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Garcia Wins Tournament
Gentile Top Girl

Chowchilla's Raul Garcia went undefeated at Roeding Park to capture the Tennis Fresno Junior Round Robin. Teammate, Steve Fagundes finished 2nd. Tennis Fresno's Elizabeth Gentile, followed by Melinda Berry, were the top girl players.

Erica Carlson and Raymond Garcia finished 3rd in their groups. Topping the novice division was Clara "Smiley" Buettner.

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the photos below to see what happens.

Raul pulls upward into his forehand

Raul's toss is slightly to his left, which will allow him to develop a powerful kick serve

Elizabeth prepares her pushoff
before leaping into her overhead

Like her overhead, Elizabeth's
serve has excellent elbow bend

Steve gets down low for a forehand

Steve stays more upright for a higher ball

Melinda leaps into a forehand

Melinda hits a clean, but casual, backhand

Raymond rips a forehand		Raymnond should develop a follow-through more like Melinda's (above) for his backhand

Erica crushes a backhand		Erica begins her extension into the serve

Clara laughs her way into this forehand		Clara needs to stand more balanced as she finishes her groundstrokes

Coach Shearsmith sprints to a forehand		Shearsmith hammers a high ball

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Round Robin Scores

R Garcia	22
S Fagundes	19
E Gentile	16
M Berry	13
E Carlson	8
Ray Garcia	6
C Buettner	4

Team & Tournament Dates

June 23 Chowchilla at TennisFresno 8:30 am
July 16 RPTC Tournament 8:30 am
July 28 Chowchilla at TennisFresno 9 am
August 6 TennisFresno One Day Tournament 9 am
August 12 TennisFresno at Visalia 6 pm
August 27-8 Visalia City Junior Tournament
September 17-18 Fresno Junior Championships
October 15-16 Visalia RC Junior Open

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