Stanley Park Open Gets Underway

Competition got underway under blues skies today at the Stanley Park Open ITF 3 sanctioned event in Vancouver, BC. Thirty players from 7 countries competing in 4 divisions (men's, women's, Quad's and Juniors) will be battling it out until finals on Sunday for coveted ranking points and prize money.

In the men's open top seeds Steve Welch (defending champion from the USA) and Takuya Miki (Japan) were the only players not in action today. All other players competed in early round singles.

In the quads top seeds Gary Luker and Mika Ishikawa had an easy day at the office both winning their matches handily

Amanda Yan from Vancouver fought hard against top seed Lizbeth Soto Rivera in the women's draw but ultimately had to hand the victory to the teenager from Mexico.

Men's Open round of 16 results from today:
Misha Bilenky (BC) v. Richard Peter (BC) 6/2 7/5
Phat Mai (USA) v. Tomas Bourassa (BC) 6/2 6/2
Anthony Anderson (USA) v. Jerome Bouvier (BC) 6/1 6/2
Sergio Naduville (MEX) v. Ross MacDonald (BC) 6/3 6/2
Philippe Bedard (QC) Jason BOTHAM (BC) 6/0 6/0
Carlos Muro (MEX) v. Roberto Molina (ESA) 6/0 6/1


Women's 1/4 finals results:
Lizbeth SOTO RIVERA (MEX) defeats Amanda Yan (BC)
Molly Rogers (USA) defeats Jeanine MCDONALD (BC)
Marni PETER (BC) defeats Viviane YU (BC)
Janet MCLACHLAN (BC) defeats Kirsten SHARP (BC)


Quad 1/4 finals results:
Gary Luker (top seed, ON) v. Alexi Chicoine (BC) 6/0 6/0
Mika Ishikawa (BC) v. Andrew Davis (BC) 6/0 6/0
Adam Frost v. Peter Isherwood 6/1 6/2
Brad Skeats (BC) v. Ryan Schweitzer (BC) 6/2 6/0

 Tomorrow's action will be:

First Match (Starting at 8 am)
Court 3: Gary Luker (CAN) vs Brad Skeats (CAN)
Court 4: Peter Isherwood (CAN) vs Andrew Davis (CAN)
Court 5: Ryan Schweizer (CAN) vs Alexis Chicoine (CAN)
Court 6: Adam Frost (CAN) vs. Mika Ishikawa (CAN)

Second Match (Not before 9 am)
Court 4: Jason Botham (CAN) vs. Richard Peter (CAN)
Court 5: Ross MacDonald (CAN) vs Tomas Bourassa (CAN)
Court 6: Anthony Anderson (USA) vs Takuya Miki (JPN)

Third Match (10:30 am)
Court 4: Philipe Bedard (CAN) vs Roberto Molina (ESA)
Court 5: Phat Mai (USA) vs. Sergio Naduville (MEX)
Court 6: Steve Welch (USA) vs. Misha Bilenky (CAN)

Fourth Match (11:30 am)
Court 4: Sharp/Yan vs. Rogers/Yu
Court 6: Abbott-Peter/ Mclachlan vs. McDonald/Soto Rivera

Fifth Match (Not before 1 pm)
Court 4: Bouvier/Mai vs. Bedard/ Schramyeter
Court 6: Bilenky/Molina vs. MacDonald/ Peter

Sixth Match
Court 6: Bourassa/Muro vs. Anderson/Welch