ......Jennifer Kellner ..............Smithtown, N.Y.10 ....Olivia Pascucci................Oyster Bay, N.Y.12 ....Shelby Talcott ................Sea Cliff, N.Y.14 ....Aylin Mehter ..................Massapequa, N.Y.17 ....Blair Seideman ..............Glen Head, N.Y.21 ....Nicolle Stracar ................Jericho, N.Y.23 ....Jessica Podlofsky ..........Port Washington, N.Y.33 ....Jennifer Fridman ............Port Washington, N.Y.34 ....Kelsey Raynor ................Garden City, N.Y.38 ....Robyn Romanoff ............Centereach, N.Y. 39 ....Ashley T. Harel ................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.41 ....Shelby Bates ..................Jericho, N.Y.42 ....Kristin Norton..................Port Washington, N.Y.67 ....Deana Davoudiasl ..........Rockville Centre, N.Y.75 ....Andrea Samlin ................Merrick, N.Y.77 ....Hannah L. Camhi ............Woodbury, N.Y. 80 ....Samantha Gann ..............Massapequa, N.Y.82 ....Andrea Arreguin ..............Hicksville, N.Y.85 ....Eliza J. Budd ..................Locust Valley, N.Y.97 ....Stephanie Loutsenko ......Bellmore, N.Y.98......Lindsay V. Kantor ....................Westhampton Beach, N.Y.102 ..Amanda B. Halstrom ......Bellmore, N.Y.107 ..Allie Reisch ....................Floral Park, N.Y.130 ..Cassie Bender ................Amityville, N.Y.138 ..Marissa D. Lazar ............Hewlett, N.Y.144 ..Elizabeth Caroline Rossi ..Flanders, N.Y.145 ..Missy Edelblum ..............Roslyn, N.Y.

Boys & Girls National Rankings(as of 09/28/09)

National Boys 12 SinglesLong Island PlayersRank Name ................................City48 ....Lubomir Cuba ................Massapequa, N.Y.50 ....Alexander Lebedev ........Island Park, N.Y.57 ....Brenden Andrew Volk ......Dix Hills, N.Y.

113 ..Eric Wagner ....................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.556 ..Rajan Jai Vohra ..............Glen Head, N.Y.592 ..Kevin Alec Kowalsky ......Oyster Bay, N.Y.617 ..Palmer T. Clare................North Bellmore, N.Y.636 ..Finbar Talcott ..................Sea Cliff, N.Y.752 ..Jordan Michael Bennett ..Valley Stream, N.Y.790 ..Justin Park......................Huntington, N.Y.990 ..Sean Mullins ..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.

National Boys 14 SinglesLong Island PlayersRank Name ................................City23 ....Noah Rubin ....................Merrick, N.Y.35 ....Ethan Bogard ..................Lido Beach, N.Y.40 ....Samuel Lam ..................Old Westbury, N.Y.45 ....Aidan Talcott ..................Sea Cliff, N.Y.47 ....Vihar Shah ......................New Hyde Park, N.Y.123 ..Philip Daniel Antohi ........Glen Head, N.Y.196 ..Zain Ali............................Dix Hills, N.Y.218 ..Michael Paul ..................Baldwin, N.Y.222 ..Julian Alexi Zlobinsky......Greenvale, N.Y.248 ..Lamar Remy ..................Roslyn, N.Y.304 ..Douglas Notaris ..............Wantagh, N.Y.342 ..Dylan Hobbs Appel ..........Locust Valley, N.Y.359 ..Josh Silverstein ..............Great Neck, N.Y.398 ..Richard Mitchell ..............Franklin Square, N.Y.520 ..John P. D’Allesandro ......Northport, N.Y.569 ..Zachary A. Lessen ..........Roslyn Heights, N.Y.731 ..Tyler J. Hoffman..............Sayville, N.Y.757 ..Benjamin Pleat................Roslyn, N.Y.828 ..Conor Mullins..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.890 ..Mark Daniel Temporal ....Carle Place, N.Y.961 ..Brandon T. Stone ............Melville, N.Y.

