Wheelchair tennis players compete at Tahoe Donner

USTA NorCal presented the world-class 21st annual Tahoe Donner International Wheelchair Tennis Sectional Championship, a part of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour, at the Tahoe Donner Tennis Center last weekend.

Finals took place on Sunday, with a community Up/Down Doubles tournament until dusk.

Below are the results:

– Men’s Wheelchair Main Singles

Final Round: Lachen Majdi (1), France, d. Laurent Fischer, France, 7-6(4); 6-1

– Men’s Wheelchair A Singles

Final Round: Kris Burwell, U.S., d. Richard St. Denis, Mexico, 6-1; 6-0

– Men’s Wheelchair C Singles

Round Robin: Ed Myers, U.S., d. Bill Susman, U.S., 5-7; 6-4; 6-3

Daniel Michener, U.S., d. Johnny Rios, U.S., Wo (ill)

– Women’s Wheelchair Main/Sec. Singles

Final Round: Kaitlyn Verfucrth (4), U.S., d. Chiyoka Ohmae (3), Japan, 6-1; 6-2

– Women’s Wheelchair A Singles

Round Robin: Jillana Curry, U.S., d. Jolene Wells, U.S., 6-3; 6-0

Michelle Mapstead, U.S., d. Katherine Akin, U.S., 0-6; 6-3; 7-5

– Men’s Wheelchair Main/Sec. Doubles

Semifinal Round: Yoshinobu Fujimoto/ Phillip Rowe (1) d. Lee Carter/Anthony Lara 4-6; 6-2; 6-2

– Men’s Wheelchair Main/Sec. Doubles

Final Round: Laurent Fischer/Lachen Majdi (2) d. Yoshinobu Fujimoto/Phillip Rowe (1) 6-2; 6-4

– Men’s Wheelchair A Doubles

Round Robin: Kris Burwell/Seth Ritchey d. Daehyun Kim/Glenn McIntyre 6-1; 6-4

Daehyun Kim/ Glenn McIntyre d. Danny Quintana/Richard St. Denis 6-4; 6-2

– Men’s Wheelchair C Doubles

Final Round: Ed Myers/Bill Susman d. Daniel Michener/Jeff Stuhr 7-5; 3-6; 6-1

– Women’s Wheelchair Main/Sec. Doubles

Final Round: Katharina Kruger/Lucy Shuker (1) d. Naomi Ishimoto/Yuko Okabe (2) 6-4; 6-3

– Quad Wheelchair Open Singles

Final Round: Monique DeBeer, Netherlands, d. Sarah Hunter (3), Canada, 6-4; 6-7(9); 6-4

– Quad Wheelchair Open Doubles

Final Round: Monique De Beer/Dorrie Timmermans (1) d. Adam Field/Sarah Hunter 6-2; 6-2

– Senior Wheelchair O/A Doubles

Quarterfinal Round: Kris Burwell/Paul Moran (1) d. Anthony Anderson/Jerome Bouvier 8-3

Jim Carlton/John Ryan d. Adrian Dieleman/Glenn McIntyre 8-1

Jillana Curry/Richard St. Denis d. Katherine Akin/Danny Quintana 8-6

Patty Rollison/Phillip Rowe (2) d. Anatoly Polyatykin/Antonio Raffaele 9-7

– Senior Wheelchair O/A Doubles

Semifinal Round: Kris Burwell/Paul Moran (1) d. Jim Carlton/John Ryan 8-3

Patty Rollison/Phillip Rowe (2) d. Jillana Curry/Richard St. Denis, Wo (ill)

– Senior Wheelchair O/A Doubles

Final Round: Kris Burwell/Paul Moran, (1) d. Patty Rollison/Phillip Rowe (2) 8-4

– Senior Wheelchair B/C Doubles

Final Round: Katherine Akin/Jeff Koch d.Bill Susman/Jolene Wells 9-7

– Men’s Wheelchair Second Singles

Final Round: Anthony Anderson (1) U.S., d. Corey Blatchford (2), Canada,7-5; 6-2

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