La Tournoi du Patrimoine

25th - 28th September

Le club ‘Jeu de Paume de Navarre’

is pleased to be able to host

Le Tournoi du Patrimoine

at Parc Beaumont, Pau

25th - 28th September 2008

The club ‘Jeu de Paume de Navarre’ is organising a Real Tennis handicap doubles tournament at the Trinquet, Parc Beaumont, Pau from Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th September 2008.

We hope to be able to show the town of Pau some of the vitality that exists in our sport, as we think that this will aid us in our quest to reintroduce Paume to Pau, and one day have the opportunity to restore the court to its former glory.

The management of the Hotel Parc Beaumont, who has been supporting our efforts for a number of years, has once again offered us a special tariff for rooms. We will also be holding the tournament dinner in their aptly named restaurant ‘Le jeu de paume’. The Hotel is immediately adjacent to the court and therefore whilst being very comfortable is also most convenient for our tennis. We therefore hope that you will be able to take advantage of our group rate and treat yourself to a little luxury. Perhaps you can bring your Husband/Wife/Civil Partner for whom we are sure it will make a very pleasant weekend break and they will be able to discover that there is much more to Pau and the region than just Real Tennis.

The format of the competition will be for two rounds of group stages, giving everyone five 30 minutes matches, to be played on Thursday to Saturday with the finals stage on Sunday. Dependant on the number of entrants, the group matches will require players to be available for either Thursday and Friday, Friday and Saturday, or there will be few places for Saturday only; assuming of course that everyone will be able to make Sunday for the finals.

We are also hoping to organise a demonstration of Cesta Punta at the new pelote centre, together with supper at the Basque restaurant there.

We have an option for a number of rooms at the Hotel Parc Beaumont that we can hold until the end of July.

If you would like to enter the tournament, would you please let me know the following

1   On which days would you be available to play group matches. I hope that you will be able to be as flexible as possible, but understand that some of you will have less opportunity than others.

2   If you would be interested in attending the Cesta Punta and supper at the pelote complex.

3   If you would like to reserve a room at the Hotel Parc Beaumont or Hotel Kyriad

4   Numbers for the Tournament dinner on Saturday evening.

The costs for the event are as follows:-

Tournament entry fee per player          £20.00 or €25

Cesta Punt demonstration with supper              €30 approx

Tournament dinner with aperitif and wine included       €62

Accommodation

Hotel Parc Beaumont

A new 4 star hotel immediately adjacent to the court

Parc room single inc breakfast €175   (normal tarif €300; €280 + €20 breakfast)

Parc room double inc breakfast €195   (normal tariff €320; €280 + €20 breakfast each)

City tax per person per night €1.21

The Hotel Parc Beaumont have also kindly arranged a group rate for us at:-

Hotel Kyriad

3 star hotel 10 minutes walk from the court

Single or double room   €81 (normal tariff €95)

Breakfast €9.90

To enter the competition, register your interest, find out more about the weekend, travel options or suggestions for other things to do in the area:-

Please reply to Simon Berry or telephone on 01428 708157

This year the French Open is to be held in Bordeaux during the preceding week, the 15th to 21st so there will be a lot of tennis in the Sud Ouest this September.

A 40th Birthday

Guess who?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Fahey Continues To Win

The Schochet Cup

We have not received any details other than Rob Fahey defeated Steve Virgona 6/5 6/4 6/4.

Apparently there was a long delay - some 5 hours - because of a sweating court.

World Championship Reports

Alan Chalmers has written a full report on all 3 days of play. The IRTPA could not have done anything as fully as he has written and I hope his concentrating for all his worth on every point did not distract his enjoyment from the play itself. On behalf of the IRTPA, thank you.

His full report can now be seen on the World Championship Home Page under Championship News

Final Day’s Play W.C.

Fahey retains title

Fahey now needs one more set to secure/retain his title. Wins the first set 6/1

Riviere is likely now to ‘unleash hell’ and he is already 2/0 up in the 10th set - 6/2 to Riviere who is currently looking very good. Fahey is 6/4 up in sets

Riviere wins the set ‘easy’ 6/1. Fahey leads 6/5 in sets. At the moment Fahey has no answers

AMAZING - 6/5

Two Images

How Much Does It Mean?

