Adam Thompson (above) is competing at an ITF Futures in Celaya, Guanajuato.

It is his fifth consecutive hard court tournament in Mexico.

In the singles, eight-seeded Thompson defeated Austrian Christoph Palmanshofer 6-3 6-4 in the first round.

In the second round Thompson defeated qualifier Nicholas Edlefsen (USA) 6-2 6-3.

His opponent in the quarter-final will be his doubles partner Christopher Klingemann (USA) who is top-seeded in the singles.

They won in the first round against Vlademyros Mavropoulos-Stoliarenko from Greece and Australian Zachary Van Min 6-3 7-5.

The second-seeded doubles team of Thompson/Klingemann progressed to the semi-final by beating Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) and Christopher Diaz-Figueroa of Guatemala relatively untroubled 6-0 6-2.

Their next opponents are not yet to be determined.

Please go to the ITF website for the updated results.

Statham brothers in Egypt

Rubin Statham (left) and Oliver Statham are competing at the F7 Futures tournament in Alexanderia, Egypt this week.

In the first round, third-seeded Rubin defeated the young Indian qualifier Ronak Manuja comfortably 6-0 6-1.

He had to face another youngster, Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL) in his second match which he won 7-6(4) 7-6(3).

His opponent in the quarter-final will be local Mohamed Mamoun.

Please go to the ITF website for the updated results.

Oliver took on Italian Giulio Torroni in his first round and went down in a high quality three setter 6-3 1-6 3-6.

In the doubles the top-seeded Statham brothers lost to a solid serving and enthusiastic Egyptian pairing, Karim Maamoun and Sherif Sabry 4-6 5-7 in the first round.

After their early exit at the 50th Trofeo Bonfiglio Tournament in Milan, Italy, Riki McLachlan and Ben McLachlan competed in Belgium this week. 

The 45th Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgian International Championships are played on clay as a lead into Junior Roland Garros.

While Ben lost his first match against Hiroyasu Ehara of Japan 5-7 3-6, Riki made it to the second round by beating local Yannis Baltogiannis 6-3 6-0.
Unfortunately he had to admit defeat (5)6-7 (5)6-7 to Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE) in an enthralling match in the second round.
Hsieh is currently ranked 10 at ITF Juniors.

The brothers are on their way to the French Open Juniors now which will commence on 31 May.
Riki is in main draw while Ben is in qualifying.

Sebastian Lavie was forced to withdraw from Belgium through injury and is still hoping to play French Open Juniors qualifying this weekend.

Riki sent a blog from Europe, click here to read it.

Tennis New Zealand is the governing body for the sport of tennis in New Zealand.

Working with its six Regional Centres - Northern, Auckland, Waikato-Bays, Central, Canterbury and Southern, and beyond half-way through an exciting SPARC supported period of Revitalisation, Tennis NZ takes a leadership role with regard to the development of tennis at all levels. 

Specific emphasis is placed on the areas of high performance and game development with financial sustainability a major and underpinning priority.

Two vacancies for Appointed Board member positions have arisen due to rotation and retirement.

Suitably qualified people, who would like to become involved in the governance of tennis at the highest level in New Zealand, and who are passionate about the future and strength of tennis in New Zealand, should express their interest in becoming part of an already highly skilled and dedicated board.

To do so, they should forward their brief letter of interest and CV, ideally all in the one attachment, to – 

The Board Appointments Panel
c/o steve@tennisnz.com
by Wednesday 10 June.

Community Coaches course enrolments open

Enrol now for the Community Coaches June courses in the Northern, Auckland, Central and Canterbury regions.

It is the first step on the New Zealand Coach pathway and is a course designed for students, teachers, parents, club helpers and anyone who has a general interest in Tennis who wishes to gain some basic skills in coaching Tennis.

$50 for the 1 day course.

Click here for more details.

Tennis NZ Referees Course

Tennis NZ and New Zealand Tennis Umpires Association are holding a Referees' Course in Nelson for people that are interested in becoming a Tennis NZ registered Referee.

No pre-requisites are required, just enthusiasm to learn about the rules of tennis and officiating.
There is no age-limit.

Please note that the two-day course offered is one module of the Junior Development Coaching Course and will be credited to the course if anyone continues on the path of becoming a qualified tennis coach.

Time: Saturday 9.30am - 4pm (approx) 8 August 2009 and Sunday 9.30am - 2.30pm 9 August 2009
Venue: Tasman Tennis Centre, Gladstone Rd, Richmond
Cost: $20 (a minimum number of eight people required for course to proceed)
Closind Date: 26 June 2009

Contact: Email to Lynnie Nevin; ph 547 0971 or                0273 663 709        

The winner of Heineken Open 2009, Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina (above) is fifth-seeded in men's singles at Roland Garros 2009.

He has beaten local Michael Llodra 6-3 6-3 6-1 in the first round and had to face Viktor Troicki (SRB) in his second round.
Troicki had a five sets match in the first round and was beaten by Del Potro 6-3 7-5 6-0.

Del Potro has to face Igor Andreev of Russia in his third match.

2009 ASB Classic Champion, fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia played Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa in her first match and won 6-4 6-3.

Her opponent in the second match, Jelena Dokic retired at 6-2 3-4 because of her lower back injury.

Dementieva will play Samantha Stosur (AUS) in the third round.

Dementieva has beaten Marina Erakovic 6-2 6-3 in the round of 16 at the ASB Classic 2009.

Erakovic has been ruled out for Roland Garros and is still unsure if she will be fit for Wimbledon which starts end of June.

For more information on Roland Garros 2009, click here.

The Tennis NZ club toolkit is a 'one stop shop' to assist our valued volunteers run our tennis clubs more effictively.

This week we present the Double Happy program.
Double Happy is a program for running social doubles events.

Such events are typically run on one day or evening. You have a group of players who are usually of mixed ability. You have a number of courts available.
Your mission is to organize play so that everyone gets several enjoyable games.
Each game should be with different partners and against different opponents.
Sounds easy - but the truth can often be frustratingly different.
It's though enough keeping track of who has played with who, but even tougher to also balance the skill levels of all the players.

Double happy can quickly help you schedule the draw and run a memorable event.
And you will even get to enjoy the tennis yourself.

- Schedule live on the day, or prepare your event in advance.
- Flexible. Vary the type of doubles, change the number of courts, rest players, over-ride court assignments. No shows, or late comers. It's no worry with the Double Happy software.
- Easy to set up and quick and simple to use.

Double Happy is available free to Associations and Clubs affiliated to Tennis NZ.
The trial version can be downloaded here.
A registration key is required to use the full version.
Email toolkit@tennisnz.com  to request a free key.

For more information about Double Happy, click here.