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. . & EVENTS
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BC 2009 Top 10 Players
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BC's top 10 tennis players as of November 10: |
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Men's Rankings
The top rank this year belongs to Daniel Chu,
a powerful lefty, from Jericho Tennis Club. Daniel is the former
No. 1 University of Washington player.
Henry Choi, the number one player in both 2007 and 2008, beat Daniel Chu in the 2009 Stanley Park Open final. Henry is a
High Performance Coach at Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club.
Nick Coutts and Patrick Flint , both from Victoria, are the 2009 Stanley Park Open
doubles finalists.
Two new additions to the Top 10 players in BC,
this year, are David Chu,
Daniel's younger brother, and the 16-year-old
Nikolai Haessig. David has just finished his University of Washington career, playing as high as No. 3 in his senior year
and for Nikolai, he is one of the few selected players from across the country to join the first participants of Tennis Canada’s National Training Program in Montreal.
Women's Rankings
Burnaby's newest rising tennis star, 14-year-old
Katerina Boiko,
is the surprising top rank player of this year. She beat No. 578 ranked, American Stacey Tan, in the first round of the Women's Qualifying Draw
in the 2009 Vancouver Open.
Khristina Blajkevitch of New Westminters, who like
Nikolai Haessig has been away at Tennis Canada's NTC program, is the
winner of the 2009 Stanley Park Open.
Saroop Dhatt. won the
2009 U16 Girls Provincials singles and doubles and Kelly McNabney
won, along Nick Coutts, the 2009 Stanley Park Open Mixed Doubles event.
Monica Neveklovska
of West Vancouver, is the winner of the Richmond Summer Series event.
Thirteen-year-old
Runjia Gan
is the youngest of them all. She plays all her strokes with her
forehand. She switches her racquet from the left hand to the right hand.
She also serves with both her left and right hand. |
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