Full WC Match Report 2nd Day

Alan Chalmers reports on Day 2

Before the first leg, all those wise hads who knew the game had been unanimous on a 4 sets to 0 advantage to Rob Fahey. Now we were starting the second leg at all quare and possible psychological advantage to Riviere.

So we started with Riviere continuing to serve having been in hand at the end of the first leg. Almost immediately Fahey hit the 2nd gallery in what was to be a never ending assault from the hazard end on that beguiling run of openings down the service end. A simple strategy that earned the obvious reward of service. In fact, during the 4 sets that followed, Fahey hit 23 second galleries and another 17 side gallery openings. He had clearly realised that Riviere was moving so fast that there was little chance of creating anything short on the floor. Fahey managed to lay only 10 floor chases on the service side whereas Riviere laid 27 floor chases on the service side.

Riviere too recognised the near impossibility of laying floor chaces against Fahey, but instead of takeing the side galleries, Riviere forced for the dedans but accepting that he could always lay his chases long on the floor on the rebound off the dedans wall.

Whatever Riviere tried, Fahey seemed to have a planned response and he ran out the first set at 6/2 in 42 minutes. In the game leading to 1/2 lasting 9 minutes, in this game Fahey forced from the hazard end to high corner above the dedans. Riviere reacted up the court to retrieve but collided with the net! In the game leading to 4/2 Fahey, Riviere hit the dedans with 3 straight drives, but still lost the game.

The second set saw this pattern emerging. Whenever Fahey was at the service end, Riviere forced. Fahey’s quality of volley was outstanding and he missed very few volleys. Whenever Riviere was at the service end, Fahey went for the service galleries without fail. Riviere occasionally tried to anticipate the 2nd gallery, but Fahey simply hit the Door or the First Gallery.

This policy of Fahey’s denied Riviere’s undoubted ability to dash from corner to corner, because Fahey only cut for the corner onto Riviere’s backhand when near the Winning Gallery.

The audience was enthralled with the duel which was developing. Audience participation in a tennis match is generally good natured and reserved for applading brilliance. I have to allude to some partisan verballing of a few marker’s calls, verballing which passed the boundaires of what I thought of of us in tennis considered to be Inviolable. I think we all understand and value genuine passion. I don’t think we need the intervention of soccer fan antics in tennis; I may be wrong and if so I regret, but I believe the thinking majority in tennis will side with me on this.

Set 3 lasted 55 minutes and was the logest of any played in the match. This was the set Riviere had to win otherwise Fahey would be out of sight. And win it Riviere di though the score see-sawed till the end. Riviere went 2/0 up, then he was 4/2 down. He hammered the ball at Fahey time and time again, but Fahey’s amazing volley held firm. It seemed as though Fahey was permanently at the service end and too often did Riviere hit the top of the net when Fahey seemed out of position.

Fahey went to 5/3, then it was 5/4 and 5/5. In the 11th game came the longest reste at 26 shots putting Riviere at 40/30. After 3 deuces Fahey fluffed a rare volley to give Riviere the set.

The last set of the day was 22 minutes and it seem that Riviere’s resistance was over. Fahey surged ahead to take the set without losing a game to put himself at 5 sets to 3. Riviere spent most of the set at the hazard end as Fahey’s Chandelle denied him attacking strokes.

So Saturday’s climax due to start at 14:00 could be over in 2 sets, or could we see a repeat of the climax at The Royal Tennis Court in 2002 when Chisholm was 2/6 against Fahey but pulled back to 6/6? Frankly I doubt it but one of life’s pleasures is unexpected surprises and it may just happen. I will try to have the story on line by Sunday night.

Alan Chalmers

Video Coverage

WC footage

Tiger Riviere has filmed with one camera the two days of tennis and will also be covering the final day’s play on Saturday 24th

Bertrand Faure Beaulieu has kindly agreed to allow the footage to be up-loaded for all to see.

There would appear to be some problems occurring with the sound and the upload for the first day and we do not know why as yet. The link below will take you to day 2. You do not have to make any payment to watch the coverage

Day 2 click here

Some Images

Some images of the WC

2nd Day at Fontainebleau

Fahey wins 4th Set

What a strange game this is...with a gap of a day it appears as if there are different players on court.

Fahey wins the first set 6/2

Riviere has won the 1st game of the second set

Fahey hitting ball better but Riviere now getting very fired up....watch this space

2nd set to Fahey 6/3 - Fahey now hitting the ball so differently from the 1st day of play and looks far more confident and to date in control of the match. Riviere certainly not playing with the same intensity as Tuesday and also is aware of the spectators and is muttering a huge amount.

