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***Snowwy*** · 11-13-2012, 10:52 AM

This might be about him.

We are excited to introduce Ryan Chow as the Head Tennis Professional for the 2012 season.
Ryan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the club from his lifelong participation in tennis. He was first introduced to the game by his family growing up in the Beaches, and then went on to play college tennis in the U.S. During college Ryan helped his team reach the final 16 at the National Championships, earning him the All-Conference Player Award in both singles and doubles. He has also traveled on the Futures Circuit (the first tier of professional tennis) qualifying for main draw singles and doubles events.
Ryan has extensive experience improving the tennis skills of all ages and is excited to share his knowledge of the game with Leaside’s members. He holds a Coach 1 certification and is currently enrolled in Tennis Canada’s third level, Club Pro 2 course. In the past two years, Ryan has attended two Progressive Tennis seminars where he has learned the leading method for teaching children, and has since implemented the progressive tennis method as a physical education program in schools. He has held the positions as Head Tennis Professional at Yellowknife Tennis Club and Assistant Tennis Professional for the Wanaka Tennis Club in New Zealand. Ryan has worked with the TTA for the past 3 years, and recently worked with the Ontario National Training Centre’s Under9 and under10 programs alongside several of Canada’s top coaches. In January 2012, Ryan was a co-planner of the successful charity event, “Carnival on the Courts”, hosted by the Fitness Institute North York.
Ryan looks forward to meeting the Leaside members and helping them enjoy their game. Here's to a successful season and see you soon!

J99 · 11-14-2012, 04:23 AM

Di Feo qualified for the Merida Futures, had to beat another Canadian Jecminek to do it, drew the #1 seed Barrientos in R1 though.

J99 · 11-19-2012, 07:14 AM

Di Feo lost the R1 match 7-5, 6-1.

K. Stevenson also played as a LL, but lost to #1049 Lu Yang of China 6-4, 6-1 in Phuket.

Unranked Andrew Ochotta qualified for Mazatlan Futures, had to win just 1 match, he's 19 years old, right handed, will play another unranked qualy Ramirez Vega of Mexico in R1.

Unranked Kevin Kylar qualified for Mazatlan Futures, had to win just 1 match, he's 18, right handed, will play #1566 Dante Saleh of the US in R1.

#1118 Jecminek will play the #4 seed M. Quintero of Colombia in R1 of Mazatlan.

J99 · 11-20-2012, 06:39 AM

Kylar is out in Mazatlan to Saleh, 6-4, 6-3.

Ochotta is into R2 of Mazatlan 6-0, 6-0, over Ramirez Vega.

J99 · 11-21-2012, 09:04 AM

Ochotta will play 7th seed #667 Luis Davis Martinez of Venezuela in R2 tomorrow, 1st match of the day.

Jecminek lost to Quintero 6-3, 6-4.

J99 · 11-21-2012, 08:15 PM

Ochotta lost today 7-6, 5-7, 6-2, looks like it was a good effort though and could be one to watch for the future.

***Snowwy*** · 02-18-2013, 03:16 AM

Canada has 28 ranked players this week.

Four years ago this week, they had 12.

Gonzil · 02-19-2013, 12:34 AM

We also have 4 players in the top 150. At the beginning of 2011, just a bit more than 2 years ago, we had no players in the top 150.

***Snowwy*** · 02-20-2013, 12:40 AM

George Jecminek qualified for the futures event in the USA this week. He has a winnable R1 match.

J99 · 02-20-2013, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Gonzil

We also have 4 players in the top 150. At the beginning of 2011, just a bit more than 2 years ago, we had no players in the top 150.

Only due to injury.

***Snowwy*** · 02-21-2013, 01:06 AM

George Jecminek: Good win today 6-4 6-4 to get into 2nd round main draw here in Brownsville, TX. Fight!

***Snowwy*** · 02-21-2013, 09:09 PM

George Jecminek: Tough one today, went down 7-5 6-3 with a lot of break chances... Harlingen next

big_j_tennis · 02-28-2013, 02:34 AM

Just saw that Colombian Robert Farah was born in Montreal. Does anyone know how long he lived here?
(Born in Canada, played college in the US, lives in the US and plays for Colombia...)

***Snowwy*** · 02-28-2013, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by big_j_tennis

Just saw that Colombian Robert Farah was born in Montreal. Does anyone know how long he lived here?
(Born in Canada, played college in the US, lives in the US and plays for Colombia...)

Interesting observation, I know nothng bout this,

mayumashu · 03-04-2013, 11:15 AM

Canadian seeds in qualifying for Canada F1 took a hit. Jecminek, Dan Chu, and Ochotta all lost in the second round. Chvojka (a late entry, WC), Martin Beran, Phil Anderson, and Alexander Day only Canucks left, all play today for a spot in main draw.