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Jack’s of Fiji Open Tennis Championships 2013
Dates: 29TH May to 2nd June 2013
Venue: ‐ Denarau Golf and Racquet Club Denarau Island Nadi
Organised and Controlled by ‘Tennis Fiji’
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PARTICIPANTS
OVERSEAS PLAYERS 2013
LOCAL PARTICIPANTS 2013
BREAKDOWN OF OVERSEAS BY HOTEL/AIRLINE/COUNTRY
AVERAGE SPENDING AND TOTAL NIGHTS IN FIJI
EVENT WINNERS AND RUNNERS UP
• DETAILS OF THE EVENT
ENTRY FORM
RESORT ACCOMMODATION
ITINENERY
RULES AND CONDITIONS OF THE TOURNAMENT
• PICTUIRES
• MEDIA
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• PARTICIPANTS FIJI OPEN 2013 LIST OF OVERSEAS ENTRIES NAME COUNTRY AIRLINE HOTEL AKIYAMA TOMOMI AUST AP SOFITEL ALDRICH EMMA AUST AP ITF HOUSE ALLISON SUE NZ AP WESTIN BENSON CATHY AUST AP WESTIN BOND STEPHANIE NZ ANZ SHERATON BROWN DANNY NZ ANZ SOFITEL BROWN MAX NZ ANZ SOFITEL BROWNE JEANINE NZ AP WESTIN BRUGH CAMRON NZ AP SHERATON BRUGH JOY NZ AP SHERATON BURNS DANNY AUST VIRGIN SHERATON CASS MICHAEL NZ ANZ WESTIN CLARK SHERYL NZ AP WESTIN CORBETT SELA NZ ANZ SOFITEL DEBAY GUILLAUME VAN AP CAPRICORN DOIG GRAHAM AUST AP SOFITEL DOUCAS CHRIS AUST JETSTAR SOFITEL DOUCAS ROBIN AUST JETSTAR SOFITEL FITZPATRICK BRIDGET NZ AP SHERATON GANDERTON JOHN AUST AP SHERATON GATLEY CARO NZ AP WESTIN GODDARD ROB NZ AP WESTIN GRAHAM EMMA AUST AP ITF HOUSE HARD ANTHONY AUST AP SOFITEL HOLTOM ANGELA NZ ANZ SOFITEL HOLTOM ROSS NZ ANZ SOFITEL HONAKOKO YAELLE NC AIRCAL TERRACES HUKINS JOHN NZ ANZ SHERATON
JACOBE CYRIL VAN AP CAPRICORN KORINIHONA AMANDA USA AP ITF HOUSE MADISON WIGHTON AUST AP ITF HOUSE MURRAY MICHELLE AUST AP SHERATON O'CONNELL WILLIAM USA AP ITF HOUSE OTTOSEN ROBERT NZ ANZ SHERATON PONTIFEX SCOTT NC AIRCAL SHERATON POOLEY ETHAN AUST VIRGIN SHERATON POOLEY JOE AUST VIRGIN SHERATON ROBINSON HUGH NZ ANZ WESTIN ROUSE ANNE AUST AP WESTIN ROUSE DAVID AUST AP WESTIN ROUSE ZACHARY AUST AP WESTIN RUSSELL ROLY NZ AP WESTIN SCUTTS SELI NZ AP WESTIN SIELY MICA AUST VIRGIN SHERATON SIELY ROBERT AUST VIRGIN SHERATON SKLENAK JOHAN NC AIRCAL TERRACES STEWART RAEWYN AUST AP SOFITEL SUMMERHAYES KERRI AUST AP RADISSON TETTEROO JOHN NZ AP SHERATON THOMPSON HAMISH NZ AP WESTIN TISSERANT CELESTIN NC AIRCAL TERRACES TRIMARA ASSAYA NC AIRCAL TERRACES VERUS DANIEL AUST VIRGIN SOFITEL VIGNERON SARAH NC AIRCAL TERRACES WAITE WILLIAM NZ AP SHERATON WALLACE BETTY AUST AP SOFITEL WEATHERHEAD ALEX NZ ANZ SHERATON WINTER GERRARD NC AIRCAL TERRACES WINTER NATHALIE NC AIRCAL TERRACES WINTER TERENCE NC AIRCAL TERRACES WOODWARS SUE AUST AP SHERATON
