Tennis – Our Fripp Club had it’s Men’s Spring League with winner Charlie Davis and 2nd place Owen Clinton – so congrats to both. – This was a month of great tennis. The Family Circle tourney at Daniels Island in Charleston is a part of the Sony Ericcsen WTA Tour events & after Serena Williams (08 winner & #1 ranked player), Sabube Kusucju (defending champion) and Maria Sharapova pulled out due to injuries it wasn’t going to be the same! BUT it did turn out VERY exciting. Melanie Oddin from Marietta, GA was the most popular contestant but didn’t make the finals. ‘Slammin Sam’ Stousur won over Zvonareva for the finals. The game only lasted 52 minutes at 6-0, and 6-3 wherein Zvonareva lost it & smashed her racket! For the 26 yr old Australian winner, it was her 2nd career victory (she started at 8 yrs old and played pro events at 14! She won most of her $4.8Mil in doubles - & she has one of the fastest serves on Tour. It was the highlight of my month to watch Nadal win the 6th straight Monti Carlo Masters beating Fernando Verdasco 6-0 & 6-1 on the clay court. Each game was a struggle & the scores don’t reflect so many deuces! This was Nadal’s first title since Rome Masters in May of 2009.
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