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Monday, September 04, 2006
Congratulations Dicky Lee!
By Bianca Luk @ 3:59 PM :: 826 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Congratulations Dicky Lee, for being part of the Official Stringing Team for the US Open 2006!Dicky Lee.JPG

Dicky (right) pictured with Yu Hui-tung is also one of the coaches of our high performance Talent Group and has helped the HKTA as a Davis Cup stringer when we have home ties.

Thursday, March 09, 2006
Back Out of Town - Murray Bennetto Revisited
By Andy Yanne @ 3:55 PM :: 1053 Views :: 0 Comments ::
Murray BennettoOriginally offered a six-month deal to cover for Hy Ny at LRC, former local resident Murray Bennetto's six months in the concrete jungle turned into sixteen-plus years, a stint which saw him work with a number of leading local juniors at the Sports Institute, as well as being part of the Davis Cup set-up, and coaching positions at several prominent clubs here in HK.

Last year, Murray moved back to his hometown of Vernon in British Columbia, Canada, together with his wife and two young children to answer to his calling in the real estate business. Tennishk.org conversed with him on his many fond tennis memories during his time here in Hong Kong.
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Friday, November 11, 2005
Martin bows to No. 7 seed KC Corkery of Stanford at ITA Nat'l Indoors
By Andy Yanne @ 3:35 PM :: 606 Views :: 0 Comments ::
Martin SayerAt the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in Columbus, Ohio, Hong Kong's Martin Sayer advanced to the second round by defeating Daniel Byrnes, of Oklahoma State, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, but was denied a place in the quarterfinals by Stanford number one and seventh seed, KC Corkery, 6-2, 6-4.

Corkery is the nation's ninth-ranked player and the 2004 NCAA Doubles Champion. He booked his spot at the National Indoors by beating U of Washington's Alex Slovic to win the Wilson/ITA Northwest Regionals. The Stanford number one had held a career-high ATP Ranking of 493 in October 2003.

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Thursday, November 03, 2005
Tung, Polly ousted in quarterfinals at 4th East Asian Games in Macau
By Andy Yanne @ 2:59 PM :: 595 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Three turned out to be an unlucky number for Hong Kong representatives at the 4th East Asian Games in Macau, as Yu Hiu Tung and Lam Po Kuen both lost in the quarterfinals to the men's and women's third seeds respectively in the singles draw, while the Wayne Wong-Yu Hiu Tung pairing also went out in the round of eight to men's doubles No. 3 seeds, Liu Tai-Wei and Lee Hsin-Han, of Taiwan in straight sets.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Yu Hiu Tung claims sixth place in men's singles at 10th All China Games
By Andy Yanne @ 12:39 PM :: 634 Views :: 0 Comments ::
After running into a red-hot Chinese number one, Sun Peng, in the men's singles quarterfinals at the 10th All China Games in Nanjing, Hong Kong's seventh-seeded Yu Hiu Tung managed to regroup in time to defeat Chinese Davis Cupper and No. 6 seed, Lu Hao (PLA), to advance to the 5th-6th place playoff against Beijing number one, Yu Xin-Yuan.
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Thursday, September 08, 2005
Semifinal beckons as Venise set to face hometown favourite Amanmuradova
By Andy Yanne @ 5:30 PM :: 725 Views :: 0 Comments ::
Hong Kong's Venise Chan continued her winning ways into unchartered territory when she saw off the spirited challenge of Czarina-Mae Arevalo of the Philippines, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, in the second round of the women's singles yesterday to set up a mighty showdown with Tashkent native and fourth-seeded world No. 232, Akgul Amanmuradova, for a place in the semifinals of the Asian Championships 2005 in Uzbekistan. [2nd Round Results]
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Friday, August 19, 2005
Brian, Polly succumbs to Taiwanese top seeds in mixed quarterfinals
By Andy Yanne @ 4:24 PM :: 603 Views :: 0 Comments ::
23rd UniversiadeThe Hong Kong duo of Brian Hung and Lam Po Kuen took out No. 7 seeds, Raffaella Bindi (WTA No. 452) and Marco Crugnola (ATP No. 606) of Italy, 6-3, 6-3, to progress to the mixed doubles quarterfinals at the 23rd Summer Universiade in Izmir, Turkey, but were stopped short of semifinal berth, and hence a bronze medal, when they were upended by number one seeds, Chen Ti and Chuang Chia-Jung, of Chinese Taipei 6-4, 6-2, in a late finishing match last night. [Results]
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Jack and Brian to play top-seeded Sitak brothers at Izmir Universiade
By Andy Yanne @ 4:11 PM :: 613 Views :: 0 Comments ::
23rd UniversiadeAt the 23rd Summer Universiade in Izmir, Turkey, Jack Hui and Brian Hung defeated the Thai pairing of Weerapat Doakmaiklee and Kirati Siributwong, 7-5, 7-5, to advance to a third round date with No. 1 seeds, Artem and Dmitri Sitak, of Russia while the territory's other representative, Lam Po Kuen, was stopped short of a place in the third round of the women's singles when she was upended in straight sets by eighth-seeded world No. 322, Lauren Breadmore, of Australia.
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Sunday, May 08, 2005
Hong Kong places seventeenth in 2005 Junior Davis Cup regional qualifying
By Andy Yanne @ 4:37 PM :: 674 Views :: 0 Comments ::
The Hong Kong Boys' 16U team of Ambrose Wong, Ko Ka Chun, and Ryan Cheung were unfortunately unable to qualify for this year's Junior Davis Cup 2005 finals, as the local trio were no match for some of Asia Oceania's most seasoned 16U ITF World Junior Circuit players, with top seeds Australia boasting world No. 87, Patrick Nicholls, and second-seeded eventual winner, Japan, showing No. 67 Kei Nishikori. The top-four seeded nations - Australia, Japan, Philippines and Thailand - qualified for the September World Finals in Barcelona, Spain.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2005
China beats Australia without Li Na to qualify for World Group II playoffs
By Andy Yanne @ 3:13 PM :: 592 Views :: 0 Comments ::

At the 2005 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I Zonal ties in Delhi over the weekend, China won both singles rubbers in straight sets against Australia, as Li Na's replacement, Sun Tian-Tian, fended off Evie Dominikovic, 6-3, 7-5, before world No. 69, Zheng Jie, defeated the 55th-ranked Samantha Stosur, 6-3, 6-4, to establish an unassailable 2-0 lead to send China into July's World Group II Playoffs.

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