FIJI OPEN 2013 LIST OF LOCAL ENTRIES NAME ARMSTRONG‐NAYLOR TIRI BALRAM SHEKHAR BANIMATAKU LORRAINE BENJAMIN JUNIOR BIRA TITO CAMPBELL BENJAMIN CHAND RAVNEEL CHAND SHIVAL CHUN PIA MA CHUTE CALEB COFFIN RUBY DUTT AARON FONG BOB FUJIYAMA CHRISTINOH GRAHAM EMMA GUBA LACHLAN HONILA YANI KAMALI RAPHAELYNE KAMOE FESAITU KAMOE MULAN KAMOE TARANI KAPADIA VISHAL KUMAR SHIVAAN KUMAR KRISHNEEL KUMAR VIENNA KUMARAN DAVEN LAL PATRICK LAL PRASUND
LAM SELWYN LITTLEJOHN BEN MAILTOROK ANDREW MATULIC NIKO MWEA LATAISA NAKAMURA MANA NAKAMURA SACHI NAKAMURA SHINICHIRO NAKAMURA TATSUKI NAVRITA NEISAU DONNA PAENI LUKE PATEL JAGDISH PILLAY KRISHNEEL KESHWAN PRASAD DIVESH PRASAD SHAKUNTLA PRASAD SURESH PRITCHARD SUSAN PULUSPENE LORISH RAGU RAJU KRISHAN RANIGA SHYAAM REDDY NAGA REDDY SACHIN ROW GEORJEMAH RUSH T J SEN ASH SERU RUPENI SHANNON ANNIE SHARMA SHONEET SHARMA SUMEET SINGH RAJIV TEALLY VINDA TERA‐APISAH MARCIA YUMA
BREAKDOWN BY HOTEL/AIRLINE/COUNTRY
AIRLINE
AIR PACIFIC 33
AIR CALEDONIA 9
AIR NZ 11
VIRGIN 6
JETSTAR 2
WESTIN
SHERATON 18
RADISSON 1
SOFITEL 13
WESTIN 14
ITF HOUSE 5
TERRACES 8
CAPRICORN 2
COUNTRY
AUSTRALIA 24
NEW CALEDONIA 9
NEW ZEALAND 24
USA 2
VANWATU 2
NOTE
The above figures do not take into account non players such as
partners/children/parents/etc of which there were approx 25
AVERAGE SPENDING AND TOTAL NIGHTS IN FIJI
TENNIS FIJI DOES NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL DETAILED ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION
HOWEVER WE CAN SUPPLY WHAT WE THINK ARE GOOD ESTIMATES AS WE HAVE A LOT OF
CORRESPOMDENCEBY EMAIL REQUESTING INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE EVENT WHICH WE
CAN BASE OUR FIGURES ON AS FOLLOWS;
EXAMPLES OF INFORMATION REQUESTED BY OVERSEAS PLAYERS
Q. DOES TENNIS FIJI OFFER A FULL PACKAGE FOR THE AIRLINE/HOTELCOSTS?
A. NO HOWEVER WE WERE ABLE TO GET RATES FROM STARWOOD HOTELS WITH AN EVENT
BOOKING CODE WHICH FORMED PART OF THE INFORMATION ON THE ENTRY FORM. THE
RATES GIVEN WERE COMPETITIVE AND OVER 50% BOOKED WITH A STARWOOD HOTEL
Q. WHICH RESORT HOTELS ARE CLOSE TO THE VENUE.
A. OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT HOTELS ARE SHERATON, SHERATON VILLAS AND WESTIN.
THE DURATION OF THE TOURNAMENT WAS OVER 5 DAYS AND WITH 3 DAYS FREE PRACTICE
PRIOR TO THE TOURNAMENT START DATE. WE ESTABLISHED THAT THE MAJORITY STAYED
FOR SEVEN NIGHTS BASED ON THEIR ARRIVAL DATES. ALSO AS WELL AS THE PLAYERS OTHERS
ACCOMPANIED THEM SUCH AS COACHES WIVES PARENTS TEAM MANAGERS CHILDREN ETC
OF WHICH THERE WERE 25 WHICH GAVE A TOTAL OF 86 . SOME STAYED AFTER THE EVENT TO
EXTEND THEIR HOLIDAY ON CRUISES AND OTHWER ISLAND RESORTS ETC.
