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February 2009 / Issue 13

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

We just love announcing our City Championship results because we love to see so many bright smiling faces! If you don't think flex tennis is fun and competitive, then you obviously haven't looked at the pictures of our champions & finalists! Here is a little preview but be sure to check out the complete results below.

Left: Kyler Bang 10 u / C Level Champ,
Below: Tommy Bryan & Bill Anders, 3.0 Men's Doubles Champs.

We are happy to announce our January and February Good Sportsmanship award winners, Alyssa Fountain & Geanette Cammack, Each will receive a 1 year subscription to Tennis Life Magazine!

Please help us by continuing to support our league sponsors - they provide prizes and giveaways for YOU! I Play Tennis, Atlanta League Sponsor, PGA Tour Superstore, Texas League Sponsor and Ace Authentic, Junior League Sponsor. And be sure to visit Genewize and Yaya Tennis Academy, our February newsletter sponsors.

Don't miss out on the upcoming Marietta Slam Event featuring Robbie Ginepri & John Isner. We will be giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky winner in the month of February!

All Spring leagues are OPEN FOR REGISTRATION! If you have earned LeagueTennis $$, you can now manage your account online and apply your credits to your registration at checkout!

LeagueTennis.com continues to grow, and we simply couldn't do it without you. We advertise and market our league in various ways, but most of our growth comes from good old-fashioned word of mouth. We want to encourage you to continue to spread the word, it is the best way to help us grow the league. And more players means shorter drive times and better competition! We ask you to take a moment and send this newsletter to all of your friends, family and members of your tennis teams!

So as always, have fun on the courts!!

Sincerely,

The Staff
Tricia, Prashant, Susie, Nicole
LeagueTennis.com...Tennis on Your Terms!

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• And the Winners Are...
• Latest News
• Movers & Shakers Art Exhibit
• Our Sponsors
• Marietta Slam
• Davis Cup Bus Tour
•Securing Wins with the Return of Serve - Active.com
• Atlanta Junior Leagues
• Complete Fall City Championship Results
• Good Sportsmanship Award Winner
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SPRING LEAGUES ARE OPEN FOR REGISTRATION!
Don't miss your chance to play! Register by 2/22/09 to be entered into a drawing for 2 tickets to the Marietta Slam featuring Robbie Ginepri & John Isner. Register Today

SPRING REGISTRATION DEADLINES:

Adult Singles - 3/31/09 (schedules published 4/6/09)
Junior Singles - 3/31/09 (schedules published 4/6/09)
Doubles - 4/13/09 (schedules published 4/20/09)
Mixed Doubles - 4/13/09 (schedules published 4/20/09)

ATLANTA JUNIOR SINGLES LEAGUES
Atlanta Junior singles continues this Spring - help us grow this league by telling every junior you know! Ace Authentic sponsors the junior league and all junior players will receive a pack of Ace Authentic Trading Cards!

NEED A PARTNER? Don't let the lack of a partner keep you off the courts! Find a partner for any of our doubles leagues!

MOVERS & SHAKERS ART EXHIBIT
The Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia Salutes the Young Movers and Shakers of the Georgia Art Scene. A work by Atlanta Tennis Pro, Brett Smith is featured! All works by these exciting Georgia artists are for sale during the exhibition. January 31 - March 21, 2009. more info

2009 IMPROVEMENTS!
We are pleased to announce the following improvements in 2009!

More time between playoff matches and regionalized early rounds to minimize drive times
City Champs will be required to move up a level if their winning % in the regular season was 55% or above
LeagueTennis $$ are now managed online and can be applied towards registration fees when making a payment.
More exciting features including head-to-head stats to check out how you and your opponents compare
More players, shorter drive times and better competition!

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MARIETTA SLAM

Tickets on Sale Monday, 2/9/09 - Visit TandSEvents.com for more information

DAVIS CUP BUS PACKAGE

We know lots of you have already bought your tickets to see USA take on Switzerland in Birmingham, Alabama, March 6th - 8th. If you have and you are still deciding how to get there and where to stay, then you won't want to miss this exciting offer:

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"USA vs. SWITZERLAND DAVIS CUP" Tennis Weekend Getaway

Friday, March 6 - Sunday, March 8, 2009

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You must reserve space by Wednesday, 2/4/09!