Riviere may have lost the 1st two sets, but there are, quite obviously, two more to go

Riviere went to a 2/0 lead in this set. Fahey hung in to not only catch up but to go 4/2 up. Riviere showed amazing resilience to come back to 4/4 all but to go 5/4 up. Fahey came back to 5/5 and the last game was the game of the match so far but the set ultimately was Riviere’s - who will the final set of the day go to?

Awesome - Fahey wins 6/0 - full report to follow

Well, ‘full report’ to follow must now wait on our roaming Mr Chalmers who has now left our jolly happy band at a small hotel in Fontainebleau to go and reside with friends in a large Chateaux for the rest of his stay here. Hopefully though he may be able to send me the report by email.

Everyone is relaxing here today, some have gone to a Champagne house, a chauffeur has been hired for the day, so there is a general consensus that they might be a little worse for wear on their return; one man has gone off bird watching; some have gone to Paris; some are playing golf; and the players - Fahey is practicing later and Riviere is relaxing and using the time to ‘regroup’ for the final day’s play tomorrow.

1st Day’s Full Report

Alan Chalmers’ reports


Dedans	Grille	W.G.	R.F.	1st Set	C.R.	Dedans	Grille	W.G.

1			1		0
1			2		0	1		1
1			3		0
			3		1
			4		1	1
			5		1	1		1
			6		1
Length of Sets:	24 Minutes
Dedans	Grille	W.G.	R.F.	2nd Set	C.R.	Dedans	Grille	W.G.
			0		1			1
			0		2
			1		2
1			2		2	1		2
			2		3
			2		4
	1		3		4
1			3		5
1			3		6
Length of Set	24 Minutes
Dedans	Grille	W.G.	R.F.	3rd Set	C.R.	Dedans	Grille	W.G.
			1		0
			1		1
			2		1
			2		2	3
			2		3
			3		3
			4		3
			5		3
			5		4
			5		5	1
			5		6	1
Length of Set	39 Minutes
Dedans	Grille	W.G.	R.F.	4th Set	C.R.	Dedans	Grille	W.G.
			0		1
			1		1
			2		1
1			2		2			1
			3		2		2
			3		3
			3		4			1
	1		4		4
			5		4
			6		4
Length of Set	37 Minutes

The First Day of the 2008 Challenge at Fontainebleau

This was the great confrontation that the tennis world had been eagerly anticipating for many months. The old court at Fontainebleau, recently beautifully renovated was to be the scene of Champion Rob Fahey’s 8th defence of his title against the undoubtedly deserving challenger Riviere from Aiken, South Carolina.
The auditorium was not quite full but the very knowledgeable audience was keen to see the action. The player’s were introduced by Marc Maury who elicited from the players the fascinating fact that whereas today it was Riviere’s 21st birthday the champion had just passed his 40th. As Fahey pointed out to the audience he had started playing tennis before Camden was born!
The match officials were Marker Andrew Lyons of The Queen’s Club, Matt Ronaldson of the Paris Tennis Club as Referee and Chris Ronaldson, the former World Champion acting on behalf of IRTPA World Championship Executive as match invigilator.

Because of the peculiar format of the Fontainebleau court where there is no opening at the net, the marker stood at the door on the service side and the referee sat at the high level above the grille penthouse.

Previous encounters between these two players had featured peerless demonstrations of speed across the court, the ability to retrieve balls from seemingly impossible situations allied to amazing demonstrations of forcing and volleying. With the game as it is today the days of the gentle art of patient cutting and feathering of the ball on the diagonal are now long gone.

Fahey won the toss and went into serve and ran through the first set in only 24 minutes for the loss of one game. This was the progress that the majority of the members of the audience had been talking about beforehand, thus there was no surprise so far; little did they know what was about to unfold in front of them.

The most notable feature of this first set was that Riviere, broke a racket. But with the set over in only 24 minutes in Fahey’s favour with the loss of one game it was clear that Riviere had not yet settled.

At the start of the second set Camden motored into an early lead, going 2 love up but Fahey started to claw his way back into the set. However Camden was not to be denied forcing successfully for the grille and dedans to remain ahead at 3-2. Thereafter, Riviere remained ahead going to 4-2 and taking the set at 6-3 after 39 minutes to the enormous relief of the Riviere family but also producing a minor air of gloom in the Australian camp.