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE PER PERSON AS FOLLOWS;
F$
AIRFARE AND ACCOMMODATION 3000
ENTRY AND FUNCTION FEES 250
MEALS AND DRINKS ETC 2000
OTHER: ‐ TRANSPORT/GIFTS/SHOPPING/ETC 1550
TOTAL 6800
ESTIMATED TOTAL EXPENDITURE
86 X 6800 = F$584,800
• EVENT WINNERS AND RUNNERS UP
2013 FIJI OPEN WINNERS & RUNNERS UP
Event Winner Runner Up
Social Mixed Doubles Sachin Reddy/Vienna Kumar Ross Holtom/Angela Holtom
120 Mixed Doubles Max Brown/Angela Holtom Davendra Kumaran/Ash Sen
100 Mixed Doubles Suresh Prasad/Shakuntla Prasad Hugh Robinson/Caro Gatley
Mixed 35 Doubles John Tetteroo/Bridget Fitzpatrick Rob Ottosen/Kerri Summerhayes
Mixed A Doubles John Ganderton/Sue Woodward Hamish Thomson/Bridget Fitzpatrick
Open Mixed Doubles William O Connell/Tarani Kamoe John Ganderton/Sue Woodward
Boys 12 Doubles Ben Littlejohn/Shivam Raniga Vishal Kapadia/Niko Matulic
Boys 15 Doubles Graham Mani/Lataisa Mwea Ethan Pooley/Zachery Rouse
Social Ladies Doubles Jeanine Browne/Robin Doucas Tiri Armstrong/Caro Gatley
Social Mens Doubles Krishneel Kumar/Sachin Reddy Pin Ma Chun/Shivaan Kumar
120 Mens Doubles Naga Reddy/John Tetteroo Bob Fong/Raghu Nanden
100 Mens Doubles John Hukins/Roly Russell Bob Fong/Suresh Prasad
100 Ladies Doubles Sheryl Clark/Seli Scutts Joy Brugh/Bridget Fitzpatrick
45 Ladies Doubles Kerri Summerhayes/Sue Woodward Cathy Rouse/Anne Rouse
35/45 Mens Doubles Hamish Thomson/Rob Ottosen Hugh Robinson/Jogn Tetteroo
Ladies A Doubles Geirjemiah Row/Vinda Teally Ruby Coffin/Mulan Kamoe
Mens A Doubles Benjamin Junior/TJ Rush John Hukins/Hamish Thomson
Open Ladies Doubles Tarani Kamoe/Annie Shannon Amanda Korinihona/Marcia Tere-Apisah
Open Mens Doubles Cyril Jacobe/William O'Connell John Ganderton/Luke Paeni
Boys 12 Sinlges Ben Littlejohn Ravneel Chand
Girls 15 Singles Mulan Kamoe Georjemiah Row
Boys 15 Singles Krishan Raju Graham Mani
Social Ladies Singles Georjemiah Row Sue Pritchard
Social Mens Singles TJ Rush Shekhar Balram
55/65 Mens Singles Roly Russell Raghu Nanden
45 Mens Singles David Rouse Chris Doucas
45/50 Ladies Singles Kerri Summerhayes Cathy Benson
35 Mens Singles Shekhar Balram Graham Doig
Ladies A Singles Sue Woodward Mulan Kamoe
Mens A Singles John Ganderton Johan Sklenak
Open Ladies Singles Marcia Tere-Apisah Tarani Kamoe
Open Mens Singles Cyril Jacobe William O' Connell
•
DETAILS OF THE EVENT – ENTRY FORM
Jack’s of Fiji Open Tennis Championships 2013
Dates: 29TH May to 2nd June 2013
Venue: ‐ Denarau Golf and Racquet Club Denarau Island Nadi
Events Event No. Event No. Event No. Event No. Event No.
