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| Results of IFBT-USA 2010 World Cup It was a beautiful weekend on Deerfield Beach for the second annual 2010 IFBT-USA World Cup Beach Tennis event. The weather was sunny and in the 90’s with a nice tropical breeze as over 75 players battled throughout the weekend. The categories included Men’s and Women’s Open Doubles, Women’s Singles, Men’s A Division, Juniors, Mixed Doubles, and Men’s Tennis Racket Division. The main event was the Men’s and Women’s Open, where top teams competed with beach tennis paddles on Saturday the 22nd of May. Teams from Italy, Chile, Puerto Rico, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Czech Republic, Germany, Venezuela, and of course Americans from all over the USA, including Florida, South Carolina, and California participated in the event. The Men’s Paddle competition had the strongest field and largest draw of any 2010 paddle tournament in the United States. The top four seeds were #1 Fabio Tarlazzi/Marco Montanari, #2 Rick Simeon/Jan Macko, #3 Chris Henderson/Phil Whitesell, and #4 Donny Young/Marty Salokas. After pool play the quarter-finals began with some great match-ups. Chris Henderson and Phil Whitesell defeated Marty Salokas and Donny Young in a match with great shot making and high level points. Thomas Hipp of Miami and Manuel advanced to the Semi-finals along with the teams of Tarlazzi/Montanari, and Macko/Simeon. The Italian Duo overcame a great effort from Hipp and Manuel with a 9-5 victory. In the other Semi-final the 2010 World Champions (tennis racket) Simeon/Macko faced the 2009 National Champions(tennis rackets) Henderson/Whitesell. Macko/Simeon played a solid match and won 9-3. The Macko/Simeon team competed in Italy in 2009 and trained with the paddle extensively, an experience that proved to be helpful in the match. The final was USA vs. Italy. USA's Simeon and Macko went up 6-3 quickly with sharp serving and finishing quick points. The Italians, Tarlazzi/Montanari stormed back to go up 8-7. It was on serve as the match went to a tie-breaker. The crowd was cheering on the Americans as they were to become the only U. S. team to defeat a highly ranked Italian team with the paddles. In the end, the Italians pulled out the tie-breaker 7-4 to end the most exciting match in World Cup history. On the Women’s side, the team of Del Pasqua/Ridolphi proved to be an experienced team for the other competitors. The finals had the Italian team play Steinhauser/Zuleta from Miami Beach, FL, with a 7-4 win for the Italians. The match was highly entertaining with long rallies and skilled ball placement. The American team of Zuleta/Steinhauser is a team on the rise to watch! |
| More results from the 2010 IFBT-USA Beach Tennis World Cup Men's Beach Tennis Open (Paddles) 1st - Tarlazzi/Montanari 2nd - Macko/Simeon Women's Beach Tennis Open (Paddles) 1st- Ridolfi/DelPasqua 2nd - Zuleta/Steinhauser Mixed Doubles: 1st – Tarlazzi/De Pasqua 2nd – Montanari/Ridolphi 3rd- Macko/Padro 3rd- Owen/Lekanne Men’s A Division 1st Perez/Muchado 2nd Catman/Padro Women’s Singles 1st De Pasqua 2nd Ridolphi 3rd Lekanne 4th Ramirez Men’s Tennis Rackets 1st Henderson/Whitsell 2nd Young/Salokas Junior Division 1st Gomez/Catman 2nd Gorrin/Pellicane 3rd Vazquez/Veulens |
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