The unorthodox layout of the Fontainebleau court produced an amusing occurrence when the marker took a blow to the right buttock from Camden much to the amusement of the assembled crowd.

At 3 games all with Fahey at the service end Camden forced for the dedans and as so often hit the top lip of the penthouse, the ball falling no more than a yard from the back wall Fahey turned to face the back wall and drove the ball which spiralled high into the air along the main wall falling just for a hazard.

Both players had by now settled into a routine of very high Chandelle serves for the first service. These were working for both players with great effect, more so with Fahey who was locking Riviere into the back wall in such a way as to return the serve Riviere had to step back to the side wall and drive the ball left handed off the long wall in a defensive manner. The other major feature of the service technique of both players was the very small usage of the railroad which on the court at Fontainebleau against which the high and steep angled penthouse mitigates. At 3 all in this set and with intense duals of forcing and volleying to the foot of the tambour Fahey forged ahead to take the advantage at 5-3, after Riviere served a double fault at game point. However, Riviere was again not to be denied and in this the longest of the 4 sets at 45 minutes and displaying amazing speed from corner to corner at the service side, retrieving what seemed to the audience as certain winning shots, Riviere clawed his way back to 5-5. At this point several things happened at once. Fahey broke a racket and as the game ended Riviere turned to the Dedans battery limping as he walked. The crisis quickly passed and they moved into the deciding game of the set during which Fahey broke strings on two more rackets in quick succession. Here really was the climax of the 3rd set with Fahey forcing from the hazard end, he clipped the Camden’s forehand corner of the buttress, the ball falling to better than half a yard called a pique. On the change of ends Camden forced successfully for the dedans taking the set 6/5.

I wonder how many people in the audience going back to 19:00 who could have guessed by 21:00 that the world champion would be in trouble 2 sets to 1 down against the young challenger?
From mid-way in the third set and throughout this fourth set Fahey adopted the “be safe” policy when at the hazard end of continually driving for the service side galleries rather than gambling on the short ball so as to be certain to get the service side. The players stayed neck and neck to 3 all with Riviere’s speed of retrieval if anything increasing at this late stage. Lady luck played little part in either player’s progress but at this stage Fahey at the service side drove the ball for the tambour, it clipped the top of the net, hovered on the top for a split second and toppled back to the service side. By now it seemed to this writer that Fahey was beginning to lose his grip and accuracy as too many forces were missing the openings and striking the penthouse roof with dire consequences. But at 4 all Fahey re-grouped and with Riviere making several unforced errors Fahey ran out the winner at 6-4 to level the match.

We now knew that there would be play on the 3rd day which had not happened since the challenge at The Royal Tennis Court in 2002. However, the audience probably never thought that it could be Fahey who might have been defeated in two days had he not won this second set.

As an aside in the 4th set when the auditorium was very quiet Kip Curren’s stomach was heard to rumble by quite a few. The marker on passing said that he could nip out to get him a burger.

Alan Chalmers

2 sets all at the end of the 1st day

The Challenge Will Go Into A Third Day

Rob Fahey won the 1st Set 6/1

Camden Riviere won the first two games of the 2nd Set - it is now 2 games all and at this moment in time it potentially looks as if a battle could be developing.

A battle it turned out to be - Camden Riviere won the 2nd set 6-3.

The third set has just started and Riviere is on fire - watch this space for the score of the third set.

There is no stopping Riviere 5/3 down but he continues to retrieve and fight and wins it 6/5.

Riviere has just won the 1st game of the 4th in what is the final set of today’s play.

Absolutely riveting 4th Set which Fahey wins 6/4. Just awesome stuff. The day finishes 2 sets all. Riviere took the battle to Fahey and never crumpled under the intense pressure from the World Champion. Thursday is going to be some day and we of course know that the match finishes on Saturday.

For those of you who don’t know a French computer board is not qwerty one and it is reqlly difficult to type!!

Riviere In World Challenge

The Full Report Now In

      On Friday April 14th, the Racquet Club of Philadelphia hosted the second leg of the Final Eliminator between Steve Virgona and Camden Riviere. Over a hundred spectators crowded into the galleries eager to see some incredible tennis between two young lefthanders. Many predicted the match to be a barnburner, similar to the first leg, which saw Camden prevail 6/5 in the 5th set on the 2nd of April up in Newport. Now, on Steve’s home court, many Virgona fans and Philly members thought that he would now have the edge.

