U.S. Forces Europe tennis championships
HEIDELBERG, Germany — Results from the three-day U.S. Forces tennis championships, which ended Sunday on the clay courts of the Patrick Henry Village tennis center (some duty stations, first names unavailable):
Men’s open
Friday’s first-round match—Tim Goss (Heidelberg) def. Benjamin Falvey 6-1, 6-0.
Friday’s quarterfinals—Jorge Sepulveda (Kaiserslautern) by default over David Adamson; Vincent Buckley (Schweinfurt) def. Brett Fredman 6-2, 6-1; Sean Stokstad (Kaiserslautern) def. Goss 6-3, 6-1; Terry Johnson (Kaiserslautern) def. Jeremy Jackson 6-0, 6-0.
Friday’s semifinals—Sepulveda def. Buckley 5-7, 6-2, 6-3; Johnson def. Stokstad 6-2, 6-2.
Sunday’s championship—Johnson def. Sepulveda 6-3, 6-4.
Men’s seniors-masters
(30 years and older)
Friday’s first-round matches—Sam Giles (Vilseck) def. Nate Strong (Wiesbaden) 6-3, 6-0; Jerry Swedlund by default over Ralph Brecht.
Friday’s quarterfinals—Metin Karaca (Heidelberg) def. Giles 6-1, 6-0; Jeff Kridakorn (Heidelberg) by default over Brad Hagen; David Ward (Heidelberg) def. Swedlund 6-0, 6-0; Ralph Totorica (Heidelberg) def. Michael Meija 6-1, 6-0.
Friday’s semifinals—Karaca def. Kridakorn 6-2, 6-1; Totorica def. Ward 6-1, 6-3.
Sunday’s championship—Karaca def. Totorica 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Women’s open
Saturday’s quarterfinals—Susan Flynn (Stuttgart) def. Kathleen Guerrero 7-5, 6-7 (tiebreaker score unavailable) 6-2; Sally Cotter (Heidelberg) def. Anna Maria Denitto 6-2, 6-1; Cheryl Riise (Spangdahlem) def. Sara Dougger 6-0, 6-0.
Saturday’s semifinals— Maya Pardee (Spangdahlem) def. Flynn 6-0, 6-1; Riise def. Cotter 6-0, 6-0.
Sunday’s championship—Pardee def. Riise 6-4, 6-4.
Men’s doubles
Saturday’s quarterfinals—Strong and Kirdakorn def. Swedlund and Giles 6-1, 7-5.
Saturday’s semifinals—Totorica and Karaca def. Strong and Kridakorn 6-0, 6-0; Sepulveda and Johnson def. Buckley and Gaynor 6-1, 6-2.
Sunday’s championship—Sepulveda and Johnson def. Totorica and Karaca 6-3, 7-5.
Mixed doubles
Friday’s quarterfinals—Riise and Falvey def. Kelso and Kelso (unavailable) 6-2, 7-5.
Friday’s semifinals—Jackie Pitts and Chris Burr (Heidelberg) def. Cotter and David Ward 6-3, 6-4; Pardee and Goss def. Riise and Falvey 6-4, 6-2.
Sunday’s championship—Pardee and Goss def. Pitts and Burr 6-2, 7-6 (7-3).