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ELITE TENNIS ACADEMY MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

ISSUE 13

JANUARY 2016

T H E E L I T I S T



3 WHAT’S NEW AT EL

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Selection Series #1 Results: Elite Brings Home Tit

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7 FEATURE ARTI

Cheating in Ten

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9 JANUARY TOURNAMEN

From Rookie Tours to National Championsh

see what's in store this month for BC tourname

5 FEATURE COA

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Helen Kel

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WHAT’S NEW AT ELITE

VUKOVIC LEAVES A MARK AT ORANGE BOWL

Elite’s Luka Vukovic was the 9th seed at the

2015 U14 Boys Orange Bowl Championships,

held at Crandon Park Tennis Centre in Key

Biscayne, Florida - home of the Miami Open.

Luka made it through the first four rounds to

reach the Round of 16 at the prestigious event,

known as the unofficial junior world

championships. Luka would fall in the fifth

round to the 4th seed from Russia, Timofey

Skatov. Skatov would go on to reach theSemifinal.

At the Little Mo International Championships,

also head in Florida last month, Carling Allaye-Chan won the Girls U8 Singles Consolation. In the

Boys U11 Singles, Aiden Tseng reached the Round of 32 in the Main Draw, and went on to reach

the Consolation Final. In the Boys U14 Singles draw, Mark Ivanov reached the Semifinal, finishing

#4 in the event.

At the Eddie Herr International Junior Championships held at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy,

Lawrence Ivanov competed in the qualifying draw of the Boys U12. He would reach the round of

64. Prior to the well-known Eddie Herr Championships, Lawrence won a warm up event at the

Bangoura November Level 1 Classic in Sarasota, Florida. His brother, Mark, also reached the BoysU14 Singles Quarterfinal.

Elite Tennis Academy congratulates all of our players who competed in Florida last month, not

only for qualifying for these prestigious events, but achieving outstanding results throughout the

month long tour!

SELECTION SERIES #1 RESULTS: ELITE BRINGS HOME TITLES!

Meanwhile, BC’s first qualifying event for the 2016 Canadian Indoor National Championships

wrapped up. The Boys U12 Singles draw saw Rylan Hastings and Lawrence Ivanov fall in the

• VUKOVIC LEAVES A MARK AT ORANGE BOWL

• SELECTION SERIES #1 RESULTS: ELITE BRINGS HOME TITLES !

• SELECTION SERIES #2: PREVIEW



opening round, and Aiden Tseng reach the Quarterfinal. In the Doubles draw, Rylan would fall in

the Quarterfinal, while Aiden reached the Semifinal and Lawrence reached the Final. In the Girls

U12 Singles Draw, Carina Chilcott reached the Quarterfinals of Singles and Doubles.

In the Boys U14 Singles category, Lazaros Shuko, Adnan Bhatti and Jackson Carl Boone went out

in the Round of 16. In doubles, Adnan teamed up with Jackson to reach the Quarterfinals, while

Laz made a Semifinal run.

In the Boys U16 Singles draw, Jacob Pallai, Jas Sahota and Graeme McIntosh did not make it past

the Round of 16. Jacob Lokash went on to reach the Quarterfinals, while Eddie Wu brought thechampionship title home! On the doubles court, Jas, Jacob L and Graeme fell in the Quarterfinals,

while Jacob P reached the Final. Eddie would go on to take the doubles title as well. On the girls

side, Ena Indjin fell in the Round of 16, Michelle reached the Semifinal and Renata fell just one

match short of the title, reaching the Final. On the doubles court, the U16 girls were equally

successful with Ena reaching the Semifinal, while Elite duo Michelle and Renata took the title.

In the U18 age category, Max Korkh was forced to retire from the event on the boys side. Brandon

Leung made it to the Round of 16, while Andrew Day and Taalib Bhatti both made Quarterfinal

runs. The Boys U18 standout player was Kiran Phaterpekar, who reached the Final. In doubles

action, Taalib reached the Quarterfinal, Brandon reached the Semifinal and Andrew won the event!

In the Girls U18 draw, Jessie Gong swept the event, taking both the singles and doubles titles.

Elite’s Krain Chen fell in the Round of 16 of singles, and reached the Semifinal of doubles.

SELECTION SERIES #2:

PREVIEWThe second qualifying opportunity for the 2016 Indoor

Nationals is just around the corner! On January 8-10, the all

ages qualifying event will take place at the UBC Tennis Centre.

