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BTC Clay Court
Our 26th annual BTC Clay Court was held June 9-11, amid an Alaskan cold front. Neither frigid temeratures nor artic winds could put on damper on the mood, and some excellent tennis was displayed.
Newcomer Liz Koban of Birchwood Fitness defeated Colleen Hanzes in a great women's final, winning a 3rd set tie break. The men's "B" singles was an all Elmira junior finale, with Don Sherman defeating Dan Freeman 6-2,2-6,6-1 in a very well played final. 
men singles winner Mustafa Genscoy
The men's "A" singles title went to Mustafa Genscoy of Turkey who defeated Sardor Pulatove of Uzbekistan 7-6,7-5. This was our 1st all interntional final. Mustafa plays #1 for George Washingto University and Sardor competes on the futures tennis circuit. Perhpas the finest best match was the dobubles finals, where BTC Clay Court veterans Gregg Schwartz & Greg Munoz defeated teaching pros Kiril Popov & Aland Price of Birchwood Fitness, 6-0, 5-7, 7-6.
doubles winners Gregg & Greg with "coach" and tournament director Michael Starke After winning the 1st set handily, suddenly Kiril & Aland stepped up their games, and the last two sets were thrilling tennis.
The lone local winners were Sue Vail & Jordy Asher, who defeated Marey Ellen Halm & Steve Forrest of Elmira, 7-6,2-6,6-1 iin the Mixed Doubles finals, thanks to Sue carrying Jordy during the 3rd set. Both Sardor Pulatov & the doubles team of Gregg & Greg as a result of their efforts, got to play in the $50,000 dBI Tennis Challenger August 5-6 & Rec Park! It was great to see so many out of town entries, which really spruced up our event. We hope to gain more local entries next year.
Posted by mstarke at September 16, 2006 07:08 AM