Sacramento Capitals

Update from Memphis....Michelle Larcher de Brito lost in the 2nd round to Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4,6-2. Sam Warburg beat Max "The Beast" Miryni in the qualies. He lost in the 2nd round of the qualies to Jessie Witten. However, as a Lucky Loser, he filled in as a replacement for James Blake, who withdrew because of an injured knee. Sam then lost a close one to Donald Young. Mark Knowles is into the semifinals and playing today.

TheProfessional Tennis Registry (PTR) presented its annual awards during the 2008 PTR International Tennis Symposium held on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Highlighting a long list of honorees were new PTR Master Professionals, Shinichi Suzuki of Chiba, Japan and Fernando Velasco of Austin, Texas and PTR Professional of the Year, Wayne Bryan, Camarillo, California. Well deserved of course. If I had a vote, I'd throw it in for coach.... Coach Bryan's hard work and tireless energy is what it takes. BJK and Coach Wayne are the leaders of the troops on the ground for more (and better) tennis in the US. I don't think that there are 2 people I've met that do more for the game than those two. That is the cold hard truth! :) All the rest of us just benefit from their passion for the game....I told Coach that his WTT title might have been the clinching vote. :)