OPEN 1 2 3 4 5
Men’s Singles Men’s Doubles Ladies Singles Ladies Doubles Mixed Doubles
A Grade 6 7 8 9 10
Men’s Singles Men’s Doubles Ladies Singles Ladies Doubles Mixed doubles
V 11 12 13 14 15
Men’s 35 yrs Mens 35 yrs Ladies 35 yrs Ladies 35 yrs Mixed 35 yrs
E Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Doubles
T 16 17 18 19 20
Men’s 45 yrs Mens 45 yrs Ladies 45 yrs Ladies 45 yrs Mixed 45 yrs
E Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Doubles
R 21 22* 23 24* 25*
Men’s 55 yrs Mens 100 yrs Ladies 55 yrs Ladies 100 yrs Mixed 100yrs
Doubles
A Singles Doubles Singles Doubles
28*
N 26 27* *COMBINED AGE
OF PLAYERS IN Mixed 120 yrs
Men’s 65 yrs Mens 120 yrs EVENT NOS 22 24
25 27 and 28 Doubles
S Singles DoublesSOCIAL 29 30 31 32 33
Men’s Singles Men’s Doubles Ladies Singles Ladies Doubles Mixed Doubles
JUNIORS 34 35 36 37
15 Boys Singles Boys Doubles Girls Singles Girls Doubles
JUNIORS 38 39 40 41
12 Boys Singles Boys Doubles Girls Singles Girls Doubles
Events Event No Event No Event No Event No Event No
All Event Winners & Runners‐up will receive Trophies.ENTRY FORM
Name: ___________________________________________________ Date of Birth: ___/___/___
Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
Phone: ______________________ Fax: ________________ Email: ____________________________
AIRLINE DATE FLIGHT NO.
HOTEL DATE IN DATE OUT ‐
T‐ SHIRT SIZE :‐ SMALL/ MEDIUM/LARGE/XLARGE/XXLARGE/XXXLARGE Size
Requested is
Supply details of your standard of tennis for seeding purposes e.g. ranking, competition played and grade,
social grade.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
Event No. Event Doubles Partner
Enter “partner required” if necessary.
Please note: Players are eligible to enter in up to 3 events. If they do players are reminded they may need to
play several matches on one day including finals. Players will only be guaranteed 30 minutes between
matches.
Signed: _____________________________ Date: ___/___/___RESORT ACCOMMODATION
Resort Accommodation Information
People can book directly to reservations and quote booking code TENNIS 13
Reservation email is – westin.fiji@westin.com
Hotel Room Category Room Rate
The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa Tropical Garden $260++
Ocean Breeze $300++
Ocean View $350++
Ocean Front $450++
Sheraton Denarau Villas 2 Bedroom Garden View $650++
2 Bedroom Lagoon View $850++ITINENARY Sunday 26th June to Tues 28th June Players will have the opportunity to practice for 3 days before the tournament commences. If you are traveling on your own, the Tennis Professional will be able to arrange a hitting partner for you. Wednesday 29th June Let the tournament begin. Registration from 8 a.m. and play commences at 9am. Matches scheduled throughout the day with the last commencing at 4.30pm. Thursday 30th June With the tournament well under way matches will commence at 8am and continue through until early evening. Welcome drinks and nibbles party will be held from 6:30pm to 10pm!!!!! for all players and guests. The venue to be Indigo Restaurant Port Denarau. Friday 18th Play will continue from 8am. We are now getting to some serious matches with many quarters final matches on offer. This evening feel free to enjoy many of the various hotels eating places as well as the new Port Denarau facilities. Saturday 19th The best players are now going to fight out the Semi‐finals. Some finals will be played today. If you are not playing perhaps you may wish to try your hand at a game of golf or whatever. Sunday 20th May The finals will be commencing at 8am with the singles finals to commence at 10am. The presentation will commence at 3pm. The prize giving presentation will commence at the conclusion of all finals matches which is expected to be approximately 4pm. During the prize giving you will be able to relax having complimentary drinks and nibbles and hopefully start talking about next year’s event. Please feel free to give constructive input on how we can “Make it Better”.
RULES AND CONDITIONS OF THE TOURNAMENT
Tournament Rules and Conditions
1. The tournament Committee hereafter referred to as the ‘committee’
shall have the control and management of the tournament. Any
matter not specifically covered by these conditions shall be resolved
by the committee and that decision shall be final.
2. Entries must be completed on the prescribed entry form. Each player
must complete an entry form, sign and return by the closing date.
3. All knock‐out draw singles matches will be best of three tiebreak sets.
Matches in any event may be reduced in length at the discretion of the
committee.
4. All Knock‐out draw doubles matches will be the best of three sets the
first two tie break sets and the third set if required, a Match tie‐break.
5. All round Robin events matches will be the best of 15 games with a tie
break at 7 all. The winner of the match will be the first to win 8 games.