Participating in the qualifying event representing Elite Tennis

Academy will be Nikolai Dammholz, Rylan Hastings, Victoria

Duncan (U12), Lazaros Shuko, Lawrence Ivanov, Jackson Boone

(U14), Graeme McIntosh, Jacob Lokash, Jas Sahota, Dilraj Singh

Phull, Mark Ivanov, Thomas Sorenson, Alexandra Prilepin (U16),and Brandon Leung (U18). The U12 Main Draw will take place

at Hollyburn Country Club January 15-17. On the Boys side,

Aiden Tseng and Lawrence Ivanov will represent Elite. Carina

Chilcott received direct entry into main draw on the girls side.

That same weekend, the U16 Main Draw event will take place at

the UBC Tennis Centre. Elite will be represented by Jerry Huang, Jacob Pallai, Eddie Wu, Jessie Gong

Michelle Lim and Renata Gabuzyan. The following weekend, the U14s will compete at the Panorama

Recreation Centre on Vancouver Island and the U18s at the Surrey Tennis Centre. Representing Elite i

the U18 category will be Max Korkh, Jerry Huang, Andrew Day, Kiran Phaterpekar, Neel Phaterpekar,

Eddie Wu, Jessie Gong, Alexandra Prilepin, Renata Gabuzyan and Michelle Lim. Good luck!

Congratulations Elite players on the outstanding results! Keep up the great work!



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FEATURE COACH:

HELEN KELESI

Often seen down on court 5 working with Elite’s

youngest students, Coach Helen is one of the

most successful professional Canadian tennis

players ever.

After leaving former Czechoslovakia in 1968, her

parents settled in Victoria, BC where Helen was

born shortly upon their arrival. Helen’s mother had

been a tennis player back home, so at the age of

3 Helen was introduced to the sport. By the age of

15 years and 7 months, Helen made her debut on

the WTA Tour. Nicknamed “Hurricane Helen” for

her intense and passionate demeanor on thecourt, she reached #13 in the world in singles in

1989, #26 in doubles in 1991 and #2 in Canada in

1993. Throughout her career, Helen scored wins

over some of the biggest names including Chris

Evert, Aranxta Sánchez Vicario, Gabriela Sabatini,

Helena Suková, and Jana Novotná. Having

competed at all four Slams, her best Grand Slam

result was reaching the Quarterfinal at the 1988

and 1989 French Open. That same year (’88),

Helen competed at the Olympic Games. Held i

Seoul, these Summer Games were the first time

tennis became a full medal Olympic Sport. It wa

also the first time Canada sent a tennis team to

the Games. Throughout her 25 year competitiv

tennis career, Helen spent 7 of those years in th

Top 50 WTA. In 1995, Helen was forced to retire

from tennis because of a tumor. Helen moved

back to Vancouver in 2000.

Helen is the definition of the word “fighter”. Sh

was known as a fighter on court. Her opponent

didn’t like playing against her because they knethey were in for a battle. They knew Helen

wouldn’t give them anything. Once her career

came to a stop, Helen’s battle wasn’t over. Desp

everything, Helen is eager to give back to the

young players and share her experiences and l

lessons that she has learned through this

wonderful sport. Elite Tennis Academy is blesse

to have such an experienced and caring person

on our coaching team.



What to do if you think your opponent is

cheating by Allen Fox (Cheating in tennis)

Getting a bad call may cost you a point, but

your reaction may cost you the match! Our

nervous systems are constructed such that

feeling cheated calls forth emotions that areoften out of all proportion to the simple loss

of the point. Missing a forehand may be

frustrating, but being cheated causes moral

outrage – no point difference but substantial

emotional difference. The counterproductive

fallout involves anger, personal antagonism,

dwelling on the purloined point, and, in the

ultimate case, forgetting about winning the

match and getting beaten. Obviously, the first

order of business is to confine the damage tothe loss of the point itself.

You must, at all costs, remain unemotional

and practical about the situation. If you find

yourself reacting too emotionally, recognize

that this is usually a sign of your own

competitive insecurity. In general, players

that are confident of winning matches reactless violently to bad calls than players that

aren’t. Your opponent may be responsible for

taking a point that isn’t his, but never forget

that you are responsible for the rest of them.

So take pride in having the strength of

character to immediately get over bad calls

and get on with the business of winning the

match.

