The on-court action was as dramatic as ever at the last Fort Myers Ritzman Tennis USPTA Pro League stop at Pelican Landings on November 16. Five of the 12 matches were decided by super-tiebreaks and three other matches included regular tiebreaks. The Pro League remains the best early Friday evening entertainment in town!
Remax vs. Babolat
Remax came into the third Pro League stop at
Pelican Landing in first place, leading Babolat by one point, and the two teams took to the courts with the league-lead on the line. When the night was over, Remax had
cemented its position atop the Pro League heap.
Corey Knapp & Frank Fourgeau |
On Court 1, Denny Rager and Tyler Owens of
Babolat won a 10-5 super tiebreak to eclipse Manuel Encalada and Luke Andreae
for two Babolat points. At Second Doubles, undefeated Remax Captain Frank
Fourgeau and partner Corey Knapp claimed two points with a straight-set win
over Jeff Diggs and John Jerome.
John Gillette & Toni Halski |
On Court 3, Toni Halski and John Gillette (sub)
slipped past Dave Dooley and Jorge Magalhaes 10-7 in the super-tiebreak to post
one point for Babolat. Remax garnered another two points on the Mixed Court
when Dan Moenning and Christie Bradley downed Erica Cossairt and Christian Abele (sub) 6-4, 7-6.
Johnny Malloy’s (JM) vs. Boston Retirement Advisors (BRA)
Mike Curran & Elliot Debolt |
With a deft display of subbing (three subs in
four matches), Johnny Malloy’s edged Boston Retirement Advisors 4.5 – 4 points.
On Court 1, Mike Curran and Elliot Debolt took a thriller over Scott Harrington
and Jared Kalpin, squeaking out a 14-12 super-tiebreak to earn two points for
JM.
Joel Hampton, Mike Barnes & Jeremy Orme |
Kevin Kearns and Jeremy Orme (sub) posted another point for JM in a similar war of attrition, taking the super tiebreak 16-14 over Joel Hampton and Mike
Barnes.
Bob Green & Kim Jones |
In what must be considered an upset on Court 3, Todd
Wise and Mike Stevens (sub) downed league commissioner Jim Katterfield and Paul
D’Amico 6-4, 6-2 in the only straight-set match of the JM/BRA-contest. Saving
the day for BRA on the Mixed Doubles Court was Bob Greene and Kim Jones, who
edged John Ramsey and Belinda Dufrene (sub) 10-8 to post two points for BRA. JM
moved into second place alone with 13 points, leaving BRA in a third-place tie with Babolat
with 12.5 points each.
Gateway Dental (GD) vs. University Grill (UG)
Gateway Dental (GD) and University Grill (UG)
came into the third skirmish of the season in fifth and sixth place
respectively, and their positions did not change. Both teams lost ground to
league-leading Remax, but GD finished the night just half a point out of third, and one point
behind second-place JM.
Ryan Sherry & Shawn Hedrick |
GD Captain Shawn Hedrick and partner Ryan Sherry
held up their end of the bargain on Court 1, downing Sergio Rebolledo and Matt
Maloney 6-1, 7-6 to post two points.
Tom Fisher & Mike Lawver |
On Court 2, UG Captain Mike Lawver teamed
with Tom “Super Sub” Fisher to pin a straight-set loss on my partner Anthony
Hatori and I to even things up. This was a painful loss, because I was serving
for the first set at 5-3 and didn’t win a single point on my serve. We lost
7-6, 7-5…Ouch!
Kerry Kendrick & Alex Hermeto |
Terry See and Mark Drons teamed up on Court 3 to
dispatch Steve Shortridge and Jeff Timmer 6-2, 6-4, getting two points for UG,
and Alex Hermeto and Kerry Kendrick took home two points for GD by beating Tony
Martin and Carolyn Lawver 6-2, 6-3.
Scott Harrington, Mike Lawver, & Jeff Diggs |
In sum, everyone lost ground to Remax, which
extended its lead to 3.5 points over second-place Johnny Malloy. Just one point
separates the teams in second through fifth place, but University Grill trails
the leader by 8.5 points.
Faithful fans- Marley & Bruce Lombard |
Things won’t get much easier for Mike Lawver’s
team this Friday, as UG takes on host Jeff Diggs’ third-place Babolat team at
Fiddlesticks. Frank Fourgeau’s League-leading Remax will face Scott Harrington’s
BRA, while second-place JM, led by Mike Curran, will seek to hold off Shawn
Hedrick’s fifth-place GD, who is one point out of second.
The lineups for the Fiddlesticks matches are as
follows:
USPTA Pro League at
Fiddlesticks Friday , 11/30/12
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3pm
Matches:
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5:00pm
Matches
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Babolat vs University Grill
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Jeff
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Diggs
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Tyler
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Owens
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John
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Jerome
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Denny
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Rager
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Court
2
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VS
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Court 1
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VS
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Patrick
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Kangwa
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Sergio
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Rebolledo
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Mark
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Drons
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Matt
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Maloney
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Toni
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Halski
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John
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Gillette
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Court
3
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VS
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Mike
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Lawver
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Terry
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See
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Armor
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Persons
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Erica
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Cossairt
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Mixed
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VS
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Tony
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Martin
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Carolyn
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Lawver
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Remax vs. Boston Retirement Advisors
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Dave
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Dooley
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Luke
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Andreae
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Jorge
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Magalhaes
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Manuel
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Encalada
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Court
3
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VS
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Court 1
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VS
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Paul
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D'Amico
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Scott
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Harrington
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Mike
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Barnes
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Jared
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Kalpin
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Christie
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Bradley
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Jim
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Katterfield
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Dan
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Moenning
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Joel
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Hampton
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Mixed
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VS
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Court 2
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VS
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Kim
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Jones
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Frank
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Fourgeau
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Greg
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Copeland
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Corey
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Knapp
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Johnny Malloy's vs Gateway Dental
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Todd
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Wise
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Mike
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Curran
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Kevin
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Kearns
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Elliott
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Debolt
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Court
2
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VS
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Court 1
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VS
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TA
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Niles
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Ryan
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Sherry
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Anthony
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Hatori
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Shawn
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Hedrick
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Larry
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Gagnon
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Oliver
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Stenger
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Court
3
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VS
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Steve
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Shortridge
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Jeff
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Timmer
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John
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Ramsey
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Christyn
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Lucas
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Mixed
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VS
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Alex
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Hermeto
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Chandler
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Kleinpeter
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Enjoyed every match ! Thank you T for another great piece:)
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