6. A five minutes warm‐up will be allowed at the beginning of each
match.
7. Play shall be Continuous until the match is completed.
8. The Committee reserves the right to cancel or postpone any event.9. The committee reserves the right to cancel any event if insufficient
entries are received and combine those entries with other events.
10. The committee may choose not to accept a player’s entry in an event
and transfer that player to another event without advising.
11. Events 23 – 27 are open to Social players. A social player is defined as
a person who has not played in an open tournament previously, does
not hold a ranking either local, state/province or national. The
committee reserves the right to refuse entry into this event. You may
not enter a social event if you are playing any open event. Juniors may
also enter Social events.
12. Entrants in Veterans and Juniors events must be at least the relevant
age by 29th May 2013 the committee reserves the right to ask for birth
certificates
13. Entrants in junior events must be 15 years and 12 years and under as
at the 29th May 2013.
14. Any player entering a doubles event without nominating a partner
shall accept the partner allocated by the committee, but this does not
impose any obligation on the committee to find a partner.
15. Players will be granted a minimum of thirty minutes break between
matches.
16. All players must report to the tournament desk fifteen minutes prior
to the scheduled time of their match. Any player not ready or refusing
to play within fifteen minutes of their match being called will be
defaulted.17. All players must wear correct tennis attire. In the event of a dispute
over attire, the final decision rests with the tournament committee.
18. Only players and approved officials are allowed inside the court
enclosure during a match.
19. Players must be prepared to umpire if called upon to do so.
20. The referee shall be the sole judge as to whether the courts are fit to
play on.
21. It is the players responsibility to ascertain the scheduled times and any
changes for his/her matches.
22. Entrants agree to have photographs, motion pictures and video tapes
taken of them during the tournament and assign to the committee the
right to perpetuity to use such materials in any way without
compensation.
23. All events will be a knockout. The committee may choose to play
round robin events if minimal entries are received in any one event.
24. In the combined age doubles events no player should be more than
10 years younger than the combined age divided by 2.• PICTURES
• MEDIA
Fiji Times
Tennis finals called off
Arin Kumar
Monday, June 03, 2013
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Luke Paeni returns a shot during the Fiji Open Tennis Championship at the Denarau Golf and
Racquet Club in Nadi. Picture: BALJEET SINGH
THE finals of the singles competition of the Fiji Open Tennis Championship will be played
today.
Adverse weather in the Western Division forced organisers to postpone some games from when
the Jack's of Fiji-sponsored tournament began on Thursday at the Denarau Golf and Racquet
Club in Nadi.
Fiji Tennis Association president Naga Reddy said defending women's singles champion Tarani
Kamoe of Fiji was on her way to retaining her title.
"She qualified for the finals, however, it (the finals) will be played tomorrow (today)," he said.
Reddy added national rep William O'Connell was also in the final of the men's open singles
grade.
"William is also in the final and their final will also be played tomorrow (today).
"Bad weather condition forced us to make the move because it has been raining throughout the
tournament.
"Also we want to give the finalists some time to rest and recover and then play when they are
fresh. They also played in doubles or mixed finals and it would not be fair if we got them to play
such an important game (final) when they are exhausted."O'Connell will face Cyril Jacobe of New Caledonia while Kamoe will be up against Maria Tere-
Apisah of Papua New Guinea who is based in Fiji at the Regional Tennis Centre in Lautoka.
Meanwhile, O'Connell and Kamoe teamed up to win the open mixed doubles title. Kamoe and
Annie Shannon won the ladies open doubles final yesterday.
Reddy said the competition was tough and Fiji's representatives managed to get some good
game-time top regional players.
Kamoe wins opening match
Arin Kumar
Friday, May 31, 2013
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Emma Graham in action at the Denarau Golf and Racquet Club courts in Nadi yesterday. Picture:
BALJEET SINGH
DEFENDING champion of the ladies competition at the Fiji Open, Tarani Kamoe made a
successful start to her title defence.
Yesterday, she beat Yaelle Honakoko of New Caledonia by two straight sets, 6-4, 6-1 at the
Denarau Golf and Racquet Club in Nadi.
The Jack's of Fiji sponsored tournament started on Wednesday and Fiji Tennis Association
president Naga Reddy said the Fiji players started well.
"Tarani started her competition with a commanding win and we wish her all the best in her other
games," he said.
