INDIAN WELLS 2008 TOURNAMENT SUMMARY

Thursday morning CME group. 30 Physician and some spouses enjoyed the November desert at its best, highs in the 80s, blue skies, beautiful shadowed mountains and glorious sunsets with warm nights. This was AMTA’s first visit to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden where the Pacific Life Open is played in March, and we stayed across the street at the new Homewood Suites by Hilton. From the responses at the Awards Banquet, the venue was a hit. Homewood Suites provides a hot breakfast and a light dinner Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., all included in the low room rate. Therefore, you always had breakfast and/or dinner companions. It worked as a great mixer. The eating facilities worked out great because we had 7 new members attend their first meeting: Dr Green Hsueh and her dentist husband from Northridge and they took home the winner medals for mixed doubles; Dr. Armando Huaringa from Fullerton took home the B men’s doubles winner medal; Dr. James Krueger from Huntington Beach took home consolation finalist medal & men’s B doubles finalist medal; Dr. Gangadhar Madupu from New York was brought by Dr. Vadlamudi to be his doubles partner; Dr. Bruce Mertz from Texas and his brother Dr. John Mertz from Arkansas, both fine players, and the Mertz brothers took home the finalist medals for the A doubles; Dr. Davis Noorthoek from Santa Rosa was the consolation finalist for C singles. Dr. Noorthoek just sold his winery in June and bought a second home in Sun City, near Indian Wells, so he was hunting furniture between matches. This meeting was Craig Broome’s final meeting as President and was awarded a lovely wood plaque with gavel for the years 2007 & 2008. Jan Voda will be our new President for 2009 & 2010 starting with Wild Dunes, April 19-24, 2009. As Craig’s grand finale he had the privilege of playing his semi-final singles match on the stadium court. Craig said the last time he was in that stadium, he watched Nadal play there. Please check out the photos of Craig and John Mertz playing on center court in the photo section. Take a look at the slideshow from the event. To see the list of speakers and topics presented click here.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Morning Madness Women's Singles Championships Winner – Betty Olsen Runner-up – Melinda Voda Consolation Winner – Eva willes Consolation Runner-up – Luba Gavrilova Men's Putaway Pro Singles Championships Winner – Craig Broome Runner-up – Phong Nguyen Consolation Winner – Ron Sassano Consolation Runner-up – Jim Krueger Men's Super Stroker Singles Championships Winner – Hamilton Sah Runner-up – Pally Palaganas Consolation winner – Jan Voda Consolation runner-up – Ramachander Nanduri Men's Swift Swinger Singles Championships Winner – Edric Willes Runner-up – Krishna Vadlamudi Consolation winner – Levon Tebelekian Consolation runner-up – David Noorthoek

Women's Dynamic Duo Doubles Round Robin Championships Winners – Betty Olsen/Ginger Nash Runners-up – Green Hseuh/Grace Szezerbowski Putaway Diehard Doubles Round Robin Championships Winners – Craig Broome/Phong Nguyen Runners-up – Bruce Mertz/John Mertz 'Built to Last' Men's Doubles Championships Winner – Armando Huaringa/Amorn Salyapongse Runner-up – John Lenahan/Jim Krueger Consolation winner – Lon Olsen/Cal Nash Consolation runner-up – Gangadhar Madupu/Krishna Vadlamudi Tough Team Mixed Doubles Championships Winners – Green Hsueh/Kwei Kuang Runners-up – Ken Carter/Grace Szezerbowski Consolation Winners – John Lenahan/Donna Lenahan Consolation Runners-up – Jan Voda/Melinda Voda