Growing up, my first tennis racquet was only $15 from Modell’s Sporting Goods. I had gone through a lot of battles with that plastic racquet until the frame completely bent on me during a match. I had truly outgrown that racquet as I was hitting the ball so big that it literally bent and crumbled in my hand. So it was time for a new one, a real one this time.

My dad had a racquet that he had used for a while and he passed it down to me. It was the Wilson Jack Kramer Pro-staff with the orange wooden handle. I had built up quite the callus on my hand due to that racquet but I loved it. I was having great success with that racquet until my dad had the bright idea of switching me to a Yonex racquet. At the time Monica Seles was doing extremely well with that racquet beating Steffi Graf in Grand Slams. (more…)

Results

Men’s 50’s Singles – Lawrence Detterville def. Greg Owens, 5-1 by default

Women’s 50’s Singles – Carolle O’Neil def. Elaine Yuan, 6-3, 6-2

Men’s 70’s Singles – Michael Gurmai def. Michel Loir, 6-0, 6-0

Women’s 70’s Singles – Barbara Pace won our round robin

Men’s 60’s Singles – Steve Reed def. Bob Monsheimer, 5-7, 6-1, 10-5

Women’s 50’s Doubles – Linda Shaffer & Riette van Laack won our round robin

Men’s 70’s Doubles – coming soon

Men’s 60’s Doubles – Mike Makuch & Mike Moriarty won our round robin

Women’s 60’s Doubles – Barbara Pace & Manette Tao won our round robin

Men’s 3.5 Singles – Bryan Cook won our round robin

Men’s 3.0 Singles – Jim Vires won our round robin

Men’s 4.0 Singles – Chris Robinson def. Kyle Wexler, 6-0, 6-1

Women’s 3.0 Doubles – Linda Shaffer and Ruth Randle won our round robin