The Pompallier Tennis Club official opening for the 2009 season will be held at the club on Friday 11th September at 6.00pm. There will be an auction of luxury items taking place on the evening including a luxury weekend on Waiheke Island, an Audi Cabriolet for the weekend, a restaurant package and more. Members and non-members are all welcome.
The US Open seeds have been officially announced. Elena Dementieva ASB Champion, is fourth-seeded. After her excellent performance in Toronto where she won against Maria Sharapova in the final, she is in good shape for the last Grand Slam of the year. The Williams sisters (Serena seeded at number two, Venus at three) and Dinara Safina ( number one) make up the top tier.
For the male players, Heineken Open stars Juan Martin del Potro (winner in 2009), Sam Querrey (2009 finalist) and Philipp Kohlschreiber (2008 winner) are seeded sixth, twenty-second and twenty-third, respectively. They might face other international stars such as Roger Federer (first-seed), the two Andys (Murray and Roddick) who are second and fifth-seeded. Coming back from an injury period, Rafael Nadal, third seed, will definietly be in the mix too!
The New Zealand Davis Cup team in association with Greymouth Petroleum has been announced for the tie against the Philippines, in Manila 18-20 September. The team is: Dan King-Turner (world ranking 339), Rubin ‘Jose’ Statham (393), GD Jones (839) and Oliver ‘Mikal’ Statham (886).
The team is unchanged from the July line-up which defeated Indonesia 5-0 at the Perry Arena in Hamilton. The next Davis Cup match will be a bigger challenge for the New Zealand team, given the hot conditions in Manila. The team are keen to overturn their defeat from two years ago in New Zealand where the Philippines won convincingly in the semi-final of Asia/Oceania Group II. If New Zealand wins against the Philippines in the upcoming match, the team will be promoted to Group I in 2010. Countries such as Korea, Thailand as well as Australia are currently in Group I. The team preparations begin in early September in Asia. Sebastian Lavie will join the team for the week in Philippines in a development role after competing in the US Open Juniors Tournament.
At the recent Tennis Auckland AGM Jon Olsen was elected the new President for the 2009/2010 year. Jon has a long association with the Parnell Tennis Club and was previously a board member of Auckland Tennis. He replaces the outgoing President Donald Sim who must be congratulated for his marvellous contribution as President over the last 12 months. Pam Sowter from the Blockhouse Bay Tennis Club was elected Vice President.
Judy Bent has been re-elected as a Board Member and is joined by John McGill as a newly elected member under the new Tennis Auckland constitution bringing the Board total to eight.
The TennisAuckland Umpires Association is organising a training session for anyone interested in working as a line umpire at any event. This training will be between 3 and 5pm on Sunday 13 September, at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland. This training is essential for those new Officials who have applied or intend to apply for the major events, ATP/WTA January 2010. More…
To download the entry form or for more information click here. Entries close – 12noon Thursday 27th August, 2009. Entry into the tournament is open to any player, however, only those players who meet the qualifying criteria will be eligible to win the major prize. The major prize winners will be the best performed Amateur player in the Open Section of both the Men’s and Women’s Singles Events. More…
