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02/23/09 - HTA Takes 12 Titles in 8 days
Chicago District players are proving that the Herrmann Tennis Academy is one of the top programs in the Midwest as HTA players took twelve tournament titles in eight days from February 8-15. The academy has captured 46 singles and eight doubles titles in the 2008-09 indoor season.
“The success the players are having is tremendous! These are the benefits of their commitment to the training they do, both on and off the court. They are not only winning events, but also developing as players,” said HTA Director Ernie Katko. “To win four doubles tournaments, two at the National Open level and two at the Wisconsin Indoor is excellent. Special mention and congratulations go to Eric Marbach for being a finalist in singles and winning doubles at the National Open, and Tom Fawcett for winning both events in Wisconsin.”
 USTA National Open (B14) - El Paso
Eric Marbach teamed up with Ronnie Schneider to capture the doubles championships in El Paso. The duo won 8-3 in each of the first two rounds, 8-5 in the semifinals, and 8-4 in the finals. Marbach and Schneider also met in the singles finals, where Ronnie pulled out a 6-2, 6-1 win.
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 USTA National Open (B14) - Dothan
In Dothan, Alabama Conrad Harron joined Yale Goldberg to form the top seeded pair in the doubles draw. Their toughest test came in the semifinals when they met #3 seed George Goldhoff and Marshall Sharp of Tennessee. The match was deadlocked at 8 all and went to a tiebreak where Harron and Goldberg pulled out an 8-6 win.
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 Wisconsin Junior Indoor Championships (B14)
Tom Fawcett swept the titles at the West Side Tennis Club in Kenosha, taking the singles and doubles championship. Fawcett won his first and last match in three set battles and cruised in his other three matches for his first Boys’ 14 title of the season. In doubles Fawcett teamed up with John Zordani to take each of their four matches in straight sets. Fawcett and Zordani took out the #1 and #2 seeds in the semifinals and finals
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 Wisconsin Junior Indoor Championships (B16)
Michael Sellitto teamed up with Indiana’s Elliott Yee to take the doubles title. The unseeded pair won their first match 6-2, 6-4 before entering into three-set battles in the next two rounds. In the semis the duo won 7-6, 7-6, 6-3 and in the finals they pulled out a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win. Sellitto finished fourth in singles, losing to his partner Yee 7-6(4), 6-3 in his last match.
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 Lincolnshire Boys Challenger (B14)
Sam Wiener survived a 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 struggle in the first round, before getting on a role and taking his next three matches to win his second title of the season. Sam has won 9 of his last 11 matches and two of his last four tournaments.
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Centre Court Athletic Club Girls Challenger (G16)
-Becca Newmark entered the twenty-two player event unseeded and won four of her five matches in straight sets. She beat the second and third seeded players in route to her first tournament title of the season. |
 Wheaton Boys Spring Open (B16)
-Dennis Kontorovich won his first B16 event of the season at the Wheaton Sports Center. Kontorovich cruised 6-4, 6-1 in his first round match with Oliver Jaimes before knocking off #4 seed Matt Parker 6-2, 7-6(5) in the second round. In the seminfinals Dennis topped #1 seed Michael Baiocchi 1-6, 6-4, 10-4. Kontorovich continued his assault of the seeds in the third round when he beat #2 seed Jack Lorentsen 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 in the finals.
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 Glenview Winter Open (B14)
Joel Meyer won each of his three matches in straight sets, including a 6-4, 6-1 victory over academy classmate Vinnie Nagaraj in the final. Nagaraj took out another HTA member, Brandon Wozniczka 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals.
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 Lincolnshire Winter Boys Challenger (B16)
Arthur Ozga, seeded third, only dropped eight games in his first six sets in route to an appearance in the finals. Ozga and #2 seed Mitchell Granger were even at six games all in the first set, before Ozga got in a zone and dominated the tiebreak 7-0. In the second set Ozga cruised 6-1 to take his second B16 title of the season. |
 GRC/HTA Winter Dash (B14 & B16)
Drew Campbell and Michal Kusznerko each captured titles on their home court, winning the Boys’ 16 and 14 division, respectively.
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