National Boys 16 SinglesLong Island PlayersRank Name ................................City38 ....Bert Vancura ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.99 ....Eric Rubin ......................Lido Beach, N.Y.122 ..Alexander Friedlich ........Great Neck, N.Y.130 ..Matthew O. Barry............Lido Beach, N.Y.143 ..Howie Weiss ..................Great Neck, N.Y.157 ..Josh Levine ....................Syosset, N.Y.187 ..Jensen Reiter..................Syosset, N.Y.188 ..Andrew Yaraghi ..............Mill Neck, N.Y.249 ..Eric Ambrosio..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.323 ..Alan S. Pleat ..................Roslyn, N.Y.358 ..Zachary Morris................Garden City, N.Y.392 ..David Greenbaum ..........Great Neck, N.Y.429 ..Jason Hubsher................Sands Point, N.Y.492 ..Jonahiby Tauil ................Valley Stream, N.Y.568 ..Kevin A. Katz ..................Woodbury, N.Y.570 ..Samuel Lam ..................Old Westbury, N.Y.695 ..Aidan Talcott ..................Sea Cliff, N.Y.882 ..Richard Sipala ................Quogue, N.Y.892 ..Noah Rubin ....................Merrick, N.Y.

National Boys 18 SinglesLong Island PlayersRank Name ................................City22 ....Shaun Bernstein ............Plainview, N.Y.70 ....Daniel Kreyman ..............Long Beach, N.Y.329 ..Shane Gianetti ................Oyster Bay, N.Y.471 ..Dennis Zlobinsky ............Greenvale, N.Y.484 ..Jason A. Simon ..............Roslyn Heights, N.Y.491 ..Zachary Weiss ................Great Neck, N.Y.547 ..Corey Morgenstern ........Old Bethpage, N.Y.584 ..Joseph Agler ..................North Bellmore, N.Y.623 ..Oliver Loutsenko ............Bellmore, N.Y.769 ..Bert Vancura ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.809 ..Alexander Friedlich ........Great Neck, N.Y.896 ..Eric Ambrosio..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.

National Girls 12 SinglesLong Island PlayersRank Name ................................City72 ....Mia Vecchio ....................Manhasset Hills, N.Y.

89 ....Isabella Pascucci ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.91 ....Madison Battaglia ..............Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.181 ..Morgan Kelly Herrmann ..Garden City, N.Y.283 ..Samantha Perri ..............Floral Park, N.Y.328 ..Madison Appel ................Locust Valley, N.Y.390 ..Alexandra Lipps ............Roslyn, N.Y.400 ..Jeannie Lozowski ..........Amityville, N.Y.404 ..Alexa Graham ................Garden City, N.Y.602 ..Karen A. Serina ..............Islip Terrace, N.Y.717 ..Taylor S. Cosme ..............New Hyde Park, N.Y.793 ..Sarah Paul ......................Baldwin, N.Y.

National Girls 14 SinglesLong Island PlayersRank Name ................................City76 ....Vivian Cheng ..................Woodbury, N.Y.180 ..Sophie Barnard ..............Mill Neck, N.Y.251 ..Claudia Li........................Jericho, N.Y.320 ..Nadia Smergut................East Hampton, N.Y.466 ..Sara R. Finger ................Saint James, N.Y. 477 ..Paulina Tafler ..................Oceanside, N.Y. 523 ..Gabriella Nicole Leon ......Woodmere, N.Y. 620 ..Isabella Pascucci ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.774 ..Rithika D. Reddy ............Syosset, N.Y. 830 ..Sunaina Vohra ................Glen Head, N.Y. 845 ..Madison Battaglia ............Cold Spring harbor, N.Y.848 ..Bianca Posa ....................Valley Stream, N.Y.850 ..Mia Vecchio ....................Manhasset Hills, N.Y.