      Indeed Virgona did start well, hitting some key grilles to establish an early lead in the first set. Camden had a few uncharacteristic early errors and after two games the match looked as if it might be slightly one sided. However, Camden, being the competitor that he is, came back and drew even. The two combatants then began exchanging games until Steve, while trying to beat a hazard, missed a chase gallery, clipping the ledge and eventually losing his advantage and the game to go down 5/4. Camden went on to win the next game and the first set 6/4.

      At the start of the second set, Steve regained the momentum, hitting dozens of galleries and grinding out points. Both players played outstanding tennis but Steve prevailed in the second set winning after a 5-5 deuce. It is worth noting that while both players had been serving slow and medium paced railroads, Camden began serving bobbles and giraffes now and again with some success.

It was Virgona again who came out strong in the third set maintaining his momentum displaying his shot making abilities and his continual pounding of the galleries. Steve went on to win the third set 6/3 and began the fourth set strongly as well. Steve was cruising in the fourth, looking insurmountable, when, at 4-1 (to Steve), something seemed to click on inside of Camden and he began his comeback. Maybe he was playing like Muhammad Ali with his rope a dope strategy. More than likely it was his will, the will of a champion that brought him back to the present. With a renewed focus Camden willed himself back into the match. Now the rallies became biblical in nature with miraculous gets on both sides, but it was Cam who time and again got to the final shot and either created a chase or procured a racquet error from Steve. Camden came back in the fourth set to win 6/5 and to force a fifth and final set.

The fifth set was a real treat for the spectators and a tenacious battle for the players. Rallies were generally characterized by rapid exchanges, high emotions and thunderous applause. Both players had streaks of brilliance and leads in the final set but Camden managed to maintain his streaks slightly longer. In the final game, with Camden leading 5/4, Steve crushed a ball that looked as if it would fly straight through the grille but Camden not only managed to get a racquet on it squarely but laid his return volley to a better than a yard chase. This point, upon reflection, epitomized the match. Camden had taken on Steve’s best and found his answer to the question of whether he had the game to win against Steve. Camden closed out the match winning 6/4 in the fifth set and becoming the youngest challenger ever for the World Championship in Court Tennis.

      Congratulations go to both Camden and to Steve. Their play is indicative of how high the level of court tennis is being played here in the United States and Worldwide. Special thanks also goes out to the Racquet Club of Philadelphia for hosting the event, to Ed Noll and his entire staff at the club, to Rob Whitehouse for his marking, to Kenny Jacobs for his role as referee, to Andrew Purcell and his Athletic Committee, and to all of the spectators who supported this wonderful event. We wish Camden all the best in his upcoming match versus Rob Fahey and we look forward to seeing Steve pursue his quest for the World Championship over the next two years.

By Barney Tanfield and Jamie Dodderidge

Centenary Doubles

Coming to the Sharp End

Four days of frantic play and some teams even playing twice on one day and the tournament is now in its knock out stage. The quarter finals being played on Thursday 24th, the semi finals on Friday 25th and the final on Saturday 26th. All this matches take place at Queen’s Club.

During the Round Robin stages, 4 courts were used: Lords, Hatfield, Holyport and last but obviously not least Queen’s.

The team I am playing with did not have a match at Hatfield, but by accounts from friends, Jon Dawes and Will Burns surpassed themselves like all of the club professionals involved in this event. Our team played at all the other venues and with my ‘amateur’ hat on I would just like to say that the professionals were outstanding and thank you.

With my ‘professional’ hat on, all involved have done themselves proud. Best catering prize has to go to Holyport (sorry Queen’s but you can’t come into this equation) I had no idea that part of the Professional’s Licence also included culinary skills……!

The Finale Dinner at Hurlingham

The majority of you are probably aware that the dinner on Saturday brings to a close the most fantastic past few months of effort by many unsung heroes who have helped the T&RA with their Centenary Year Events, which started towards the end of last year with the wonderful dinner at Lords.

For those of you who are still ‘sitting on the fence’ over whether or not to attend the Dinner - jump off the fence to the positive side of attending. Tickets are available by booking on line via the T&RA. Click here to go directly to the T&RA’s On-Line shop or alternatively go to the T&RA Office at Queen’s but please take your cheque book with you!

