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BC Players at Vancouver Open - 2007
Hollyburn Country Club, West Vancouver (July 28 - August 5) - Philip Bester of North Vancouver, above,
was the only BC tennis player playing in the main draw of this year's
Vancouver Open Men's Singles event. Philip was the
boys singles finalist
at 2006 French Open. He has teamed up with Canadian Peter
Davidson for the main draw of Men's Open Doubles. Philip lost in a very
close match to
South Africa's Rik De Voest (ATP No.125), the winner of last
year's event, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, in the first round of the Open.
Photo 1 (left):
Stefi Gjine and her father Artur. Stefi, winner of last week's
Stanly Park Open Women's Singles, and Rebecca Marino of Vancouver,
who won back-to-back Stanley Park crowns in 2005 and 2006, were given wild cards to play in the main draw of the Women's Singles at the Open. Stefi
went to lose to Takagishi of Japan, 6-4, 6-0, in the first round and
Rebecca lost to American Abigail Spears (No. 152), 6-2, 6-3.
Photo 2: Kamil Pajkowski lost in the first round of qualifying
event to Henry Choi,
4-6, 6-1, 6-3. Henry
lost his second-round match later that day to American Roman Browvanov (No.404), 6-1, 6-2.
Photo 3: Graeme Kassautzki of Vancouver lost in a heart breaking
match, in the first round, to Mexican Luis Manue Flores, 6-2, 4-6,
7-5.
Photo 4: Sixteen-year-old Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, winner of this year's
ITF event, won
a set from No. 367 in world ranking, Australian Colin Ebelthite, before
going down in three sets, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. Colin
later, secured a spot in the main draw. Vasek teamed up with
American Adam Davidson for the Men's Open Doubles. The pair, later,
lost, in the first round, to Philip Bester and Canadian Peter Polansky,
6-2, 6-3.
Photo 5:
Jeremy Salvo lost to Australian Danilc Zivanovic, 6-4, 6-3.
Photo 6:
Justin Kates had to play two matches on Saturday beating Canadian Kikita Tchernikov, 6-3, 6-0,
in the first, but then falling 6-0, 6-1 to
American Phillip King, No. 415 in world. King, later secured a spot in the main draw.
In other news
Carl Ho, the winner of
BC Junior
Provincial Championships, lost to American American Patrick Briaud, 6-1, 6-3.
Patrick Flint of Victoria came out on top in his first match - against Japanese Tetsuo
Uchino, 6-1, 6-1, but lost his second match, later that day, to American
Nikita Kryvonos (No.4438), 6-0, 6-2. Nikita Kryvonos went on to
secured a spot in the main draw.
T. Du Toit, runner up of this
year's
ITF event, on
the women's side, lost to Russian M. Gaverova, 6-3, 6-0. |
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