2009 Junior Tournament -- results and photos

Results and photos are now available on-line from our November 2009 Junior Tournament.

The results are here.

The photos are here.

Tennis Fundraiser for Typhoon Victims in Philippines with Cecil Mamiit and other ATP pro players

On Sat. Nov. 28th, there will be a fundraiser tennis event to help the victims of the Typhoons in the Philippines. The day will be filled with lots of activities including match play for charity, free tennis clinics, giveaways by Babolat and Solinco string. Thanks to the ATP tour, there will also be lots of sports memorabilia available through a silent auction. All proceeds through this auction will go to aid those who have suffered through the disaster. Attached is the flyer for the event. Please forward this email to anyone you think that would would be interested in attending this event. All check donations are tax deductuble through the Fil-Am Tennis Association (FATA), a non-profit organization 501(c)(3).

Location:
La Mirada Tennis Courts
13701 Adelfa Drive
La Mirada, CA 90638

For more information, contact:
Joel Dacay
Operations Manager
LA Fitness Tennis Club
Direct line: 818.577.1765
typhoonrelief@fitnessmechanix.com

Inland Empire tennis on Facebook

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Diamondbacks fall in first round

November 12, 2009 11:49 PM

By TOMOYA SHIMURA, STAFF WRITER

PHELAN -- Despite a coaching change in the middle of the season, the Serrano girls tennis team went on to win its seventh straight Mojave River League title.

But the Diamondbacks' impressive run finally came to an end as South Pasadena beat them 15-3 in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division III playoffs on Thursday.

See the rest of this article here.

CIF: Oak Hills vs. Palmdale

Final score: Oak Hills 5, Palmdale 13

Varsity Singles

Nicky King 6-1, 6-0, 6-0 (Nicky King has now won 49 out of 53 sets!)

Stephanie Thomas 1-6, 1-6, 2-6

Lauren Smith 1-6, 1-6, 0-6

Varsity Doubles

Taylor Tang and Theodora Turner 4-6, 6-2, 2-6

Vanessa Franco and Angelica Perea 4-6, 6-0,2-6

Denise Rhoten and Stacy Henriquez 2-6, 4-6, 2-6

Tennis, 8-man football teams receive draws

In each of the previous six postseasons, the Granite Hills girls tennis team has been paired against one of the top four seeds in either the first or second round.

That opponent has won each time and has gone on to at least to the semifinals.

Granite Hills coach Pat Jenkins is feeling a whole better about his team's prospects in this year's playoffs; the Cougars were given the eighth seed in the CIF-Division V bracket, released on Monday.

"I am just glad to see a little tiny bit of respect from CIF," Jenkins said.

Read the full article here.

We hear ...

... that Spring Valley Lake Country Club has hired a replacement for the post vacated by Hasan Humayun. The word is that the new guy's name is Warren, and our guess is that this could be Warren Rohmfeld, formerly of Indian Wells Country Club (another club owned by Club Corp.). If so, it will be interesting to see what happens, as Warren Rohmfeld is listed as "wellness director" at IWCC, leaving up to speculation his tennis credentials.

MRL tennis finals: Sultans get the best of D'backs

HESPERIA -- The Sultans got their revenge.

Serrano beat Sultana to win the Mojave River League girls tennis championship earlier in the week, but the Sultans bounced back to claim individual titles in singles and doubles at the MRL finals on Friday.

See the rest of the story here.