Other locals who won yesterday were Mulan Kamoe who beat Lorish Puluspene of Papua New
Guinea 6-2, 6-3 and Annie Shannon who beat New Caledonia's Sarah Vigneron 6-2, 6-2.Headded the weather in Nadi was cloudy and rain drizzled from time to time but they continued with the competition. "We have a schedule to follow and we want to complete the quarter-finals tomorrow (today), the semi-finals on Saturday and the finals. "As for the level of competition at the tournament, there is very high standard of competition in all games and it is a good test for the local players," Reddy said. These are Fiji's players that won their games on Wednesday, Mulan Kamoe beat local Ruby Coffin 62, 61 in the Ladies A competition, TJ Rush beat Prasund Lal 62, 67, 6 3, Aaron Dutt beat Benjamin Campbell 62, 62 in the Mens social competition, Sue Pritchard beat Australia's Michelle Murray 80 in the Ladies social, Pin Ma Chun and Shivaan Kumar beat Shivneel Chand and Divesh Prasad 62, 61 in the Mens social doubles, Shinchiro Nakamura and Sachi Nakamura beat Australia's Danny Burns and Mica Siely 63, 64 in the Mixed Social Doubles, Mulan Kamoe beat Vienna Kumar 81 and Ruby Coffin beat Mana Nakamura in the Girls 15 Group B, Christinoh Fujiyama beat Patrick Lal 61, 63 and TJ Rush beat Yuma Yuma 61, 60 in the Mens social singles, Atiria Armstrong and Sue Pritchard beat Australia's Raewyn Steward and Betty Wallace 86 in the Ladies Combined Doubles, Krishneel Keshwan Pillay beat Kiribati's Lataisa Mwea 62, 64 and Shekhar Balram beat Krishnan Raju 61, 63 in the mens social singles, Bob Fong and Suresh Prasad beat Davendra Kumaran and Raghu Nanden 85 in the mens combined doubles and Krishnan Raju beat Graham Mani of Solomon Island 81 Fiji Open a valuable hitout for Pacific tennis players RNZI Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Update: 7:50PM SOME of the Pacifics top tennis players will get some valuable match-time this week at the Fiji Open, which starts in Nadi on Wednesday. The Davis Cup tennis tie involving the Pacific Oceania Team, was postponed earlier this month due to political unrest in Myanmar and will now be played in Dubai in September. The Joint Executive Officer of the Oceania Tennis Federation, David Smith. says after the frustrations on the past month this week's tournament is a welcome hit-out. "It was disappointing but Fiji Open does give the opportunity for the likes of Cyril Jacobe from Vanuatu. He's the number one Pacific Oceania Davis Cup player so he's the top seed in the men's open singles. We've also got William OConnell - he's in college in the States and he's the number
two seed - and I think he's probably one of the up and coming players who eventually will force himself into the team." The hometown hope Tarani Kamoe is both the top seed and defending champ in the women's singles draw. Kamoe falls in final Zanzeer Singh Tuesday, June 04, 2013 NADI'S Tarani Kamoe failed to defend her women's open singles title during the Fiji Open Tennis Championship at the Denarau Golf and Racquet Club yesterday. Kamoe went down fighting to Marcia Tere-Apisah of Papua New Guinea during the final of the Jack's of Fiji-sponsored event. She won the first set 6-4. However, Tere-Apisah bounced back to win the second set by the same score. Tere-Apisah kept her cool to eventually seal the match by taking out the third set 6-2. In the men's open singles final, national rep William O'Connell lost to Cyril Jacobe of Vanuatu in straight sets (1-6, 4-6). Fiji coach Naga Reddy said Tere-Apisah managed to turn the tables against Kamoe after losing to her in the final last year. He said there was great rivalry among the two players. "The final between Marcia and Tarani was exciting," Reddy said. "It was unfortunate that Tarani could not make it back-to-back titles. Marcia showed determination after losing the first set. "For William, it was his first major tournament in the country after some time." Fiji Tennis Association secretary John Shannon said they attracted more than 130 players. "We had 30 different categories," Shannon said. "For next year we are targeting a larger number of players from overseas. "We will be offering family deals. This is not only good for the sport but for tourism as well."
