Friday, December 8, 2006-Day Two-Final Day of Qualifying and Opening Ceremonies
It was an incredible scene -- 11 and under players from 17 countries gathered together at the 1st Annual "Little Mo" International Open. Though there were many languages spoken, they all understood and bonded together over yo-yo's and tennis. The competition was tough at the Qualifying event with the top four finishers making the main draw, but every player there was made to feel special whether or not they had survived the first rounds.
The afternoon began with group photos of the players and was followed by a parade, led by former "Little Mo" Champions, Jantzen Witte & Michael Flannigan (left). (Michael, who went on to play for Stanford, spoke to the players a bit about what "Little Mo" meant to him.)
There were many speakers welcoming the kids to the Arlington Tennis Center and the 1st Annual "Little Mo" International Open," the most powerful of which was Cindy Brinker Simmons (right) daughter of Maureen Connolly Brinker (a.k.a. Little Mo). She spoke about her mother, who was number one in the world at 16, 17 and 18 years of age. Maureen was a Grand Slam champion, but Ms. Brinker Simmons stressed the importance of sportsmanship to her mom. "Be a good winner," she said, "and a good loser. When you lose, carry your head up... walk away proud with no excuses."
Executive Director of the Maureen Connolly Brinker Foundation, Carol Weyman, has put together the 1st Annual "Little Mo" International Open through a lot of hard work and if the Opening Ceremonies are any indication, it will be a most memorable event for young players from throughout the United States and the World.
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Thursday, December 7, 2006-Day One (Qualifying)
The Maureen Connolly Brinker Foundation has organized the 1st Annual "Little Mo" International Open" for 11 and under players from around the world. Participants from 16 countries, as well as 22 states in the U.S., will compete in 8,9,10 & 11 and under age groups. Qualifying takes place on Thursday and Friday with the Main Draw Opening Ceremony beginning with a Player Parade om Friday afternoon.
| "Little Mo" International Open Players | |||
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| QUALIFYING | |||
| Girls | Boys | ||
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11 and under Winny Benavente/Peru Caroline Lynch/Ireland Kristina Mathis/Texas Tatum Nowlin/Texas Peggy Porter/Texas Vivian Quispe/Ecuador 10 and under Juliana Curtis/Iowa Anna Dickens/Texas Darby Strickland/Texas Victora Zoha/New York |
9 and under Kateryna Baranivska/Ukraine Belinda Bencic/Switzerland Madisyn Bryant/Oregon Chandler Carter/Texas Laura Gomez/Columbia Julia O'Loughlin/Florida Audrey Spencer/Texas Mia Vecchio/New York Rebecca Weissmann/Colorado Domenica Quispe/Ecuador 8 and under Marjorie Antohi/Texasbr> Marina Cozac/Texas Victoria DiMuzio/Canada Olga Fridman/Ukraine Alexandra Inchauste/Washington Stephanie Johnson/Australia Elizabeth Porter/Texas Samantha Wong/Texas |
11 and under Nicholas Agritelley/Texas Zvonimir Babic/Croatia Daniel Buckiland/England Nile Clark/Pennsylvania Tomas Cosmai/New Jersey Hunter Holman/Texas Thai Kwiatkowski/North Carolina Patrick Morris/Texas Adam Nasim/England Enrique Pellegrin/Texas McClaine Roy/Texas Luke Stainback/Texas Franz Sydow/Aruba Luka Zarak/Croatia 10 and under Jaime Barajas/California Chase Brnett/Texas Grant Brown/Texas Borna Coric/Croatia Eshan Dave/Texas Andrew Dykeman/Kansas Ernesto Escobedo/California Stefan Frijanic/Washington Weston Gloger/Texas Aidan Jones/Texas Alexander Klintcharov/New Zealand Saveliy Lomakin/Russia Wyatt Lovera/Aruba Darius Mackenzie/California Gianni Mancini/Texas Ernest Mendoza/Philippines Connor Prideaux/England Reece Ringald/Texas Mark Robertson/Texas |
9 and under Will Agritelley/Texas Grayson Broadus/Texas Jonathan Burke/England Max Darrington/England Jake Devine/Washington Austin Hoose/Oklahoma Deepak Indrakanti/Ohio Cameron Klinger/California Michal Matusiak/Texas Aron Pierce/Texas Kyle Seelig/Pennsylvania Joshua Sheehy/Texas Reid Shumway/California David Volfson/Canada 8 and under Samir Agadi/Georgia Andrew Carter/Texas ALexander Chieffalo/Texas Michael Gad/Georgia Taylor Hursthouse/England Aleksander Kovacevic/New York Justin Lee/Connecticut Semen Lomakin/Russia Robert Lynch/Ireland Max Mendelson/Arkansas Eric Morris/Texas Diego Nava/California Kit Puls/Texas Felipe Romero/Peru Jonathan Sheehy/Texas Gabriel Surges/Dominican Republic |
| MAIN DRAW | |||
| Girls | Boys | ||
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11 and under Sachia Vickery/Florida Nicki Johnson/Texas Yuki Chiang/California Ayaka Okuno/Texas 10 and under Liz Jeukeng/Missouria Alexis Pereira/California Gabriella Umoquoit/Texas Yolimar Ogando/Puerto Rico |
9 and under Ndindi Ndunda/Virginia Domonique Garley/Texas Karina Traxler/Texas Valerie Quiceno/New York 8 and under Ingrid Neel/Minnesota Priyanka Sundhar/Massachusetts Caitlin Calkins/Oklahoma Hunter Blesser/Texas |
11 and under Mackenzie McDonald/California Jose Gracia/Florida Christian Lutschaunig/Pennsylvania Mario Sandoval/Texas 10 and under Deiton Baughman/California Robert Seby/California Daniel Maese/Texas Cameron Andry/Louisiana |
9 and under Eduardo Nava/California Tommy Paul/North Carolina Spencer Furman/Washington Anudeep Kodali/North Carolina 8 and under Titus Strom/Texas Maxwell Cancella/California Noah Schachter/Washington King Roy/Texas |
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