National Girls 16 SinglesLong Island PlayersRank Name ................................City56 ....Shelby Talcott ................Sea Cliff, N.Y.57 ....Julia Elbaba ....................Oyster Bay, N.Y.72 ....Katherine Yau..................Manhasset, N.Y. 80 ....Hannah L. Camhi ............Woodbury, N.Y. 382 ..Devlin-Ann Ammendola ..Massapequa, N.Y. 426 ..Jacqueline Raynor ..........Garden City, N.Y. 431 ..Stephanie Loutsenko ......Bellmore, N.Y. 443 ..Morgan C. Feldman ........Glen Head, N.Y. 514 ..Lauren Wagner ..............Roslyn Heights, N.Y.519 ..Samantha B. Gann ..........Massapequa, N.Y. 580 ..Missy Edelbaum..............Roslyn, N.Y.743 ..Sophie R. Barnard ..........Mill Neck, N.Y. 799 ..Paige J. Mintz ................Roslyn, N.Y. 822 ..Diana Vamvakitis ............Quogue, N.Y. 925 ..Deana Davoudiasl ..........Rockville Centre, N.Y. 939 ..Samantha Rosca-Sipot....Malverne, N.Y.

National Girls 18 SinglesLong Island PlayersRank Name ................................City24 ....Blair Seideman ..............Glen Head, N.Y.33 ....Jennifer Kellner ..............Smithtown, N.Y.74 ....Julia Elbaba ....................Oyster Bay, N.Y.119 ..Olivia Pascucci................Oyster Bay, N.Y.254 ..Mollie Anderson ..............Melville, N.Y.343 ..Nicolle Stracar ................Jericho, N.Y.360 ..Kristin Norton..................Port Washington, N.Y.394 ..Aylin Mehter ..................Massapequa, N.Y.431 ..Jennifer Fridman ............Port Washington, N.Y.463 ..Shelby Talcott ................Sea Cliff, N.Y.501 ..Robyn Romanoff ............Centereach, N.Y. 502 ..Jessica Podlofsky ..........Port Washington, N.Y.543 ..Ashley T. Harel ................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.623 ..Kelsey Raynor ................Garden City, N.Y.664 ..Shelby Bates ..................Jericho, N.Y.




NOVEMBER 2009Friday-Sunday, November 6-8L3 Long Beach Eastern UPS ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe Boulevard • Long Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (10-14)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player for singles(deadline for entries is Tuesday, Nov. 3 at1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, November 6-8LBTC Men’s/Women’s NTRP Challenger andMen’s TournamentLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: M (40, 50, 50, 70, 80)s; W (40,50, 60, 70)d; NMW (3.0-4.0)sdSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $45 per player for singles and$30 per player for doubles (deadline forentries is Saturday, Oct. 31 at 11:59 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, November 6-8 & November 13-15L2R Long Island Regional WesthamptonChampionshipWesthampton Beach Tennis & Sport Club86 Depot RoadWesthampton Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (12-16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 23 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 288-6060.

Friday-Sunday, November 6-8L2R Long Island Regional Sportime Massapequa ChampionshipSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (14-10)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 30 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 799-3550.

Friday-Sunday, November 13-15 &November 20-22L1 Sportime Bethpage Ron Smyth MemorialChampionshipSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 30 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, November 13-15 &November 20-22L1 Huntington ChampionshipHuntington Indoor Tennis100 Broadway StreetHuntington Station, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked G (14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 30 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 421-0040.

Friday-Sunday, November 13-15 &November 20-22L1 RWTTC ChampionshipRobbie Wagner Tournament Training atGlen Cove60 Sea Cliff AvenueGlen Cove, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked B (14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 30 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 759-0505.

Friday-Sunday, November 13-15L3 Sportime Massapequa Eastern UPSChampionshipSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Unranked BG (14-10)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 30 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 799-3550.

Friday-Sunday, November 13-15L2O Long Beach ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked B (10-18)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Monday, Nov. 9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, November 20-22L1B Sportime Massapequa ThanksgivingWarm-Up ChallengerSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (12, 18)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 6 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 799-3550.

