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TENNIS
HEADED TO DISTRICTS!
Congratulations to the 8.5 Women's Combo Team captained by Diane Keenley for winning their second playoff round and qualifying for Districts last Friday evening. Amy Rennert / Heather Lobdell beat Beth Davis / Michelle Morrow 6/4 7/5 in the #2 position. Kim Logie / Leigh Pagan beat Merilee Bordin / Linda Croteau 6/1 6/3. A convincing victory with no need to play the third match between Diane Keenley / Jennifer Dibble in the #1 position.
Other members of the team include Valerie Behrendt, Diane Bradford, Janelle Brady, Claudia Bressie, Jill Conn, Jane Dorn, Karrie Groves, Cheryl Kahn, Jill Lacorte, Mikelynn Leverte, Jaina Maier, Tiffany Sams, Susan Terrell, Marylou Tierney, Susa Tunnell, Christina Wang, Kim Winterhalter and Jane Young.
Districts are played February 19-21. Best of luck!
AUSSIE OPEN 2016
2015 Tiburon Challenger Champion, Tim Smyczek has qualified for the Australian Open and will join Tiburon 2015 finailst Denis Kudla in the main draw along with Ryan Harrison who also made an appearance at our tournament last year. The up-and-coming American star, Taylor Fritz continued his great form of late also by successfully qualifying for the first Grand Slam of the year. Fritz will take on fellow American Jack Sock in the first round. Sock is a previous winner of the Tiburon Challenger and has risen to #22 in the ATP Tour world rankings.
19 year old American Noah Rubin earned himself a wild card into the tournament through his performance on the USTA Challenger Circuit last year and has won his first round against Frenchman Benoit Paire, currently ranked #18 in the world. A fantastic result and we look forward to keeping an eye on his progression. Other Americans in the draw include Bjorn Fratangelo, Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Donald Young and of course Steve Johnson, Sam Querrey and John Isner, all except for Isner have played in the Tiburon Challenger on their way to the big stage.
A strong presence for the American players at the Aussie Open and we wish them all the best!
SPRING SEASON STARTS MARCH 15 March 15th will see the beginning of a new era for our TPC Spring Junior Program. We will be shifting to the "Team Based Philosophy' across all levels and are extremely excited for the opportunities that lie ahead for our youth.
Included in the 'Team Packages' will be weekly team practices, USTA Junior Team Tennis League, travel coach to away USTA Junior Team Tennis matches, weekly game days,inter-club matches, team t-shirt and more.
Our youth will enjoy many more match playing opportunities and thrive in the team environment. All TPC junior players have the opportunity to be a part of the TPC Junior Team as a whole and we look forward to the benefits that this new approach will offer our children.
Please stay tuned for more information.
BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND Visualization is a very powerful tool in tennis. See yourself executing the shot successfully, creating a picture of the next point in your mind of how you would like it to play out.
If you can see it, you can achieve it.
Have great week!
Brendan
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