SECURING WINS WITH RETURN OF SERVE
by Matthew Dale / Active.com

The serve is widely considered to be the most important shot in tennis. It's the only stroke you completely control.

But if the serve is the game's most crucial stroke, the return of serve ranks a close second, seeing as how you hit it on roughly 50 percent of all points.

Angel Lopez, who has coached professionals ranging from Zina Garrison to Michael Chang to Alexandra Stevenson, breaks the serve down to a couple of critical elements.

Before your opponent strikes the ball, study their toss. If you're playing a right-hander and they toss the serve to their right, odds are they're trying to hit the ball to your right. The closer the ball is to their head, the more likely they're trying to smack the ball down the middle of the court. If they toss the ball behind their body, get ready for a high-bouncing kick serve...

Read full article

Find more tennis tips and instructional videos on Active.com: http://www.active.com/tennis/

ATLANTA JUNIOR LEAGUES!
REGISTER AND GET A FREE PACK OF ACE AUTHENTIC TENNIS TRADING CARDS!

We are excited to announce the Spring 2009 season of our Junior Singles Leagues is open for registration. Leagues are only $10 per season, all year round! That is over 50% less than other flex junior leagues PLUS we offer an exciting citywide championship tournament at the end of each regular season to crown the city champions at each age group and playling level.

Ace Authentic is sponsoring our Junior Leagues and all Spring players will receive a pack of Ace Authentic Tennis Trading Cards!

FALL CITY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

DRUM ROLL PLEASE... We are proud to announce the Fall LeagueTennis.com City Champions & Finalists! Each of our Adult City Champions receive bag tags, t-shirts & $25 gift cards, and our Junior City Champions receive bag tags and t-shirts.

Atlanta | Austin | Dallas | Houston | San Antonio

Atlanta Weekday Women's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
2.5	Cheryl Bonno	Blanca Gavino
3.0	Amanda Clement	Leslie Dye
3.5	Cheryl Sacristan	Julie Egan
4.0	Michele Camay	Angel Nowlin-Brunson

Atlanta Business Women's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
2.5	Nichelle Pate	Kathryn Crawford
3.0	Janet Robertson	Carletta Cunningham
3.5	Preethi Reddy-Veluri	Wanda Loggins
4.0	Sheelagh O'Malley	Denise Huntley
4.5	Denise Lumpkin	Carmen Sarmiento

Atlanta Men's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
2.5	Joey Gilkey	James Kinney
3.0	Billy Edge	Bruce Jacobson
3.5	Jim Heinz	Julio Trinidad
4.0	Jonathan Reed	Henry Vincent
4.5	Jorge Moretti	Charles Newberry

Atlanta Weekday Women's Doubles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
2.5	Kathryn Crawford & Kelly Donahue	Vivian Hoff & April Marler
3.0	Amanda Clement & Pimo Frederick	Alice Thelen & Shannon Stone Hare
3.5	Kim Hamilton & Paige Bulloch	Michele Hobbs & Hourieh Clark
4.0	Pam Livesay & Cheryl Cheyney	Julie Bennett-Desmelik & Debra Blake

Atlanta Business Women's Doubles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
2.5	Stephanie Storie & Kathryn Crawford	Monique Drewry & Kelli Humphrey
3.0	Laura Buckman & Geri Suckow	Peggy Berry & Saundra Linen
3.5	Kemnetta Pillette & Tracy Booker	Peggy Berry & Saundra Linen
4.0	Christy Butler & Deborah Clark	Christy Darby & Debbie Risken

Atlanta Men's Doubles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
2.5	Tony Brown & Ron Storie	Yariv Sivan & Amir Sabo
3.0	Bill Anders & Tommy Bryan	Bob McWhorter & Erik Hall
3.5	Douglas Page & David Vogel	Gerard Ladson & Thomas Douglas
4.0	Vince Rountree & Chuck Timilty	Johnny Moretti & Jorge Moretti

