Tuesday, August 02, 2005

World TeamTennis Roundup

My apologies to all fans for not updating the blog over the past month but I'm sure most of you were following Martina's results on the message board or through the WTT website.

Martina's 2005 WTT season was a marked success, capped by the fact that her team, the Boston Lobsters, made the playoffs to be held in Sacramento, Calif., September 16-17! Congratulations to Martina and her Lobsters teammates on this excellent achievement! Martina ended with an impressive 14-7 match record - 5-2 in singles, 5-2 in doubles and 4-3 in the mixed - a winning record in every discipline!

Here are Martina's results summarized from her 7 appearances:

July 6, Wilmington, Delaware
Singles: Martina d. Chanelle Scheepers 5-3
Doubles: Martina/Daja Bedanova d. Liezel Huber/Scheepers 5-1
Mixed: Martina/Thomas Blake l/t Huber/Robbie Koenig 2-5

July 7, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Singles: Martina l/t Martina Hingis 0-5
Doubles: Martina/Daja l/t Hingis/Jennifer Hopkins 3-5
Mixed: Martina/Jonathan Chu l/t Hingis/Mark Merklein 1-5

July 9, Houston, Texas
Singles: Martina d. Ansley Cargill 5-4(4)
Doubles: Martina/Kristen Schlukebir d. Cargill/Edina Gallovits 5-3
Mixed: Martina/Thomas l/t Gallovits/Ashley Fisher 4-5(3)

July 19, Mamaroneck, New York
Singles: Martina d. Hopkins 5-2
Doubles: Martina/Kristen d. Natalie Grandin/Hopkins 5-2
Mixed: Martina/Thomas d. Hopkins/Bobby Reynolds 5-2

July 20, Avon, Connecticut
Singles: Martina l/t Milagros Sequera 1-5
Doubles: Martina/Kristen d. Lisa McShea/Sequera 5-0
Mixed: Martina/Johan Landsberg d. Sequera/Don Johnson 5-1

July 21, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Singles: Martina d. Sequera 5-2
Doubles: Martina/Kristen l/t McShea/Sequera 2-5
Mixed: Martina/Johan d. Sequera/Johnson 5-4(3)

July 23, Mamaroneck, New York
Singles: Martina d. Hopkins 5-3
Doubles: Martina/Kristen d. Grandin/Hopkins 5-4(1)
Mixed: Martina/Johan d. Hopkins/Robert Kendrick 5-4(2)

As you can see, I've only listed Martina's results above. If you want to get the complete team results, visit the WTT website here. For reports from fans who attended the matches along with great photos, visit the message board here.

The following are links to articles, photos, press releases etc. over the past month that I have compiled, in chrnological order: The News Journal (1), The News Journal (2), The Boston Herald (1), The Boston Herald (2), The Boston Globe (1), The Harvard Crimson, Associated Press, The Houston Chronicle, The Journal News (1), The Journal Inquirer, The Bristol Press, The Hartford Courant, The Boston Herald (3), The Boston Herald (4), The Boston Globe, The Journal News (2), Boston Lobsters Official Website.

1 comment:

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