Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Salokas and Young Win Beach Tennis USA Tri-State Open





Players wrestled with 30mph wind gusts during Saturday’s preliminary matches of the Beach Tennis USA Tri-State Open, in Long Beach, NY and when the skies cleared on Sunday, only the best players remained. In the Men’s Pro division, Marty Salokas and Donny Young (Hermosa Beach, CA) defeated Whitney Kraft and Devon Wakeford 8-5, to win their second event of the BTUSA 2009 National Tour. Kraft and Wakeford managed to hang tough for the first four games, but Salokas and Young soon gained momentum of the match and never looked back.

Hometown favorite and three-time national beach tennis champion, Nadia Johnston and her partner Nicole Melch (Long Beach, NY), won the Women’s Pro division finals, defeating Lucy Streeter and Jessica Baker (Hermosa Beach, CA) 8-6. Johnston has her eyes fixed on recapturing the national title, which she lost to the Maloney Sisters—Lisa and Laura (San Diego, CA) last year in Long Beach.

Beach Tennis Believes, the official charity of Beach Tennis USA, raised over $300 for the Michelle O’Neil Foundation during the weekend. Beach Tennis Believes partners with local charitable causes in the cities that host the Beach Tennis USA National Tour events.

Pro beach tennis action will return to Long Beach on Labor Day weekend with the 2009 BTUSA National Beach Tennis Championship. Recreational league play will begin in June in Long Beach, at the cities permanent beach tennis courts, located on the beach at Grand Boulevard.

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