Atlanta Mixed Doubles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
2.5	Buffie Cole & Jim Cole	Lilya Williams & Terry Williams
3.0	Carmen Sarmiento & Alejandro Pueblo	Michael Sheff & Amanda Clement
3.5	Gary Neher & Sue Besch	David Vogel & Pam Butler
4.0	Chrissy Kuhs & Darren Clark	Debbie Risken & Tim Hannifin

Atlanta Junior Girl's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
10 u / C	Caroline McDonald	Katherine Gall
10 u / C+	Nicole Hartley
10 u / B	Vanessa Streng	Maya Aravapalli
12 u / C	Madison Boswell	Claire Philpott
12 u / C+	Isabelle Castro
12 u / B	Bailey Towles	Brianna Sequeira
14 u / C	Anna-Marie Thompson	Katie Layton
14 u / B	Alexis Adams	Elizabeth Slaughter
17 u / C	Skylar Gould	Paige Jordan

Atlanta Junior Boy's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
10 u / C	Kyler Bang	Paxton Gillespie
12 u / C	Brantley Evans	Adam Piendel
12 u / B	Preston Walter	Preston Lahmann
12 u / A	Will Harper	Evan Ryan
14 u / C	Kyle Hudson	Tyler Regelsky
17 u / B	Will Smith	Alejandro Guzman

Fun pics of some of our Atlanta Champions & Finalists:

Cheryl Bonno City Champ 2.5 Weekday Women's Singles	Cheryl Bonno (Champ) Blanca Gavino (Finalist) 2.5 Weekday Women's Singles
Amanda Clement (Champ) Billy Mac (Future Tennis Pro) 3.0 Weekday Women's Singles	Amanda Clement (Champ) Leslie Dye (Finalist) 3.0 Weekday Women's Singles
Michele Camay (Champ) Angel Nowlin-Brunson (Finalist) 4.0 Weekday Women's Singles	Nichelle Pate City Champ 2.5 Business Women's Singles
Kathryn Krawford (Finalist) Nichelle Pate (Champ) 2.5 Business Women's Singles	Carletta Cunningham (Finalist) Janet Robertson (Champ) 3.0 Business Women's Singles
Preethi Reddy-Veluri City Champ 3.5 Business Women's Singles	Joey Gilkey City Champ 2.5 Men's Singles
James Kinney City Finalist 2.5 Men's Singles	Billy Edge City Champ 3.0 Men's Singles
Billy Edge (Champ) Bruce Jacobson (Finalist) 3.0 Men's Singles	Billy Edge (Champ) Enrique Soto (Playoff Participant & Friend) 3.0 Men's Singles
Jim Heinz City Champ 3.5 Men's Singles	Julio Trinidad City Finalist 3.5 Men's Singles
Henry Vincent City Finalist 4.0 Men's Singles	Jorge Moretti (Champ) Jorge Jr (Future Champ) 4.5 Men's Singles
Stephanie Storie & Kathryn Crawford City Champs 2.5 Business Women's Doubles	Monique Drewry & Kelli Humphrey City Finalists 2.5 Business Women's Doubles
Monique Drewry & Kelli Humphrey (Finalists) Stephanie Storie & Kathryn Crawford (Champs) 2.5 Business Women's Doubles	Geri Suckow & Laura Buckman (Champs) Geannette Cammack & Alyssa Fountain (Finalists) 3.0 Business Women's Doubles
Tracy Booker & Kemnetta Pillette (Champs) Saundra Linen & Peggy Berry (Finalists) 3.5 Business Womens Doubles	Debbie Risken & Christy Darby (Finalists) Christy Butler & Deborah Clark (Champs) 4.0 Business Women's Doubles The name game: 2 Debs, 2 Christys, and 4 middle names of Lee (or Leigh)..Wow!
Pimo Frederick & Amanda Clement City Champs 3.0 Weekday Women's Doubles	Paige Bulloch & Kim Hamilton City Champs 3.5 Business Women's Doubles
Tommy Bryan & Bill Anders City Champs 3.0 Men's Doubles	Tommy Bryan & Bill Anders City Champs 3.0 Men's Doubles
Tommy Bryan & Bill Anders "YOURS"	Erik Hall & Bob McWhorter City Finalists 3.0 Men's Doubles
David Vogel & Douglas Page City Champs 3.5 Men's Doubles	Gerard Ladson & Thomas Douglas City Finalists 3.5 Men's Doubles
Chuck Timilty & Vince Rountree City Champs 4.0 Men's Doubles	Vince Rountree Prepares for the big night at Midtown Athletic Club
Terry Williams & Lilya Williams City Finalists 2.5 Mixed Doubles	Michael Sheff & Amanda Clement City Finalists 3.0 Mixed Doubles
Sue Besch & Gary Neher City Champs 3.5 Mixed Doubles	Pam Butler & David Vogel City Finalists 3.5 Mixed Doubles
David Vogel & Pam Butler (Finalists) Sue Besch & Gary Neher (Champs) 3.5 Mixed Doubles	Chrissy Kuhs & Darren Clark City Champs 4.0 Mixed Doubles
Debbie Risken & Tim Hannifin City Finalists 4.0 Mixed Doubles	Kyler Bang Boys 10u C City Champ
Adam Piendel (Finalist) Brantley Evans (Champ) Boys 12u C	Will Harper (Champ) Evan Ryan (Finalist) Boys 12u A
Will Harper shakes hands with Evan Ryan	Will Harper prepares for a forehand
Evan Ryan on the run	Caroline McDonald (Girls 10u C Champ) Nicole Hartley (Girls 10u C+ Champ)
Anna_Marie Thompson City Champ Girls 14u C	Katie Layton City Finalist Girls 14u C