Wednesday-Sunday, November 25-29L1B Long Beach ChallengerLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (16)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player for singles,$28 per player for doubles (deadline forentries is Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 1:00p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Wednesday-Sunday, November 25-29L1B RWTTC Thanksgiving ClassicRobbie Wagner Tournament Training atGlen Cove60 Sea Cliff AvenueGlen Cove, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked B (18,12-10)s, SE; G(12-10)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 1:00p.m.)For more information, call (516) 759-0505.

Thursday-Sunday, November 26-29Thankful SeniorJericho Westbury Tennis44 Jericho TurnpikeJericho, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked M (25, 35, 50, 60-65)sdSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $60 for singles players, $60 fordoubles players, late registrations mustadd $8 (entries open Monday, Oct. 26)For more information, call (516) 997-4060.

Friday-Sunday, November 27-29L2O Long Beach ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (18-16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, November 27-29Huntington ChampionshipHuntington Indoor Tennis100 Broadway StreetHuntington Station, N.Y.Divisions: M (Op)sSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 20 at 11:59 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 421-0040.

Friday-Sunday, November 27-29L2R Long Island Regional Sportime Bethpage ChampionshipSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (10-14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

USTA/Long Island Region 2009TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

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USTA/Long Island Region 2009TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

For detailed information on these and all USTA tournaments, visit tennislink.usta.com/tournaments.

DECEMBER 2009Friday-Sunday, December 4-6L2O LBTC ChampionshipsLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (10-14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player for singles,(deadline for entries is Friday, Nov. 20 at1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, December 4-6 & December 11-13L1 RWTTC ChampionshipsRobbie Wagner Tournament Training atGlen Cove81 Round Hill RoadRoslyn Heights, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 20 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 759-0505.

Friday-Sunday, December 4-6 & December 11-13L1 Huntington ChampionshipHuntington Indoor Tennis100 Broadway StreetHuntington Station, N.Y.Divisions: G (14)sd, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $48.88 per player for singles,$28 per player for doubles (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 20 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 421-0040.

Friday-Sunday, December 4-6L3 Westhampton Eastern UPS ChampionshipsWesthampton Beach Tennis & Sport Club86 Depot RoadWesthampton Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (12-16)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 20 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 288-6060.

Friday-Sunday, December 4-6L3 Sportime Bethpage Eastern UPS \Cham-pionshipSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (10-18)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 27 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, December 11-20L1 Sportime Kings Park ChampionshipsSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead RoadKings Park, N.Y.Divisions: BG (10)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 27 at 5:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 269-6300.

Friday-Sunday, December 11-13L2O LBTC ChampsLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (16-18)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 27 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call(516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, December 18-20L3 LBTC UPSLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (10-16)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Dec. 4 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call(516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, December 18-20L1B Sportime Massapequa ChallengerSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (16)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Dec. 11 at 11:59 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 799-3550.

Friday-Sunday, December 18-20 &Friday-Wednesday, December 25-30L1B Sportime Bethpage ChallengerSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (10-14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Dec. 4 at 11:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, December 18-20 &Saturday-Sunday, December 26-27L1B World Gym Setauket ChallengerWorld Gym Racquet & Sports Arena384 Mark Tree RoadEast Setauket, N.Y.Ranked: BG (18)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Dec. 4 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 751-6100.

Saturday-Wednesday, December 26-30Winter SolsticeJericho Westbury Tennis44 Jericho TurnpikeJericho, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked M (25, 40, 50, 60-65)sdSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $60 for singles players, $60 fordoubles players, late registrations mustadd $8 (deadline for entries is Monday,Nov. 30)For more information, call (516) 997-4060.

Saturday-Thursday, December 26-31L20 Point Set Holiday ChampionshipPoint Set Indoor Racquet3065 New StreetOceanside, N.Y.Ranked: BG (10-18)sdSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 536-2323.

Tuesday-Thursday, December 29-31L1 Long Beach Doubles ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked BG (10-18)d, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Saturday, Dec. 12 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

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