Fiji Sun Fiji Tennis Open hits off today May 29, 2013 | Filed under: Fiji Sports | Posted by: newsroom By WAISEA NASOKIA A total of 122 tennis players from the Oceania region will compete in the 106th Fiji Open tournament at the Denerau Golf and Racket Club today. Fiji’s number one, Tarani Kamoe, will be defending her title in the women single and is expected to face uphill competition during the five- day tennis fiesta. Eighteen-year-old Kamoe was the first Fijian to win the title in 24 years. Last year’s top seed Marcia Tere-Apisah (PNG) was eliminated by New Caledonia’s Assya Trimari in a surprise upset. Trimari came through to the final fall short before Kamoe despite taking the first set 6-4. Kamoe then got going and took the next two sets 6-3, 6-2 to claim the title. Australian Mark Shanahan will be out to defend the open men’s singles once again. The title had been his for the last consecutive three years. Fiji Tennis Association executive and national coach, Naga Reddy said Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands are expected to add flavour to the strong challenge expected from Australia and New Zealand.
“We have received much more entries than last year. Over 70 overseas entries and we expect a tough competition with the inclusion of the Pacific-Oceania Davis Cup players,” Reddy said. “A lot of competition is expected from Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea, while NZ and Australia is always tough. “Tarani Kamoe, William O’Connor and Annie Shannon are looking forward to a grand competition. An excellent numbers of players will be competing particularly in the veteran’s categories,” Reddy said. 122 players will battle in the 32 event competition dubbed as the biggest tennis tournament in the Oceania. Players will compete in the veteran, senior and junior category and be played on 10 courts including six grass courts and four Astro turfs. Jacobe, Apisah win June 4, 2013 | Filed under: Fiji Sports | Posted by: newsroom By SHEIK DEAN New winners were crowned during the 106th Jack’s of Fiji Tennis Open at Denarau Golf and Racquet Club in Nadi yesterday. The Men’s Open Singles was up for grabs as Mark Shanahan of Australia did not make it for the tournament. William O’Connell of Fiji met Cyril Jacobe of Vanuatu taking the first set lead with a huge margin of 6-1. Jacobe showed good skills and strength taking also the second set, 6-4. Defending champion of Ladies Open Singles and Fiji number one Tarani Kamoe was unsuccessful to retain her title. Kamoe was in control of the first set against Marcia Tere-Apisah of Papua New Guinea winning 6-4. Apisah came back in the second set giving Kamoe a tougher challenge turning the table around winning by the same margin 6-4 win.
The match went into the third set with Apisah giving her very best thrashing Kamoe 6-2. National coach Naga Reddy said the final was truly a match to watch with a very close margin game for Kamoe and Apisah. “We are happy with the tournament turn out as tennis is growing bigger and better each year. “Unfortunately both Fiji players lost in the final and that’s not the end. There is always another chance to make your mark. “This loss should not be considered as a failure but as a chance to improve on the areas which needs attention. “Tennis Fiji is proud of our players as making it through the finals was not easy and as the saying goes no pain, no gain, added Reddy. Jacobe has represented Pacific Oceania region at Davis Cup and has a lot of experience at international level with his recent appearance at Mont Dore Open in New Caledonia 2012.
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS COMPANY SPONSOR THANKS TO JACKS OF FIJI – ADIDAS MAJOR SPONSOR BABU B CHAWDA TOURISM FIJI FINANCIAL SPONSOR KINIVILAME RAICEBE FIJI TATTSLOTTO FINANCIAL SPONSOR GRAEME BROWN SPORTSWORLD TENNIS BALL SPONSOR VINOD KUMAR BEACHCOMBER RESORT FINANCIAL SPONSOR BRENDAN HANNAN FIJI GAS FINANCIAL SPONSOR FREEMAN GOCK DRUA SPORTS FINANCIAL SPONSOR SHAUN STARWOOD HOTELS PRIZE GIVING SPONSOR PAUL YUI DENARAU GOLF & RACQUET ADMINISTRATION ORIPA AND RUPENI NATURAL WATERS OF FIJI WATER SPONSOR LEONARDA CAMPBELL On behalf of ‘Tennis Fiji’ I wish to thank all the above organizations for assisting us host this ever popular tennis event. The Fiji Open with 32 plus events covering all ages and different playing levels and with more than 120 plus trophies and prizes at stake for event winners and runners up is the largest tennis event held annually in the Pacific Oceania region. Tournament Director John Shannon
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