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Austin Business Women's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.0	Suzanne Scott	Linda Pfitzner
3.5	Shanna Bayer	Rita Cuadra
4.0	Tullia Calcagnile	Jacqueline Davis

Austin Men's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.0	Albert Bellard	Tim Villasana
3.5	Easwar Dharmarajan	Trenidad Longoria
4.0	Thomas Thrower	Scott Dale

Fun pics of some of our Austin Champions & Finalists:

Suzanne Scott City Champ 3.0 Business Women's Singles	Trenidad Longoria (Finalist) Easwar Dharmarajan (Champ) 3.5 Men's Singles
Thomas Thrower City Champ 4.0 Men's Singles

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Dallas Weekday Women's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.0	Jill Feiler	Patricia Pier
3.5	Beth Welch	Phyllis Blomstedt

Dallas Business Women's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.0	JoAnn Morley	Martha Pederzini
3.5	Momoko Funahara	Nicole George

Dallas Men's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.0	John Lippert	Rajasekaran Ramakrishnan
3.5	Bill Chandler	Rajesh Krishnamohan
4.0	Hassan Shams	Diwaker Dewan
4.5	Vince Nguyen	Russ Urquhart

Dallas Business Women's Doubles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.5	Dusti Kuehne & Amy Dabbous	Boriana Ilieva & Francine Sherman Hall

Dallas Men's Doubles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
4.0	Kyle Bowman & Robert Johnson	Ramesh Subramanian & Sudharsan Selvakumar

Dallas Mixed Doubles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.0	Missy Neagle & Dwayne Neagle	Sebastian Gluzman & Boriana Ilieva
3.5	William Murray & Gayle Giles	Diamond Pantaze & Elaine Travis
4.0	Yva Hensley & Kyle Bowman	Don Pierce & Lynn Park

Fun pics of some of our Dallas Champions & Finalists:

Jill Feiler (Champ) Patricia Pier (Finalist) 3.0 Weekday Women's Singles	Hassan Shams (Champ) Diwaker Dewan (Finalist) 4.0 Men's Singles
Robert Johnson & Kyle Bowman City Champs 4.0 Men's Doubles	Sudharsan Selvakumar & Ramesh Subramanian City Finalists 4.0 Men's Doubles
Kyle Bowman & Yva Hensley City Champs 4.0 Mixed Doubles	Don Pierce & Lynn Park City Finalists 4.0 Mixed Doubles