The most important thing is to keep youroverall goals in mind. In most instances of

recreational tennis, it is best to say nothing

and simply forget about the bad call. Of

course you would like to win the match, but

your other goals of getting exercise and

having a socially pleasant athletic experience

are actually more important. Unless you dwell

on it, the occasional bad call is unlikely to

change the outcome anyway. Questioningyour opponent’s call is really questioning his

honesty, and this is never conducive to

harmonious social relationships. Even if you

could win the immediate battle over the

point (which is unlikely) you are prone to lose

the war. If you have found someone who is

giving you a good workout, your purposes

are best served by being able play this

person again if you choose. Getting into

squabbles about line calls is a good way topreclude this.

If it is a tournament match, however, your

response might be different. If you are not

absolutely sure the call was bad, then it’s

probably best to give your opponent the

benefit of the doubt and assume the call was

FEATURE ARTICLE: CHEATING IN TENNISAS WRITTEN BY ALLEN FOX, MENTAL TENNIS AUTHOR, FOR

TENNISCONSULT.COM, MAY 2012





accurate or at least that it was made in good

faith. If you are certain it was a bad call or if

the dubious calls are repeated, then I would,

without antagonism, say to my opponent,

“Are you sure of that call?” This is code for, “I

think you gave me a bad one.” But it’s more

socially acceptable. You will have put youropponent on notice, and in most cases this

will be enough to keep him honest for the

rest of the match. If this doesn’t do it, and the

cheating is flagrant, I’d stop the match and

try to get an umpire. http://

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The question often arises, “Should I justcheat my opponent in return?” I instinctively

don’t like this approach. Though I certainly

wouldn’t go overboard in giving my

dishonest opponent the benefit of the doubt

on calls, I would not advise retaliatory

cheating. If you keep control of yourself and

you are the better player you will win

anyway, and you will keep your moral system

intact.

I am reminded of the Davis Cup tie played in

1972 where the USA played Romania in

Bucharest. Ian Tiriac and Ilie Nastase had

raised cheating to a level seldom seen at the

professional level. But in the deciding match

Tiriac faced America’s Stan Smith, who was a

great champion and a great sportsman.

Despite a raft of horrible calls and an unfair

and hostile crowd, Stan remained cool andaloof and prevailed in the fifth set. Afterward

Stan calmly said to Tiriac, “Ian, I’ve lost all

respect for you!” It was a beautiful and fitting

ending to the affair.

Of course being cheated out of a point is a

problem (albeit, generally a small one), but

as with any problem, your choices are to fix it

or forget it. Fixing it would mean getting the

bad call reversed, so if you can do so (which

is unlikely in that someone will have to admit

he or she made a bad call) you are lucky.

Problem solved! But if you can’t your next

best choice is to stay cool and take it as apersonal challenge to get over it

immediately. If Stan Smith could do it playing

for his country – 10,000 miles from home on

a foreign surface in front of a rabid and

unfriendly crowd – you can certainly do it in a

social match at your club.

Dr. Fox wrote the tennis best sellers, “If I’m

the Better Player, Why Can’t I Win?” and

“Think to Win,” and most recently, “Tennis:Winning the Mental Match.” http://

www.allenfoxtennis.net/

http://www.allenfoxtennis.net/

http://www.allenfoxtennis.net/



FUTURE STARS TOUR U9 & U10

Jan 9: RCC Future Stars, Richmond; Contact Henry Choi 604.277.3141 or

[email protected]

Jan 10: NSWC Future Stars, North Vancouver; Contact Fabio Walker604.985.4135 or [email protected]

Jan 17: GTA Future Stars, People’s Courts, Coquitlam; Contact ShayanMirhosseini 604.985.4135 or [email protected]

Jan 24: HCC Future Stars; Contact Oly O’Shea 604.922.0161 or

[email protected]

Jan 30: VLTBC Future Stars, Vancouver; Contact Sean Hartley 604.922.0161 [email protected]

JUNIOR RANKING EVENTS

Jan 8-10: BGs U12, U14, U16, U18 Selection Series #2 Qualifying Event,Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club, Jericho Tennis Club, UBC Tennis

Centre; Contact Anissa Chung [email protected]

Jan 15-17: U12 & U16 BGs Selection Series MainDraw, Hollyburn Country Club (U12) & UBCTennis Centre (U16); Contact Anissa [email protected]

Jan 15-17: U14 & U18 BGs SelectionSeries Main Draw, Panorama Recreation

Centre U14) & Surrey Tennis Centre(U18); Contact Anissa [email protected]

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