L-R Sonja Andrekovic (Girls champion), Alexandra Andrekovic (Girls finalist), John Fischer (Boys Under 18 finalist), Jeremy Chisholm (Boys Under 18 champion), Grant McPherson (Boys Under 14 champion), James Wilson (Boys Under 14 finalist), Stefan Andrekovic (Boys Under 12 champion), Ryan Lay (Boys Under 12 finalist)The fourth and final leg of the Royal LePage Hiller Realty Junior Grand Slam took place this past Saturday at the Stratford Tennis Club. The 'US Open' saw the best tournament weather of the season. The perfect weather allowed the talented juniors at the Club, to put on a display of impressive tennis.
The Girls event saw the usual pattern. Sonja Andrekovic dominated the Grand Slam season and the 'US Open' was no different. Sonja completed her sweep of the four Grand Slam events by defeating her sister Alexandra 8 - 1 in the final. Sonja had previously swept the four Grand Slam events in 2009.
The Boys Under 18 final had John Fischer face Jeremy Chisholm. Chisholm proved too strong on this day and took the title with an 8 - 2 victory. The consolation title went to Ben Nelson. Nelson downed Steven Schwartzentruber in the final by an 8 - 3 score.
The Boys Under 14 category was won by Grant McPherson. McPherson won his second Grand Slam event of the season with an 8 - 2 drubbing of James Wilson in the final. Collin Rose doubled up Matthew Vanderweil , 8 - 4 , to take the consolation title.
The Boys Under 12 final was a rematch of the French Open final between Stefan Andrekovic and Ryan Lay. Andrekovic avenged his 'French Open' loss to Lay by taking the 'US Open' championship with an 8 - 4 win. Andrekovic also won the 'Wimbledon' championship earlier this summer. The consolation final saw Michael Vanderweil take out Luke McCarroll 8 - 2 to win the title.
The Stratford Tennis League completed its 2011 season last week. After the 'A' championship game, where Physiotherapy defeated Donkers Agri for the championship, rain postponed the 'B' title game. This weeks 'B' championship saw OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY take on THE FLASHING PEARLIES.
The Ladies #1 doubles went to the PEARLIES as Marta Andrekovic and Heather Henke downed Nancy Rheaume and Annette Garneau 6 - 2 , 6 - 2. The Ladies #2 doubles had a split of sets with Marilyn Leasa and Sandra Darby of the PEARLIES winning the first set 7 - 6 (7 points to 1 in the tie-breaker) before OCCUPATIONAL's Cathy Mowbray and Monica Eickmeyer rebounded to take the second set 6 - 4.
The Men's #1 doubles was dominated by OCCUPATIONAL's Bob Tamblyn and Murray Schiedel who scored a 6 - 0 , 6 - 2 victory over Zdenko Andrekovic and Pat McCarroll. The PEARLIES Jeremy Chisholm and Todd Chisholm shutout Gustavo Garcia and Paul Barclay in the first set of the Men's #2 doubles but Garcia and Barclay took the second set 6 - 2. This made the score 4 sets each heading into the mixed doubles sets.
The #1 Mixed doubles set went to OCCUPATIONAL as Rheaume and Tamblyn edged Andrekovic and Andrekovic 6 - 4. Garneau and Schiedel upped OCCUPATIONAL's lead by winning the #2 Mixed doubles 6 - 2 over Henke and McCarroll. The PEARLIES hopes were kept alive in the #3 Mixed set as Leasa and Jeremy Chisholm easily topped Mowbray and Garcia 6 - 1.
Trailing by one set heading into the #4 Mixed match the PEARLIES team of Darby and Todd Chisholm held off Eickmeyer and Barclay, winning 6 - 4. This tied the match at 6 sets each and meant the total games won would determine the winner. When the scores were added up it showed that each team had won 51 games. So the 'B' championship match ended up tied in sets and tied in games. A draw was declared and the 'B' title will be shared by OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY and THE FLASHING PEARLIES.