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Houston Weekday Women's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.0	Sandra Webb	Alicia Jackson
4.0	Linh Ly	Kim Cao

Houston Business Women's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
2.5	Trena Bennett	Christi Clancy
3.0	Jessica Luera	Ashley Holthaus
3.5	Efi Meadows	Annabelle Sillus
4.5	Trisha Luong	Wendy Elsey

Houston Men's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.0	Todd Wiggs	Riley Bates
3.5	Nicolas Pena	Al Rodenburg
4.0	Roger Osorio	Dang Huynh

Houston Business Women's Doubles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.0	Charlotte Peters & Ashley Holthaus	Michele Kadlecek & Jenae Niko
3.5	Brenda Tolbert & Dianne Harris	Lera Wong & Karla Griffith
4.0	Kristine Agee & Nikki Salverino	Tammy Tolar & Lyn Shepherd

Houston Men's Doubles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.5	Johnathan Louviere & Nestor Gonzalez	Tom Dornak & William French
4.5	Jesus Capo & Camilo Rodriquez	Donald Dupuis & Paul Wallace

Houston Mixed Doubles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.0	Riley Bates & Anong Bates	John Kim & Nancy Zhang
3.5	Elena Kennedy & Brad Michalchuk	David Vining & Angela Deese
4.0	Jennifer Pillion & Marcus Pillion	Mehmet Sezgin & Paola Pelaez

Fun pics of some of our Houston Champions & Finalists:

Sandra Webb City Champ 3.0 Weekday Women's Singles	Sandra Webb (Champ) Alicia Jackson (Finalist) 3.0 Weekday Women's Singles
Kim Cao City Finalist 4.0 Weekday Women's Singles	Ashley Holthaus (Finalist) Jessica Luera (Champ) 3.0 Business Women's Singles
Annabelle Sillus (Finalist) Efi Meadows (Champ) 3.5 Business Women's Singles	Brenda Tolbert & Dianne Harris City Champs 3.5 Business Women's Doubles
Nikki Salverino & Kristine Agee (Champs) Lyn Shepherd & Tammy Tolar (Finalists) 4.0 Business Women's Doubles	Johnathan Louviere & Nestor Gonzalez City Champs 3.5 Men's Doubles
Johnathan Louviere crushes a backhand	Nestor Gonzalez aces is opponent
Jesus Capo & Camilo Rodriguez City Champs 4.5 Men's Doubles	Paul Wallace & Donald Dupuis (Finalists) Jesus Capo & Camilo Rodriguez (Champs) 4.5 Men's Doubles
John Kim & Nancy Zhang (Finalists) Anong Bates & Riley Bates (Champs) 3.0 Mixed Doubles

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San Antonio Men's Singles

LEVEL	CITY CHAMPIONS	CITY FINALISTS
3.5	David Grubaugh	Nagesh Chede
4.0	Manny Martinez	Evyn Helber

GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNER -January & February, 2009
Alyssa Fountain & Geanette Cammack, Georgia

LeagueTennis.com is excited to announce the winners of our January & February 2009 Good Sportsmanship Awards!

Alyssa Fountain & Geanette Cammack were nominated by one of their playoff opponents who said they were "fierce competitors and displayed some of the best sportsmanship encountered in the League." Alyssa & Geanette earned the title of City Finalist last Fall but we think that good sportsmanship award winner is the best title of all!

We are proud to to have players like Alyssa & Geanette in our league! Each will receive a 1 year subscription to Tennis Life Magazine for being such a good sport!

We want to stress to all of our players that Good Sportsmanship is critical to the success of our leagues. Treat others as you would have them treat you! And, if you experience a notable case of Good Sportsmanship while participating in our leagues--WE WANT TO KNOW! Just send us an email at support@leaguetennis.com with the details along with the names of the players involved! We will highlight the winners in our monthly newsletters and on our Website!

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