1st Leg of Final Eliminator

Riviere Wins - Full Report Now Here

Riviere Wins First Leg of Final Eliminator

Newport, RI – April 2, 2008 By Jane Lippincott
Photos by Bill Burgin

The first leg of the final eliminator was held in Newport on April 2. The battle of the lefties featured the #2 ranked player, Steve Virgona and the #4 ranked Camden Riviere. The evening was introduced by Bill Burgin, president of the National Tennis Club, who welcomed the players and spectators. Jim Wharton, president of the USCTA, followed with remarks noting that the night kicked off the “most exciting 6 weeks of tennis in history”. Over the coming weeks, the Bathurst Cup will be played in Paris, the World Over’s will be held in New York, the T&RA will celebrate its Centenary at Queen’s, Philadelphia will host the final leg(s) of the eliminator series and finally, the World Championship will cap off the events when it is contested in May at Fontainebleau. Truly, this is a remarkable series of events for the tennis world! Mark Stenning, Executive Director of the Tennis Hall of Fame, concluded the speaking portion of the night, at which point, he turned the match over to the marker, Rich Smith, Head Professional at the National Tennis Club and Ken Jacobs, the referee and IRTPA representative. And then, it was time to play!

The first set went to Riviere, 6/1. Riviere went up 4/0, before Virgona got on the scoreboard. Virgona had trouble adjusting to the court, further complicated by his inability to find the right range on his first serve. Riviere, on the other hand, looked comfortable and fit, in winning a decisive first set.

In the second set, Virgona took his first lead of the match at 3/2 and then 4/2. Riviere fought back, to even the match at 4-all. In the 9th game, Virgona was up 40/15, Riviere brought it back to deuce, but Virgona won the game to go up 5/4. A series of unforced errors by Virgona, however, ended with Riviere tying the set at 5-all and going on to win the second set 6/5.

The third set was a see-saw affair, with neither player taking the lead. Again, Virgona went up 5/4 and Riviere fought back to tie the set at 5-all. In the deciding game, errors evened out for both players, with the set going to deuce. Virgona successfully won two chases on the floor and took the third set 6/5.

Virgona dominated the 4th set, winning 6/3 and setting up a fifth and final set. Virgona jumped out 2/0 while looking very comfortable with the court and his power. Riviere clawed his way back into the match, but momentarily lost his focus in two games over some fault calls, allowing Virgona to go ahead 5/3. Virgona was up 40/15, but hit two balls into the net, allowing Riviere to bring the game to deuce. Riviere hit a winner in the dedans, followed by a well-executed winning rally. Riviere began serving in the 9th game; Virgona made a chase, second gallery and then won the next point to go 15/0. The players changed ends, following a hazard chase made by Riviere. He won the first chase, 15/all, and won the hazard chase with a net cord into the gallery…score 30/15, Riviere. Virgona pulled ahead to go up 40/30, but Riviere went on to win the game after beating a hazard chase with a gallery. The set was now at 5/all with Virgona serving. He hit the first two points into the net, followed by Riviere laying down a chase more than a yard worse. Virgona hit the next ball into the net and changed ends at 40/0, Riviere. After a good rally, Virgona moved up the hazard end to play a shot, to which, Riviere answered with a well executed “soft” shot onto the base of the tambour. Game, set and match to Riviere – 6/1, 6/5, 5/6, 3/6, 6/5!

Josh Bainton, Camden’s trainer and hitting partner, commented that Virgona was a little flat and didn’t serve well in the beginning of the match – he was “too casual”. Virgona picked up his game and played well for the remainder of the match. “Steve was a real gentleman on court, often calling balls against himself”, Bainton said. He went on to say that that “Riviere’s fitness paid off in the 5th set, while Virgona was a little casual with his footwork. Neither player hit many openings in the final set as fatigue set in, favoring the younger, fitter player.”

Bainton went on to point out that this was Riviere’s 3rd, 5 set victory in the eliminator series. “Give Cam credit for managing to win 3, 5 set matches against two very experienced world players – Steve Virgona and Ruaraidh Gunn”, he added.

Stay tuned, there is more to come as the final eliminator series moves to Philadelphia! The next match will be played on Monday, April 14th and, if needed, Wednesday, April 16th. The matches will begin at 6:30.For ticket information, contact the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. If the first leg is any indication of the future, you’ll be in for quite a treat!